Shadowing Practice: Eminem - Mockingbird (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Yeah, I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now, but hey, what daddy always tell you,
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straighten up little soldier, stiffen up that upper lip, what you crying about, you got me?
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Haley, I know you miss your mom And I know you miss your dad
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when I'm gone But I'm tryna give you the life that I never had I can see you sad, even when you smile Even when you laugh, I can see it in your eyes Deep inside you wanna cry,
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cause you're scared I ain't there Daddy's with you in your prayers No more crying, wipe them tears Daddy's here, no more nightmares We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it Laney uncle's crazy, ain't he?
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Yeah, but he loves you girl and you better know it What are we got in this world?
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When it spins, when it swirls, when it whirls, when it twirls Two little beautiful girls looking puzzled in a daze I know it's confusing you, daddy's always on the move Mama's always on the news,
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I try to keep you sheltered from it But somehow it seems, the harder that I try to do that The more it backfires on me, all the things Growing up as daddy, that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see,
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but you see just as much as he did We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever being together ever again Like we used to be
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when we was teenagers
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But then of course everything always happens for a reason I guess it was never meant to be
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But it's just something we have no control over And that's what destiny is But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream Now,
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us little baby, don't you cry Everything's gonna be alright Stiffing at a bulletproof, little lady I told ya,
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daddy's here to hold ya through the night I know mommy's not here right now
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And we don't know why We feel how we feel inside It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby, but I promise, mama's gonna be alright It's funny,
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I remember back one year when daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
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and stuck them under the tree And said some of them were from me, cause daddy couldn't buy them I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
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But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom And at the time, every house that we lived in either kept getting broken into
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and robbed You dropped a shot up on the block
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and your mom was saving money for you in a jar Trying to start a piggy bank for you
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so you could go to college Almost had a thousand dollars, till someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt
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so bad it broke your mama's heart
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And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart Mom
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and dad was arguing a lot
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so mama moved back on the traumas in a flat One bedroom apartment
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and dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
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And that's when daddy went to California with his CD
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and met Dr. Dre And flew you and momma out to see me But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me Then you started seeing daddy on the TV
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And momma didn't like it And you and Lainey were too young to understand it Papa was a rolling stone, momma developed a habit
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And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it I'm just sorry you were there
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and had to witness it Press hand cause all I ever
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wanted to do was just make you proud Now I'm sitting in this empty house Just reminiscing, looking at your baby pictures It just tricked me out to
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see how much you go through grown it's almost like your sisters now wow i guess you pretty much are
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and daddy's still here laney i'm talking to you too daddy's still here i like the sound of
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that chair it's got a ring to a donut mama's only
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gone for the moment now little baby don't you cry everything's gonna be all right slipping
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that up all the bunk little lady i told you daddy's
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here to hold you through the night I know mommy's not here right now, but we don't know why We feel how we feel inside It may seem a little crazy,
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pretty baby But I promise, mama's gonna be alright And if you ask me to,
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daddy's gonna buy you a Markin' Bird I'ma give you the world I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you I'll do anything for you to see you smile
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And if that Markin' Bird don't sing and
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that ring don't shine I'ma break that birdie's neck I go back to the Julo, sold it to ya And they can meet every carrot F* with that

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Eminem - Mockingbird”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: daddy, baby, momma, mom. Deze video bevat 42 zinnen en 899 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:05. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 220 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
backfire werkwoord/bækˈfaɪə(ɹ)/falen, averechts werken
bulletproof bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈbʊlɪtpɹuf/kogelvrij
doughnut zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdəʊnʌt/donut, berlinerbol
straighten werkwoord/ˈstɹeɪtn̩/zich rechten, recht worden
carrot zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkæɹət/wortel, peen
confuse werkwoord/kənˈfjuːz/verwarren, in de war brengen
puzzle zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpʌzəl/mysterie, raadsel
wipe werkwoord/waɪp/vegen, smeren
scare werkwoord/skɛɚ/bang maken, beangstigen
teenager zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/tiener, adolescent
trauma zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtɹɔm.ə/trauma
shine werkwoord/ʃaɪn/schijnen, stralen
nightmare zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/nachtmerrie
wrap werkwoord/ɹæp/inpakken, omhullen
habit zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhæb.ɪt/gewoonte

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
fall apart werkwoorduiteenvallen, uit elkaar vallen
grow up werkwoordopgroeien
wake up werkwoord/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/wakker worden, ontwaken

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig waswas saving · was just starting · was arguing
Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zekermay not always make · may seem
Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgdkept getting · started seeing
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomengonna be · gonna buy

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 28 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, gonna, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shine /ʃaɪn/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: backfire /bækˈfaɪə(ɹ)/, carrot /ˈkæɹət/, wrap /ɹæp/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/

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. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als backfire, bulletproof, doughnut.

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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