Shadowing Practice: Harvey Exposes Rachel For Cheating On Mike | Suits - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Thank you.
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It's done?
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Yes.
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It won't hold up forever.
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but It will hold up for now.
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Thank you, Benjamin.
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Thank you.
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I didn't expect it for a couple of hours.
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I haven't had a chance to get you any bacon.
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That's quite all right, Michael.
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This one is on the house.
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You know, you never asked if what they're saying about me is true.
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I didn't need to.
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I knew it was true the second I heard it.
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I don't understand.
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All these kids who went to Harvard, they never gave me the time of day.
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All they cared about was letting me know where they went to school and I didn't.
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You've never done that to me.
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Not one time.
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I don't know what to say say that when you're done and you've beaten this thing, you won't start acting like some asshole who went to Harvard.
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Amen.
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Can't really promise you that, Benjamin.
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I'll have gone to Harvard.
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That's not funny, Michael.
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you Is the prosecution ready to call its next witness?
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-Prossecution calls Rachel Zane.
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-Objection.
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Your Honor, the witness cannot object to testifying simply because she intends to take the fist.
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The witness doesn't have to testify because she's my wife.
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-What?
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-I have a marriage certificate here from the state of Nevada, showing that the witness and I were married in Las Vegas six weeks after we started dating.
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Both of you up here now.
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Thank you.
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Where the hell did you get that?
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What do you mean?
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You didn't marry her and you know it.
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Why do I have everything I need proving I did?
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Because you did some bullshit to get out of this.
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Oh, look who's crying about it now.
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Keep your voices down.
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You think this is a joke?
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You try this in court, Gibbs is gonna prove you're not married, and Rachel's gonna go to jail for perjury.
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He's right.
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You better know what the hell you're doing.
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Who said that I was gonna use this in the real trial?
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I get it.
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This is a fake, just like you.
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I said keep your goddamn voice down.
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This is as real as that affidavit was, okay?
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Now, you wanted to rattle me?
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I've rattled you.
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What are you going to do about it?
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Prosecution calls Rachel Zane to the stand.
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Objection, we just went over this.
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When spousal privilege is invoked in the moment, Prosecution has the right to challenge the validity of the marriage.
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This is ridiculous.
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Rejection overruled.
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Ms. Zane, take the stand.
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Thank you.
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We can skip swearing her in since she's just gonna lie about it anyway.
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-Objection.
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-Miss Zane.
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If you got married six weeks After dating the defendant, why are you engaged to him right now?
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Because we did it on a whim.
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And we'd planned to have an annulment, but...
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Once we fell more in love, We thought that it might be wonderful to reveal it to our families after we were married again.
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And how exactly did it go when you got married the first time?
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We were in Las Vegas.
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Yeah, yeah, I don't give a shit where you were.
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What color was your dress?
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What color was the cake?
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Objection.
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Who was there?
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Were there any witnesses?
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Your Honor, he's badgering her.
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Come on.
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And what goddamn time was it?
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Tell me right now.
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Harvey, let the witness answer.
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The dress was white, and the cake was vanilla with a buttercream frosting.
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It was a small ceremony at around 10 :00 PM.
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And I remember the man who married us like it was yesterday, because it was the most special day of my life.
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And when you came up with this story, did Mr. Ross at least give you the courtesy of letting you make up your own memories of your supposedly sacred day?
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Objection!
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Since if he represents himself at trial, you won't have a real wedding for at least two to five years.
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Harvey.
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And I've got one more question.
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Did you vow to remain faithful to Mr. Ross throughout your marriage.
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- Yes, I did.
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- Yeah, then I guess when you cheated on him with Logan Sanders, it means you lied to him at that nonexistent ceremony, just like you're lying to all of us right now.
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- That's enough.
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If you want to bring more outside information to dispute this marriage, feel free.
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But for right now, this witness is excused you Thank you.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Harvey Exposes Rachel For Cheating On Mike”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: witness, married, objection, Zane, marriage. Deze video bevat 93 zinnen en 745 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:20. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 172 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 19 van de 93 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
objection zelfstandig naamwoord/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/tegenspraak
rattle zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹæ.təl/rammelaar, gerammel
testify werkwoord/ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/getuigen
affidavit zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/affidavit, beëdigde verklaring
annulment zelfstandig naamwoord/əˈnʌl.mənt/tenietdoening, annulatie
badger zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/das
invoke werkwoord/ɪnˈvoʊk/aanroepen
nonexistent bijvoeglijk naamwoordniet-bestaand
perjury zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəɹi/valse getuigenis, meineed
validity zelfstandig naamwoord/vəˈlɪd.ɪ.ti/geldigheid
fist zelfstandig naamwoord/fɪst/vuist
rejection zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/afwijzing
amen/(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/amen, amen en uit
frost zelfstandig naamwoord/fɹɔst/rijp, rijm
supposedly bijwoord/səˈpoʊ̯.zɪd.li/verondersteld, vermeend

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
come up with werkwoordbedenken, verzinnen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • I didn't expect it for a couple of hours.
  • You've never done that to me.
  • You think this is a joke?
  • What are you going to do about it?
  • What color was your dress?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltYou've never done · you've beaten · have gone
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetis invoked · is excused
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingkids who went · man who married

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 28 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals didn't, gonna, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: objection /əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, prosecution /ˌpɹɑ.sɪˈkju.ʃən/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: prosecution /ˌpɹɑ.sɪˈkju.ʃən/, affidavit /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/, validity /vəˈlɪd.ɪ.ti/, supposedly /səˈpoʊ̯.zɪd.li/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: intend /ɪnˈtɛnd/, privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: rattle /ˈɹæ.təl/, affidavit /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/, badger /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/

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. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als objection, rattle, testify.

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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