Shadowing Practice: Emma Watson Breaks Silence on JK Rowling Controversy & “Holding Two Truths” - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Emma, something I wanted to ask you about that's, difficult and challenging because It's something you spoke about earlier as to being such a big part of your life,
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an important part of your life. But...
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recently, There's been...
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so many conversations and comments directly from JK Rowling, whether it's her saying she'd never forgive you for your views,
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or the fact that when she was asked what ruins the movies for her, she named yourself and...
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some of your co -stars and I imagine that's an extremely difficult thing when you've been a part of someone's world, when you've felt connected to their work.
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and then for it now to kind of BF4 180.
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And for someone to publicly say these things that can be quite or extremely hurtful actually, How do you think about that?
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I really don't believe that that by...
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having had that experience and holding The love and support and views that I have mean that I can't and don't
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Treasure.
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Jo.
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and the person that I...
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that I.. had personal experiences with.
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I will never believe that one negates the author.
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and that my experience of that person I don't.
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get to keep and cherish.
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I come back to our earlier thing, like I just don't think these things are either or.
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I think...
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It's my deepest wish that I hope people who don't agree with my opinion will love me,
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and I hope I can keep loving people who I don't necessarily share the same opinion with.
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And I think, That's a very, very important thing.
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way for me that I need to be able to move through life.
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I just really, I guess I,
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to circle back around, I really do believe and having conversations and that those are really important and that
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I don't know.
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I I guess where I've landed is it's not so much what we say or what we believe,
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but very often how we say it, that's really important.
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And that's really frustrating and not what you want to hear when you're really angry and upset with someone.
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um But...
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I don't know, I just see this world right now where we seem to be giving permission for this kind of like...
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throwing out of people or that people are disposable and i i just think that's I will always think that's wrong.
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I always, I just believe that, No one is...
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No one's disposable.
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and everyone as far as possible,
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whatever the conversation is, should and can be treated with at the very least.
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dignity and respect.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for challenging us and pushing us.
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Yeah, it takes a lot.
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I think that's what we're all being challenged to do is try and hold two truths at once.
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And those two truths don't have to be...
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complimentary but they They can stand at the same time.
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Yeah.
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They can honor.
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I think the thing I'm most upset about is that, a conversation, was never made possible.
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So you remain open for that dialogue?
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Yeah, and I always will.
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I believe in that.
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I believe in that completely.
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um, I believe in that completely.
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I just don't.
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Yeah, I just don't want to say anything that like continues to weaponize a really like toxic debate and conversation, which is...
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maybe why I don't Well, it is why I don't comment or like continue to comment,
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not because I don't care about her or about the issue,
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but because I just, the way that the conversation is being had feels really painful to me. And so, That's why...
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that's why that decision.
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Yeah, I really appreciate that mindset and deeply, deeply feel like.
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if people are challenged to go there themselves like it takes a lot to think
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that way and feel that way yeah but it's it's what it's what healing really requires across you know, around the world.
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And I can't imagine how many young people who look up to you
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and people who look up to you will feel the same way to recognize that that's how we engage, that's what we look for.
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It's not that we're trying to make everything pretty and perfect.
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No, no. It's that we're willing to engage in an uncomfortable conversation.
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Yes.
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Her kindness and words of encouragement and that steadfastness. That.
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And also, honestly, just as a young woman,
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to for her to have written that character created that world given me an opportunity which,
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to be honest, barely exists in the history of English literature.
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You know, Thank you.
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you How can I...
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There's just no world in which I could ever cancel her out or cancel that out. for anything.
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It has to remain true.
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It is true.
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And this is where this holding of these, I just don't know what else to do other than hold
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these two seemingly incompatible things together at the same time and just...
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hope maybe they will one day resolve or co -join themselves, and maybe accept that they never will, but that they can both still be true. And...
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I can love her.
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I can know she loved me.
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I can be grateful to her.
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I can know the things that she said are true. And...
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that can be this whole other thing.
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And my job feels like to just hold.
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just to hold all of it. But...
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The bigger thing is just...
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what she's done will never be taken away from me.
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Thanks for saying such a powerful example.
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Thank you.
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Yeah, that beautiful F.
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Scott Fitzgerald quote that, "The sign of a first -rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas at the same time,
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and still retain the ability to function." He goes on to say, "One should therefore be able to see...
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that the world is hopeless, but still be determined to make it otherwise. And it's like, that's...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald said that?
