Shadowing Practice: Dua Lipa: How Books Change Lives - Learn English Speaking with Video
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While I've always felt firmly rooted,
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my life has never really been what you might call local.
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I was born in the UK,
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but my first language was Albanian.
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Woo!
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London is my home, but I'm often on the road.
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And today I have the privilege of traveling the world doing a job that I love.
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Last year I played live in 33 cities in 20 countries and sang in 9 different languages.
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It turns out, thank you,
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it turns out my reading habits follow a similar pattern.
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Since we launched the Service 95 book club three years ago,
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eight of my 33 monthly reads have been translated fiction.
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Just as importantly, these 33 books tell stories that span Japan,
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Korea, Nigeria, Colombia, the US,
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Mexico, Hungary, Norway, Afghanistan, Poland,
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Ireland, Spain, the UK, France, Vietnam and Australia.
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I read as much as time allows and while some of the books I love become book club titles,
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others remain private passions.
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I'm a reader who loves to be immersed in a novel and I mean really deeply in it.
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When I read translated fiction and some of you recognize these scenes,
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I walk the streets of Naples in the shoes of a young girl who's becoming aware
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that her future will be defined by her gender.
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I've borne witness to animals taking revenge on their hunters in rural Poland.
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Or did they?
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I've gained wisdom I didn't know I needed from a pigeon on a balcony in Mexico City
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and as Guadalupe Natal writes you can't get anything past a pigeon
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I've overheard a conversation between French rescue responders who decided not
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to send help to 30 drowning asylum seekers who believed they would find sanctuary on British soil
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I felt the pain of a particularly lonely love in Czechoslovakia.
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I've suffered heartbreak in 1960s Tokyo.
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I've even seen my life flash before my eyes as I faced a firing squad in Colombia.
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Just this year, I've met sworn virgins in Albania.
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I thought I knew everything about Albania.
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But it took a Bulgarian writer,
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a Bulgarian translator, a small British independent publisher,
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and an international prize for me to find this story.
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There really isn't anything quite like a book to understand the perspective of others and translated fiction takes that even further.
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I guess it's the fusion of an experience that's so universal and at the same time so unique.
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It's the antidote to othering.
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When I launched my book club,
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it wasn't in a cozy cafe in London.
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It was with a reading group in Downview women's prison.
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I was there with Gabby as part of the Books Unlocked program.
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Each year, the Booker Prize Foundation provides free Booker-nominated books to UK prisons and young offender institutions,
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and that also includes titles from the international list.
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One of the most insightful conversations about a book I've ever had was that morning in Downview,
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and I'll never forget what one of the women shared with the group,
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that perhaps that if she'd read more books when she was younger,
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maybe she wouldn't be here now.
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That moment really brought it home to me that reading a book is often so much more than a solitary activity.
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It can trigger a conversation with a friend or,
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like in Downview, provide a way to share a profound experience with a wider group.
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And a book club discussion is maybe the one occasion where you get even more out of it if you disagree.
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Last year's winner of the International Booker Prize was Heartlamp,
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written by Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bashti.
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We'll have the pleasure of hearing from Deepa shortly.
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In her acceptance speech, Banu said,
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This book was born from the belief that no story is ever small,
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that in the tapestry of human experience,
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every thread holds the weight of the whole.
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As a reader, I want to follow those threads of connection.
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What a joy it is to read.
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What a joy to read the world.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “Dua Lipa: How Books Change Lives”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Booker, translated, prize, club, Downview. Deze video bevat 70 zinnen en 720 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:54. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 147 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 75% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| translate werkwoord | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | vertalen, overzetten |
| pigeon zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/ | duif, doffer |
| antidote zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ | tegengif |
| heartbreak zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/ | hartzeer |
| immerse werkwoord | /ɪˈmɜɹs/ | onderdompelen |
| insightful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈsaɪt.f(ə)l/ | inzichtelijk |
| overhear werkwoord | /oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/ | luistervinken |
| seeker zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsikəɹ/ | zoeker |
| tapestry zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtæpəstɹi/ | gobelin, wandtapijt |
| beginner zelfstandig naamwoord | /bəˈɡɪnɚ/ | beginneling, beginnelinge |
| translator zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/ | vertaler, vertaalster |
| drown werkwoord | /dɹaʊn/ | verdrinken, verzuipen |
| offender zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈfen.dɚ/ | schuldige |
| offline bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɔfˈlaɪn/ | ontkoppeld, offline |
| balcony zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbælkəni/ | balkon |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| turn out werkwoord | uitvallen, resulteren |
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 always felt · has never really been · have been translated |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was born · have been translated · be immersed |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 18 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I've, I'm, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: solitary /ˈsɑlɪˌtɛɹi/, sanctuary /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, antidote /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/, tapestry /ˈtæpəstɹi/, translator /ˈtɹænzleɪtɚ/, transcript /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: beginner /bəˈɡɪnɚ/, disagree /dɪsəˈɡɹi/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als translate, pigeon, antidote.
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.