Shadowing Practice: Kristen Bell's Sloth Meltdown - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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So Dax did something really sweet.
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He certainly did.
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Well, one of the many sweet things he's done.
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So I turned 31 this past summer.
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And he said, I'm going to get you a present that no one else will ever get in their lifetime.
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And I was confused and thought, OK.
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So the day of my birthday, we're sitting in the living room.
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And I hear a knock at the door.
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And he says, your present's here.
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Why don't you go grab the dogs and go in the back room?
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And I had no context for knowing what it was.
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But I grabbed the dogs, walk into the back room of the house, and I immediately was overcome, and I thought, there's a sloth near.
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There's a sloth here, it's close, it's gonna happen.
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And I didn't know how to process that
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because my entire life had been waiting for this moment where I would get to interact,
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I'm serious, with the sloth. And I...
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First thing you should know about me, If I'm not between a 3 and a 7 on the emotional scale, I'm crying.
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You're crying if it's...
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Too sad.
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I'm crying if I'm too excited.
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Too happy.
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Always.
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So between 3 and 7 is you're fine.
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It's a good zone.
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And right now, I'm at, like, a 6, 9, 7, so we're lucky that I'm not crying right now because I'm excited to be here.
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So I am sitting on my bed, knowing that a sloth is here.
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Where are you now on the scale?
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11. What?
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I start to have a full -fledged panic attack.
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I don't know how to compete with all this emotion, so I just kind of crawl up on the bed, and I'm crying so hard.
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And Dax knocks on the door, and he has a video camera, and he's like, surprise, I want you to come on to the, are you all right?
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And sees me basically fetal on the bed, and I am.
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I think you brought a little footage of that.
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It's embarrassing.
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I cannot wait to see it.
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It's worth watching.
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Yes.
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It's embarrassing.
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So we can take a look.
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Oh, there's a little slaw.
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There one is.
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All right, let's watch the, oh, no. I wasn't joking.
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I was absolutely.
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How did you guess that?
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How did you guess that?
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I don't know.
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I don't know.
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You're so sad that one's coming to your party.
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I'm sorry.
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Do you want to come be a part of setting up his little habitat?
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He's coming for the party?
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Oh, my God.
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I was having a birthday party later that evening, and they had set up a little habitat of, like, it's essentially a jungle gym,
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and he or she just hung out on the jungle gym for, like, three hours.
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There she is.
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Her name was Melon.
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I mean, I needed to be sedated, clearly.
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Let's bring out the cutest sloth.
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No, you didn't.
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No. I just wanted to see...
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Oh, my God.
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What?
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My heart is beating so bad.
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I know.
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I'm so sorry.
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I'm so sorry.
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All right.
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All right.
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Oh, my gosh.
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OK.
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We're going to take a break.
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Oh, why would you do that?
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I know.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Kristen Bell's Sloth Meltdown”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: sloth, crying, bed. Deze video bevat 73 zinnen en 534 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:38. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 147 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 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 14 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| knock werkwoord | /nɑk/ | kloppen, aankloppen |
| jungle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ | oerwoud, jungle |
| confused bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /kənˈfjuːzd/ | verward, in de war |
| essentially bijwoord | /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/ | essentieel |
| compete werkwoord | /kəmˈpiːt/ | wedijveren |
| lifetime zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ | mensenleven, levensduur |
| footage zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/ | filmmateriaal |
| overcome werkwoord | /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/ | overwinnen |
| panic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpænɪk/ | paniek |
| emotion zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | emotie |
| interact werkwoord | /ɪn.təˈɹækt/ | interageren, elkaar beïnvloeden |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | gossie |
| sloth zelfstandig naamwoord | /slɔθ/ | luiheid, traagheid |
| embarrass werkwoord | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | verlegen maken, in verlegenheid brengen |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| set up werkwoord | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | bereiden, voorbereiden |
| come on to werkwoord | flirten |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I'm serious, with the sloth.
- I'm crying if I'm too excited.
- Where are you now on the scale?
- All right, let's watch the, oh, no.
- How did you guess that?
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 27 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: confused /kənˈfjuːzd/, footage /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/, fledged /flɛd͡ʒd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: habitat /ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/, panic /ˈpænɪk/, interact /ɪn.təˈɹækt/, embarrass /ɪmˈbæɹəs/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: jungle /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
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 knock, jungle, confused.
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.