Shadowing Practice: How do bees make honey? - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Hi, it's Doug.
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Honey.
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That sweet, delicious stuff that just tastes so good.
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There's nothing quite like honey, is there?
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Syrup is similar in color, and it's sweet.
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But it tastes different.
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Someone named Linda has a question about honey.
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Let's give her a call now.
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Hi, Doug!
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Hi, Linda!
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I have a question for you.
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How do bees make honey?
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That is a great question.
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The fact that bees make honey is something most of us hear about.
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But it's not something most of us have actually seen for ourselves.
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So for a lot of people, including adults I talk to, the whole thing is kind of fuzzy.
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Maybe a little confusing even something about flowers and then they come back to a hive and Well, something happens.
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It almost seems like a secret recipe.
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What is it that bees are doing in that hive?
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Figuring this out isn't easy.
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It's not like bees can tell us.
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And bees are really kind of secretive.
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They live in a hive.
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We can't just pop our heads in there and check it out.
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plus, They've got those stingers.
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They really wouldn't be happy about that if we did.
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But there is a way to get inside a beehive and see what's going on.
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Can you guess?
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How could we find out what's going on inside a beehive?
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Now would be a good time to pause the video and discuss.
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Okay, you ready?
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Well, one possibility might be to wear a bee suit.
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where you can't get stung.
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and then use tiny lenses and cameras to look inside the hive.
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And that is one thing we can do.
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In fact, even easier than that, Many bees are willing to live in hives constructed by people.
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So if you make clear sides, you can actually watch what they're doing.
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By creating these see -through hives, Scientists have been able to carefully observe what bees do.
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and have unlocked the secret of how bees make all that sweet, delicious honey.
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If you watch a hive, you'll see bees coming and going.
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You might know that bees are very busy flying around from flower to flower, Then coming back to the hive.
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But what are they doing?
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Watch as a bee lands on a flower.
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You'll see it has a little tongue.
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Right there.
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You see that?
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Here's another video where you can really see the tongue.
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This one on a bumblebee.
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Inside of every flower is a tiny pool of sugar water that's made by the plant.
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This is what's called nectar.
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It's such a tiny amount to us, It's hard to even notice.
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But on flowers like this one called honeysuckle, you can actually taste it.
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It's nothing like honey at this point.
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It's clear, it's very runny and only just a tiny bit sweet.
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But it turns out that bees aren't slurping it because they're thirsty.
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When they do this, the nectar goes into a special honey stomach for storage.
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Once a bee gets back to the hive, things start to get a little weird.
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they spit it out again.
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and pass it to other bees.
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who spit it out and in turn, pass it to other bees.
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And they do this a few times.
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This part might seem really gross.
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and scientists were confused by it at first.
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But by studying the bodies of bees, scientists were able to figure out that inside the honey stomach, bees have a special liquid called an enzyme.
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that as it mixes with the nectar, makes it thicker and stickier more and more like honey.
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So by passing it back and forth like that, bees are adding more and more enzyme to the nectar.
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This is what turns nectar into honey.
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Once they've done this enough times, They store the liquid honey into little containers they make out of wax.
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This is called the honeycomb.
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Why are bees doing all this?
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It's not for us.
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They make all of this honey to feed their babies.
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For that reason, it might seem mean of us to take honey away from them.
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but almost all of the honey that gets sold in stores doesn't come from wild bees.
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Instead, People raise bees on farms.
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just like other farm animals.
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The bees on farms make much more honey than their babies need.
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So farmers collect that extra honey and sell it to people.
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So in summary, Bees make honey by collecting a sugary water called nectar from flowers.
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and then allowing that nectar to mix with a special substance inside one of their stomachs.
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That's all for this week's question.
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Thanks, Linda, for asking it.
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Now, for the next episode, I reached into my question jar and picked out three questions submitted to me that I'm thinking about answering.
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When this video is done playing, You'll get to vote on one.
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you can choose from, How do you know if a mushroom is poisonous or not?
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What is chlorine? or Who invented fans?
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So submit your vote when the video is over.
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I want to hear from all of you watching.
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There are mysteries all around us.
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Stay curious! and see you next week.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 90 zinnen en 869 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:37. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 155 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 80% 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:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| bee zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbiː/ | bij, honingbij |
| honey zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhʌni/ | honing |
| flower zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | bloem |
| stomach zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈstʌmək/ | maag |
| scientist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | wetenschapper, wetenschapster |
| liquid zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ | vloeistof |
| collect werkwoord | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | verzamelen, opstapelen |
| delicious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | heerlijk, lekker |
| submit werkwoord | /səbˈmɪt/ | zich onderwerpen, toegeven |
| spit werkwoord | /spɪt/ | spuwen, spugen |
| enzyme zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛn.zaɪm/ | enzym |
| confused bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /kənˈfjuːzd/ | verward, in de war |
| carefully bijwoord | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | voorzichtig |
| thick bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /θɪk/ | dik, dikke |
| curious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | nieuwsgierig |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| figure out werkwoord | uitvogelen, er achter komen |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken |
| see through werkwoord | doorheen zien |
| turn out werkwoord | uitvallen, resulteren |
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 | have actually seen · have been · have unlocked |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is called · is done |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 14 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you'll, can't, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: thick /θɪk/, thirsty /ˈθɝs.ti/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als bee, honey, flower.
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.