Shadowing Practice: Inside a Hotel Room: Intermediate English Vocabulary Guide (Comprehensible Input) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello everybody.
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I like to travel.
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Do you like to travel?
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Well, if you enjoy traveling,
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you're likely going to spend a lot of time in hotel rooms.
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So today I'm going to show you this beautiful hotel room
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that my beautiful camera wife and I are in
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and show you all of the vocabulary that you will find in a hotel room.
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So next time you go to a hotel,
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you'll be able to say,
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that's a table, that's a lamp you'll be ready all right let's check out this hotel room
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so guys first of all this was a nice little drive away from our home
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and it's in the middle of nowhere it's in the bosque the woods
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if you check out the view outside of these windows you
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could see we're in a forest guys we're in the bosque
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beautiful over here we've got trees fresh air there's flowers out there
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and it was a nice drive to get in here beautiful
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so let's check out all the things
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that are in this hotel room pretty much every hotel room
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even though this one is nicer than most of the ones we usually stay at right camera wife yes
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so guys bed you know what a bed is i know
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this is a comfortable bed this is a comfortable bed
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and this is the biggest size of bed that you You'll find in a hotel room, camera wife.
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What size do we call this bed?
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King.
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King, we call this a Kyle bed.
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Oh, I mean a king bed.
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What do you mean?
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I'm a king.
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This is a king size bed.
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In English, the sizes of the bed,
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I don't know if it's different in Europe,
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like Britain or other English speaking countries,
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but in the US, the sizes are twin,
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full, double, queen, and then king for the bed.
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So this is a very soft and comfortable king-size bed.
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Got a little blanket here.
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This is just a blanket we would call this.
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But the big blanket on top of a bed we call a comforter.
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Comforter.
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Then we've got our pillows of course.
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And you put your pillows inside of a pillow case.
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This is called a what wife?
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I have no idea how to say this in Spanish either
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so it's okay this is a headboard cabecero now i know
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so this is a headboard
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and it's really nice it's made out of leather the wall
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here is made out of wood it's very pretty very beautiful
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here you've got a little bedside table we might call this with drawers drawers
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that you pull out how do you say drawers in spanish okay
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so it's the same for cabinets yeah in the kitchen okay
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now we've got a little lamp here up here the mr cool that's just an air conditioner guys
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but it is pretty nice because there's also a remote control over here a remote control
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so if it gets warm in here i could just turn it on
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and it'll cool off right away we've got some nice little decorations
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and something else interesting about this hotel that we're at not just a normal hotel it's actually a brewery
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A brewery means that they make their own beer or cerveza.
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So these are some of the beers that they have downstairs.
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Later we're going to go down to the restaurant and eat dinner.
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And my wife will probably drink a bunch of beers.
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I don't drink.
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This is called a smoke alarm.
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And if there's a fire in here and smoke gets up to the ceiling, beep, beep, beep.
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It's annoying.
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Here we've got a couple of really nice chairs and a really nice table actually.
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It's actually a really sturdy table.
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I want one of these in our house.
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Do you see everything is made of wood.
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Everything in here is made of wood.
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That's like the theme here.
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I love it.
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Is that it's like a cabin or cabana in the woods.
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So here guys, we've got a really nice wooden dresser.
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Drawers.
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No fumando.
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Couple of glasses if you want a whiskycito.
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And this is for...
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Ice.
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Ice.
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That's an ice bucket, guys.
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Obviously television, but what do we call televisions in English for short?
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TV.
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Audio.
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Remote controls.
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There's this.
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There's a nice little sofa,
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but it's actually a futon.
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A futon means it can fold down and turn into a bed.
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So if you had somebody else here,
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a friend could sleep here.
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Two people there, five or six on the floor.
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Over here.
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A little coat closet, a mirror with a beautiful wife in it.
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Oh, guys, my wife's so beautiful.
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Extra pillow up there, I think.
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Oh, here's a good one.
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All right, guys.
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Do you know what this is called?
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Me?
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You.
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Of course I know.
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Hangers.
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This is called a hanger.
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Don't you guys say ganchos?
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Ganchos.
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Ganchos.
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El vocabulario de espanol.
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In English, we call this a hanger,
