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I heard this secret that successful people make decisions very quickly.
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They say it's to create momentum,
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build confidence, and preserve all that precious energy we spend on overthinking.
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As a person with a backlog of to-do list tasks and a bad habit of overthinking,
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I think it's time I tried this out for myself.
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So this is the TV room.
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I've wanted to DIY this room for a long time now.
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It's where we watch movies and kind of hang out,
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but it has looked the same for the past three years.
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And when I first moved in,
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I kind of just made it good enough.
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But other than that, I'm not attached and I think that let me just zhuzh it up.
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Okay.
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This is the plan.
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As you can see, it's the same living room.
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It's several different ways.
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We're going for calm, maybe a bit of Nancy Meyers in there.
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Just a cozy space.
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But the thing that I want to do the most is to add wall buildings.
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I did the trim in my office myself.
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At least I'm not completely new to DIY.
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But at the same time, I'm a little nervous.
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Because if I want to complete everything on my 20s bucket list.
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Then I will basically need to get this done within less than a week.
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So that's great.
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I love that.
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Save on some time.
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We're going to clean this room up now empty every time
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i want to start a new project i take forever to get things going
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weighing out my options and making sure i'm fully prepared to start mentally physically
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and emotionally i did my calculations
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and we're gonna need a lot of wood of course it's good to think things through in most cases
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but i think i do it a little too much my
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parents on the other hand are the opposite i'll mention an idea i'm just starting to think about
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and by the end of the day they'll already have started working on it.
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I want to channel that energy.
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Less overthinking, more doing.
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This is what happens when it does not fit in the car.
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And that is how you cut in the Home Depot parking lot.
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Alright, so I pretty much got all my supplies.
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I have level, I have wood that we got from the Home Depot,
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and I also got this,
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this is No More Nails.
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And oh god, wait, how do you even use this?
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Yeah, I'm just gonna start...
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I'm just gonna start.
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Oh my gosh.
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The most important thing is that we're going to be able to make the wrong one.
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Often the biggest reason we overthink our decisions is because we're afraid to make the wrong one.
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But I think all it does is delay the inevitable.
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Guys, I fucked up!
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It's literally a fail.
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At some point you still have to choose,
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and by then you've only wasted time that could have been spent adjusting.
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I'm the y- You keep looking It stays black Yeah,
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I said I'm the y- But it don't fit In theory,
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we know having a lot of options is a good thing.
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We can customize our lives exactly how we want,
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but in reality, too many options can get overwhelming.
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Born it like a man,
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born it like a brain Stories no one ever listened This is what you came from Instead of feeling excited by possibility,
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we end up with choice paralysis,
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trying to weigh out all the options against one another.
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That's when the overthinking starts, and nothing gets done.
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Okay, day two.
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Um, day two of the DIY.
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Oh my gosh.
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Well, a couple of updates.
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The first one is that this is taking way longer than I thought it would.
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I was able to put up some wall moldings yesterday
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and ended up working late into the night to try and get some progress done.
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I did make a couple of mistakes.
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I still have to do another wall and a half
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and then I have to prime them and then I also have to paint this whole room.
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Even when I think that something will take X amount of time,
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it literally takes like every single time and takes more than that.
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What am I doing wrong?
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I don't know.
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I don't know.
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I always thought people who moved fast were just extremely confident,
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they know it all, and wondered if they just got a memo that I didn't.
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When we overthink, we think we're doing ourselves a favor,
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minimizing mistakes and feeling as prepared as we possibly can.
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We take our time, think it through,
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and still, somehow, we could choose wrong.
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But I realize it's more about being able to just run with it,
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Adapting, pivoting, learning as you go,
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and trusting you'll figure things out,
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whatever the outcome will be.
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Sometimes I can feel like this cycle,
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where I'm going as fast as I can and it's still not enough.
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It's frustrating, but those are the moments that teach you how to adjust,
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how to move smarter instead of just faster.
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Over time, those small, quick choices compound into momentum,
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and that's the difference between staying stuck and growth.
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Alright, so this is what we're working with.
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So, you can just actually go and start right here.
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Rank gets deeper Soon enough I'm gonna meet my reaper Is this all we get?
