Shadowing Practice: CAE8 O TEST1 PART2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, my name's Kerry, and the topic of my presentation this evening is a bird called the Swift.
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For people living in most of Europe, the Swift's a familiar bird, but it only stays in the Northern Hemisphere for a few weeks each summer,
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the rest of the year it spends in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Indeed, one of the best-known facts about this incredible bird is
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that it has one of the longest migrations of any living creature.
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The other incredible fact is that a Swift spends most of its life in the air, where it eats, drinks and sleeps, only landing to build a nest and raise its young.
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Indeed, the name of the bird in German translates to wall glider in English, whereas its Latin name means without feet,
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both reflecting the fact that the bird never seems to touch the ground.
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In Europe, swifts are a familiar sight, wheeling around high up on summer evenings, making a lot of noise.
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But swifts don't produce a song like some birds, nor do they go tweet-tweet.
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Instead, they produce what can only be called a scream.
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You must have heard it.
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Swifts are not large birds, but they have a very characteristic shape in flight.
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Some people say this reminds them of a new moon, and the birds certainly crescent-shaped with a very noticeable forked tail.
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But for me, the thing that comes to mind when I see a swift is a boomerang, you know, the thing made and thrown by traditional peoples in Australia.
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So swifts come to Europe to breed, and they often make their nests in buildings, especially chimneys and for some reason ancient monuments.
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Because they can't land, the swifts' nests need to be in places from which they can launch themselves into the air.
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Probably cliffs were their original preference, but even out of town, these days they'd tend to go for man-made places like quarries.
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As you'd expect, leaves and grasses are used to build the nests, but even here the link with humans is evident, as amazingly paper is often used,
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together with less surprising things like the feathers of other birds.
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materials the swift probably catches in flight.
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Because they never land, swifts are very vulnerable to bad weather
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and in Europe retreat to their nest sites during periods of rain or high wind.
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I was once lucky enough to observe a large group of
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swifts travelling at great speed to get out of the way of a thunderstorm.
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It was an awesome sight that I'll never forget.
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As I said, swifts only spend a short time in Europe each year,
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generally June and July, with even the newborn birds making the incredibly long journey to Africa in about 48 hours.
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One strange fact I discovered in my research is that once it gets back to Africa, the bird is silent, people there being unaware of that characteristic call.
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Swifts have always fascinated people, especially because the birds have always been attracted to towns and buildings.
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traditionally in Europe the bird was used as a symbol by
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the younger sons of wealthy families who without land to inherit were destined to wander the globe I like
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that so before I go on to where now play the recording again
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that is the end of part two now turn to part three
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “CAE8 O TEST1 PART2”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: swift, bird, Europe, nest, Africa. Deze video bevat 34 zinnen en 563 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:19. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 169 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| nest zelfstandig naamwoord | /nɛst/ | nest |
| characteristic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/ | trekje, karakteristiek |
| boomerang zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbuːməɹæŋ/ | boemerang |
| fascinate werkwoord | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | fascineren |
| glider zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡlaɪdɚ/ | zweefvliegtuig |
| thunderstorm zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/ | onweer |
| inherit werkwoord | /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ | erven |
| chimney zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈt͡ʃɪmni/ | schoorsteen, schouw |
| crescent zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɹɛs.ənt/ | maansikkel, wassenaar |
| quarry zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/ | steengroeve |
| amazingly bijwoord | /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/ | geweldig |
| wander werkwoord | /ˈwɑndɚ/ | zwerven, rondtrekken |
| feather zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɛðə/ | veer, veder |
| noticeable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈnəʊtɪsəbl̩/ | merkbaar |
| newborn zelfstandig naamwoord | nieuwgeborene, boreling |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 5 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, don't, I'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: thunderstorm /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/, feather /ˈfɛðə/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, traditionally /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: destined /ˈdɛstɪnd/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/, breed /ˈbɹiːd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, boomerang /ˈbuːməɹæŋ/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: quarry /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/, wander /ˈwɑndɚ/, unaware /ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als nest, characteristic, boomerang.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.