Shadowing Practice: I Asked My Crush to be My Girlfriend - Learn English Speaking with Video

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So you know, there's this girl.
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We've been going on dates for a while now and honestly, somewhere along the way I realized I actually really like her.
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She's kind to everyone she meets.
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We both love animals.
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She's always down for whatever stupid idea to come up with.
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And somehow we just have fun doing absolutely anything together.
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But for a while it was rough.
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She was living across the state and we were constantly wondering
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when the next time we were going to see each other was.
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And it was hard.
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It was really hard.
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And my question to myself for a while was, is this even going to be possible?
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Like, is this actually something that we can make work?
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But somehow in some way that didn't really change my mind.
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I mean we just have so much fun together and honestly I don't really know where this is going.
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But I do know I don't want to leave it where it is.
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So really there's just one thing left to do.
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So one of our favorite things to do together is to see animals.
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So I decided to start the day off at the zoo.
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We are at the zoo.
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Been saying that we're gonna come to the zoo.
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You like the place I chose?
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You can never go wrong with animals.
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I feel like every time we're with each other, we have to go see some sort of animal.
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They're so cute.
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Wow.
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They're really cute though.
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I love animals.
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Oh, look at that one.
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Look at that one's rock.
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He looks so chumpy.
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He's so cute.
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Yeah, I'm almost like a pet.
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Is it legal?
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Why can't we just do it?
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That is the biggest duck I've ever seen in my entire life.
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There is no way that thing's really gross.
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It's a strong.
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Oh, so what animal are you most excited to see?
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I don't even know what animals they have.
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What about the best and most dangerous animal?
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Me.
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I don't think I should have said that.
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Which animal do you think I would be?
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Based on your personality?
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You could be...
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I honestly think you'd be a gorilla.
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A gorilla, really?
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A gorilla.
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What makes me a gorilla?
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It's like you look big and tough, but like inside you're kind of soft.
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Yeah, look at that face.
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Look just like you.
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This is a favorite, my favorite face that you make.
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A face face of longing Hello, don't they make the really loud noise?
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They look like really big baby birds.
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Everything here is sound true Bro is cozy for the camera.
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He knew his angles.
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He really was.
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That's me when I'm debating whether or not to go pee in the middle of the night
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If you look at that animal over there Oh, yeah, you got logged.
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No, I did not.
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You got logged.
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Bend down.
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You are getting logged.
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That's not real.
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There's no way that's true.
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Now this is Jason.
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He looked at us like, what'd you call me?
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You said who?
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Jason, I've come to save you.
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This is this.
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It's Jason.
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He's like, yeah, you want to fight bro?
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Oh, come at me.
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Come at me.
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Don't look at us.
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He's learning how to dance like, left foot stomp, left foot stomp, right foot stomp.
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I have one more question for you.
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He had something to say.
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So unfortunately that almost felt like the right moment to do it, But the monkeys decided otherwise, so I decided to find somewhere a little quieter.
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It's so pretty!
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What do you think?
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It's really pretty.
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You are really pretty.
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You are really- To see the entire spectrum, I still feel straight.
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Wait.
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I like woman.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, here, buddy.
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Calm down, calm down.
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Why do I like woman now?
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Stop, how do I reverse it?
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Stop, stop pressing it, stop pressing it.
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Frankie, I know him actually, personally.
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Wait, I have a name, Nathan, Oiz.
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Nathan, Oiz?
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Yeah.
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Is that you?
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That came out of me, came out of me.
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At what point did you realize that we get along?
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I think maybe when we did that little bike ride on our first day.
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Hmm, you liked my my terrible sense of direction?
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Yeah, it kind of made me realize at least I'm not the only one out there with horrible direction.
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You know what I realized we got along?
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You know how I always call everybody Mamacita?
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One day you just started saying it back.
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I'm gonna just expose you right now.
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She called me Mamacita every time she picks up the phone now.
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Nah I don't, that's you, you're imagining things Oh I really am I?
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Yeah you're thinking about Jason actually Oh Is it weird that I call you and Jason both mamacita?
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No it's okay cause you're Jason's wife Oh
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Yeah last time I was here I was like in middle
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school I don't remember at all Oh wow I don't think I could even see Can you recreate your height?
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Now look over I can still see See a little bit?
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Yeah Half ledge What are we looking at right now?
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This is like if you were in shrooms.
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It's like you're seeing the whole world begin.
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Yeah I know.
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Not that I'm taking any but like, I feel like that's what people explain it as.
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No it is, it is.
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I mean I bet it is.
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Dude, there it is.
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Okay, okay.
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What would you say was your favorite video that we filmed together?
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I know which one I liked.
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I took you to that taco place.
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Oh god.
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I liked the one where we saw animals.
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That's like all of them.
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Okay, I'll take the answer.
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Is there any place that you still wanted to visit?
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You've been a couple places so far.
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I've only really gone to a couple of the beaches in LA, so I think maybe Santa Monica actually.
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I've heard that's like one of the more popular ones, right?
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We could do that today.
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Really?
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How far is it?
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I have no idea.
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That's how I walk to the restroom at night.
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I thought you walked!
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You know, this kind of reminds me of when we're just sitting at the beach and like contemplating our lives.
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As we spend all our money, there's the genius.
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That was an expensive game I bet you I could beat you at any game Any game No way Let's about this one?
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You know my aim class.
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I play Valorant.
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This is light work.
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I don't play games.
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Alright, let's do it.
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Wait, how do I aim?
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Dude, I look your choice on that.
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Okay, you look good.
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That doesn't count.
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We're gonna move on.
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Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.
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I'm saving you right now, bro.
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I'm saving you right now.
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I'm saving you right now.
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What?
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Game over.
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Not bad?
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Not bad!
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Good job.
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You got what, 40?
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Good job.
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Do you like Santa Monica so far?
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Yes.
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I like the lights.
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I usually don't come here at night actually, so this is kinda my first time too.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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That was pretty good.
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Okay, well, I do have one last question to ask you.
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You guys have been watching our videos, you know, we've been posting a lot of our dates
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and a lot of you guys have started to suspect that maybe Miranda's not just my crush.
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And in that case, you guys would be correct.
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So, for the first time, this is my girlfriend Miranda.
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Obviously, we could have told you guys a lot sooner, but I mean, you know, not everything needs to be shared on the internet, right?
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You kinda have to live it a little before you reveal things.
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I guess for you guys and for the video here, will you be?
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Yes, I will.
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I have been.
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I have been and I will be.
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I like that answer.
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We decided to give this to you the chance.
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Thank you sir.
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But you got me from my head to my feet And I'm ready to dive

