Shadowing Practice: How To Leave Your Village - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I studied six religions in six months and I discovered something weird.
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Every prophet from every religion had to do the same thing.
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They had to leave their village behind.
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They had to leave the village to start the religion.
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Dreams, potential, new ideas and new religions die in a village.
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This was true thousands of years ago and it is true now.
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The village is our comfort zone and uncomfortable ideas don't thrive there.
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I didn't thrive in my village either.
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I couldn't reach my potential.
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In this video, I want to give you, the person watching this, The step-by-step guide on how to leave your village,
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reach your potential and change your life legally just like I did I'm not gonna do this alone.
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I asked my friend Akshay for help.
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He is the founder of Leverage EDU Hi, my name is Akshay and I'm happy to help.
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He helped more than more than 50,000 people leave their village
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and get a better life somewhere else and all it takes is 4 easy steps Step 1.
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Find your passion
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You have to know what you're good at because that becomes your passion And your passion decides your next village.
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If you're passionate about cars, go to Munich.
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If you're passionate about law, go to London.
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If you're passionate about tech, go to San Francisco.
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Choose the village that is best for your passion.
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Step two, become a student.
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Become a student.
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Becoming a student is the easiest way in the world to immigrate legally.
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I moved from my village in the Middle East to the United States by applying to a university.
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Don't cross the border illegally.
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Don't marry for the visa.
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Just become a student.
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It's a win-win.
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There are more than 10,000 universities outside your village.
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Each one can give you a visa, an education, a community, and a degree legally.
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Universities are the perfect stepping stone for anybody that wants to move locations from one place to another.
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Doesn't matter what you study as long as you get your first step, your first foot in the door.
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Step 3.
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Get a Visa.
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Once you graduate, don't go back to the village.
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Get a Warped Visa instead.
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There are more than 20 types of work visas in the United States and the UK.
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First, I got the F1 student visa.
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Then I got the H1B work visa.
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And now I have the O1 entrepreneur visa.
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This is how I stayed in the United States for more than 10 years legally.
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Almost every country on this planet has a visa for bright international students like you.
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By now you are passionate about something.
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You have a university degree and a work visa in a village that wants you.
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Now you're ready for the last step.
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Step 4.
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Start your life.
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This is where life truly starts.
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In this stage, your ideas matter.
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Your opinion matters.
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You can do so much.
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You can finally reach your potential.
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And when you touch your potential, You'll grow an amazing career.
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You'll find a soulmate.
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You'll start a family.
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You'll start a movement and maybe even a religion.
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You will feel God's gift of life on your own skin.
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And it all starts with leaving your village behind.
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You know, I don't hate the village.
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I'm not saying that the village is bad or that the people are bad.
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I actually like think the people are good in every village.
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It's just my ideas were not received in this village.
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And I think a lot of people will resonate with this.
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You just got to decide which village matches with your mindset.
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And just do whatever it takes to get there.
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I know it's not easy, but this is how I built my life.
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This is how Akshay built his life.
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This is how they are building their life now.
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Vaibhav and Rutaja grew up in a poor village in India.
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And with the help of Akshay's company, they're now on step two, studying at a university in the UK.
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They got a partial NAS scholarship to study there.
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That NAS scholarship, that was really cool.
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But now, instead of two students, I want to give it to 20 students.
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Yeah, Akshay and his company, Leverage EDU, decided to help.
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They will help you find a university, find a city, get a visa,
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and leave your village entirely for free for 20 of you.
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You could even come here to Japan.
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If you're interested in this, just click on this link and apply.
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And hopefully you're one of the lucky ones.
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This is the most life-changing project I can do.
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Okay, good luck and back to the video.
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To the village kid watching this, remember that your potential is sky high.
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Your ideas are good, your opinion is right, even if the village says it's not.
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But above all, remember, if the prophets had to pack their bags and leave their village behind,
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then maybe you should too.
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Religions are revolutionary and revolutionary ideas cannot thrive in a village.
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It's as simple as that.
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You're not trying to start a religion, but what you are trying to do is live a revolutionary life and for that,
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you have to leave the village.

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Deze video bevat 90 zinnen en 876 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:06. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 123 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

  • visa /ˈviːzə/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — visum. A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
  • passion /ˈpæʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — passie, hartstocht. A true desire sustained or prolonged.
  • passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — hartstochtelijk, gepassioneerd. Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
  • revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — revolutionair. A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
  • thrive /θɹajv/ (werkwoord) — gedijen. To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
  • scholarship /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — studiebeurs, stipendium. A grant-in-aid to a student.
  • prophet /ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — profeet, profete. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
  • founder /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — stichter, grondlegger. One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
  • comfort /ˈkʌm.fət/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — comfort, gemak. Contentment, ease.
  • marry /ˈmæɹi/ (werkwoord) — trouwen, huwen. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
  • discover /dɪˈskʌvə/ (werkwoord) — ontdekken. To find or learn something for the first time.
  • uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — ongemakkelijk. Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
  • partial /ˈpɑɹʃəl/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — partieel, gedeeltelijk. Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
  • entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — ondernemer, entrepreneur. A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
  • illegally /ɪˈliːɡəli/ (bijwoord) — illegaal. In a manner contrary to law.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 25 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, don't, you'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: passion /ˈpæʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, scholarship /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/, partial /ˈpɑɹʃəl/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, illegally /ɪˈliːɡəli/

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 visa, passion, passionate.

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepthe easiest · the most life
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingYou'll grow · You'll find · You'll start
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig ishad to do · had to leave · have to know
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtI'm not saying · You're not trying

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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