Shadowing Practice: I Survived Sensory Deprivation - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Ryan: Sensory deprivation is straight up scary.
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What does it even mean to experience nothing?
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Especially when my screen time is ten hours a day, which led my father to say this.
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Ryan's dad: I bet you can last a few hours in one of these.
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Ryan: Okay. He might be right, but I'm too insecure to accept that, so I bet him that I could.
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And whoever loses the bet, has to paint themselves green and say in front of all of you...
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Ryan's dad: What are you doing in my swamp?
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On camera? Ryan: Next thing I know, I'm outside of a building that's probably on the cover of a Goosebumps book. It didn't take long to find the entrance and immediately be terrified by a cat waving at me, as well as a plethora of ducks.
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Why are there so many ducks here?
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That is a Superduck.
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I nervously waited for a few minutes when I was greeted by a man named Tom, legally known as the Master of Senses.
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I was then guided to the world's largest sensory deprivation pool.
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I'm not scared, you're scared.
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I feel like I walked into a nether portal at some point back there.
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You're telling me this isn't the most ominous door you've ever seen? Bruh!
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I'm gonna be doing the maximum legal time in this thing.
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3 hours. One with no gravity, one with no gravity or light, and one with no gravity, light or sound. Complete sensory deprivation, which apparently can have some side effects.
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I'm a little scared of hallucinating, like in a Simpsons episode, they hallucinate, so it must be true. But first I checked how deep the water is because I can barely swim, which Tom thought was hilarious.
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And now I'm ready.
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Yay! Oh, my goodness!
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Whoa! See ya!
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Tom: So when you get into a floating pool, generally the progression is as follows.
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You get in, you sit down, you lay back, and as you lay back, you float up to the surface of the water.
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Ryan: Oh, my gosh!
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I feel like a single-celled organism right now.
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I've got a timer on my phone that's gonna go off at the three hour mark.
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This pool is saltier than my ex-girlfriend.
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I don't have an ex-girlfriend.
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You guys know I can't swim really. Well, I can't float either.
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I am negative, buoyant somehow.
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So these pools have tons of salt.
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Like 2,500 lbs of salt.
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Even in Stranger Things, they show them filling up a pool of salt. And salt makes you float.
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I worked really hard on this visual.
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Please affirm me!
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Ryan: But in conclusion... Tom: I's like dropping an ice cube into a glass.
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If it's a person's first time, it's going to take maybe 5 to 10 minutes for them to start to release their body in a way that trusts the water.
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Ryan: I have never successfully floated before, and this is...well, this is crazy.
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I was only 18 minutes into this challenge when I had the actual scariest experience of my life. What the freak? A duck.
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Of course. Tom: You know, I would say 10 minutes to 20 minutes is, you know, mind dump.
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Ryan: I feel like a butterfly.
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<i>(Sings:)</i> "It's fun to stay at the Y-M- C-A..." Tom: BS. BS. BS.
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And then maybe around 25 to 30 minutes, the mind just goes, okay.
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I give up. Ryan: I don't see how people fall asleep in here.
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You know, this is why you don't say stuff like that.
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I'm completely asleep here, totally vulnerable.
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But the duck woke me up, and now it's time to turn off the lights.
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No light. Here we go.
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Turning off the lights added a completely new element to this, that I genuinely didn't expect to be that dramatic, but it was.
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I have lost all concept of time, but I still have my duck with me, so...
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Tom: You know, being glued to a phone or glued to a screen, I think increases, you know, your own personal suffering.
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Ryan: So I haven't even gotten to the silence yet, and I feel so weird because I've realized I have developed a habit of listening to something at all times, or watching something at all times. Like this screenshot is my life.
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I feel like the DVD icon that's like bouncing around, just hoping to get the corner perfectly.
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Oh, nope. Ryan: Not quite. Tom: We are the happiest, and this has been proven in study after study, when we are fully present in a moment. Right here, right now. And the moment is not on the screen.
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Ryan: It's so echoey. I feel like we're in the inside of my mind right now. And it's not a very familiar place.
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Tom: 60 to 90 minutes is enjoyable, relaxing, refreshing. Floating longer, it could be visionary.
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You could see either things that you have seen or things that you've not.
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Ryan: Around 2 hours and 4 minutes-ish is where something actually crazy happened.
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I really feel like my mind was the only thing working at this point.
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I suddenly felt like I infiltrated this memory that I haven't thought of in years, because I felt so still.
