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I've been thinking about clouds a lot lately.
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I mean, they're pretty fascinating.
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They float along in the sky, some days there aren't that many, other days there are so many clouds, they actually block the sun from view.
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We are going to be learning all about clouds in this video.
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You'll learn what they are made of, what they do, how to identify different types of clouds, and more.
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Basically, after this video, you'll know a lot about clouds, okay?
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You'll understand them.
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You'll know, for example, that clouds are made of little drops of water or small pieces of ice depending on the cloud.
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And that's our first fact.
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Clouds are made of little drops of water or small pieces of ice, depending on the cloud.
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So when you see clouds in the sky, you can say, wow, look at that water up there.
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There's water up there just floating.
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And someone might say, you mean clouds, right?
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And then you could say, yeah, clouds are made of water.
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Okay, so clouds are made of water, but are there other things in clouds too, other than water?
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Yeah, there are.
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You see, clouds have other things in them called aerosols.
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That's an interesting word.
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Aerosols.
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Okay, what in the world are aerosols?
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Well, aerosols are super tiny particles in the air.
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One common example of an aerosol is dust.
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This footage shows dust floating in the air.
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Are you able to see the dust?
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You might have to look closely.
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Like other aerosols, dust is so light it just floats in the air.
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Okay, this dog is kicking up a lot of dust.
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Dust is an aerosol and is found in many clouds.
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Who knows, Rover?
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Maybe the dust you are kicking up as you run may become part of a cartoon cloud someday. Who knows? Who knows?
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Another common aerosol in clouds is seesaw.
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Sea salt particles are very common in our atmosphere because 71 % of our planet is covered in water.
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Okay, so aerosols are tiny little particles that float in the air like dust or sea salt.
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Now check this out.
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Water collects on the aerosols in the sky, forming a cloud.
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Aerosols are like floating hangout spots for the little drops of water that make up a cloud.
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It's like if this kid is a drop of water and the beanbag chair is an aerosol, like a speck of dust.
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Water just hangs out on the aerosol particles, just relaxing.
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Ah, this is nice.
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Now, sometimes the water gets too heavy for the aerosol particles and falls out of the cloud to the ground.
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That's called precipitation.
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Precipitation.
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Big word.
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Can you say that?
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Precipitation.
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Yeah.
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Precipitation is a big word that refers to any time water falls out of clouds to the ground.
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What type of precipitation is this?
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Yeah, rain.
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Rain is a great example of precipitation.
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When it's raining, it's like the clouds in the sky are sharing their water with us.
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Wow, look at all of the water the clouds are sharing with us.
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Thanks.
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Oh, hey, maybe a little too much rain, you think?
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You can keep some of the water for yourselves, clouds.
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Another form of precipitation you may have seen is snow.
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Snow.
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Does it snow where you live?
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Okay.
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If it's cold enough, snow can fall from clouds.
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There are other types of precipitation too, like freezing rain, sleet, and hail.
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They are all ways that water falls from clouds to the ground.
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That is a big part of what clouds do.
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But that's not all.
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Clouds also lower the temperature, cooling the earth.
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Some of the sunlight bounces off of clouds, making it less hot.
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First, they share their water with us, and then they help us stay cooler.
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Wow!
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Dear clouds, thank you for the water you bring to us through precipitation and for making it cooler here.
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I also want to say I'd love a pony.
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I don't know if you grant wishes.
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I just thought I'd try.
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Sincerely, Homeschool Pop.
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oh now it's time for a random cloud fact this is
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a cloud fact you can be sure is a fact about
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clouds all right here we go some clouds can move faster than 100 miles per hour
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those are the fastest clouds most clouds move slower than that but the fastest clouds can move over 100 miles per hour.
