Shadowing Practice: Daniel’s Story: A Boy’s Life During the Holocaust - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Dear Diary, my name is Daniel.
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Today is my birthday.
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Dad gave me his medal.
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He got it when he was a soldier.
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And my sister Erika gave me this brand new diary.
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I'm going to draw and write about everything I do.
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Today I played soccer with my friends.
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And helped at our family's store.
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Our family is Jewish.
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On Friday evening, we have the best meal of the week: Shabbat dinner.
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Eloheinu melech ha'olam borei pri hagafen.
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My father says the blessing over the wine, and I get to drink some.
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It's a new year.
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Things are starting to change.
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It's really scary.
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A group of people called Nazis took over Germany.
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They want to rule the world.
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They hate anyone who isn't like them.
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Especially Jewish people.
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Now my friends won't play with me because I'm Jewish.
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Hey! Go away!
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Even my teacher makes fun of me because I'm Jewish.
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Mom and Dad always seem worried.
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And Erika is really scared.
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I try to remind her of how things used to be.
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Things just keep getting worse.
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There are all sorts of places we can't go.
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All Jews are required to carry identification cards at all times.
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These cards must be presented...
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Nazis are making new laws against Jews every day.
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Have you ever been punished for something you didn't do?
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My parents sent me to a new school just for Jews.
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I miss my old friends, but I'm making new friends too.
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Last night I heard shouting outside.
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Nazis destroyed Jewish homes and stores.
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Including ours.
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Dad! Dad! Dad!
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Dad? They burned our synagogue.
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I never saw my father cry before.
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It's 1941. The Nazis are still fighting a world war.
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And they're making Jews sew yellow stars on our clothes so people know we're Jewish.
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Then they told us we have to leave our home.
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But no one will tell us where we're going.
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We aren't allowed to bring many things.
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I left my diary behind.
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I don't feel like drawing anymore.
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But Erika saved it for me.
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She's afraid we won't see our home again.
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I promised her things would go back to the way they were before the Nazis ruined our lives.
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The Nazis sent us far from home to a ghetto.
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A crowded, dirty place, just for Jews.
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There are fences all around us.
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We're not allowed to leave.
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Our apartment is really crowded.
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And we only get one loaf of bread per week.
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Mom shares her bread with us.
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I'm afraid we won't have enough food to stay alive.
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Everyone is forced to work here.
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Even kids. Erika can't even go to school.
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I know stealing is wrong, but we’re freezing.
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Sometimes I think about when my dad was a soldier.
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He had to be brave.
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It makes me feel brave too.
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Even Erika took a pencil for me.
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She told me I have to keep drawing no matter what.
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We've been stuck in this ghetto for three years.
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I thought things couldn't get worse.
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The Nazis told us we have to leave again.
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I heard people say we're going to a concentration camp.
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I don't know what that is.
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They say it's worse than the ghetto.
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I don't know how that could be.
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We were stuck in that hot train for three days.
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We got off the train and they took all our bags away.
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They took my diary.
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And they took Mom and Erika away.
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We are forced to work all the time.
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We were always hungry and cold.
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People are dying every day.
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I can't sleep.
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So I keep my diary alive in my head.
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We never saw Mom or Erika again.
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Nazis killed them both.
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Just because they're Jewish.
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I still miss them so much.
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Later that year, the war finally ended.
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Soldiers freed us from the camps.
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Dad and I both managed to survive.
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But there were so many children who didn’t.
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Just like Erika.
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The Nazis killed more than 1.5 million kids.
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That's like a whole school disappearing every day for eight years.
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The Nazis killed grown-ups, too.
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Millions of Jewish people and many others.
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There are still people today who hate Jews just for being Jewish.
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That's why I still write and draw.
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That's why I still remember.
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Remember my story.
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Remember the children.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Daniel’s Story: A Boy’s Life During the Holocaust”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Nazis, Jewish, Erika, dad, Jews. Deze video bevat 99 zinnen en 719 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:15. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 78 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 14 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
diary zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/dagboek
synagogue zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ/synagoge
punish werkwoord/ˈpʌnɪʃ/straffen, afstraffen
pencil zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɛnsəl/potlood, griffel
cloth zelfstandig naamwoord/klɒθ/doek, kleed
shout werkwoord/ʃaʊt/schreeuwen
blessing zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/zegen
scare werkwoord/skɛɚ/bang maken, beangstigen
disappear werkwoord/dɪsəˈpɪɹ/verdwijnen, verzwinden
freeze werkwoord/ˈfɹiːz/bevriezen
identification zelfstandig naamwoord/aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/identificatie, identificeren
fence zelfstandig naamwoord/fɛns/hek, omheining
concentration zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/concentratie
ruin zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹuː.ɪn/ruïne, bouwval

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
get off werkwoordvan ... afgaan
go away werkwoordweggaan
take over werkwoordovernemen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • There are all sorts of places we can't go.
  • Have you ever been punished for something you didn't do?
  • We aren't allowed to bring many things.
  • I don't feel like drawing anymore.
  • She's afraid we won't see our home again.

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 required · must be presented · been punished
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltHave you ever been punished · We've been stuck
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dinganyone who isn · children who didn
Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgdkeep getting · keep drawing

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 27 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, we're, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/, identification /aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: identification /aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/

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 diary, synagogue, punish.

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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