Shadowing Practice: Cambridge 19 listening test 2 section 3 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hi, Don.
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Did you get the copy of the article on recycling footwear that I emailed you?
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Yeah, it's here.
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I've had a look at it.
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So do you think it's a good topic for our presentation?
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Well, before I started reading it, I thought recycling footwear...
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well, although it's quite interesting, Perhaps there isn't enough to say about it.
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Cos we put shoes in recycling bins.
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They go to charity shops and that's about it.
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But there's much more to it than that.
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I realise that now.
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And I'm keen to research the topic more.
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That's great!
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One of the things I didn't realise until I read the article was just how many pairs of trainers get recycled.
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Well, a lot of young people wear them all the time now, They've become more popular than ordinary shoes.
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I know.
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I guess they are very hard -wearing.
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But don't they look a bit casual for school uniform?
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I don't think they're right for that.
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Actually, I think some of them look quite smart on pupils.
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Better than a scruffy old pair of shoes. So...
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Do you keep shoes a long time?
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Yes.
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Though I do tend to wear my old pairs for doing dirty jobs, like cleaning my bike.
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I must admit, I've recycled some perfectly good shoes that haven't gone out of fashion and still fit,
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just because they don't look great on me anymore.
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That's awful, isn't it?
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I think it's common because there's so much choice.
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The article did say that recent sales of footwear have increased enormously.
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That didn't surprise me.
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No. But then it said that the amount of recycled footwear has fallen, It's 6 % now, compared to a previous level of 11%.
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That doesn't seem to make sense.
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That's because not everything goes through the recycling process.
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Some footwear just isn't good enough to resell for one reason or another and gets rejected.
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So, let's find some examples in the article of footwear that was rejected for recycling.
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Okay.
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I think there are some in the interview with the recycling manager.
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Um...
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Yeah, here it is.
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Hmm...
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Let's start with the ladies high -heeled shoes.
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What did he say about those?
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He said they were probably expensive.
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The material was suede and they were beige in colour.
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It looked like someone had only worn them once.
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but in a very wet field, so the heels were too stained with mud and grass to resell them.
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Okay.
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And the leather ankle boots.
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What was wrong with them?
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Apparently the heels were worn, but that wasn't the problem.
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One of the shoes was a much lighter shade than the other one, It had obviously been left in the sun.
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I suppose even second -hand shoes should look the same.
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Sure.
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Then there were the red baby shoes.
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Oh yes.
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We're told to tie shoes together when we put them in a recycling bin.
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But people often don't bother.
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You'd think it would have been easy to find the other, but it wasn't.
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That was a shame because they were obviously new.
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Hmm.
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The trainers were interesting.
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He said they looked like they'd been worn by a marathon runner.
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Yeah, weren't they split?
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Not exactly.
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One of the soles was so worn under the foot that you could put your finger through it.
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Well, we could certainly use some of those examples in our presentation to explain why 90 % of shoes
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that people take to recycling centres or bins get thrown into landfill.
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Hmm.
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What did you think about the project his team set up
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to avoid this by making new shoes out of the good parts of old shoes?
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It sounded like a good idea.
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They get so many shoes.
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They should be able to match parts.
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I wasn't surprised that it failed, though.
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I mean, who wants to buy second -hand shoes, really?
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Think of all the germs you could catch.
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Well, people didn't refuse them for that reason, did they?
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It was because the pairs of shoes weren't identical.
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They still managed to ship them overseas, though.
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That's another area we need to discuss.
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You know, I used to consider this topic just from my own perspective.
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by thinking about my own recycling behaviour without looking at the bigger picture, So much happens once shoes leave the recycling area.
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It's not as simple as you first think.
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And we can show that by taking a very different approach to it.
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Absolutely.
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So let's discuss how we're going to split up the presence...

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Cambridge 19 listening test 2 section 3”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: shoes, recycling, footwear, worn, pair. Deze video bevat 86 zinnen en 755 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:07. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 147 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 13 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
recycle werkwoord/ɹəˈsaɪkəl/recycleren, recyclen
footwear zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfʊtwɛə(ɹ)/schoeisel
heel zelfstandig naamwoord/hil/hak, hiel
resell werkwoord/ɹiːˈsɛl/doorverkopen
trainer zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtɹeɪnɚ/trainer, trainster
stain zelfstandig naamwoord/steɪn/vlek
pupil zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpjuːpəl/leerling
ankle zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈæŋ.kəl/enkel
keen bijvoeglijk naamwoord/kin/scherp
shade zelfstandig naamwoord/ʃeɪd/schaduw
marathon zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmæɹəθən/marathon
runner zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹʌnɚ/renner
boot zelfstandig naamwoord/but/laars, bot

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
set up werkwoord/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/bereiden, voorbereiden

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • I've had a look at it.
  • I don't think they're right for that.
  • Do you keep shoes a long time?
  • I think it's common because there's so much choice.
  • Let's start with the ladies high -heeled shoes.

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltThey've become · I've recycled · have increased
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetwas rejected · were worn · been left

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 26 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, didn't, isn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: landfill /ˈlæn(d).fɪl/, ankle /ˈæŋ.kəl/, marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als recycle, footwear, heel.

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