Shadowing Practice: English for Everyday Activities – Section 1 – Starting the Day - Read along with highlighted text - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Section 1.
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Starting the Day Chapter 1.
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First thing in the morning.
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Dan's alarm clock rings.
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And he wakes up.
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He gets out of bed.
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He goes into the bathroom.
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After using the toilet and flushing it, he washes his hands.
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He brushes his teeth, shaves, and takes a shower.
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He dries himself off with a towel.
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Then he brushes his hair.
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He gets dressed.
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He makes breakfast and eats it.
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Then he leaves the apartment.
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Chapter 2.
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Brushing Your Teeth, Flossing Jenny runs some water over her toothbrush.
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She squeezes toothpaste onto her toothbrush.
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She moves her toothbrush up and down and back and forth.
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To rinse her mouth, she takes some water, swishes it back and forth in her mouth,
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and spits it into the sink.
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She rinses off her toothbrush.
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Then she puts it back in the toothbrush rack.
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She flosses her teeth by pulling out a long piece of floss, slipping it between her teeth,
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and moving it back and forth and up and down.
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Chapter 3 Taking a Shower Dan pulls the shower curtain shut.
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By turning the knob, he turns the water on.
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He washes his hair with shampoo and the rest of his body with soap.
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Then he rinses off with water.
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after turning the water off.
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He steps out of the shower.
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He takes a towel from the towel rack.
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Then he dries himself off.
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He wraps a towel around himself, and he dries his hair.
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He puts some deodorant under his arms.
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Chapter 4 Getting Dressed A Man Tom puts on some underwear.
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a t-shirt, some socks, some pants, and a shirt.
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a, some, a pair of, a t-shirt, a jacket, a shirt,
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some socks, a pair of socks, some underwear, some underpants.
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A pair of underpants.
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Some shoes.
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A pair of shoes.
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Some pajamas.
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A pair of pajamas.
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Some glasses.
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A pair of glasses.
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Some shorts.
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A pair of shorts.
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Some pants.
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A pair of pants.
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Putting on a pair of pants Tom steps into his pants.
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Then he pulls them up.
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He fastens the waistband and zips up the fly.
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He slips a belt through the belt loops and buckles it.
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Putting on a shirt Tom slips an arm into each sleeve.
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He buttons the shirt and the cuffs.
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He straightens his collar.
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He tucks his shirt into his pants.
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Chapter 5 Getting Dressed A Woman Pam puts on Some panties,
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a bra, a dress, or a blouse or a shirt, and a skirt, or some pants,
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and some socks, or some nylons, stockings, or some pantyhose.
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Dressing for hot weather If it's hot, Pam wears light clothes, a short-sleeved cotton shirt,
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and a pair of cotton shorts.
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She goes barefoot indoors and wears sandals outdoors.
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Dressing this way keeps her cool.
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Dressing for Cold Weather If it's cold, Pam wears heavy clothes, a long-sleeved shirt,
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a wool sweater, long pants, and thick wool socks.
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Before going outdoors, she puts on a heavy coat and some gloves or mittens.
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She wraps a scarf around her neck.
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and puts on a hat and some boots.
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Dressing this way keeps her warm.
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Chapter 6 Making a Bed I put a bottom sheet on the mattress.
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If I have a fitted sheet, I slip it over the mattress.
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If I have a flat sheet, I tuck it under the mattress.
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Then I tuck the top sheet under the mattress at the foot of the bed.
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I pull the top sheet tight, spread a blanket over the bed, and smooth it out.
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I spread a bedspread over the bed.
