Shadowing Practice: How To Be Happy - THE TRUTH - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In order to understand how to be happy we need to look at how we think there are three different ways we react to everything around us the first is by wanting were brought up
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in a culture where we're told that we need to obtain something or reach a certain goal in order to be happy oh we need to get that new phone we need to get a bigger TV we need to get that
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promotion we need to take a picture of this meal and put it onto Instagram but if you think back to any major purchase you made or achievement you reached your picture you posted
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sure you felt happier for a while but soon after you are back on the hunt every single time you end up finding yourself back at your original level of happiness only this time with less money
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in your wallet and more wrinkles on your face so it's safe to say happiness doesn't lie in the wanting category the second way we react is by rejecting from the moment we wake up our mind
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automatically starts to look for things to reject around us oh I feel so tired but I have to go to work so cold I don't want to leave my bed we reject others oh he's so awkward
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oh why can't this cashier do his job properly we reject ourselves so out of shape why am I such a loser again it's safe to say there isn't much happiness here
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either the third way we react is by zoning out what were confronted with a task that's quote-unquote boring like commuting to work or waiting at the doctor's office we tend to zone out everything become
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sort of hazy it's almost as if you put on a black and white filter over your eyes your brain goes on to sleep mode and your mind is either lost in the past over past regrets or lost in the future
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filled with anxiety about things that might go wrong doesn't sound like a fun place to be these three ways of reacting makeup over ninety-nine percent of the way the
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average person goes about his day to day life no wonder they're unhappy so how do I become happy well there's actually a fourth way of reacting something that we only
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experience once in a blue moon it's here where happiness really lies it's the way you reacted when you visited the Grand Canyon for the first time it's the feeling astronauts
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describe when they see the Earth from outer space it's the way you were when you were younger able to spend hours just looking at bugs and pictures it's called mindfulness think of it as
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the opposite of zoning out your zoning in being hyper aware of everything in front of you the way something feels the way it moves it smell its taste all of
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its features and nothing else this means there's no room for wanting no room for rejecting and you certainly not zoned out all of your focus is just on the exact thing or event happening
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right in front of you there is no judgment there's simply room for you to take it all in and when you react to things and events with mindfulness happiness follows and it stays for good
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by simply learning how to focus on what's in front of you you make room for happiness in your life and the only way to become more mindful in your reactions on a day-to-day basis is by practicing
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meditation now I'm sure there's a lot of you guys for watching this thinking oh god this is some hocus-pocus nonsense I've heard about meditation it makes no sense i'm not going to sit down and do nothing for 10-20 minutes but there are
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literally hundreds of studies backing up this claim which will be the topic of our next video the benefits of meditation and the scientific evidence to back it up
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so if you've been looking for the answer to the life old question of how to be happy look no further stop looking for a shortcut because I can just about a hundred percent guarantee you the answer
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lies in mindfulness and meditation in the upcoming weeks we're going to dive deeper into these concepts so please subscribe click on the bell icon to make sure you don't miss the next video and
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stay tuned guys
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “How To Be Happy - THE TRUTH”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: happiness, meditation, react, mindfulness, zoning. Deze video bevat 22 zinnen en 753 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:01. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 187 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 9 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| meditation zelfstandig naamwoord | /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/ | meditatie, overpeinzing |
| shortcut zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/ | sluiproute |
| wrinkle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/ | rimpel |
| cashier zelfstandig naamwoord | /kaˈʃɪə/ | kassier |
| astronaut zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/ | ruimtevaarder, astronaut |
| confront werkwoord | /kənˈfɹʌnt/ | confronteren |
| bore werkwoord | /boɹ/ | vervelen |
| loser zelfstandig naamwoord | /luzɚ/ | verliezer |
| subscribe werkwoord | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | abonneren |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| back up werkwoord | teruggaan | |
| bring up werkwoord | opvoeden | |
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen | |
| sit down werkwoord | gaan zitten | |
| wake up werkwoord | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | wakker worden, ontwaken |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 13 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals doesn't, don't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, shortcut /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/, cashier /kaˈʃɪə/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: astronaut /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/, unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/
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 meditation, shortcut, wrinkle.
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.