Shadowing Practice: DON’T FALL ASLEEP AT A MATT RIFE SHOW | crowdwork - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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This dude is fully asleep in the show right now.
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No, no, no, no, let him be, let him be, let him be, let him be.
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Who wants to jack off on him first?
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That's the...
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Louis C .K comes down the stairs and he's like, this is my time to shine.
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This is gonna be fun.
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We're gonna figure out something to do to him.
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It can't be anything illegal, but it should be borderline.
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Signing his head.
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I'm not gonna make him worth more.
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Drunk or just tired?
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Because the show is going well.
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A little bit of both?
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That's fine man, it's Thursday.
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I get it.
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Week's almost over.
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Sometimes he needs to come a day earlier.
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I get that.
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How old is he?
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25?
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He thinks he's tired now?
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It's gonna get so much worse.
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He's got work tomorrow?
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Where does he work?
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Construction.
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Construction?
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Nah, he probably is fucking tired then, to be honest.
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And that is how you get replaced by a Mexican.
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That was exactly it.
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Being lazy and ungrateful for an opportunity.
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White people just aren't built for manual labor.
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You know what I mean?
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He works in the office.
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He what?
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He works in the office?
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He works in the office?
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Still asleep.
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This is great Call his girlfriend he has a girlfriend too?
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This is probably the only time he knows he has to go home to an argument after this.
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He's like let me fucking fuel up.
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What's his name?
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Miguel.
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Oh.
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This is the replacement.
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That is how you get replaced by the Chinese. Or a robot.
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I don't know what comes after.
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I don't know what comes after the peck -mortar hard workers.
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But, uh, well, he bought a ticket, so.
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No refunds, Miguel.
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You bought that ticket?
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Oh, you about to get a Venmo request.
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He's Mexican.
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You about to get a Cash App request.
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Let's do something fun.
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I'm thinking we turn off all the lights.
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Nobody rob anybody.
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I just want one light on him.
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I'm gonna sneak up on him.
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Shhh!
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You're gonna wake him on!
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Snaps!
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Snaps!
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You guys are so stupid.
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I can't believe you're playing along with this.
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Also, bro, I can't sleep ever.
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I have such bad insomnia.
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Like I can't sleep in any bed ever with - I've got like a $300 pillow.
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That shit doesn't work at all.
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This motherfucker's sitting upright.
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In a public setting.
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Out cold.
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Getting the best sleep I've never had.
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Alright, you over there now, y 'all?
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You over there, dude?
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Okay, here's what I wanted to do.
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See the - can you see the - the blue? light that's on him right there just leave
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that one on turn off every other light.
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What do you mean can't do it?
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Like physically you can't?
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Turn the stage lights off.
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Take him a while.
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Is it not a switch?
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There we go.
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That's good.
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Uh oh.
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Hold on.
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Okay.
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Now I'm glad there wasn't more black people here.
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Alright, hold on a second.
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Let me find the piano.
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I swear to God, nobody steal anybody's wallet.
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Hold on.
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He doesn't know how to fight does he?
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That's so funny for you guys to say no. You guys can rob one person after this show.
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How do I bring up the police lights He said let's not sit in the front
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so he won't call on us Nothing?
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Dude, he might be dead.
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Miguel.
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Miguel.
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You've been in a coma for eight minutes.
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Trump is on his fourth term, and we need you back in the office.
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You good, dog?
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What were you dreaming about?
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There was a fire!
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You didn't hear none of that?
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Oh, wow, man.
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Miguel, I am very jealous of your abilities to sleep, though.
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I wake up.
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I'm the lightest sleeper, dude.
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If the AC kicks on, I'm like, someone's in my ass.
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Someone's trying to dig in me.
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You scared us man.
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We thought you died You were out so cold man your boy put his nuts on your shoulder Well,
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let me go.
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What was your favorite part about the show?
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Yeah, if you had to say recap the night.
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What was your favorite part of the evening thus far?
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It's over Yeah, man, it's Saturday Ever, dude.
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So I've been up here for 35 minutes, dude.
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Oh my God.
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I'm Matt, by the way.
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I don't know if you were awake when I got up here or not.
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But a lot happened.
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The police showed up.
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You didn't budge, dude.
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You gotta work with your awareness.
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You were almost out of here, amigo.
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What kind of construction do y 'all do?
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Yeah, there's certain kinds of construction.
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It could be residential, it could be commercial, Miguel.
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What kind of construction y 'all do?
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Residential and commercial.
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Well, those are the two.
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He does it all.
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It only gets worse from here.
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25. You think you tired now, Miguel?
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You just got on your own insurance.
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Shit's about to get real, man.
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you.
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Management tried to wake you up.
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You didn't budge.
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I was like, let him sleep.
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Management was like, you gotta get out of here.
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I respect that dude.
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I can't sleep at all.
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That's a fucking skill set.
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You're gonna sleep in a public place like this.
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I know you shit in public places, dude.
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You're not worried.
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You're not worried to use a stall whatsoever, man.
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You're not even putting a flap down.
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They put the flap down because of me.
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You sleep at church? In front of Jesus?

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “DON’T FALL ASLEEP AT A MATT RIFE SHOW”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Squeak, dude, sleep, Miguel, construction. Deze video bevat 152 zinnen en 939 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:05. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 116 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 33 van de 152 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:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
budge werkwoord/bʌd͡ʒ/toegeven, meegaan
borderline zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/grens, grenslijn
insomnia zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪnˈsɒmniə/slapeloosheid
sleeper zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/slaper
ungrateful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/ondankbaar
upright bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈʌpɹaɪt/oprecht
coma zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkoʊmə/coma
mortar zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmɔːtə/specie, mortel
refund zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹɪˈfʌnd/teruggave
pillow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞]hoofdkussen, oorkussen
sneak werkwoord/sniːk/sluipen, rondsluipen
scare werkwoord/skɛɚ/bang maken, beangstigen
stairs zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈstɛɹz/trap
awake werkwoord/əˈweɪk/ontwaken
wallet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɑl.ət/portemonnee, portefeuille

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
turn off werkwoorduitzetten, uitschakelen
bring up werkwoordopvoeden
figure out werkwoorduitvogelen, er achter komen
get up werkwoordopstaan
show up werkwoordtentoonstellen
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:

  • You know what I mean?
  • Alright, you over there now, y 'all?
  • See the - can you see the - the blue?
  • What do you mean can't do it?
  • You didn't hear none of that?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 45 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, gonna, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: budge /bʌd͡ʒ/, refund /ɹɪˈfʌnd/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: whatsoever /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/, awake /əˈweɪk/, wallet /ˈwɑl.ət/

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 budge, borderline, insomnia.

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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