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Good day everyone, I am your IELTS tutor Jack and welcome back to another episode of the IELTS Plus English podcast.
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It's the end of another winter, the weather is warming up, we're getting more blue sky,
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it's starting to feel like we can go to the park and maybe have a picnic,
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all those things that we do in spring. is weather.
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Now you may or may not know, I have mentioned it in a podcast before I think, I really like the weather.
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I'm really interested in the weather.
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I was really interested from a very young age and my dream job was to be a meteorologist.
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That's one of today's keywords, meteorologist, which means someone who studies the weather and the atmosphere in order to predict future weather.
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And if you want this vocabulary and expressions, don't forget you can download it for free off jacks -english .com.
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Now do remember, you have to go to the website and there's a free content section at the top.
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That's what you need to click on.
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There's the IELTS Plus podcast.
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Everything is available there from episode one to today, which is episode 39.
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So please make the most of that.
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And yeah, so weather, super interested in it still.
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I know I'm not a meteorologist, but I just still have that interest in, you know, typhoons, wind, rain,
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heavy rain, floods, all these different things.
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It's quite fascinating to me.
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So, I guess let's get into our 39th topic.
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Next episode is the last one of the season.
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Can you believe it?
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So let's do some part ones to warm me up.
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What is the weather like in your country?
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Well, I come from England and the weather in England can be quite dull.
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I think a lot of people find it on the whole, quite dull.
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But I think it's not as bad as people around the world think.
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It's actually, there are a lot of sunny days.
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You can go to the park and have a picnic and it does get quite hot in summer.
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So on the whole, I think British weather is changeable.
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Fickle, we could even say, but there are a lot of dull days.
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- Good, okay, wow, I'm using two or three vocabulary already.
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So check out the list.
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Next question, do you experience extreme weather in your country?
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Thank you.
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We are starting to experience extreme weather more and more in the UK.
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In the past, I don't feel like there was so many events.
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There were sort of one -off events.
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There was a hurricane and there were some floods and things like that and some droughts.
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But nowadays it feels like every year there's some kind of big storm, some people die, you know, there are some bigger weather events.
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Excellent, well, part two.
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So today's part two is describe your favorite weather.
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So two minutes on the clock starting now.
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I'd like to tell you about sunny weather.
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When I was young, I was a golfer.
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I played a lot of golf.
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So sunny weather, calm sunny days with a blue sky was a real blessing.
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It made golf much easier and more enjoyable.
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Outside of golf, I just loved sunny weather.
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I loved going to the beach.
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I loved having a picnic at the park.
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I loved hiking in sunny weather.
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There was such a number of activities I could do if it were sunny and clear.
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Bots when it was windy
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and rainy it was quite restrictive you know you couldn't really go outside
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and there wasn't many indoor things to do so When I think back to my childhood in England,
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right up until 21 years old, sunny weather was a real blessing and made me feel so good.
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So let me tell you a little more about sunny days.
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So in England, we don't really have any issues with pollution.
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So when it's a sunny day, the The sky is very, very clear and it's a wonderful blue colour.
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Now, it's quite a rare occasion to have that kind of day in England.
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It's not a not every day kind of thing.
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And but it's more likely in summer.
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The thing that I always tell my students is those images you get of sort of every day raining
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and windy in England.
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is normally the winter or kind of early spring.
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That's when we get that nasty weather.
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For me personally, these days are so wonderful because they are quite rare.
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So you're more familiar with rainy or windy, cloudy.
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So when you get this bright day, You can do all the things you want to do.
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Oh, wow.
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I guess I really like this kind of weather because I had so much more to say.
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But that was good.
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That was fairly well structured.
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I was quite happy with that.
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Nothing I would change.
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So we'll go straight on to part three.
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Has the weather changed much in your country since you were young?
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Thank you.
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Well, it's a bit difficult for me to say because I haven't been in the UK much over the past 12 years,
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but I will try my best.
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When I was young, I feel like there weren't that many sunny days,
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and particularly the summer wasn't that hot.
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But the winters definitely got very cold.
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I clearly remember as a child, We would normally get a few snowy days in winter, and it really did get cold.
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We even had some white Christmases.
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Nowadays, however, definitely those days are gone.
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We seem to get very hot summers, sometimes really prolonged periods of very hot or sweltering weather.
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And in the winter, it just doesn't get that cold.
