Shadowing Practice: Daily Life | A1 English Conversation - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Hello everyone and welcome to the show.
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I'm Avery.
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And I'm Melody.
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Hi, Avery.
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Hi, Melody.
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How are you today?
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I'm great, thank you.
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Today we have a fun topic.
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We are talking about our daily routines.
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Yes, what we do every day.
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So, Melody, let's start with the morning.
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What is your routine on weekdays?
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For example, on Mondays?
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Okay.
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On Mondays, I usually wake up at 7 o'clock.
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7 o'clock.
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Okay.
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Do you get up at 7 o'clock?
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No, I don't.
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I wake up, but I stay in bed for 10 minutes.
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I get up at 10 past 7.
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Oh, me too.
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I always check my emails in bed.
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What do you do after you get up?
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Well, first I go to the bathroom.
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I always brush my teeth.
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Then I get dressed.
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Right.
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After that, I go to the kitchen and I have breakfast.
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I usually have toast and an apple.
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That sounds healthy.
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And then do you leave the house?
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Yes, I leave the house at 8 o'clock and I go to campus.
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What about you, Avery?
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What is your morning routine?
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My routine is a little different.
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I never wake up at 7 o'clock.
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That is too early for me.
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I usually wake up at 8.30.
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Wow, 8.30.
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Yes, I get up right away.
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Then I get dressed and brush my hair.
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Okay.
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Do you eat breakfast?
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That's a funny question.
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I sometimes eat breakfast.
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If I have time, I eat cereal.
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But I often just have coffee.
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Just coffee?
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Oh, Avery.
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I know.
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Then I leave the house at 9 o'clock.
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That's interesting.
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Our mornings are very different.
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What about your family?
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Let's talk about your brother.
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What time does he get up?
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Oh, my brother?
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He is very different.
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He works at night, so he always wakes up very late.
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He wakes up at 11 o'clock in the morning.
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11 o'clock?
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So he never eats breakfast?
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That's right.
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He never eats breakfast.
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He has lunch when he wakes up.
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He gets stressed, and he usually watches TV in the afternoon.
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That's a very relaxed routine.
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Yes, it is.
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What about your sister, Melody?
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What does she do in the morning?
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My sister is a student, like us.
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She is very busy.
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She always wakes up at 6.30.
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6.30?
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That is early.
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Yes, she gets up and goes for a run.
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After that, she has a big breakfast.
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She always brushes her teeth, and then she goes to campus.
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She leaves the house at 8.30.
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She sounds very organized.
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She is!
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So, after the morning, we go to campus.
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What do you do in the afternoon, Avery?
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On Mondays and Wednesdays, I attend a lecture at 10 o'clock.
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It's a big class.
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After class, I usually go to the library.
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The library?
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Okay.
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Yes, I do my homework there, I check my emails, and I study for an hour.
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Do you take a break?
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Of course, I always take a break.
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At 1 o'clock, I have lunch with my friends.
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That's nice.
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My afternoon is similar.
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I have a class at 9 o'clock, then I often study with friends.
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We do homework together.
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Mm-hmm.
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We sometimes take a long break and drink coffee.
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Then I have another class in the afternoon.
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You are very busy.
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Yes.
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Now let's talk about the evening.
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What time do you get home?
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I usually get home at 6 o'clock.
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The first thing I do is cook dinner.
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I love cooking.
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That's great.
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I don't cook.
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My roommate cooks dinner.
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You are lucky.
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What do you do after dinner?
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In the evening, I often watch TV or I listen to music.
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I find it relaxing.
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I agree.
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I never watch TV, but I always listen to music when I cook.
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It makes me happy.
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Me too.
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And finally, the end of the day.
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What time do you go to bed, Avery?
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I try to go to bed at 11 o'clock at night, but I sometimes read a book so I fall asleep around midnight.
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What about you?
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Because I get up early, I go to bed early.
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I am usually in bed at 10 o'clock.
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I fall asleep very fast.
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That is a good habit.
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So this is our routine on weekdays, but what about on weekends?
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On Saturday, for example, Is your routine different?
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Oh, yes, very different.
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On Saturdays, I sometimes wake up at 10 o'clock.
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I never do homework.
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I often play football with my friends.
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That sounds fun.
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My weekends are relaxed, too.
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I get up late, and I often watch movies in the afternoon.
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It is good to take a break.
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Well, that was a great chat about our daily routines.
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We learned about mornings, afternoons, and evenings.
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Yes, and how our routines are the same and how they are different.
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Thank you everyone for listening.
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We hope you enjoyed it.
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Bye for now.
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Goodbye.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: routine, wake, usually, Avery, breakfast. Deze video bevat 142 zinnen en 799 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:52. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 136 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 26 van de 142 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
relax werkwoord/ɹɪˈlæks/losmaken
brush zelfstandig naamwoord/bɹʌʃ/borstel, (paint-) verfborstel
homework zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/huiswerk, huistaak
asleep bijvoeglijk naamwoord/əˈsliːp/slapend
topic zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtɑpɪk/onderwerp, thema
midnight zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/middernacht
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/tot ziens, tot weerziens
habit zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhæb.ɪt/gewoonte
leaf zelfstandig naamwoord/lif/blad
lecture zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/lezing, college
organize werkwoord/ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/organiseren
toast zelfstandig naamwoord/toʊst/toost, geroosterd brood
roommate zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/kamergenoot, huisgenoot
weekday zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/werkdag, weekdag

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
get up werkwoordopstaan
wake up werkwoord/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/wakker worden, ontwaken

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • What is your routine on weekdays?
  • What do you do after you get up?
  • What is your morning routine?
  • Do you take a break?
  • What time do you get home?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 5 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

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 relax, brush, homework.

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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