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Behold a very small and rather cute spider.
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This is Clypietus, a jumping spider.
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He doesn't spin webs.
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Instead, he uses silk as a lifeline, reeling it out as he hops from place to place.
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But right now, he's looking for a mate, the thread of a female spider that he can trace back to its source.
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Problem is, she may have other priorities.
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While he'll jump on pretty much anything that moves, she only mates once.
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She's picky.
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So he's going to make his case on the dance floor.
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Male jumping spiders perform courtship displays that would make
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Bob Fosse proud.
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Jazz hands.
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legs, leg lifts, they even shimmy their pedipelps,
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but he needs a soundtrack.
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So by beating together the front and back halves of his body, he creates vibrations that travel through the ground.
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This is what her ears look like.
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Tiny membranes stretched across slits in her legs.
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To study these jumping spider pulses, researchers at the University of California,
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Berkeley, use a sophisticated laser vibrometer developed for quality testing cars and airplanes.
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It turns those vibrations into something we can hear. And guess what?
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It's a song.
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The first verse sounds like this, a fast heartbeat, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump.
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Then, more thumping, followed by something new, a boom.
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This is verse two, that pattern over and over again.
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For verse 3, he adds a third element.
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Almost like he's casting a spell, right?
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From species to species, and there are thousands of different jumping spiders, the songs vary.
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But one thing never changes.
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Male jumping spiders sing like their lives depend on it, because they do.
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She may mate with him, she might refuse, but she might just eat him instead.
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When the Berkeley scientists prevented the males from singing while they danced, the Females were three times as likely to hunt them as prey.
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So he needs to go big.
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The closer he gets to her, the more danger he's in.
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The dance and the song get more and more urgent.
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But even with all that, she's still calling the shots.
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Hi, it's Amy.
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If the female spiders are picky, with the males, the bar is so, so low.
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He'll do this cording song and dance with pretty much anything.
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In the lab, scientists use frozen specimens like this one — a dead female spider
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and he still tries to mate with her.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “For These Tiny Spiders, It's Sing or Get Served”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: spider, thump, jumping, mate, Male. Deze video bevat 48 zinnen en 408 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:54. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 105 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. Slechts 75% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
spider zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/spin, kobbe
verse zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈvɝs/vers
scientist zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsaɪəntəst/wetenschapper, wetenschapster
element zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɛləmənt/element
thread zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈθɹɛd/draad, garen
ear zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɪə̯/oor
priority zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/voorrang, prioriteit
hop zelfstandig naamwoord/hɒp/hop
refuse werkwoord/ɹɪˈfjuːz/weigeren, afslaan
spin werkwoord/spɪn/draaien
spell zelfstandig naamwoord/spɛl/toverspreuk, betovering
stretch werkwoord/stɹɛt͡ʃ/strekken
jazz zelfstandig naamwoord/d͡ʒæz/jazz
vary werkwoord/ˈvɛəɹi/variëren
depend werkwoord/dɪˈpɛnd/afhangen

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals he'll, doesn't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, thump /θʌmp/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/, courtship /ˈkɔɹt.ʃɪp/, shimmy /ˈʃɪ.mi/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, refuse /ɹɪˈfjuːz/, jazz /d͡ʒæz/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: jazz /d͡ʒæz/, soundtrack /ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/

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 spider, verse, scientist.

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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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