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Snow is very rare.
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So, yeah, I think there have been some changes.
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mainly related to temperature.
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Excellent.
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Part three, second question.
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Do you think weather affects people's mood or behaviour?
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I think it absolutely affects people's mood and behavior.
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I think that when we have a prolonged period of cold weather, particularly overcast weather where we can't see the sun,
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people start to feel a bit down.
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It does have that effect.
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Whereas a wonderful bright day like today, people just feel a bit more cheerful.
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And especially when you wake up and it's quite nice and warm, it's not too cold in the morning.
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I think people tend to feel a bit better.
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Now for me personally, I'm definitely difficult things for me in England was sometimes in winter,
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waking up every single day and it's
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rainy and windy outside so that was a really hard thing to wake up to every day.
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Good, okay, final question.
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Why do people live in places with extreme weather?
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This is a really tricky question.
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I'm not sure.
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I don't know really, because when I think about these places that come to my mind,
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for example, North Russia, which is freezing cold,
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you know, you look down towards these places that experience lots of...
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strong winds, typhoons, hurricanes.
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There's a lot of places that experience extreme weather.
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And I think really, why do people live in places like that?
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It's not, they don't really have a choice either.
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they don't have the money to move somewhere more desirable, or that's where they were born and they grew up in, so that's what they're familiar with.
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So I don't think people ever choose to do that.
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I don't think there's some opportunity,
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but we kind of have to deal with the hand that we're dealt for most of us.
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So yeah, I think that's why they live in these places.
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Excellent.
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That was quite a tricky question actually, that last one.
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Because honestly, I don't know.
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So if you get those kind of questions in IELTS, you just have to speculate.
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You just have to guess.
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And you can be very honest with the examiner.
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You can say, I don't really know to be honest.
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But after that, you must speculate.
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You must make some kind of guess why.
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Good.
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Okay.
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Well, another topic that I really liked.
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The final topic of the season, which will be next week, is urbanization.
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So that's you.
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Remember, this whole thing has been alphabetical order.
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So we started with animals and we finished with urbanization, you.
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There's no other topics after that.
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But as I said, I may come back for a few bonus episodes.
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So actually, yeah, if you have any requests for topics I haven't covered,
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to do some bonus episodes for you.
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So that's everything I have for you today.
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Thank you so much if you made it to here and of course please hit that like button, subscribe and become part of the IELTS Plus community.
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Have a wonderful week, study very hard and I'll see you next Wednesday for our final topic.
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Bye -bye.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “IELTS English Podcast - Speaking Topic: Weather”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: weather, sunny, England, topic, winter. Deze video bevat 145 zinnen en 1482 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:38. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 139 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 85% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| sunny bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsʌni/ | zonnig |
| windy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈwɪn.di/ | winderig |
| meteorologist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌmiːti.əˈɹɒ.lə.dʒɪst/ | weerkundige, meteoroloog |
| rainy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɹeɪni/ | regenachtig |
| picnic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɪknɪk/ | picknick |
| dull bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dʌl/ | bot, stomp |
| podcast zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast |
| prolong werkwoord | /pɹoʊˈlɑŋ/ | bestendigen |
| speculate werkwoord | /ˈspɛk.jʊˌleɪt/ | vermoeden |
| urbanization zelfstandig naamwoord | verstedelijking, urbanisatie | |
| typhoon zelfstandig naamwoord | /taɪˈfun/ | tyfoon, taifoen |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| tricky bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈtɹɪk.i/ | netelig, netelige |
| blessing zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ | zegen |
| hurricane zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ | orkaan |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| wake up werkwoord | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | wakker worden, ontwaken |
| check out werkwoord | onderzoeken |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I'm really interested in the weather.
- That's what you need to click on.
- It's quite fascinating to me.
- What is the weather like in your country?
- Do you think weather affects people's mood or behaviour?
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 | have mentioned · haven't been · have been |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | meteorologist, which means · today, which is · Russia, which is |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 30 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, haven't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: meteorologist /ˌmiːti.əˈɹɒ.lə.dʒɪst/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, alphabetical /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/, examiner /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/, desirable /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, keyword /ˈkiː.wɜːd/, restrictive /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, alphabetical /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, overcast /ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: golfer /ˈɡɒlfə(ɹ)/, examiner /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/
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 sunny, windy, meteorologist.
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