Shadowing Practice: Do you know these *everyday objects* in English? - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I'm on the table now.
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Are you ready to make a video with me?
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Yeah.
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Hi.
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I've noticed that even my most advanced learners in English sometimes don't know everyday words.
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I have curly hair.
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You have curly hair, that's right.
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You have very curly hair.
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And so that's what we're going to talk about in today's video.
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Everyday words that you can use around the house.
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Sound good?
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Yeah.
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Okay, are you going to help me teach?
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I'm an English teacher and Dory is only three years old,
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but he's already a much better teacher than I am.
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If you would like a simple Google Docs guide for today's lesson,
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What's this called?
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Oh, bless you, bless you.
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That was a double sneeze.
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You feel better?
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Yeah.
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Alright, what is this called?
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What is it?
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Paper towels.
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Paper towels.
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What do we use paper towels for?
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Wiping some water.
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Wiping up some water sometimes.
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Yeah, wiping up spills, wiping up liquids in the kitchen and all over the house, right?
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What are these called? And uh, guac.
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Tissues, or we call them by the brand name Kleenex.
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Do you have any Kleenex?
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Can I have a Kleenex?
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No. Although we, we're American,
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I'm American but we live in Canada, right? right Dory is Canadian.
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But I'm both.
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You're both you're right you're right and so in Canada maybe they call them Scotties I'm not sure.
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If you're watching this and you're Canadian what do you call these?
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They're for dogs.
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They're for dogs oh yeah there is a little dog on here there's a little dog at the bottom.
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Are they for dogs?
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No these are for people the logo has a dog on it,
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but these are for people.
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Dogs can use them too, I guess.
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Yeah, they can use it.
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That's nice.
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If a dog needs to blow his nose,
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he can use these too.
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A lot of the names of these items are regional,
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so it will really depend on what part of the U.S you're from,
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or if you're from Canada,
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or the U.K., or wherever in the world.
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Some of these things are said differently,
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depending on the exact place you're from.
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Are you tired? Should we keep going?
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Are you too tired?
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Do we need to stop?
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No. Okay.
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Because I'm yawning.
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You're yawning, I know.
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What are these?
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Napkins.
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Napkins.
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Good job.
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I have to wipe our hands.
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What's this?
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Oh, we put this back.
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Oh, put this back.
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Okay.
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What is this called?
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toilet paper toilet paper yeah where do we use toilet paper
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in the toilet in the toilet in the bathroom right mm-hmm yeah sometimes I use it
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because sometimes I use a lot sometimes you use a lot?
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What are these called?
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Wipes.
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What do we use wipes for?
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For wiping some bum-bums.
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For wiping some bum-bums, yeah.
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When you were a baby,
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I used wipes a lot when I had changed your diapers,
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but now you're potty trained.
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What are these?
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Slippers.
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Good job, buddy.
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Yes, these are slippers.
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Okay, do you want to wear them right now?
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No. No?
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Okay.
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Alright, what is this called, Dory?
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What is it?
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This is a Tupperware container.
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Tupperware container.
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This is a brand name because Tupperware is a popular brand of containers.
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I don't know what else we would call it.
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A food container?
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Maybe?
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Yep.
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Alright, what are these?
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Sneakers.
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Sneakers.
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Good job, bud.
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Yeah.
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A lot of these words are very,
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very different in British English.
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So if you know the word for sneakers in British English,
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please tell us down below.
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What is this?
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A strainer.
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What did you say?
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A strainer.
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A strainer.
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You're right.
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This is called a strainer.
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It's for straining pasta. And some what?
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For straining pasta and vegetables.
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And some shrimp. And shrimp.
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Yeah, sure.
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We could strain shrimp in this.
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We put water inside.
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Yeah, we put water.
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We run water over it, right?
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We run water over the shrimp.
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We put it in the sink.
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We put it in the sink, yeah.
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What is this?
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What's this called?
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What do we use it for?
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Laundry.
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yeah we use it for washing the laundry right we take this little cup off this is laundry detergent
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and we put the laundry detergent in here
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and then we put this in the in the laundry machine what is What is this?
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Soap.
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What do we use this for?
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Dishing.
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Washing dishes.
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This is dish soap.
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Dish soap.
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Yeah.
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And with dish soap, we use one of these.
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What is this?
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A sponge!
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For rubbing things.
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Yeah, for washing things.
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For rubbing and washing the dishes.
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Scrubbing the dishes.
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This side scrubs and this side washes.
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This is a sponge.
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A sponge.
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Mama, I popped a bubble in your mouth.
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You popped a bubble in your mouth?
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That's funny.
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What is this?
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What is it?
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This is for washing our hands and we call this hand soap.
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So we squirt a little bit onto our hands
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and we wash our hands in the sink and then we rinse our hands.
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Don't do don't do it for real.
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You're just pretending right?
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Yeah.
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So we go and then we wash our hands and then we rinse our hands with water after.
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What is this?
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Yes, this is soap.
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Good job.
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A bar of soap.
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Can we hear the noise?
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The noise?
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Yeah.
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Oh, Oh, you can hear it.
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You're right.
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There is a noise.
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There's soap in there.
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Does it smell good?
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Yeah.
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What is this called?
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A towel.
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A towel.
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Yes, a towel.
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And this one?
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It's a towel towel.
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Yeah, this is a towel too.
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This is a hand towel that we use in the kitchen.
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And what is this?
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I would call this a washcloth.
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A washcloth or a facecloth.
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This is called?
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This is called a hoodie.
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A hoodie.
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Do you want to say bye bye then to the camera?
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Bye bye.
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Bye.
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I want to show it.
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Oh you want to show it?
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Okay go ahead show the calculator.
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What is the calculator for? for doing math.
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Math.
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Thanks for watching, everybody.
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We'll see you next time.
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One plus eight.
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One plus eight.
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What's one plus eight?
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Nine.
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Nine.
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Good job, bud.
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High five.