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I fluff up the pillows and lay them at the head of the bed.
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I pull the bedspread over the pillows.
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and smooth it out.
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Chapter 7 Making Breakfast 1 Making Coffee Making Tea Making Coffee with an Electric Coffee Maker
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Pam scoops some ground coffee into the filter.
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Then she pours some water into the coffee maker.
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She turns the coffee maker on by pressing the switch.
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The water heats up and drips through the ground coffee and into the coffee pot.
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Making tea.
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Dan boils water in a tea kettle.
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He pours the hot water into a teapot and adds some tea leaves.
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As the tea leaves soak in the water, the water becomes tea.
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Dan strains the tea.
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Then he adds sugar and milk and stirs his tea.
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Chapter 8 Making Breakfast Too Preparing Cold Cereal Making Toast Preparing Cold Cereal
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Pam pours some cereal from the box into her bowl.
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She pours in some milk and sprinkles some sugar on her cereal.
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Then she peels a banana, slices it, and puts the slices on her cereal.
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Making Toast Dan puts two slices of bread into the toaster.
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By pressing the starter, He lowers the bread into the toaster.
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Hot wires inside the toaster toast the bread.
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The toast pops up when it's done.
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Dan spreads some butter and jam on his toast.
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Chapter 9 Making Breakfast 3 Frying an Egg There are four burners on Dan's stove.
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He turns on the gas and one of the burner's lights.
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He puts a frying pan on the burner and melts some butter in the pan.
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He cracks an egg into the pan and throws the shell into the garbage.
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The egg fries.
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Dan flips it over once with a spatula and then takes it out of the pan.
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He puts the egg on a plate.
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Chapter 10 Eating Breakfast Pam and Dan sit down at the table.
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Pam drinks some coffee from her mug. And eats some cereal.
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Dan drinks some tea.
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And has an egg with bacon and toast.
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Sometimes, he dips his toast into the yolk of his egg.
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As they eat, they read the news and talk a little bit.
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It says here that taxes are going up. As usual.
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After eating, they wipe their lips with their napkins and leave the table.
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Chapter 11 Leaving the House Tom puts on a jacket and zips it up.
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He puts on his shoes and ties them.
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He picks up his key and wallet and puts them in his pockets.
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He picks up his backpack.
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Then, he says goodbye to Jenny.
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See you later, Jen.
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Bye, Tom.
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He opens the door, steps outside, and shuts the door.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “English for Everyday Activities – Section 1 – Starting the Day - Read along with highlighted text”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Chapter, shirt, pair, tea, coffee. Deze video bevat 122 zinnen en 1036 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 12:34. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 82 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 69% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
pants zelfstandig naamwoord/pænts/broek
toast zelfstandig naamwoord/toʊst/toost, geroosterd brood
sheet zelfstandig naamwoord/ʃit/blad
sock zelfstandig naamwoord/sɑk/sok, kous
slip werkwoord/ˈslɪp/slippen, uitglijden
pour werkwoord/poɹ/gieten, uitstorten
towel zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtaʊ̯əl/handdoek
mattress zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmætɹɪs/matras
shoe zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃu/schoen
brush zelfstandig naamwoord/bɹʌʃ/borstel, (paint-) verfborstel
maker zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmeɪk.ɚ/maker
leaf zelfstandig naamwoord/lif/blad
slice zelfstandig naamwoord/slaɪs/plak, schijf
sleeve zelfstandig naamwoord/sliv/mouw
fry werkwoord/fɹaɪ/bakken, braden

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
pick up werkwoordoppakken, optillen
pop up werkwoordopduiken, te voorschijn komen
wake up werkwoord/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/wakker worden, ontwaken

Uitspraak om op te letten

  • De “th”-klanken: smooth /smuːð/, cloth /klɒθ/, thick /θɪk/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/, toothpaste /ˈtuθpeɪst/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: sheet /ʃit/, shoe /ˈʃu/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, wash /wɑʃ/, shell /ʃɛl/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: sleeve /sliv/, garbage /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/, squeeze /skwiːz/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, glove /ɡlʌv/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: pants /pænts/, mattress /ˈmætɹɪs/, jacket /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/, wrap /ɹæp/, rack /ɹæk/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/, garbage /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/, glove /ɡlʌv/

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. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als pants, toast, sheet.

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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