Shadowing Practice: Do you care about the news? - BTN High - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Can you name this man?
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Anthony Albanese!
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Do you know who this guy is?
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Nah, I've got no clue.
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That's the opposition leader.
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Do you know who this man is?
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His name starts with an M, I think.
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I don't know.
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What's the name of the celebrity seal that visits Tasmania?
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Is it Neil the Seal?
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Neil the Seal.
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Neil the Seal.
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Which country hosted the 2026 Pacific Islands Forum?
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Um...
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If you find you're not exactly on top of the news, well, you're not alone.
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Do you keep up with the news?
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No, I do not.
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Sometimes, sometimes I do.
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A lot, actually.
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I watch all the deep dives.
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If it pops up on my TikTok or, like, social media.
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Some adults also don't like watching the news because it is so, well, boring.
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If I'm at the TV, yes, I watch it.
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I've never watched it in my life.
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A recent survey of 1,027 young people aged between 10 and 17 found that young people's news engagement has dropped since 2023.
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Fewer are following up on news stories they hear about, fewer are following news stories on social media, and fewer are checking news websites or apps.
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Get your morning paper, Morning Star.
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There was a time when the news was part of the daily routine.
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Newspapers at breakfast, the 6 o'clock news at night.
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Hello there.
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Then, in the 90s, the internet took off.
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And the way we consumed our news started to change.
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That's the sound of the internet, by the way.
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Over the last decade, social media has been a big source of news, especially for young people.
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But then this happened.
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If you're under 16, you're no longer allowed to have a social media account.
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A significant consequence here is the social media ban.
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This is Professor Tanya Notley, one of the researchers from the study.
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She says the social media ban has probably had an impact on news consumption.
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A lot of the news that young people get on social media is incidental.
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It's news they weren't looking for it, but they came across it.
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And that then might lead them looking at other sources because they found out about something.
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That said, social media is still a pretty popular place to get news, coming in third after family and friends,
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above-life TV, news websites and radio.
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Meanwhile, a fairly small but growing number of young people say they're using AI to find out about the news regularly.
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Like, sometimes we use Google AI to find out something, if it's, like, true or not.
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I don't know, I just need something quick.
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I'll just chuck in AI so it gives me the answer.
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Do you find it reliable, then, for news?
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Oh, absolutely.
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I use AI a lot for like housework.
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For example, like, um, like air fried hash browns are not very crispy, so I like, I try to ask ChatGPT how I can like make them more crispier.
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So it's very helpful, very helpful.
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Yeah, but what about the news?
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Oh, uh, where?
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So if you type the news into Google, would you trust it?
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No, no way.
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The use of AI as a news source has some people worried for a couple of reasons.
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For starters, people using AI for their news aren't necessarily clicking through to news websites, which means those websites don't get as much traffic, which can rob them of income.
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Then there are worries about accuracy.
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Last year, a big study found that AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time, regardless of where you live in the world.
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Less than half of young people are confident that they can verify information to work out if news is reliable or not.
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But then when we asked about the steps young people take, most young people are not looking at multiple sources, checking the source is reliable.
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They're not doing things like a reverse image search
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or any of these techniques that you might use to check if news is reliable or not.
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So that is a concern when using generative AI.
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So I guess the big question is, does any of this matter?
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Do you need to know about world leaders, regional forums or transient seals?
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They need to keep up to date with the news because, like, they don't know what's, like, out in the real world if they don't look at the news.
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You don't want to just be spreading, like, false information to people and telling people, oh, did you hear about this, when it didn't.. might not have even happened.
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There could also be important stuff, like, if there's danger around that area or something's happening near where they go, to keep them safe.
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Yeah, it is actually pretty important important for all those reasons.
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Plus, soon you'll be voting, so it's important to get an understanding of what's happening and how those decisions could affect you.
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Which is why experts say it's pretty important for people like
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us to do what we can to get people like you interested in the news.
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What do you think should be done to make news more engaging for young people?
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I feel like making it somehow more interesting and engaging.
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There's not stuff that affects high schoolers
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or people going from primary to high school there's not enough that's relevant to us to make it interesting.
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I think more positive local news instead of more international stuff, unless it's really big events.
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If it still was engaging, I don't think young people would still watch it, because they need that dopamine hit.
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So, like, Subway Surf is in the bottom.
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Like, they need that dopamine hit.
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Yeah, I think if they posted positive things about kids and stuff, it would be like, yeah, I'd watch that more.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Do you care about the news? - BTN High”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: seal, source, websites, reliable. Deze video bevat 84 zinnen en 967 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:12. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 186 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 14 van de 84 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| seal zelfstandig naamwoord | /siːl/ | zegel |
| reliable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩/ | betrouwbaar, zeker |
| fewer | /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ | minder |
| dopamine zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdoʊ.pəˌmin/ | dopamine |
| housework zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhaʊsˌwɝk/ | huishouden, huishoudelijk werk |
| transient bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/ | vergankelijk, eindig |
| hash zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhæʃ/ | hachee |
| consume werkwoord | /kənˈsum/ | consumeren, verbruiken |
| fry werkwoord | /fɹaɪ/ | bakken, braden |
| researcher zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | onderzoeker |
| bore werkwoord | /boɹ/ | vervelen |
| consequence zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/ | gevolg, consequentie |
| dive werkwoord | /daɪv/ | duiken, onderwaterzwemmen |
| clue zelfstandig naamwoord | /kluː/ | aanwijzing, spoor |
| accuracy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/ | nauwkeurigheid, precisie |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| come across werkwoord | overkomen | |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken | |
| take off werkwoord | uittrekken, afzetten | |
| work out werkwoord | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | uitrekenen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Can you name this man?
- Do you know who this guy is?
- Do you know who this man is?
- Do you keep up with the news?
- Do you find it reliable, then, for news?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've never watched · has dropped · has been |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | might lead · might use · might not have |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | weren't looking · was engaging |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | are following · they're using · are not looking |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 23 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, you're, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: transient /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/, hash /ˈhæʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: generative /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/, incidental /ɪnsɪˈdɛntəl/, misrepresent /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/, accuracy /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: generative /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/, dive /daɪv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: transient /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/, hash /ˈhæʃ/, accuracy /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: housework /ˈhaʊsˌwɝk/, consequence /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/
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 seal, reliable, fewer.
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