Shadowing Practice: ENGLISH FILE pre-intermediate - 7A. First day nerves. p. 54, ex.7.1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

7.1 Simon When I was about 30,

I got a job as an editor in a publishing company.

It was my first office job, and I didn't really know what to wear.

But for the interview, I wore a suit.

In fact, I bought the suit specially for the interview.

I got the job, so I thought that must be okay.

So, on the first day, I went to work wearing a suit and tie.

I got to work early.

I wanted to make a good impression, and I was the first person in the office.

So I went in, I found my desk with my name on it, and I sat down.

And there were a few papers and documents for me to read, so I started reading those.

I turned on my computer and after about 10, 15 minutes, the other people in the office started to arrive.

And I noticed that nobody else was wearing a suit.

And I thought, okay, it's not a big problem.

So I introduced myself to the other people.

I said, hello, how are you?

Hello, pleased to meet you

and the next thing someone said to me was my computer's

really slow do you think you know what the problem is

and I said no no not really

so then I introduced myself to somebody else

and said hello nice to meet you

and she replied hello nice to meet you

and then she said do you know how I can connect my computer to the printer.

And I said, no, I have no idea how to do that.

Anyway, I went back to work and about half an hour later I had a meeting with my boss.

And she said, how's it going?

And I said, yeah, it's all good.

Well, everybody seems really nice.

Um, just one thing.

Why does everybody think I can fix their computer?

And she looked at me and what I was wearing, and she said, it's your suit.

Nobody in this office ever wears a suit.

So they think you're from the IT department and you've come to help with a computer problem.

They're the only ones who wear suits.

So, I never wore it again, to this day.

It was my first day at work as a teacher at a language school.

And they asked me to come the first week of term to observe some teachers, to watch their lessons.

and then I was going to start teaching the following week.

But when I arrived there, they told me that one of the teachers was ill

and they asked me to take the class and it was three-year-old kids.

So I was in a class with about ten three-year-olds who were running around.

My boss gave me a storybook to read to them but the kids couldn't speak any English.

I'd never taught, or never been trained to teach children that small.

I tried to read the book to two of them

but the others were running around shouting and hitting each other

and at the worst possible moment just

when all of them were being really noisy

and not doing anything I was telling them to my boss the director of the school opened the door

and just looked at me I felt terrible

but then she said these children are too young for you aren't they and I said yes I was nearly crying

luckily after that she never gave me any classes with really young children

but it was the most stressful class I've ever tried to teach

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Deze video bevat 53 zinnen en 599 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:21. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 138 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

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

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
arrive werkwoord	/əˈɹaɪv/	aankomen, arriveren
introduce werkwoord	/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/	introduceren, voorstellen
lesson zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlɛs.ən/	les
desk zelfstandig naamwoord	/dɛsk/	bureau, schrijftafel
connect werkwoord	/kəˈnɛkt/	verbinden
impression zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/	indruk, deuk
publish werkwoord	/ˈpʌblɪʃ/	publiceren, uitgeven
observe werkwoord	/əbˈzɜːv/	respecteren, in acht nemen
shout werkwoord	/ʃaʊt/	schreeuwen
printer zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈpɹɪntɚ/	drukker
luckily bijwoord	/ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/	gelukkig
stressful bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈstɹɛsfəl/	stressvol
noisy bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈnɔɪzi/	lawaaierig
storybook zelfstandig naamwoord		verhalenboek

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
sit down werkwoord	gaan zitten

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 8 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals aren't, couldn't, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/, specially /ˈspɛʃəli/

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 arrive, introduce, lesson.

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	you've come · I've ever tried
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was	was wearing · were running · were being
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep	the worst · the most stressful
Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd	started reading · start teaching

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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