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Hello and welcome to another episode of Elephant English Podcast.
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In today's video, we're going to be doing the part two of Would You Rather questions with my mum.
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The first question is, would you rather live in the city or the countryside?
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I love the countryside.
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It's very relaxing and I love nature.
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It's much more relaxing than being in a city.
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I was recently in Manchester where there were a lot of people in the centre of the city
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and in the shops and it became very stressful.
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Have you ever lived in a city then?
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No I haven't lived in an actual city but I've lived in a large town which was okay.
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Yeah I live in a city at the minute and I think
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that it's a lot nicer when you come to the countryside
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because you feel that people aren't stressed all of the time
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when you're in a city and you see everybody on the underground
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or on the buses it feels like they're always rushing to go to work
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or just to get to different places but they always seem quite stressed yes
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and even when walking along the street to the shops
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if you want to go to a shop that's on the
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other side of the street it's very stressful to cross the road
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and it just seems very busy all of the time and people don't seem as relaxed as they are in the country.
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The next question is would you rather be too hot or too cold?
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I would rather be cold because you can always add layers of clothing
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or you can have a fire or heating in your house to become warm again
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but when you're too hot there's very little
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that you can do to cool yourself down yeah I prefer to be too cold as well
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but if you ask me this question in the winter I might say I prefer to be too hot
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because at the moment we can't really remember what being cold is
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yes that's true at the moment it's been very hot
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and I can't imagine even putting on a jumper or a coat
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so i think it depends what season you're in at the
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time for this question the next question is would you rather be able to talk with animals
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or speak all foreign languages i think i would rather be able to speak to animals
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because i like animals a lot and i think
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that it would be very interesting to find out their opinions
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of how they're living maybe they're happy in their life
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or maybe they're really unhappy i think with a dog though you can tell
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if they're happy or not and
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when the cat is meowing at you you kind of know
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what she's saying she's saying i'm hungry i'm hungry yes
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but what about a rabbit or a giraffe they don't say anything at all
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so it would be interesting to have their perspective on life
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the next question is would you rather eat a rat
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or a spider it would depend if it was cooked
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or raw if it was alive or dead it really depends on the condition of the creature
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even though I'm vegetarian I think I would choose to eat the rat
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if it was cooked well even though you're vegetarian a spider
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is meat as well it would be considered meat wouldn't it i suppose
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so i've never thought of a spider being meat yeah it's just horrible
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but a rat is definitely meat right okay the next question is would you rather have no water or no electricity?
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I think I'd rather have no electricity because you can live without electricity.
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It wouldn't be easy initially.
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I have lived one weekend without water coming from the taps and it was very difficult to do anything at all.
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But you don't need electricity to survive all the time you
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can use candles for light you can just eat sandwiches
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so it's not so crucial it's not as important as water yeah I agree I think
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when you haven't got water you can't really do anything you
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can't cook you can't wash the dishes you can't go to toilet yeah
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and you just feel dirty all the time even though you
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aren't you start thinking of the things you can't do
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because of the lack of water whereas
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if you haven't got electricity for a few hours you can soon find something to do.
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The final question is would you rather listen to noisy traffic or terrible music?
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I think I would rather listen to noisy traffic
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because you soon get used to the noise of of traffic yeah
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because you used to live near an airport didn't you
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and you soon get used to the planes going by
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and you don't really notice them yes there's the same with
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if you live near a motorway in the end it becomes background noise
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and the same with the airplanes we didn't notice the airplane noise whereas with music
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if you don't like that type of music it can be very annoying
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so in today's video we've done would you rather questions with
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my mum there will be a part three of these questions
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so please like this video if you've liked it and subscribe to my channel
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Thank you and see you in the next video.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “ENGLISH CONVERSATION 🇬🇧 with native speakers - Would you rather..?🤔”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: electricity, meat, lived, cold, hot. Deze video bevat 74 zinnen en 908 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:01. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 151 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 85% 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 |
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| countryside zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ | platteland, buitengebied |
| depend werkwoord | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | afhangen |
| spider zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | spin, kobbe |
| relax werkwoord | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | losmaken |
| noisy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈnɔɪzi/ | lawaaierig |
| vegetarian zelfstandig naamwoord | /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ | vegetariër |
| stressful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | stressvol |
| airplane zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/ | vliegtuig |
| giraffe zelfstandig naamwoord | /d͡ʒəˈɹæf/ | giraf |
| motorway zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈməʊtəweɪ/ | snelweg, autosnelweg |
| candle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkæn.dəl/ | kaars |
| subscribe werkwoord | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | abonneren |
| rabbit zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹæbɪt/ | konijn |
| dish zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪʃ/ | bord, taloor |
| underground bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/ | ondergronds |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken |
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 | Have you ever lived · haven't lived · it's been |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was cooked · would be considered |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | they're always rushing · they're living · is meowing |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 39 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, don't, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: dish /dɪʃ/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, underground /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, giraffe /d͡ʒəˈɹæf/, candle /ˈkæn.dəl/, rabbit /ˈɹæbɪt/, unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: motorway /ˈməʊtəweɪ/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/
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 countryside, depend, spider.
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.