Shadowing Practice: How to Love without fear - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What is the most difficult in love?
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We regularly get into difficulties in love
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because we refuse to accept how much reassurance and stroking we need from the person we love.
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We imagine we're grown up.
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We don't want to countenance how fragile and easily wounded we might be.
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We don't want to see the always susceptible and sensitive child beneath the impressive adult.
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And so, in the face of so-called small things that have undeniably hurt us – a missing warm comment here,
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a lack of touch there – we go numb instead.
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We silently and swiftly pull up the drawbridge.
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We unconsciously prepare to recriminate.
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We tell ourselves that we have a lot of work to do and should spend more time by ourselves.
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The last thing we can acknowledge is that we might be sad, confused and secretly furious.
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It would help a lot if we could recognise with grace
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that when it comes to relationships we are all without a skin.
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We feel everything, whether we choose to register the fact or not.
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We are alive to every nuance in our partner's behaviour towards us.
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We notice and are pained by every piece of distance, every movement of incomprehension and every minor slight.
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It is obviously profoundly tempting to deny such exposure.
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Who wants to be constantly reminded
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that they have in effect forfeited their independence to the moods and inclinations of a wholly autonomous fellow human?
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How much more comforting to subsist under the illusion
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that we might be immune to minor slights and that our spirits remain substantially in our own hands.
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And yet, it would be fairer and a good deal cleaner to accept that once we are in love,
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we have no option but to feel everything that goes on between ourselves and a partner.
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We have to know on a daily, even hourly basis that we continue to matter to them.
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It's no use pretending to be made of rock, of attempting to be recklessly and eventually angrily and coldly brave.
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We need to put in place measures to preserve love in the face of our ongoing vulnerability.
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We need regularly to check in with one another and ask, Have I hurt you?
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And then as regularly say, I do still love you.
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It's no sign of being infantile to approach love with immense, almost implausible sensitivity.
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It is a sign that we have at last accepted what a grown-up is and needs.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “How to Love without fear”. Deze video bevat 31 zinnen en 412 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:39. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 156 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 82% 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 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| countenance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkaʊn.tə.nəns/ | gelaatsuitdrukking, verschijning |
| drawbridge zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɹɔːbɹɪd͡ʒ/ | ophaalbrug, valbrug |
| forfeit werkwoord | /ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/ | verkwanselen, verliezen |
| inclination zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | buiging, knik |
| infantile bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɪnfəntaɪl/ | infantiel, kinderlijk |
| nuance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈnjuː.ɑːns/ | nuance |
| profoundly bijwoord | /pɹəˈfaʊndli/ | grondig |
| numb bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /nʌm/ | verdoofd, bewusteloos |
| silently bijwoord | /ˈsaɪləntli/ | stilletjes |
| susceptible bijvoeglijk naamwoord | [səˈsɛptɪbl̩] | vatbaar |
| vulnerability zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/ | kwetsbaarheid, zwakke plek |
| autonomous bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɔˈtɑnəməs/ | autonoom |
| fragile bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/ | broos, fragiel |
| immense bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪˈmɛns/ | immens |
| illusion zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/ | illusie |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| grow up werkwoord | opgroeien |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 3 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: inclination /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/, illusion /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: inclination /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, recriminate /ɹɪˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/, vulnerability /ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/, autonomous /ɔˈtɑnəməs/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: drawbridge /ˈdɹɔːbɹɪd͡ʒ/, acknowledge /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/, preserve /pɹəˈzɝv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: angrily /ˈæŋ.ɡɹə.li/, fragile /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/
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 countenance, drawbridge, forfeit.
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.