Shadowing Practice: Five Short Plays Chapter 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The Robbery, Scene 1, The Plan Harry comes into the room.
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His friends look up at him.
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Hello, everyone.
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What are you doing?
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Nothing, Harry, nothing.
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What can we do?
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We haven't got any money.
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I know, I know.
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But it's OK.
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I have some work for us.
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We can make a lot of money.
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Work?
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But you don't like work, Harry.
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Ah, but this work is different.
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How, Harry?
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What are we going to do?
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We're going to rob a bank.
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Rob a bank?
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But how can we?
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I have a plan, a very good plan.
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Which bank are we going to rob?
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The capital bank.
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Which one is that?
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The one next to the library in the high street.
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That's a very big bank.
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Be quiet and listen.
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Now, I want Wilf to drive the car and Gladys to stand outside the bank and watch the street.
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OK, Harry.
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Sid.
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Yes, Harry.
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What do you want me to do?
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You must go into the bank and speak to everyone there.
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Say to them, stay there.
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Don't move.
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I've got a gun in my pocket.
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But, Harry, we haven't got a gun.
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I know that.
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You just put your hand in your pocket like this.
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Move your hand up and down in your pocket and say, this is a gun.
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I understand.
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Good.
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Now, Ron, I want you to go with Sid.
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Yes, Harry.
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And then what?
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Go to one of the bank workers and say, My friend has a gun.
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Give me the money.
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What are you going to do, Harry?
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I'm going to wait in the car with Wilf.
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Do you have any questions?
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No. OK, so let's look at the plan again.
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Scene 2.
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The robbery.
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Sid and Ron run into the library.
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The people there look up from their books.
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Listen to me, all of you.
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This is a robbery.
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Don't move!
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I've got a gun in my pocket!
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Oh, don't shoot!
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Please don't shoot!
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We don't want to die!
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Nobody's going to die, but you must do what I say!
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Go on, Ron!
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What are you waiting for?
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Get the money, quick!
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Listen, my friend over there has got a gun.
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Give me the money.
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Give it to me now!
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What money?
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What do you mean, what money?
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The money in this bank, of course.
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I'm sorry, this is not a bank.
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This is a library.
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What did you say?
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A library?
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That's right.
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People come here to borrow books.
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We don't have any money here.
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Er, you don't have any money.
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Oh dear.
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Sid?
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Sid?
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What?
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Have you got the money?
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There isn't any money.
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It's not a bank, Sid.
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We're not in a bank.
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This is a library.
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A library?
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That's right.
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They've only got books.
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Lots and lots of books.
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Books?
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Well, get some of those then.
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We must take something or Harry's going to be angry.
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Give me lots of books.
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Have you got a library card?
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A card?
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No, I haven't.
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I'm sorry.
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You can't borrow books without a library card.
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Look, you don't understand.
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We're not borrowing books.
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We're stealing them.
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I'm sorry, but you can't do that.
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Sid, we can't steal books, she says.
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I've got a gun.
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Tell her that.
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My friend's got a gun and he knows how to shoot.
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Look, it's not a problem.
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I can give you and your friend a library card.
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Then you can borrow the books and not steal them.
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What are your names?
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Oh, all right.
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I'm Ronald Savage and he's Sidney Dupree.
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Ronald Savage, Sidney Dupree. And what's your address?
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27 Dunfor Road, Hamley.
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27 Dunfor Road, Hamley.
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Good.
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Here you are.
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Now you can borrow some books.
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But I don't know anything about reading.
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You must help me.
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Which books are best?
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Quick, Ron.
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I can't stand here much longer.
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Here are some good books for you.
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The Great Train Robbery, The Return of Sherlock Holmes and The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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They're all very famous books.
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Oh, that's nice.
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They look interesting.
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Thanks.
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Ron, come on, quick!
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It's OK, Sid.
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I've got the books.
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All right.
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We're going now, but don't move.
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Don't move or talk for five minutes.
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Can we read?
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Erm, all right, but you must read quietly, OK?
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Come on, Sid.
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Let's go.
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Harry and the others are waiting.
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Goodbye and happy reading.
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Oh, yes, thank you.
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All right, Sid, I'm coming.
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Oh dear, I was so afraid Oh, they weren't so bad The one called Sid, he didn't really have a gun,
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you know Perhaps, but they were robbers They wanted to rob the bank Yes,
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but they came into the wrong building Why do you look so pleased?
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Well, it's important for everybody to read books Not just you and me, but everybody, even bank robbers.
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But you aren't going to get those books back, are you?
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Oh, yes, I am.
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Remember, I've got their names and their address.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 155 zinnen en 828 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:12. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 101 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 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

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
pocket zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɑ.kɪt/zak
borrow werkwoord/ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/lenen, ontlenen
robbery zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹɑbəɹi/roof, beroving
steal werkwoord/stiːl/stelen, ontvreemden
worker zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɝ.kɚ/arbeider, arbeidster
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/tot ziens, tot weerziens
robber zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹɑ.bɚ/rover
angry bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/kwaad, boos
quiet bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/stil, rustig
library zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlaɪˌbɹɛɹ.i/bibliotheek, boekerij
quick bijvoeglijk naamwoord/kwɪk/snel, vlug
shoot werkwoord/ʃut/schieten
everybody/ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/iedereen, allen
dear bijvoeglijk naamwoord/dɪɹ/(teer)geliefd, bemind
famous bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈfeɪ.məs/beroemd

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 41 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

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 pocket, borrow, robbery.

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtWe're not borrowing · We're stealing · We're going
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig ismust go · must do · must take
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenWe're going to rob · I'm going to wait · Nobody's going to die

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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