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Please don't judge me when you watch this!
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I feel like this reminded me of when I was little in the summertime, so I didn't have to go to school. My grandma, she was like my... she like, raised me.
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My grandma would like, take naps the day and I hated taking naps, but I always took a nap with her. And I just remember feeling so still.
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Well, that's embarrassing.
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Uh...but it was real.
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Anyways...we got 2 earplugs. Maxed out sensory deprivation.
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Tom: When you cut off sensory input to the body, it's pretty amazing, right?
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So you have no gravity, no light, no sound.
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You're reducing the workload that your brain and central nervous system has to process pretty dramatically. Ryan: Bye!
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Oh! Hey! All I can hear is the noises inside my ear that are like...
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I fell asleep immediately.
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Hour 3. Let me tell you about hour 3!
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It hits different.
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Okay? Tom: It's like everything in the world.
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It's a wave. It starts at a certain level, you know?
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And then you sink down into a deep relaxation, and then the mind comes back and asserts itself.
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Ryan: Ah! You could tell me I've been in here for 30 minutes or 10 hours.
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Seriously. I'm not just saying that.
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And now you're about to watch me reach the threshold of hallucinations, confusion, constipation...
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I don't remember the full list, but this is it.
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If I had to explain what I was feeling in this moment, or what I was seeing, is basically on screen. I felt like my mind just started creating content because what even is nothing? Like the absence of every sense, every thought, my identity on this planet, everything.
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It was just gone for a bit.
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The last 20 minutes was a spiritual experience, and it took me another 10 minutes to even realize my timer was going off.
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But what I did next is the real story here.
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I did it! I immediately started checking my notifications.
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And if you heard this sound throughout this video, that's because there were 62 of them.
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One for every notification I missed while in this tank.
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Ryan: And so I guess the question is: Were they worth missing? Ryan's dad: Is this thang on?
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What am I supposed to say?
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What are you doing in my swamp?
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So that's basically just gonna pop up and... Let me do it one more time!
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “I Survived Sensory Deprivation”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Ryan, Tom, hour, sensory, duck. Deze video bevat 91 zinnen en 1276 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:14. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 155 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 14 van de 91 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| float werkwoord | /fləʊt/ | drijven |
| deprivation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/ | beroving, afneming |
| scare werkwoord | /skɛɚ/ | bang maken, beangstigen |
| timer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtaɪmɚ/ | timer, eierwekker |
| glue zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɡlu/ | lijm |
| nap zelfstandig naamwoord | /næp/ | dutje |
| swamp zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈswɑmp/ | moeras, broek |
| notification zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ | melding |
| grandma zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɹænmɑː/ | oma |
| buoyant bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈbɔɪ.ənt/ | drijvend |
| constipation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/ | constipatie |
| earplug zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪəplʌɡ/ | oordopje |
| embarrass werkwoord | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | verlegen maken, in verlegenheid brengen |
| hallucination zelfstandig naamwoord | /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/ | waanbeeld, hallucinatie |
| nether bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /nɛð.ə/ | neder |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| turn off werkwoord | uitzetten, uitschakelen |
| come back werkwoord | terugkomen |
| fill up werkwoord | opvullen, vollopen |
| give up werkwoord | zich overgeven |
| go off werkwoord | afgaan |
| pop up werkwoord | opduiken, te voorschijn komen |
| sit down werkwoord | gaan zitten |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I'm not scared, you're scared.
- You're telling me this isn't the most ominous door you've ever seen?
- I don't have an ex-girlfriend.
- What am I supposed to say?
- What are you doing in my swamp?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | you've ever seen · have lost · haven't even gotten |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be terrified · was greeted · being glued |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 34 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: nether /nɛð.ə/, plethora /ˈplɛθəɹə/, threshold /ˈθɹɛʃ(h)oʊld/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, constipation /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/, hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/, visionary /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, hallucinate /həˈl(j)uːsɪneɪt/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, constipation /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/, hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: earplug /ˈɪəplʌɡ/, cube /kjub/, threshold /ˈθɹɛʃ(h)oʊld/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: nap /næp/, grandma /ˈɡɹænmɑː/, embarrass /ɪmˈbæɹəs/, relaxation /rᵻˌlækˈseɪ.ʃən/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: glue /ɡlu/, grandma /ˈɡɹænmɑː/, earplug /ˈɪəplʌɡ/, organism /ˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/, greet /ɡɹiːt/
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 float, deprivation, scare.
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.