Shadowing Practice: LEARN ENGLISH WITH THE WORD WORTH - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Today we meet the English word worth and a famous cosmetics company that tells us that we are worth it.
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Worth means simply the value that something has.
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Sometimes we use it in a literal way to mean how much money would people pay.
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But often we use it figuratively to mean how much time and effort and energy would people pay.
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Here are some examples.
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Kevin is, as I'm sure you know,
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a fan of the loudest punk rock group in the world, Futile Vendetta.
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He has all their records and CDs.
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His collection of records and CDs is worth about £300,
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which means that if Kevin sold them,
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he might get £300 for them.
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But he's not going to sell them.
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They are worth much more than £300 to him.
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Kevin's friend George lives in a flat.
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George owns the flat.
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He does not rent it from a landlord.
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George wants to move to another flat, closer to his work.
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The first thing he does is to ask an estate agent to look at his flat
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and tell him how much it is worth.
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That is, how much somebody might pay for it.
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When he knows this, George can work out how much he can afford to pay for a new flat.
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Last summer, Kevin and Joanne went for a holiday in the Lake District in the northwest of England.
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They climbed a mountain called Scorfell Pike.
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Scorfell Pike is less than a thousand meters high,
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but it is still the highest mountain in England.
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It was a long climb.
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After about an hour, their legs were tired and their feet were sore.
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They were out of breath and it had started to rain.
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Their clothes were wet and Kevin had water in his boots.
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Eventually they reached the top.
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Suddenly the sun broke through the clouds,
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they could see all the way to the sea,
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far away to the west and the south.
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They could see the other mountains around and the valleys and lakes far below.
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It was magic.
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It was worth the aching legs and the wet clothes.
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Or, as we often say in English, it was worth it.
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If you say that something is worth it,
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you mean that that thing has a bigger value than the money you paid,
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or the work you did,
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or the time you spent,
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or the emotional upset which you had in order to get that thing.
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Here are some other things which are worth it, or not worth it.
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Kevin's football team United has paid £10 million for a new striker.
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The first time he played for United, he scored twice.
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He was worth it.
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Joanne wants to see a new film,
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but the only cinema which is showing it is on the other side of town.
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It would take nearly an hour to get there.
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Is it worth it?
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Wonders Joanne.
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George's dad grows vegetables in his garden.
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It is hard work, but George's dad says that fresh,
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homegrown vegetables are worth it.
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Jimmy and Carol, whom we met in an earlier podcast,
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and who were doing fine the last time we saw them,
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have had a row.
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Joanne finds Carol in tears.
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Don't get so upset, says Joanne.
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He's not worth it.
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And finally, we come to the French cosmetics company L'Oréal.
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L'Oréal sells industrial chemicals that people put on their bodies to make themselves look younger or smell sweeter.
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Some of their products are quite expensive,
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but as L'Oréal tells us in their advertisements on TV, you're worth it.
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They mean you are wonderful and beautiful,
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you want to stay wonderful and beautiful.
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So it is worth spending lots of money on our products,
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and worth spending time putting them on your face and taking them off afterwards.
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Trust L'Oreal, you are worth it.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “LEARN ENGLISH WITH THE WORD WORTH”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: worth, Joanne, flat, Kevin, George. Deze video bevat 69 zinnen en 639 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:14. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 122 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 90% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| climb werkwoord | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | klimmen |
| cloth zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɒθ/ | doek, kleed |
| vegetable zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | groente, gewas |
| cosmetics zelfstandig naamwoord | /kɒzˈmɛt.ɪks/ | cosmetica |
| cloud zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | wolk |
| afterwards bijwoord | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | nadien, achteraf |
| tear werkwoord | /tɛɹ/ | scheuren |
| breathe werkwoord | /bɹiːð/ | ademen, ademhalen |
| boot zelfstandig naamwoord | /but/ | laars, bot |
| cinema zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ | bioscoop, cinema |
| podcast zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast |
| northwest zelfstandig naamwoord | /nɔɹθˈwɛst/ | noordwesten |
| meter zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmitəɹ/ | meter, teller |
| sore bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /soɹ/ | pijnlijk |
| advertisement zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ | reclame, advertentie |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| work out werkwoord | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | uitrekenen |
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 | has paid · have had |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | things which are · cinema which is |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | might get · might pay |
| Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep | the loudest · the highest |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 3 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: cloth /klɒθ/, breathe /bɹiːð/, northwest /nɔɹθˈwɛst/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: cloud /ˈklaʊ̯d/, afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, landlord /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, landlord /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/, advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, northwest /nɔɹθˈwɛst/
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 climb, cloth, vegetable.
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.