Shadowing Practice: How to speak about famous people - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Sometimes when we converse with a foreigner, a person from another country,
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we happen to talk about some famous people who represent our cultures.
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By the way, the verb to converse means to have a conversation or to engage in a conversation.
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In this video, I'm going to show you five ways
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that can help you speak about famous people and express your respect for them in an English conversation.
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They're my five favorite choices.
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So let's get straight into them, shall we?
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When I was younger, I emulated this actress.
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To emulate means to copy someone because you like them very much, you admire them and you think they're great.
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I'm going to go ahead
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and get some more of the great actresses of the 19th century and
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that was sort of what I emulated what I wanted to
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be I wanted to be Sarah Bernhardt I wanted to be Eleanor Adduza
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when I started work we can say I emulated this person or my brother emulated his character.
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My sister emulated her style and manners.
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There's even an expression to emulate success, which means to repeat someone's success.
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I mean, Joni Cash, who can emulate his success?
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I think nobody can emulate his success.
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Are you nuts about the Rolling Stones?
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I can't get enough of them too.
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If you can't get enough of somebody, it means you will never be tired of them and you want more of them.
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I can't get enough of Robert De Niro.
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I can't get enough of Emma Thompson.
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Oh, Adele, she's one of a kind.
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If you describe someone as one of a kind, you mean they're very different and there's nobody like them.
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She will take you to places in your life that you've never been to before.
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She's just...
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Just one of a kind.
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One of them...
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She's such a prominent writer isn't she?
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He's such a prominent architect, isn't he?
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Prominent means very famous and important.
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This last one is more of an academic way of describing a famous person.
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You can use it in your IELTS test or even in a business conversation.
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As part of the phrase I'm going to use the word to withstand
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which alone means to be strong enough so that nothing can harm, destroy or damage you.
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I think that the longer that you want something and don't get it but are able to
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to withstand that kind of rejection.
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Peter O'Toole.
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I've seen many of his films.
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There's no doubt they will withstand the test of time.
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If you liked today's video, please give it a thumbs up
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or subscribe to my channel to let me know I've been helpful and I'll see you soon for another video.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “How to speak about famous people”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: emulated, emulate, conversation, famous, success. Deze video bevat 43 zinnen en 457 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:33. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 82 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 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 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
emulate werkwoord/ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/imiteren, nadoen
withstand werkwoord/wɪðˈstænd/weerstaan
prominent bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/prominent, vooraanstaand
converse werkwoord/kənˈvɝs/converseren, spreken
foreigner zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/buitenlander, buitenlandse
verb zelfstandig naamwoord/vɝb/werkwoord
rejection zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/afwijzing
admire werkwoord/ədˈmaɪɹ/bewonderen, aanbidden
thumb zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈθʌm/duim
subscribe werkwoord/səbˈskɹaɪb/abonneren
architect zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/architect, architecte
phrase zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/uitspraak

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • They're my five favorite choices.
  • So let's get straight into them, shall we?
  • I can't get enough of them too.
  • She's such a prominent writer isn't she?
  • He's such a prominent architect, isn't he?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltyou've never been · I've seen · I've been
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingpeople who represent · success, which means
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill never be · will take · will withstand
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenI'm going to show · I'm going to go · I'm going to use

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 17 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, I'm, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: withstand /wɪðˈstænd/, thumb /ˈθʌm/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: withstand /wɪðˈstænd/, verb /vɝb/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/

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 emulate, withstand, prominent.

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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