Shadowing Practice: Complete IELTS Band 6.5 - 7.5 - UNIT 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Complete IELTS, Bands 6.5 to 7.5, by Guy Brookhart and Vanessa Jakeman.
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Published by Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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This recording is copyright.
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CD 1, Unit 1, Listening, Exercise 3.
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Hi there.
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Can I help you with anything?
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Oh, hi.
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I'm interested in the possibility of a career with TGS when I graduate,
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so I thought I'd come here and see if there are any opportunities suitable for people like me.
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OK.
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I'll take a few details from you, and then we can contact you when we start our recruitment program.
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Oh, great.
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So, if you were to work with us, what area would you want to focus on?
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I'm hoping to make a career in the field of marketing.
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I'm quite an outgoing person.
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OK, I'll just feed that into the computer.
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And what's your name?
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It's Dominika Alexandrovna.
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OK, can you just spell your surname for me?
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Sure.
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It's A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-O-V-N-A.
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Thanks.
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It's important to spell names correctly in business.
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Yeah.
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And where are you from, Dominika?
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Well, I was born in Poland, actually, and my mum's Polish, but I'm Russian, because we moved to Moscow when I was very small for my father's job.
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Well, I must say your English is very good.
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Thanks.
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I've been here a couple of years now.
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OK, Well, we usually get in touch with students a bit later on, and the easiest way for us to communicate with you is by email.
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Oh, yes.
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I can give you my email address.
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Fine.
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Then we can send you any links that you need to read and attach the application forms.
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Oh, great.
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Well, my email address is dom dom54 at qmail.com.
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Right.
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Thanks.
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As you know, we like to encourage young people to start working for us as soon as they graduate.
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Uh-huh.
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Obviously, our interest is related to the class of degree that you get.
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Well, I'm hoping to get a 2-1.
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My tutors are all pretty confident that I will.
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That's good.
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So which university are you studying at?
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I'm just finishing my course at London University.
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And I assume you're in the School of Business?
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Yes, I've been doing a BA.
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And is that part-time?
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No, I'm a full-time student.
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I haven't actually had any experience of business yet.
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I want to concentrate on getting my qualifications first.
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Okay.
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How have you found the course?
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Oh, it's been really good.
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I've really improved my communication skills, and I've learned how to work in a team as well.
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Well, that's good if you want to work in a global company.
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So, when do you finish?
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Um, well, it's a 22-month course, and I finish in two weeks' time.
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I see.
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So, when would you be available for an interview? you?
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Well, I think the 21st of July.
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I'm taking a holiday on the 12th of July for a week, and I'd need a couple of days to sort myself out after that.
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We're obviously interested in your business qualifications, but it also helps if you've done anything in your spare time that shows you have some business-related skills.
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Um, well, I did run a competition last year for the charity Save the Children.
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That's just the sort of thing I mean.
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Shows you have some management skills.
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Right, and apart from work and study, what do you like to do in your free time?
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I'm quite good at cooking.
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I make sure I eat well.
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You know, when you're a student, it's easy to forget to eat or to eat a lot of junk food.
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I do things like watch some of the cookery programs on TV, and then I copy them.
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Great!
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I'm not very sporty, but I do go swimming at least twice a week.
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I like to keep in shape.
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Have you done any other work in the past that would be relevant to a marketing career?
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Um, I did help my father with his business, but it wasn't really a job.
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I didn't get paid.
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But I have been a children's tutor.
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I got that job through the people at my homestay.
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That's good.
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So if you worked for us, how would you see your career developing?
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What do you mean?
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Well, are you ambitious?
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Do you want to get to the top?
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I guess I'd like to get into management.
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You know, I'd like to work my way up the ladder and end up as a project manager.
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Well, that's about all I need to ask you for now.
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I'll let you walk around and look at some of our displays.
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Thanks.
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Can I just ask how you first heard about the fair?
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Oh, from a friend.
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She told me about it last week and then I looked it up on the internet.
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OK.
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Thanks.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Complete IELTS Band 6.5 - 7.5 - UNIT 1”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: career, email, skills, student, eat. Deze video bevat 98 zinnen en 813 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:38. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 122 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. 19 van de 98 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 10 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
tutor zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtjuːtəː/studiebegeleider, mentor
sporty bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈspɔɹti/sportief
surname zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsɝˌneɪm/achternaam, familienaam
outgoing bijvoeglijk naamwoord/aʊtˈɡəʊɪŋ/ontslagnemend
attach werkwoord/əˈtæt͡ʃ/vastmaken
ambitious bijvoeglijk naamwoord/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/eerzuchtig, ambitieus
recruitment zelfstandig naamwoord/rɪˈkruːt.mənt /werving
ladder zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlæd.ɚ/ladder
junk zelfstandig naamwoord/d͡ʒʌŋk/rommel, rotzooi
concentrate werkwoord/ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/concentreren

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
end up werkwoordbelanden, terechtkomen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Can I help you with anything?
  • I'm quite an outgoing person.
  • I've been here a couple of years now.
  • How have you found the course?
  • Do you want to get to the top?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Voorwaardelijke zinnen if + zin, will/would + werkwoord — een voorwaarde en het gevolgif you worked for us, how would you
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltI've been · I've really improved · you've done
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetwas born · is related

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 28 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I'd, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/, ladder /ˈlæd.ɚ/

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 tutor, sporty, surname.

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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