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “I Asked My Crush to be My Girlfriend”. Deze video bevat 186 zinnen en 1362 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:01. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 170 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen. 43 van de 186 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 13 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
gorilla zelfstandig naamwoord/ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/gorilla
stomp werkwoord/stɑmp/stampen
contemplate werkwoord/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/beschouwen, contempleren
restroom zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹɛstˌɹum/toilet, WC
recreate werkwoord/ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/recreëren
taco zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtɑkoʊ/taco
expose werkwoord/ɪkˈspoʊz/zichtbaar maken, blootleggen
monkey zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmʌŋki/aap, apin
dive werkwoord/daɪv/duiken, onderwaterzwemmen
bend werkwoord/bɛnd/buigen, plooien
crush werkwoord/kɹʌʃ/verpletteren, pletten
duck zelfstandig naamwoord/dʌk/eend
spectrum zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈspɛktɹəm/spectrum

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
calm down werkwoordbedaren
get along werkwoordopschieten, overeenkomen
come up with werkwoordbedenken, verzinnen
pick up werkwoordoppakken, optillen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • You like the place I chose?
  • Why can't we just do it?
  • Which animal do you think I would be?
  • He looked at us like, what'd you call me?
  • He's like, yeah, you want to fight bro?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig isWe've been going · have been watching
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltI've ever seen · I've come · You've been
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepthe biggest · the best
Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgdstop pressing · started saying

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 49 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: expose /ɪkˈspoʊz/, dive /daɪv/, bend /bɛnd/

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. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als gorilla, stomp, contemplate.

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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