Shadowing Practice: Character: Wants vs. needs - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In the last video, we talked about the difference between internal and external features.
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Let's ignore external or physical features for a moment.
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and zoom in on the mind of a character.
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One powerful way to think about this is to ask yourself a question.
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What does this character want?
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It's important to understand what a character wants, because it informs your story.
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If you don't really know what they start out wanting, It's hard to take them somewhere on a journey, and that's what stories are all about.
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When you pick a movie, any one of your favorite movies, you can actually probably kind of like skip that part when the character says, "I want to do this.
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I want to be champion.
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I want to be king." I want to be the greatest chef in the world.
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Characters get to have that goal and they will work every day, every second of the day in their story to make that happen.
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Wants drive a character to act.
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A character might want something and do everything to get it.
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Needs are the things we need to do or learn, in order to grow or succeed in life.
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For example, a character might learn that they need to share what they desire in order to be fulfilled or happy.
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The distinction between what a character wants and what they need.
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is important when you're building a character.
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We all have those things we want.
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Oh man, I love that new car, or I'd really like, oh man, I'd love a VR machine that'd be so cool.
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But what I need is probably to feed my family, and what I need is probably to have good relationships and things like that.
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Oftentimes, I think needs are something that we don't.
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like admitting, it's eating your vegetables.
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You want to just go for those sweets, the things that make life easier.
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But we have to sometimes do those things that we don't want to do.
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And in the end, it makes for a full course meal, if we're going with this food analogy.
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And I think in a character, it's important to have those needs
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and even have those needs sometimes conflict with the wants
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because it makes our characters stronger and makes them have to go through trials.
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that turn them into a more well -rounded character.
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So Woody in Toy Story, for example, he wants to be Andy's favorite toy and stay that way.
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And he needs to learn to share, to share his friendship and to not have to always be the best.
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Sometimes a character might want something in the beginning and then their need
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completely comes out of a realization they may have along the way.
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In the case of Sully, he wants to rise up in the organization.
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You know, it's just like everyone wants to be.
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You want to be promoted to be the top in your profession.
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Internally though, we throw a monkey wrench in his plans in the form of Boo.
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something that he doesn't want to take care of.
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But because this little girl actually depends on him, is at odds with what his main goal is.
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If he gets exposed to actually have a human child, that career path that he wants gets destroyed.
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It disappears.
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So the thing that he values, that he says he wants, and the thing that he has to take care of right now are going to destroy each other.
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his heart actually softens because he starts to care about Boo more than he cares about his career.
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In fact, he doesn't care at all about his career anymore.
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and he will choose what he needs in his life is connection.
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A connection to another person.
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He wants boo.
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in his life.
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So I think that oftentimes your want can be some of the entertainment of the story, but the need is going to be that emotional heart that really
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makes people remember the film when they come out of the theater and for years later.
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In the next exercise, you'll have a chance to think a little more about the wants
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and needs of some characters you know, as well as ones you want to create.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Character: Wants vs. needs”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: character, boo, career, learn, share. Deze video bevat 52 zinnen en 712 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:09. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 171 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 89% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 14 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| soften werkwoord | /ˈsɑfən/ | verzachten |
| wrench zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/ | ruk |
| analogy zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/ | analogie |
| realization zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ | besef, bewustwording |
| zoom werkwoord | /zuːm/ | zoeven |
| fulfill werkwoord | /fʊlˈfɪl/ | vervullen |
| vegetable zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | groente, gewas |
| expose werkwoord | /ɪkˈspoʊz/ | zichtbaar maken, blootleggen |
| monkey zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmʌŋki/ | aap, apin |
| disappear werkwoord | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | verdwijnen, verzwinden |
| distinction zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/ | onderscheiding, distinctie |
| profession zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/ | professie |
| inform werkwoord | /ɪnˈfɔɹm/ | informeren, inlichten |
| depend werkwoord | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | afhangen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Let's ignore external or physical features for a moment.
- Oftentimes, I think needs are something that we don't.
- You know, it's just like everyone wants to be.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, doesn't, I'd. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, distinction /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/, profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, internally /ɪnˈtɜːnəli/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: oftentimes /ˈɔf.ənˌtaɪmz/, expose /ɪkˈspoʊz/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/
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 soften, wrench, analogy.
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.