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God, I’ve got no idea why we’re here.
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It’s a joy not knowing why we’re here, and it’s also terrifying.
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This little blue and green spaceship moving through this vast endless expanse.
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I mean how is that not terrifying, and also amazing?
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But also completely and utterly terrifying.
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What is this?
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Where am I?
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Why am I here?
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So I’ll never know the answers.
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And again, that’s what’s terrifying about it all.
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I’ll never know the answers.
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I’ll have glimpses of truth - that’s all that I can hope for.
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Even just to receive one glimpse of truth in my lifetime is more than I could ever ask for.
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It’s like having an experience of looking into God’s mind - just one small part of it.
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As you can see, I’m a deep thinker and I think a lot.
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And the more I think about it, the more I think I should stop thinking about it.
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You know, I’ve got two kids - I’m a dad.
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And I wonder what message I could be giving them to help them see the world in a different way so that they don’t have to go through some of the toils that I went through growing up.
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And it’s hard because so much of what I believed growing up is hardwired in there.
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But that’s the human journey.
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We’ve got to struggle to find what’s authentic for ourselves, and what feels good.
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And to support our family and others in finding a way to be more authentic in the world.
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But the words are one thing.
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It’s almost like I need to be living it as well.
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I’m not just wanting to say the right things to them.
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That’s the easy part.
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But how can I be living these virtues that I hold so dearly?
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We’re not here to save our children from being impacted from life and failing.
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But what we can do is to create a container for them that can hold all of these experiences in a way that allows them to go through them fully but doesn’t let any one of them define them.
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And that what they’re going through has its place and is a part, fully a part of this human journey.
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I was always looking for the perfect one out there to complete me, that would make me feel like I belong, I guess.
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It became quite obsessive...
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looking for love, looking for this idea of being in love.
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And really expecting these women, who most of them I’ve never met before, to fulfil this desire in some way.
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And it was tiring, absolutely tiring living life in this way.
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And I believe that a lot of men live life in this way.
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When I look around and I see how men look at women, there is such a compulsion there.
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And it took up so much of my thinking.
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And what happened is I had this dream where I met this woman.
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And I realised that we’ve been together forever.
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And I realised that the one I’ve been looking for out there the whole time, has been with me the whole time.
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All of that obsession dissipated just like that, in an instant.
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The idea of ‘you need to love yourself’, we keep getting told...
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I really love myself because I love this one who is in me.
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I’m in love with myself, deeply.
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And yet it is me, she’s a part of me.
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And yet she’s also not a part of me.
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But she’s definitely not out there.
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I’ve been so numb throughout my life.
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Feelings haven’t had a place.
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And as I’m opening myself up more and more, I’m feeling more and more.
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For someone who struggled a lot of his life with not feeling, it’s such a gift and a blessing to feel.
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Without those feelings it’s like living a half lived life.
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I think it’s really important to let my kids know, and let my family know, and let myself know, that it’s cool to be vulnerable, and real, and broken.
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And that all of these feelings have a place here, just like everything else.
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I’ve got such a deep love for this place.
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It’s astounding.
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We do our best to describe all of this in words but it’s just... pheww.
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I mean how is any of this even possible and happening?
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How are any of us even here right now?
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Many animals come here with the knowing that they belong.
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And they fit in here really beautifully.
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And humans, we’re an unusual animal.
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And we’ve come here where...
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like I was my young seven year old...
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and I felt belonging, and I felt place, and I felt connection, and I had relationships with more than I could see.
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And then I went through a forgetting.
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We’re living in a time where people have lost appreciation and connection with this wild place that we’re in, to the degree that we avoid it, we’re scared of it.
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It’s like we’re brought up to completely take it for granted, completely take it for granted.
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Telling my kids how they belong to this incredible place that we live in.
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And that this place is alive and sees us.
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And we’re not alone here as people, amongst other species, other animals, other beings.
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I see so much heartbreak in this world.
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There are so many people who have so little, who are struggling so much, who have inherited hard lives.
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And I don’t know what I’ve done in this life to inherit what I’ve got.
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I don’t know how this is my constellation, this is my portion.
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And it’s hard to accept that.
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And it means I’ve got a responsibility to live my life in a way that changes things in some way for the better.
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In this world there is beauty, and there’s heartbreak, and there’s trauma, and there’s devastation.
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And there is a whole myriad and complexity of ways of seeing and being in this place.
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And amidst all of that there’s me.
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And I choose to believe I have something to offer.
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I want to know that I did everything I could in this life to live a worthwhile life.
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And when I find myself at a crossroad I want to know that I did everything that I could, so I choose that path.
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And if it works out, great.
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And if it doesn’t work out, I know that I chose the path where I tried.
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I want to live a full life. I want to live a meaningful life.
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And the more I can keep returning, and returning, and returning, and returning, until the day I die will give me, I imagine, quite a rich and meaningful life.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Finding Love and Belonging in Unexpected Places”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: feeling, terrifying, returning. Deze video bevat 88 zinnen en 1124 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 13:20. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 84 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| heartbreak zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/ | hartzeer |
| inherit werkwoord | /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ | erven |
| glimpse zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡlɪm(p)s/ | glimp |
| tire werkwoord | /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/ | vermoeien |
| authentic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/ | authentiek, echt |
| meaningful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/ | zinvol |
| astound werkwoord | /əˈstaʊnd/ | verbluffen |
| compulsion zelfstandig naamwoord | /kəmˈpʌlʃən/ | dwang, drang |
| constellation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌkɑn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/ | constellatie, sterrenbeeld |
| devastation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/ | verwoesting |
| dissipate werkwoord | /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/ | verdrijven |
| myriad zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmɪɹi.æd/ | een groot aantal, myriade |
| obsessive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /əbˈsɛs.ɪv/ | obsederend |
| spaceship zelfstandig naamwoord | ruimteschip, ruimtetuig | |
| thinker zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/ | denker |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| grow up werkwoord | opgroeien | |
| work out werkwoord | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | uitrekenen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- God, I’ve got no idea why we’re here.
- I mean how is that not terrifying, and also amazing?
- Why am I here?
- I’ll never know the answers.
- How are any of us even here right now?
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 | I've never met · we've been · has been |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | one who is · someone who struggled · people who have |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is hardwired · being impacted |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 37 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I've, we're, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, thinker /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/, worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: compulsion /kəmˈpʌlʃən/, constellation /ˌkɑn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/, devastation /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/, obsession /əbˈsɛʃən/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: constellation /ˌkɑn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/, devastation /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/, beautifully /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/, complexity /kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: astound /əˈstaʊnd/, myriad /ˈmɪɹi.æd/, obsessive /əbˈsɛs.ɪv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: expanse /ɪkˈspæns/, myriad /ˈmɪɹi.æd/
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 heartbreak, inherit, glimpse.
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.