Shadowing Practice: How To Speak Upper Class Eton - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, it's John here.
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Today we have a very interesting topic for you.
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That is the Eton accent and vocabulary.
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Now, Eton is one of the most prestigious schools in the UK, if not the most prestigious.
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So where is Eton?
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Well, it's about 20 miles from central London, very close to the town of Windsor.
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Here is a sample of former pupils who all went to Eton.
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We have Damien Lewis, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Bear Grylls and Ian Fleming all went to Eton.
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Plus two other prime ministers, British prime ministers who went to Eton
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and they're the ones we're going to focus on today because I have recordings of both of them,
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that being Boris Johnson, for many people this is an astonishing moment of hope, and David Cameron.
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And that is something we should all be grateful for.
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And we're going to analyse their accent.
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Then we're going to look at the specific vocabulary that's used at Eton College.
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So, by the end of the video, you should know how to speak Eton.
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So, let's start with Boris.
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Let's hear the way he speaks in this speech.
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Tonight we are leaving the European Union.
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For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope.
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A moment they thought would never come.
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And there are many, of course, who feel a sense of anxiety and loss.
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And then there's a third group, perhaps the biggest, who had started to worry that the whole political wrangle would never come to an end.
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So Boris certainly speaks with an RP or Received Pronunciation accent.
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He's got various features, pronunciation features to his accent.
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Let's go through them now.
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OK, so the first thing you'll notice is he's got quite a throaty way of speaking, really at the back of the throat,
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you know, a bit like this.
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Political wrangle.
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On top of that, he's got this sort of start -stop rhythm to it,
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like as if everything he's saying is actually a sound bite.
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Perhaps the biggest.
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Couple that with his highly melodic intonation and he's surely got your attention. Of hope.
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Now, he's obviously nurtured this accent to sound, I don't know, privileged or upper class.
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And you can really tell that he went to a private school.
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He's got that kind of feel about his accent.
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He uses words that RP speakers would use, like astonishing.
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And he's got the classic RP vowel sound, like thought.
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Yes, so he's got this sound just like in classic RP.
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Plus it's a version of RP that's quite rare these days, although you have to say it does stand out because of that.
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Now let's move on to David Cameron who is also an Old Etonian.
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Here's his speech, the first speech he made as PM of Britain.
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Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to form a new government and I have accepted.
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Before I talk about that new government, let me say something about the one that has just passed.
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Compared with a decade ago...
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So, he speaks very clearly.
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Again, you could probably tell that he's been to a privately educated school.
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Maybe not exactly Eton, but he does speak.. he takes care in what he says and he speaks very clearly.
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He also, you would say, has an RP accent.
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That's because the first thing you realise is he doesn't like to drop sounds, especially his T's.
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He always says his T's like in government.
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Government.
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Yes?
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Like that.
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Form a new government.
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The next sound we'll pick up on is the classic RP sound of the O.
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Now I say it a more modern way.
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I say O and he says O, O.
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Right?
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So, people who want to enunciate, who want to speak RP generally take care of their vowel sounds.
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He says this O, O, AGO, AGO, HOPE, right?
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So, that is a clear indication of speaking received pronunciation as well.
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OK, let's move on to the vocabulary.
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Now, the first word, where would the schools be without teachers?
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And this is a word that Etonians use for teachers.
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It is used in one or two other private schools as well, but it's also used at Eton.
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So, they call teachers beaks,
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as in a bird beak and you can literally replace the word teacher for the word beak in sentences in at Eton.
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Everybody, the beak's coming.
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Finish up your homework now, quick.
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Something like that.
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Next, when I was looking at the fees for Eton, which are obviously extremely high, I noticed that the year is split into halves.
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However, the halves are divided into three.
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So, there's three halves to the year.
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That's very strange, isn't it?
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The next two are connected with eating.
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The first one is chambers.
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And that's a break in the morning when you can have a snack.
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I guess at Eton you would say something like...
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OK chaps, it's 11 o 'clock.
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Time for chambers.
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The second one is messing, which means to prepare a snack in the afternoon at your boarding house.
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Because obviously all the kids at Eton live in boarding houses.
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OK.
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Shall we put everything that we've learnt into a sentence?
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so that we can speak Eton.
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So in this half we're having chambers at 11
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and then we're going to go back to the house at 3 for messing.
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But we have to be at the chapel at 3 .30 otherwise the beaks will come hunting for us.
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And there you have it, a crash course in speaking upper class Eton.
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Now I hope you've learned a few things about the Eton accent
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and I hope you can take it away and just for pleasure or for whatever, enjoy yourself with the accent.
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Remember to like and subscribe to the channel for more videos on accents
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and remember right here you can get a better British accent.
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My name is John and I'll say see you later, stay connected, bye.
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So I hope you thoroughly enjoyed this accent video today
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and I hope now you can speak a bit more Eton and a bit more RP.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “How To Speak Upper Class Eton”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Eton, accent, speak, sound, word. Deze video bevat 96 zinnen en 1020 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:57. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 147 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
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| accent zelfstandig naamwoord | /ækˈsɛnt/ | accent, klemtoon |
| chamber zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/ | slaapkamer |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | uitspraak |
| connect werkwoord | /kəˈnɛkt/ | verbinden |
| snack zelfstandig naamwoord | /snæk/ | tussendoortje |
| prestigious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /pɹɛˈstiːd͡ʒəs/ | prestigieus |
| topic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | onderwerp, thema |
| anxiety zelfstandig naamwoord | /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ | bezorgdheid, ongerustheid |
| compare werkwoord | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | vergelijken |
| clock zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɑk/ | teller, kilometerteller |
| grateful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ | dankbaar |
| bite werkwoord | /baɪt/ | bijten |
| throat zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθɹoʊt/ | keel |
| privilege zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/ | voorrecht, privilege |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Let's hear the way he speaks in this speech.
- Let's go through them now.
- That's very strange, isn't it?
- Shall we put everything that we've learnt into a sentence?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
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| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has asked · has just passed · he's been |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is split · are divided · are connected |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who want · Eton, which are · messing, which means |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 14 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, doesn't, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, thoroughly /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, throaty /ˈθɹəʊti/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, indication /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/, astonish /əˈstɑnɪʃ/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, indication /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/, enunciate /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/, divide /dɪˈvaɪd/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: accent /ækˈsɛnt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, snack /snæk/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, chapel /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: grateful /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/, wrangle /ˈɹæŋɡəl/
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 accent, chamber, vocabulary.
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