Shadowing Practice: Elon Musk on Education - Learn English Speaking with Video

Yeah.

I mean, it's actually kind of funny.

Like, you know, if you think, like, what is education?

Like, you're basically downloading data and algorithms into your brain.

And it's actually amazingly bad in conventional education.

Because, like, it shouldn't be like this huge chore.

Like, the more you can gamify the process of learning, the better.

Like, for my kids, I do not have to encourage them to play video games.

Yeah.

I have to, like, pry them from their hands.

Like, crack.

Yes.

Yes like, drop that crack needle.

Yeah, yeah.

You have that problem at your house too.

Yeah, exactly.

The crack is a dick.

And I think, unfortunately, a lot of education is very vaudevillian.

You've got someone standing up there,

kind of lecturing at people.

And they've done the same lecture 20 years in a row.

And they're not very excited about it.

And that enthusiasm is conveyed to the students.

They're not very excited about it.

They don't know why they're there.

Like, why are we learning this stuff?

We don't even know why.

In fact, I think a lot of things people learn,

probably there's no point in learning them.

Because they never use them in the future.

Because who's going to launch a rocket into space?

I mean, that's just like, yeah, exactly.

That never happens.

Well, you have to say,

people, I think, don't stand back and say,

well, why are we teaching people these things?

And we should tell them probably why we're teaching these things.

Because a lot of kids just in school kind of puzzled as to why they're there.

I think if you can explain the why of things,

then that makes a huge difference to people's motivation.

They understand purpose.

So I think that's pretty important and just make it entertaining.

But I think just in general,

like conventional education should be massively overhauled.

I'm sure you very much agree with that.

I mean, the analogy I sometimes use is,

you've seen Batman, the Chris Nolan movie,

like the recent one, and it's pretty freaking awesome, right?

And you've got incredible special effects,

great script, multiple takes, amazing actors,

and great sound, and it's very engaging.

But if you would instead say,

okay, even if you had the same script,

at least it's the the same script and you said,

okay, now that script, instead of having movies,

we're going to have that script performed by the local town troupe.

And so in every small town in America,

if movies didn't exist, they would have to then recreate the Dark Knight with like home sewn costumes

and jumping across the stage and not getting their lines quite right

and not really looking like the people in the movie and no special effects.

I mean, that would suck.

It would be terrible.

That's right.

That's education.

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Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
lecture zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/	lezing, college
recreate werkwoord	/ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/	recreëren
overhaul zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈəʊvəˌhɔːl/	opknapbeurt, onderhoud
amazingly bijwoord	/əˈmeɪzɪŋli/	geweldig
analogy zelfstandig naamwoord	/əˈnæləd͡ʒi/	analogie
entertain werkwoord	/ˌɛntəˈteɪn/	vermaken, amuseren
convey werkwoord	/kənˈveɪ/	overdragen
puzzle zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈpʌzəl/	mysterie, raadsel
needle zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈniː.dəl/	naald
enthusiasm zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɪnˈθuziæzəm/	enthousiasme, geestdrift
algorithm zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/	algoritme
costume zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/	kostuum, klederdracht

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
stand up werkwoord	opstaan

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

I mean, it's actually kind of funny.
We don't even know why.
Because who's going to launch a rocket into space?
I mean, that's just like, yeah, exactly.
I'm sure you very much agree with that.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 17 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals they're, don't, you've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: massively /ˈmæs.ɪv.li/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/

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