Shadowing Practice: Central Cee's ABCs - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Yo, I'm Central C and I'm about to go through the ABCs.
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I'm saying anti, I've got anti-tattoo here somewhere here.
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Anti-social.
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In America, you guys would say anti.
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B, BBLs.
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C, I just say my name Central C.
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The way I got my name Central C is kind of boring.
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There's no cool backstory to it.
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It's not even cool.
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I just kind of made it up.
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I was super young though.
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If I had a chance, I'd probably change my name, but everybody knows me now.
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So there's no going back.
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I just got this tattoo yesterday, death before dishonor.
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So yeah, that's that.
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I don't know.
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I think it's a nice saying, isn't it?
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But even when I'm getting it though, I'm quite a contradictive person though and I'm realistic at the same time.
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Even when I'm getting it, I'm thinking, I don't know how ...
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The saying is cool in that, but I don't know how to word it up, but I've definitely been dishonest as well.
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So it's like, I don't know.
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There's a time and a place, but for the most part,
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I'd like to say that loyalty is priceless and dishonor is a no-go.
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E for eggs.
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I like having eggs in the morning.
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It's still morning.
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I haven't ate today.
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I could probably do some scrambled egg, something like that.
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F for family.
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I have family first, I'll tell you here.
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It means a lot to me, just as most people, but yeah, generic one, F family.
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G, greatness.
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I mention greatness a lot in my music.
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I've got a few times I've said the lyric, can't rush greatness.
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I think that's an important statement.
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Can't rush greatness.
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H for high, not high off of any sort of substances other than life, because I don't drink and I don't smoke.
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But yeah, being high, high off of life is an important thing.
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I, international, if you haven't noticed by now, then I'm from the UK.
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I think being an international artist is a mission that I'm currently on, so yeah, international, aye.
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J, Jordan's got a big Jordan collection.
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My favorite Jordan, probably Jordan 4, although I'm kind of falling out of love for Jordans and sneakers as a whole.
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But yeah, Jordan 4s are cool.
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I have an extensive collection that's currently just picking up dust and storage that I never get to wear.
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So it's not that practical. But yeah.
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K for keys, like the keys that you play, like a musical instrument or whatever.
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Every beat that we jump on must have keys, I think.
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L for live yours.
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If you don't know then Live Yours is like a saying, a slogan that we kind of just always say.
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It's tattered on me everywhere.
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We got, yeah, it's like the label, I guess.
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M for movie, it kind of goes back to the last one, live yours, kind of stemmed from live your movie, which we used to say and we just shortened it to live yours.
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I believe that everyone should just live their own movie and not be focused on anybody else's, Especially mine, in a position where I'm with a lot of influence.
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I always try and encourage the fans
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or the younger people to live their own movie and just enjoy every chapter of it.
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NDA.
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I've been getting onto my lawyer for title.
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Whoever it is that's in charge of writing me at NDA, they need to get one quick.
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I ain't had one yet.
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I've never really made nobody sign one, but it could come in handy.
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O for the ocean.
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True, I just come back from Brazil.
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I mean, it's just by the beach.
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So it's in my mind.
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It's on my mind.
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P for please, please and thank yous.
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Can't forget your manners.
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Manners go a long way.
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Q for the queen.
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I feel like the queen, I keep referring back to my tattoos, but I got a tattoo yesterday.
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That's why I keep thinking about them.
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But I got the queen, I got the queen's head on my arm because it's on the note and the queen just died.
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But yeah, the royal family.
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I feel like it's a big thing in America.
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For rest, something that I'm lacking in right now.
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I ain't really got much time to rest, but it's very important.
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S for Sina.
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S-Y-N-A is the brand.
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T for like tea and biscuits.
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That's like a stereotype that people think of when they think of like UK and stuff.
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I don't think it's as much of a craze as it seems to be but yeah, tea and biscuits.
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U for useful.
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You've got to make yourself useful in this life otherwise you'll get left behind.
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Again, simple as that.
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V for vegetable, vegan or vegetarian or something like that.
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I'm such a fussy eater, sometimes I just do myself a favor and lie and say
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that I'm a vegan instead of going through all the lists of foods that I don't like.
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Yeah.
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I'm like a fake vegan right now.
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I don't really eat meat and that's still on this health is wealth kind of thing.
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W for Wild West.
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That's my first mixed, or West.
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I'm from West London.
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My first mixtape was called Wild West and that was a big part of my career.
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X for xylophone, because I don't know any other word that begins with X.
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Y for Yao Ming.
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Y for Yao Ming, he's hard.
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Z for zeros, because I need more of those in my bank account.
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I'm Central C, those are my ABCs and that's that.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 99 zinnen en 951 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:26. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 175 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 78% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| tattoo zelfstandig naamwoord | /tæˈtuː/ | tatoeage |
| greatness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/ | grootheid, grootte |
| vegan zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈviːɡən/ | veganist, veganiste |
| rush werkwoord | /ɹʌʃ/ | afraffelen |
| egg zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɛɡ/ | ei |
| practical bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ | praktisch |
| encourage werkwoord | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | bemoedigen, aanmoedigen |
| refer werkwoord | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | verwijzen, doorverwijzen |
| label zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈleɪ.bəl/ | etiket, label |
| whoever | /huˈɛvɚ/ | wie ook (dan) |
| dust zelfstandig naamwoord | /dʌst/ | stof |
| instrument zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ | instrument, meetinstrument |
| substance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsʌbstəns/ | substantie |
| loyalty zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɔɪəlti/ | trouw, loyaliteit |
| realistic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/ | realistisch |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| go back werkwoord | teruggaan |
| leave behind werkwoord | achterlaten |
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've definitely been · I've said · haven't noticed |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be focused · was called |
| Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd | keep referring · keep thinking |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | I'm saying · I'm getting · I'm lacking |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 48 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: rush /ɹʌʃ/, shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: vegetarian /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, stereotype /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/
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 tattoo, greatness, vegan.
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