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That's really, really fast, especially since clouds are made of water, you know?
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That's fast water.
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Fast water.
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Aw, Pupsy wants to race the clouds.
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You're fast, Pupsy, but are you cloud fast?
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Hey, Pupsy, while you run, let's look at a random cloud fact.
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Again, another one.
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Another cloud fact.
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You keep running.
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All right, this might come as a surprise, but you know fog when it's hard to see outside
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and it kind of looks like clouds are floating around on the ground?
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Well, fog is a type of cloud that touches Earth's surface.
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Fog is a type of cloud.
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If you've ever wished you could touch a cloud, just wait for a foggy day.
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Dream come true?
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Look at that fog just floating there.
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Fog is a type of cloud that touches Earth's surface.
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Okay, is anything going to jump out of the water, or are we going to see anything interesting, or are we just staring at the fog here?
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I guess it's just the fog.
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That's okay.
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okay now we are going to learn about three types of clouds
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so you can identify clouds in the sky the next time
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you're outside first we have cumulus clouds cumulus clouds cumulus clouds
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are like pillows in the sky they look super fluffy they look like clouds you would just want to hug cumulus clouds.
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Next, we have stratus clouds.
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Stratus clouds are like blankets in the sky.
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They look really flat.
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Stratus clouds are flat clouds that are almost like blankets.
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Stratus.
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Last, we have cirrus clouds.
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Cirrus clouds look very wispy.
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Cirrus clouds almost look like white cotton candy strands.
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Sometimes they could almost look like feathers.
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Cirrus clouds.
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Let's see.
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Cumulus clouds are fluffy.
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Stratus clouds are flat.
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Cirrus clouds are wispy.
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What do you think of that?
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Oh, wow. That rhymed.
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That's cool.
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Hey, what type of clouds are these?
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They look flat, almost like blankets yeah stratus these are stratus clouds great job all right what type of clouds are these
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they look fluffy like pillows yes cumulus these are cumulus clouds
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finally what type of clouds are these they look wispy like cotton candy strands
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or feathers uh -huh cirrus these are cirrus clouds
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awesome job there you have it clouds you know they're made
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of water you know they have aerosols in them you know they can bring precipitation
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and lower the temperature some of them move as fast as
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100 miles per hour you know three types of clouds you did great you did a great job
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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Clouds for Kids”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: cloud, aerosol, type, precipitation, dust. Deze video bevat 151 zinnen en 1270 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:29. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 134 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 24 van de 151 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
cloud zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈklaʊ̯d/wolk
precipitation zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn̩/neerslag
dust zelfstandig naamwoord/dʌst/stof
float werkwoord/fləʊt/drijven
particle zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɑɹtək(ə)l/deeltje, partikel
blanket zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/deken
cotton zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɑt.n̩/katoen, katoenplant
candy zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkæn.di/snoepje
depend werkwoord/dɪˈpɛnd/afhangen
subscribe werkwoord/səbˈskɹaɪb/abonneren
pillow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞]hoofdkussen, oorkussen
feather zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɛðə/veer, veder
atmosphere zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/atmosfeer, dampkring
refer werkwoord/ɹɪˈfɜː/verwijzen, doorverwijzen
collect werkwoord/ˈkɑlɪkt/verzamelen, opstapelen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Are you able to see the dust?
  • Does it snow where you live?
  • Are we just staring at the fog, here?
  • What do you think of that?
  • If you haven't subscribed  yet, what are you waiting for?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetare made · is found · is covered
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltyou've ever wished · haven't subscribed
Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zekermight say · might have · may become
Vergrotende trap -er than / more … than — twee dingen vergelijkenfaster than · slower than

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 20 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you'll, you're, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: precipitation /pɹɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn̩/, fashionable /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: cloud /ˈklaʊ̯d/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, strand /ˈstɹænd/, footage /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: blanket /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/, candy /ˈkæn.di/, strand /ˈstɹænd/, atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: beanbag /ˈbiːnbæɡ/, foggy /ˈfɒɡi/

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 cloud, precipitation, dust.

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.

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