Shadowing Practice: Eileen Gu's BIGGEST Test (not skiing) - Learn English Speaking with Video

At X Games, normally the announcer will kind of give an interesting fact about the person who's dropping.

Not only is she talented on skis, she's really, really smart too.

And for me, when I dropped, the little bio just read 1580 on the SAT.

I just thought that was really funny.

So I traveled to Europe for our fall season training, and it was really, really difficult to schedule an SAT in Europe.

The only test center that was still administering the test and still had availability was in Geneva.

By the time I got into Geneva, it was already 11.30 p.m.

And then I wake up the next morning and we go down for breakfast and there are these amazing veal sausages.

We arrived the night before, so we obviously didn't have time to go grocery shopping.

The SAT is a four-hour test and so there are snack breaks in between, but I didn't have any snacks.

So I decided that it would make sense for me to wrap some veal sausages in a napkin, put them in my purse, bring them to the test center as one does,

and that would be my snack for the SAT

because they were delicious and they were also the only food that I had.

So at this point, the sausages are in my bag and I'm ready to go to the test center.

My mom had already called the car.

By the time we get outside, we keep seeing the notification five minutes away, three minutes away, and then it slowly starts to climb up.

Seven minutes away, ten minutes away, we realize that we're probably not going to make it in The test center,

the doors close at 8 a.m sharp and by this time it was 7.45.

So by the time the clock rolled around to 7.50, I kind of had made an executive decision.

I was going to go on my own to the test center.

Never have I ever run in a nice outfit with jeans

and bag and I do have sausages in my bag

so I'm trying not to shake it too much because if the oil gets out, that's a major problem.

So I'm running along and it's absolutely dumping rain.

Cars that pass me are giving me the strangest looks and the roads are very confusing and windy.

Eventually, I make my way to the test center, super out of breath, and this campus was absolutely sprawling.

So I was running around and snaking through all these different buildings and trying to find the room.

And it's beginning to look like I'm not gonna make it.

Eventually, I stumble upon the test site and I think I finally made it, but...

The doors are closed.

And so at this point, I am dripping wet.

I look like a drowned rat with this locked door in front of me.

And I feel like the world is about to end.

And so I start knocking on the door and eventually the door opens

and this very impatient proctor opens the door and she's like, can I help you?

And I'm like, please, please just let me take the test.

Eventually I make my way in.

I put down my sausage bag on the floor, head over, try to calm myself, take a couple deep breaths, and we're about halfway through the test and we hit the first break

but I am feeling pretty hungry so going into

that break I was really looking forward to my sausages

that I knew were in my bag

but everybody's nibbling on their little chocolate bars or their granola bars

and I wasn't exactly about to chow down on my veal

sausages right in the test center in front of everyone

and I was feeling quite self-conscious

so I actually smuggled my bag into the one stall bathroom

so I entered the bathroom lock the door and that is where I finally ate my sausages.

So the results of the SAT come out on an online portal

and so I remember checking my hands were literally shaking

so nervous I check it and it comes up

and it's like you have one new score

so I clicked open the score and it was a 1580

so I dropped my phone I was like jumping up and down

and then immediately I ran down the hallway like slammed open

my mom's door I think she was still in bed my SAT score came Oh my god, I got a 1580.

This is literally insane.

So my mom burst out into tears.

She was so happy and I was, yeah, really, really happy.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 58 zinnen en 780 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:01. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 194 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
sausage zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/	worst
snack zelfstandig naamwoord	/snæk/	tussendoortje
shake werkwoord	/ˈʃeɪk/	schudden
sharp bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ʃɑɹp/	scherp, puntig
hungry bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/	hongerig, honger hebben
clock zelfstandig naamwoord	/klɑk/	teller, kilometerteller
insane bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɪnˈseɪn/	gestoord, waanzinnig
arrive werkwoord	/əˈɹaɪv/	aankomen, arriveren
knock werkwoord	/nɑk/	kloppen, aankloppen
tear werkwoord	/tɛɹ/	scheuren
delicious bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/	heerlijk, lekker
talented bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈtæləntɪd/	getalenteerd
breathe werkwoord	/bɹiːð/	ademen, ademhalen
snake zelfstandig naamwoord	/sneɪk/	slang, serpent
climb werkwoord	/ˈklaɪ̯m/	klimmen

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
look forward to werkwoord		uitkijken naar, zich verheugen op
run down werkwoord		aanrijden
wake up werkwoord	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	wakker worden, ontwaken

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, didn't, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, conscious /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: availability /əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, administer /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stə/

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 sausage, snack, shake.

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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