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A couple cheap laughs in a deep regret Baby,
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you are just a little thing I'm lost to Telling of the pain I've caused you Giving it to someone brand new
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Okay, our progress, all the moldings are up on the wall Now,
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we just have to paint.
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We're finally painting today.
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We're done with all these moldings.
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The most time consuming thing was priming and caulking everything and just the prep.
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The prep in general just takes so long.
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We're finally ready to paint.
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And let's just get it done.
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Koryu has arrived.
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We're getting put to work.
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We'll start with this.
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It's too cold.
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It's great.
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Thanks.
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Oh yes.
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Hold on.
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Cause I'm just alone, I'm just the one thing I've ever wanted After many quick decisions this week,
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I can confidently say successful people might just be onto something With the self-imposed timeline,
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I didn't even have time to question anything It was just one thing after another
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But I'll also say it takes a hundred times more effort The truth is,
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decisions aren't permanent, but we'll take something from it and change course if we need to.
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And the best thing about deciding quickly is that you can figure all of that out faster too.
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Okay guys, we did it.
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I literally can't believe we did this transformation.
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Near the end, I barely documented,
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I was just trying to finish it.
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The stairs literally sent me into psychosis,
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but we got through it.
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Aria and my parents helped me out
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and I literally could not have done this in the time frame that I did without them.
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So shout out to them because I would have still been working on this right now.
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I was able to use majority of the furniture I already had or swap in some pieces.
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The only thing that changed was the couch.
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I know the green couch is iconic,
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but it honestly was not comfortable.
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Purely aesthetics.
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So now this feels more like a room you want to watch movies in.
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There's still a lot of things that I want to add like curate more artwork on the walls
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Maybe even some wallpaper who knows?
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I'm proud how it turned out and Yeah That was nuts
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Honestly for wanting to do this for the past two and a half years and getting it done
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Within less than two weeks.
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I'm kind of impressed.
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I don't know how to feel about that,
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but I am impressed nonetheless first task done
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So glad that's done, right?
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Right?
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Like I was saying, you deserve a break.
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Okay, we've worked hard, you worked hard,
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you did the thing, just take a break, right?
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What's this?
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Oh no. No, no. No. We're not.
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No. Absolutely not.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “If you're feeling stuck, watch this”. Deze video bevat 153 zinnen en 1374 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:34. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 119 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| molding zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmoʊl.dɪŋ/ | gietstuk |
| preposition zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ | voorzetsel, kastwoord |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | gossie |
| impress werkwoord | /ɪmˈpɹɛs/ | imponeren, indruk maken |
| weigh werkwoord | /weɪ/ | wegen |
| momentum zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ | impuls |
| adjust werkwoord | /əˈd͡ʒʌst/ | aanpassen, verstellen |
| couch zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/ | bank, sofa |
| backlog zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbæk(ˌ)lɔɡ/ | achterstand |
| curate zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkjʊɹɪt/ | kapelaan |
| frustrate werkwoord | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | frustreren |
| overwhelm werkwoord | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | overweldigen, overmannen |
| paralysis zelfstandig naamwoord | /pəˈɹæləsəs/ | verlamming |
| psychosis zelfstandig naamwoord | /saɪˈkoʊsɪs/ | psychose |
| reaper zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹiːpɚ/ | maaier |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen |
| turn out werkwoord | uitvallen, resulteren |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- As you can see, it's the same living room.
- What am I doing wrong?
- Alright, so this is what we're working with.
- We're done with all these moldings.
- We're finally ready to paint.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 51 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, we're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: aesthetics /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/, nonetheless /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, zhoosh /ʒʊʃ/, calculation /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn̩/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, paralysis /pəˈɹæləsəs/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: backlog /ˈbæk(ˌ)lɔɡ/, customize /ˈkʌs.tə.maɪ̯z/, minimize /ˈmɪn.ɪˌmaɪz/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/, compound /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: backlog /ˈbæk(ˌ)lɔɡ/, paralysis /pəˈɹæləsəs/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, calculation /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn̩/, adapt /əˈdæpt/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, backlog /ˈbæk(ˌ)lɔɡ/
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 molding, preposition, gosh.
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.