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Deze spreekles op niveau A1 is gebaseerd op de video “Do you know these *everyday objects* in English?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: towel, soap, dog, wiping, paper. Deze video bevat 206 zinnen en 1084 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:20. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 105 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 59 van de 206 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
wipe werkwoord/waɪp/vegen, smeren
towel zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtaʊ̯əl/handdoek
soap zelfstandig naamwoord/soʊp/zeep
dish zelfstandig naamwoord/dɪʃ/bord, taloor
wash werkwoord/wɑʃ/wassen, spoelen
laundry zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/was
container zelfstandig naamwoord/kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/bak
shrimp zelfstandig naamwoord/ʃɹɪmp/garnaal
sink werkwoord/ˈsɪŋk/zinken, onderdompelen
strain zelfstandig naamwoord/stɹeɪn/bloedlijn
curly bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkɝli/krullig, krullerig
sponge zelfstandig naamwoord/spʌnd͡ʒ/spons
everyday bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/alledaags
depend werkwoord/dɪˈpɛnd/afhangen
bubble zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbʌbəl/bel

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Are you ready to make a video with me?
  • What do we use paper towels for?
  • Do we need to stop?
  • What do we use wipes for?
  • What do we use it 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 said · is called
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltI've noticed · have created
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtyou're watching · I'm yawning · You're yawning
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig isneeds to blow · need to stop · have to wipe

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 29 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, I'm, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, washcloth /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: dish /dɪʃ/, wash /wɑʃ/, shrimp /ʃɹɪmp/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, washcloth /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: sponge /spʌnd͡ʒ/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, rub /ɹʌb/, liquid /ˈlɪk.wɪd/, pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, napkin /ˈnæpˌkɪn/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: wipe /waɪp/, wash /wɑʃ/, liquid /ˈlɪk.wɪd/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/, washcloth /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/

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 wipe, towel, soap.

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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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