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Wow, he ran deeper than I knew.
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Wow, that's incredible.
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That's incredible.
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Yeah, it's one of my favorites.
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Wow, well done you for remembering that second part.
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Wow, you've made me like Fitzgerald a lot.
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I mean, I liked him, don't get me wrong.
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Yeah, yeah.
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To me, it's one of my favorite ideas.
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Wow, that's so good.
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Yeah, it's so good.
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That's so good.
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Yeah.
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Emma, for someone who has tried to stay out of the public eye,
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you've still been vocalist about causes you believe in -things that you stand for.
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- Yes.
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And that always seems to get-- attention and reaction.
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And so when you shared online your solidarity for Palestine, the former Israeli UN Ambassador,
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Danny Danon, called you an anti -Semite.
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And his tweet said, "10 points from Gryffindor for being an anti -Semite." What goes through your mind when you see that?
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This happened a few years ago now.
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I think what concerns me at the time was the way that that label was being used.
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And I think even now,
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I see that playing out where people don't feel like they can talk about what's happening.
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safely this duality created where we don't seem able to care about the victims of terrorism.
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and care about the genocide that's happening in Palestine at the same time.
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Both things have to be allowed to be true.
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You have to be allowed to care about 50 ,000 civilians dying, 17 ,000 of which are children. And...
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care deeply.
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about the victims of this awful terrorist attack.
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I appreciate you sharing that and...
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Yeah, it seems like that belief system you have in yes and this and together, it kind of runs through so many areas of your life.
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Personal and beyond.
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Yes, I think that's true.
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I think that's true.
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I hope that you've felt you've been able to
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share the parts of yourself and the version of yourself that you wanted to and intended to?
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I hope so.
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I feel very hot and I feel very hot and I feel a little bit like, is this room even real?
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Like, are we, is this like a Goddard play where we're like in some sort of existential room that doesn't exist anymore?
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Honestly, I feel a little bit like that, then yes, I do feel that way.
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And I, or like, I've done everything I can in a context that's still,
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I can still see cameras and lights and I know there's a person behind me, but I feel to the extent to which.
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i i can humanly do that i've shown up for myself
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and for you in a way and the invitation
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that this podcast is and the work that you do in the world i've answered that invitation so and I feel
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I feel good about that.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Emma Watson Breaks Silence on JK Rowling Controversy & “Holding Two Truths””. Deze video bevat 140 zinnen en 1460 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:49. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 135 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 86% 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:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| disposable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dɪsˈpoʊzəbl̩/ | besteedbaar |
| invitation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/ | uitnodiging |
| cancel werkwoord | /ˈkæn.sl̩/ | doorhalen, schrappen |
| complimentary bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌkɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ | vleiend |
| existential bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃl̩/ | existentieel |
| frustrate werkwoord | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | frustreren |
| incompatible bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/ | onverenigbaar |
| negate werkwoord | /nɪˈɡeɪt/ | ontkennen |
| steadfastness zelfstandig naamwoord | standvastigheid | |
| cherish werkwoord | /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/ | koesteren |
| hopeless bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhoʊplɪs/ | hopeloos, uitzichtloos |
| encouragement zelfstandig naamwoord | [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt] | aanmoediging |
| mindset zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/ | mentaliteit, ingelsteldheid |
| solidarity zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/ | solidariteit |
| genocide zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/ | volkerenmoord, genocide |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I really don't believe that that by...
- I mean, I liked him, don't get me wrong.
- To me, it's one of my favorite ideas.
- Yes, I think that's true.
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 | There's been · you've been · I've landed |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was asked · can be treated · being challenged |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who don · people who I · conversation, which is |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 38 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, you've, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, existential /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃl̩/, cherish /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, complimentary /ˌkɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/, duality /d(j)uːˈælɪti/, incompatible /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/, encouragement [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: weaponize /ˈwɛpənaɪz/, genocide /ˈd͡ʒɛnəsaɪd/, oppose /əˈpoʊz/, intend /ɪnˈtɛnd/, civilians /sɪˈvɪl.jənz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: cancel /ˈkæn.sl̩/, duality /d(j)uːˈælɪti/, incompatible /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/, solidarity /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: existential /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃl̩/, negate /nɪˈɡeɪt/, dignity /ˈdɪɡnɪti/
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 disposable, invitation, cancel.
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.