Shadowing Practice: Jack and the Beanstalk | Classic Tales Level 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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We've got no food, Jack, says his mother.
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We've got no money.
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Go and sell the cow.
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So Jack goes up the road.
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Look, says a strange old man, magic beans.
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Give me that cow and you can have them.
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Oh, says Jack.
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All right.
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What? shouts Jack's mother.
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No money?
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Beans?
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Go to bed now.
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But in the morning, there's a beanstalk.
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Tall, tall, tall.
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And green, green, green.
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Ooh, says Jack.
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Wonderful.
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Magic.
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Jack climbs out of the window.
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He climbs up the beanstalk.
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Up, up, up.
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Jack comes to a road.
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He walks and walks.
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Then he sees a house.
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A big, big house.
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And a woman.
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A big, big woman.
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Can I have some breakfast?
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Says Jack.
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All right, she says.
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Come in. But listen.
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My man is a giant.
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He eats boys.
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So be quiet.
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She gives Jack some breakfast.
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Then there's a noise.
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Thump, thump, thump.
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My big man is here, she says.
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Quick, hide.
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Get in there.
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Fee, fie, foe, foy.
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I can smell a little boy," says the big giant.
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No, you can't, says his wife.
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Wash your hands.
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Your breakfast is ready.
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He eats his breakfast.
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Then he says, Wife, bring me my gold.
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He puts the gold on the table.
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One, two, three.
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The giant goes to sleep.
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Then Jack comes out quietly.
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He takes a bag of gold, and quietly he runs away.
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Jack runs back down the long road.
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He climbs back down the beanstalk, and he takes the gold home to his mother.
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Look, mother, look, he says.
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Now they live well, but one day there's no more gold.
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So Jack climbs up the beanstalk again.
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Up, up, up.
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He comes to the road again.
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He walks and walks.
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He sees the house again.
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The big, big house.
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Can I have some breakfast?
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Jack says.
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Go away, says the big woman.
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My big man eats boys, and you're a bad boy.
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You take things, don't you?
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I don't take things, says Jack.
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That's another boy.
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I can tell you his name, but I want some breakfast first." "'All right,' says the woman.
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Come in.
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She gives Jack some breakfast.
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Then there's a noise.
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Thump!
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Thump!
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Thump!
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My big man is here, says the woman.
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Quick!
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Hide!
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Get in there!
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Fee, fi, fo, foy.
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I can smell a little boy, says the giant.
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No, you can't, says his wife.
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Wash your hands.
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Your breakfast is ready.
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After breakfast, the giant says, Wife, bring me my hen.
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I want some gold eggs.
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So she brings the hen to the table.
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Lay, says the giant, and the hen lays a gold egg.
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Yes, says the giant.
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Lay, lay.
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Then he goes to sleep.
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Then Jack comes out, and he takes the magic hen, and he quietly runs away.
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He runs back home to his mother.
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Jack and his mother are happy.
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They are never hungry now.
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But Jack wants to climb up the beanstalk one more time.
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He comes to the road again.
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He walks and walks.
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He sees the house again.
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The big, big house. And the woman.
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The big, big woman.
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But this time, she doesn't see him.
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Jack hides behind some books.
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Soon he hears a noise.
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Fee-fie-foe-foy.
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I can smell a little boy," says the giant. Can you?
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Says his wife.
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Is that bad boy here again?
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Let's look in here.
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Perhaps he's hiding.
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But they can't find Jack.
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After breakfast, the giant says, Wife, bring me my magic harp.
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She brings it, and he says, Play, harp, play!
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Then he goes to sleep.
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Quietly, Jack comes out.
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He takes the magic harp, and quietly he runs away.
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But the harp calls out, Giant!
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Giant!
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The boy is taking me!
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Then the giant opens his eyes.
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Help! says Jack.
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He runs away fast.
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He runs down the long road.
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He's taking me!
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sings the harp.
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Stop! shouts the giant.
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Bring back my harp!
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Jack gets to the beanstalk.
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Quickly he climbs down.
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Down, down, down.
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Mother, get the axe!
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Quick!
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The big giant is coming!
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Jack cuts down the beanstalk.
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And the giant falls down.
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His head hits the ground.
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Thump! And he is dead.
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That's the end of him, says Jack.
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Now, can I have some breakfast?

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “Jack and the Beanstalk”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Jack, giant, breakfast, boy, beanstalk. Deze video bevat 140 zinnen en 715 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:32. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 75 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

14 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
climb werkwoord/ˈklaɪ̯m/klimmen
shout werkwoord/ʃaʊt/schreeuwen
bean zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbi(ː)n/boon
egg zelfstandig naamwoord/ɛɡ/ei
hungry bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/hongerig, honger hebben
giant zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/reus
breakfast zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/ontbijt, ochtendmaal n or ochtendmaaltijd
noise zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnoɪ̯z/lawaai, herrie
tall bijvoeglijk naamwoord/tɔl/hoog
smell werkwoord/smɛl/ruiken, geuren
quiet bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/stil, rustig
lay werkwoord/leɪ/leggen, neerleggen
strange bijvoeglijk naamwoord/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/vreemd, raar
sing werkwoord/ˈsɪŋ/zingen

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
run away werkwoordvluchten, weglopen
come out werkwoord/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/uitkomen
cut down werkwoordvellen
fall down werkwoord/fɔl ˈdaʊn/neervallen
go away werkwoordweggaan
run down werkwoordaanrijden

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Can I have some breakfast?
  • No, you can't, says his wife.
  • You take things, don't you?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 9 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, don't, we've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: egg /ɛɡ/, noise /ˈnoɪ̯z/, strange /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: egg /ɛɡ/, hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: quietly /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/, quiet /ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/

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. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als climb, shout, bean.

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.

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