Shadowing Practice: It's Just Garbage - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Well, well, well, would you look at that.
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You called me short, and you were right,
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but then you called me stupid,
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and you were right again.
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You were wrong, however, when you called me crazy for sounding the alarm on the mind control
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that the TikTok zombies are falling victim to.
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Companies have found a way to get inside,
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worm their way into people's brains like that alien from Men in Black,
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you know, Orion's belt pulling the levers on that dude's body.
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These corporations have found a way to control TikTok users' spending habits,
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to have them spend oodles of clams on actual landfill slop.
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Products that I know they couldn't move and were probably squatting on so much inventory,
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panicking, wondering what the fuck they're going to do with it besides just bury it in a landfill somewhere.
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And then someone hatched the idea,
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probably after seeing the boo-boo craze.
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What if we paid influencers to pretend to be hype about it?
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And this formula of companies sprinkling tiddlywinks of cash throughout a wide array of TikTokers' pockets in order to glaze
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and get people excited about literal garbage has proven to be a grand slam for these corporations that are peddling poop.
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It has sparked a fire
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that has become out of control leading to a raging inferno
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of just brainless consume consume at all costs come hell or high water go to target and buy the thing
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this is the latest one
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with the mystery glitter dumplings because companies have figured out
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if there is a gotcha element
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or a blind box mystery element to it people will go
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ballistic over it no matter what the fuck it is even something like this
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which is just a absolutely terribly made squishy toy in a
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lot of these videos people will pick up their uh glitter dumpling
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and give it a squeeze to celebrate
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which is the intended purpose instantly blows up like a fucking grenade in their hand this is not a product
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that a sane society would ordinarily be going ballistic over this
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would be something you'd see it like the checkout kiosk
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and be like uh maybe maybe i could use this like a little fidget toy or maybe my kid will.
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And it'd just be something real quick, real cheap.
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You throw it on the counter,
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you don't think about it,
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and it ends up in a closet for 20 years.
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But because companies have wisened up to the spending habits of TikTok where they realized what everyone else with eyes has realized,
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that people will buy anything if they think it will help them get views
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or fit in with what's popular at the time.
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So the little trend starts,
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and this is not organic by any means,
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but the little trend starts where you open the glitter dumpling
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and you turn your head and you either get a boring static color like green or you get the super rare,
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super exciting glittery dumpling.
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And brands obviously want to elevate the intensity of it.
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So if you get one of the commons, you got to scream.
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You have to go crazy.
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No, it's terrible.
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You have to convince your toddlers to say,
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fuck this, or shit, damn, that kind of stuff.
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You got to get them swearing because it's so intense.
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And if you get the glittery one,
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that's the best moment of your life.
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That's more important than marriage.
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Like, that is the biggest event that's ever happened in your life.
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And then people see that,
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they're like, okay, I'll participate in this.
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I'll go out and get fucking 50 of them,
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a whole palette like that one girl there with the glitter.
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you can see like an entire box a case of glitter dumplings as she's trying to get
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that pull for the sake of the tiktok it's very clearly artificial these companies have products like this
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which is trash
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and i imagine they've had it for a long time this
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isn't a unique product this is something that's existed since i
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was a kid back in the stone ages you know fucking 20 years ago
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but back then this was something you'd find it like an arcade where
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if you didn't get enough tickets to get the actual item you want,
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well, you'd get this and maybe a stick of gum.
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So these companies have squatted on shit like this for a long time,
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but they found a way to repackage it using TikTok influencers,
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spreading out money and making a trend out of it that has just gone bonkers for them.
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Just being able to hawk this of all things
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and people buy it and convince themselves that it was fun and a good purchase.
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The ones that are unpaid,
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by the way, The actual,
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like, paid promotions of this,
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they don't give a fuck.
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It is obviously fake.
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It is part of the brand deal.
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But it convinces normal people to also participate as well in order to get some views,
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participate in the trend, you know, feel included in it.
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Wow! o OK ready i got the desperate!
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This is the future of products.
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Like, I'm saying that genuinely.
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Every company is seeing this and has been seeing it and is leaning into it,
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and it's working extremely well.
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If it can work for something like a fucking terribly made squishy toy
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that blows up like half the time someone squishes it,
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it will work for anything.
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Again, this isn't some new toy or new invention only made possible in 2026.
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This has been around for decades,
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and it's something you couldn't give away for free.
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Nobody would want this.
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And everyone in these videos also most likely doesn't actually want it.
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They just want to participate in this hype train around it of like freaking out
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if you get the good one or being real mad and real steamed about getting the bad ones.
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It's not something they're going to use.
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Anyone that actually wants to use it probably can't even fucking find one at this point
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because it's selling so much to people on TikTok desperate for attention.
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But it's inevitably just going in the trash.
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And the people that are scalping it are also going to have their product inevitably end up in the trash.
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Land, it's a great time to be a landfill, I'll tell you what.
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Your tummy's never running on empty.
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It is constantly being filled gluttonously with shit like this.