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guys, because you hang your clothes on it.
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And to hang means colgar.
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Wow.
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Look at this.
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It's so good.
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And over here, we've got a little coffee maker,
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which I will be using in the morning.
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Got your little coffee cups.
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Put them in here.
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Got some water, a microwave,
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and a really nice little fridge.
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A couple of cold, cold waters in here.
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Here we've got the basura.
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Garbage can, guys.
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Garbage can.
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And then to the bathroom.
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Get out of here.
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What are you doing?
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Just kidding, guys.
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Listen, guys.
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I'm a father now, which means that I have to make dad jokes.
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Do you know what a dad joke is, my wife?
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Dad jokes are dumb and when your dad makes them you say dad come on.
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But I'm a dad now.
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I have to make dad jokes.
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Sorry guys.
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Towels.
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Towels guys.
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We call the big ones towels.
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We call the medium ones.
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I'm going to turn the other light on.
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There you go.
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You see how she tells me what to do all the time guys?
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That's marriage.
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What do we call these small towels?
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Hand towels.
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Hand towels.
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What do we call these?
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No sink.
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These little ones we call washcloths.
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Washcloths because you usually use these to wash your body.
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These are for drying your hands after using the sink.
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These are for washing your body and shower usually.
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Another mirror.
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We've got a sink, hot water, cold water.
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This is called a faucet.
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Faucet.
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Toilet, obviously.
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Mo, what do you call it in Spanish when you push this and the water goes...
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I was gonna say flush.
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Guys, my wife has this habit of just saying things in English but with a Spanish accent.
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So she'd be like, amor, tecimos fluchar.
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So what do you say?
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I don't remember.
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My little gringa.
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So guys, to flush the toilet.
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Bajar el agua.
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Bajar el agua al baño.
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That's what we said.
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Guys, please tell me in the comments what you really say.
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Okay guys, this is called a shower curtain.
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What do you call this thing?
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Shower head.
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Shower head.
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Hand.
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Bath.
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Tub.
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And this.
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Muy importante guys.
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You're going to need to know what this is in English.
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Because what if you come into your hotel room and know I'm us.
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And you don't know how to say it.
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What are you going to say?
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Do you have more of that paper that you use to...
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Toilet paper guys.
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Toilet paper.
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Muy importante.
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Importante.
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Y que más?
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Alright guys, I guess I'm going to take a nap.
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As always, my friends, thank you very much for watching and see you soon.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Inside a Hotel Room: Intermediate English Vocabulary Guide”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: bed, hotel, wife, dad, king. Deze video bevat 189 zinnen en 1292 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:45. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 167 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 82% 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:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
towel zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtaʊ̯əl/handdoek
drawer zelfstandig naamwoord/dɹɔɹ/la, schuif
pillow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞]hoofdkussen, oorkussen
blanket zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/deken
sink werkwoord/ˈsɪŋk/zinken, onderdompelen
faucet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɔsɪt/kraan, tap
futon zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfutɑn/futon
washcloth zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/waslap, washand
brewery zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɹuːəɹi/brouwerij
flush werkwoord/ˈflʌʃ/spoelen
lamp zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlæ̝mp/lamp
garbage zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/huisvuil, vuilnis
sturdy bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈstɜrdi/solide, stevig
downstairs bijwoord/daʊnˈstɛɹz/beneden
microwave zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/microgolf

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
check out werkwoordonderzoeken
cool off werkwoordafkoelen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Do you like to travel?
  • What size do we call this bed?
  • Do you know what this is called?
  • Don't you guys say ganchos?
  • What do we call these small towels?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetis called · is made
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenyou're likely going to spend · I'm going to show · we're going to go
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill find · you'll be · You'll find
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig ishave to make · need to know

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 34 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we've, I'm, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: washcloth /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/, cloth /klɒθ/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: washcloth /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/, flush /ˈflʌʃ/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: garbage /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/, bedside /ˈbɛdˌsaɪd/, downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, microwave /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/, fold /ˈfəʊld/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: hanger /ˈhæŋ.ə/, blanket /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/, lamp /ˈlæ̝mp/, cabana /kəˈbænə/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: washcloth /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/, microwave /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/, wooden /ˈwʊdn̩/

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 towel, drawer, pillow.

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