Shadowing Practice: How Japan Dealt With Their Debt Problem - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I want to just give you the Japan example.
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Some people say, well, Japan didn't have a debt problem.
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And of course, Japan had and still does have a lot of debt.
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But what did they do?
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What they did was to print a lot of money and buy those bonds.
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And in the process of doing that, they gave the bondholders an average of 3% lower interest rates than in the United States.
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And they devalued the currency by an average of 4% over this period of time.
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And so that caused them to lose 45% Japanese bonds, to lose relative to U.S bonds,
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and 60% relative to gold.
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And as a result, the average Japanese worker used to make the equivalent of about $3,500 a month.
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And now they make about $2,500 a month, measured in dollars.
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In gold terms, they used to earn 13 ounces of gold equivalent in a month.
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That is now one ounce, the equivalent.
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If you were a U.S investor who kept their money in yen-denominated bonds,
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or the yen currency versus the dollar, you'd be down about 84%.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 20 zinnen en 221 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 1:42. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 130 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
11 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- relative /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — familielid, bloedverwant. Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
- currency /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — munteenheid, valuta. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
- earn /ɝn/ (werkwoord) — verdienen. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- worker /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — arbeider, arbeidster. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
- versus /ˈvɝsəs/ — tegen. Against; in opposition to.
- investor /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — investeerder, belegger. A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
- bond /bɑnd/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — obligatie. A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at…
- equivalent /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — gelijkwaardig. Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
- dollar /ˈdɑ.lɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — dollar. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere…
- measure /ˈmeɪ.ʒɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — maat, hoeveelheid. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
- print /pɹɪnt/ (werkwoord) — drukken, afdrukken. To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
Uitspraak om op te letten
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: denominate /dɪˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/, equivalent /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als relative, currency, earn.
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.