Shadowing Practice: Five Short Plays Chapter 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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The Right Thing to Do A man is lying in the street.
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Rebecca is walking past.
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She stops and looks at him.
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Then she looks around her.
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There is nobody there.
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She starts to walk away, stops, and goes back to look at the man again.
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Patrick walks past and stops to look at the man.
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What's the matter with him?
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I don't know.
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Is he dead?
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No, he's alive, I think.
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Are you going to help him?
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Me?
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Why me?
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You were here first.
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Yes, I was, but...
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What's the matter with him?
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We don't know.
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He looks ill.
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His eyes are closed.
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Look.
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Perhaps he's asleep.
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Asleep, in the street.
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Wake him up then.
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Why me?
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You do it.
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What about you?
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Me?
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Yes.
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You were here first.
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Yes, but it's not my problem.
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And it's not my problem.
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Hey, what are you doing?
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I'm helping this man, of course. Are you a doctor?
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No, I'm not.
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But he needs help.
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Do you know him?
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No, I don't.
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Then he's not your problem.
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Oh, be quiet.
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Did you hear that?
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She said, be quiet.
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Be quiet and help.
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She said it again.
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Go and call an ambulance.
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Me?
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Yes, you.
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And be quick.
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But be quick.
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Now you, go and get some water. Where from?
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From that house over there.
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Don't look at me like that.
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Go.
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I'm going.
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Feel his pulse. But I...
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Go on, feel his pulse.
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Well, he's still alive.
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He's saying something.
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What is he saying?
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He said pills, I think.
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Pills?
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Look in his pocket.
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I can't do that.
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Look in his pocket.
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There's a bottle with some writing on it.
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What does it say?
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Read it.
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It says, for the heart.
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If you feel ill, take one of these pills.
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I've got the water.
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Good.
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Give him one of the pills with some water.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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How do you feel?
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A little better now.
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The ambulance is coming.
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Good.
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How is he?
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He's feeling a little better.
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What's the matter?
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I was ill.
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It was my heart.
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That man gave me one of my pills.
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I'm all right now.
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What's your name?
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Scott.
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Michael Scott.
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Michael Scott?
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The famous TV chef?
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Yes, that's right.
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Come with us, Mr Scott.
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We'd like to take you to hospital.
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But I feel better now.
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Perhaps, but you must go to hospital.
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All right.
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Well, thank you very much, everybody.
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That's all right.
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We're happy to help.
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Get well soon.
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Thank you again.
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Goodbye.
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He's alive, and he's going to be OK.
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He's alive because we were here.
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Michael Scott.
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The famous TV chef.
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We can all feel very pleased, I think.
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Oh, yes, we can.
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What about the woman? Which woman?
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The woman who helped.
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Where is she?
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Oh, her, I remember.
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She didn't help us.
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Do this, do that, she said. Be quick.
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She said, be quiet to me.
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That's right.
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I didn't like her. Did you?
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No, I didn't.
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Where is she now?
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She walked away.
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That's right.
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She just walked away.
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She didn't want to help.
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We did everything.
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Yeah, everything.
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Today was an important day for us.
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It was.
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We helped someone famous.
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Because of us, he didn't die.
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We were there for him.
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It was the right thing to do.
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Yes, it was.
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Well done, everybody.
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And well done to you.
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Well done to all of us.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “Five Short Plays Chapter 2”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: pills, Scott, quiet, alive, stops. Deze video bevat 137 zinnen en 573 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:10. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 93 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 91% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen. 29 van de 137 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
pill zelfstandig naamwoord/pɪl/pil
pocket zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɑ.kɪt/zak
asleep bijvoeglijk naamwoord/əˈsliːp/slapend
chef zelfstandig naamwoord/ʃɛf/chef-kok
ambulance zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/ziekenwagen, ambulance
pulse zelfstandig naamwoord/pʌls/pols
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/tot ziens, tot weerziens
quiet bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/stil, rustig
bottle zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɒt.l̩/fles
alive bijvoeglijk naamwoord/əˈlaɪv/levend
quick bijvoeglijk naamwoord/kwɪk/snel, vlug
famous bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈfeɪ.məs/beroemd
everybody/ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/iedereen, allen
nobody zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnoʊ.bə.di/niemand, schertsfiguur
doctor zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdɑktɚ/doctor

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • What's the matter with him?
  • No, he's alive, I think.
  • Are you going to help him?
  • Yes, but it's not my problem.
  • Hey, what are you doing?

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 gebeurtis lying · is walking · are you doing
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenAre you going to help · he's going to be

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 17 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals didn't, don't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: quiet /ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/, quick /kwɪk/, wake /ˈweɪ̯k/

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 pill, pocket, asleep.

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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