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Because once the scalpers can't move this product anymore,
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when the trend starts to peter out,
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no one's going to be buying it,
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at least not anywhere close to how they were,
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so they'll end up having to dump it.
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And this is just another example of how easily companies can control people's spending.
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All you have to do is convince them
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that this is like a fun trend to hop aboard and they're willing to open up their wallet for it,
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even for something as useless and stupid as fucking mystery dumpling.
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And this is far from an isolated case.
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In fact, I think there's an even better example,
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one that I covered recently, which is Neato's.
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Neato's are just colored shapes that are also just a little squishy fidget toy.
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There's nothing even gotcha-fied about it.
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The Neato you want, you get.
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You go to Target, they have the Neato's.
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It's not a blind box,
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it's not a mystery there's not even a gotcha element
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and yet through the same means of just having some tiktok
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influencers hype it up like nidos you gotta go get them
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you fucking you need these in your life right now you're
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a pussy you're a loser everyone hates you you're ugly you stink
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if you don't have nidos
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and through just like this hyping up of nidos artificially people then just started going out to Target
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and violently getting their hands on Nitos.
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I was covering brawls at Target over Nitos.
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People slit each other throats to get their hands on Nitos.
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And then scalpers found it.
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So then scalpers started flocking to it and getting pugilistic for Nitos.
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And now Nitos have made oodles and oodles of cash and they don't even have a gotcha element to it.
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So it's not even the mystery loot box element of it it's just tiktok told me
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that this is hype and trendy and
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well i want to be part of this
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so i'll go buy a bunch it's
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that effect of like you're not cool unless you pee your pants you gotta go out there
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and you gotta get the thing tiktok's talking about you gotta go get it
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and it works super well and interestingly enough in most cases it appears to be
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really garbage toys that are actually made for sense
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that companies have likely been squatting on for years with no
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way scratching their head trying to figure out how do we get rid of all this.
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And now they found the answer.
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They found the solution through TikTok and artificially hyping things up and get people in a spending frenzy for it.
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There are some good products though that I've seen come from TikTok.
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Like I know TikTok shop is notorious for a lot of trash,
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but I actually have seen some good products and I am aware
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that there are some companies
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that do actually use it to promote something positive like an actual useful item that is like solid.
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So I know it does exist but that's not the biggest thing that TikTok sellers are being utilized for.
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It's for shit like Neato's and Mystery Dumplings.
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Again Mystery Dumplings fully leans into this.
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Their branding now is the viral mystery dumpling.
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Like this is something they have clearly planned for.
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It was a calculated marketing push through TikTok to get people brainwashed into buying.
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And it's going to continue.
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It's working really well, showing no signs of slowing down.
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So expect more and more neato adjacent and mystery dumpling adjacent and labubu type products to be fucking blowing up here.
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Anyway, just wanted to yap about it.
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That's about it.
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See ya.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “It's Just Garbage”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: tiktok, dumpling, product, mystery, companies. Deze video bevat 164 zinnen en 1706 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:37. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 161 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| dumpling zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/ | knoedel |
| hype zelfstandig naamwoord | /haɪp/ | hype |
| glitter werkwoord | /ˈɡlɪtəɹ/ | schitteren |
| gotcha | /ˈɡɑ.tʃə/ | hebbes |
| influencer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)/ | beïnvloeder |
| squat zelfstandig naamwoord | /skwɑt/ | hurken |
| ballistic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /bəˈlɪs.tɪk/ | ballistisch |
| fidget werkwoord | /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/ | friemelen, de kriebels hebben |
| consume werkwoord | /kənˈsum/ | consumeren, verbruiken |
| inevitably bijwoord | /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/ | onvermijdelijk |
| bonkers bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈbɑŋkɚz/ | gek, zot |
| brainwash zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/ | hersenspoeling |
| excite werkwoord | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | prikkelen, opwinden |
| frenzy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹɛnzi/ | razernij |
| inferno zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪnˈfɝnoʊ/ | vuurzee, inferno |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| figure out werkwoord | uitvogelen, er achter komen |
| go out werkwoord | naar buiten gaan |
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen |
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen |
| slow down werkwoord | afremmen |
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 found · has proven · has sparked |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | being filled · are just colored · are actually made |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 36 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, gotta, I'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: squishy /ˈskwɪʃi/, brainwash /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/, invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: influencer /ˈɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, ordinarily /ɔɹdɪˈnɛɹɪli/, violently /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/, notorious /nə(ʊ)ˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: oodles /ˈuːd(ə)lz/, bonkers /ˈbɑŋkɚz/, grenade /ɡɹəˈneɪd/, unpaid /ʌnˈpeɪd/, arcade /ɑɹˈkeɪd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: landfill /ˈlæn(d).fɪl/, scalper /ˈskælpɚ/, palette /ˈpælɪt/, hatch /hæt͡ʃ/, calculate /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: glitter /ˈɡlɪtəɹ/, gotcha /ˈɡɑ.tʃə/, grenade /ɡɹəˈneɪd/
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 dumpling, hype, glitter.
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