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Less than 347, Carnival.
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Clayann talks about the big tradition of Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Listen to the end for bonus study materials.
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Now, let's begin.
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So, Clay -Ann, can you talk a little bit about Carnival in your country?
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Actually, Carnival in my country started a very long time ago, after the end of slavery.
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And now it has kind of changed a lot into a big festival.
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where everybody basically dances in the street wearing very little clothes, very colorful costumes listening to music.
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It lasts for two days.
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It's called Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
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And for those two days, that's when we have the big parades in the street, with big costumes, small costumes, and a lot of music.
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The days leading up to Carnival may actually be more important.
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than the two days of Carnival themselves,
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because that's when we have a lot of concerts and competitions for calypsonians and Calypstonians.
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Uh...
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people who sing Calypso, which is music that's native to Trinidad and Tobago.
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and We have a lot of steel band festivals and steel bands are like big musical bands who play the steel drums.
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which were invented in Trinidad and Tobago.
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So this is a national holiday everything is closed down for at least a week.
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A week?
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Yeah, even before before Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
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It's closed from the Wednesday of the week before.
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So Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
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And then everybody goes right back to work?
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On the following Wednesday is Ash Wednesday.
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It started I think as a kind of a religious festival.
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I've seen examples of it all over the world including Europe.
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And actually it started from the Catholic Church.
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So on Ash Wednesday, people are supposed to go to church and confess their sins and get ashes.
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And I can assume that we probably have a lot to confess after Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
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So is it usually pretty much the same thing every year or does it change a little bit?
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It always changes because it's not government run.
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The carnival bands, that means the bands of people who parade the streets in different costumes, they're actually competing with each other to get a lot of people.
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to win the band of the year and their judge on their costumes.
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So we have private owners of bands who design different costumes every year with different themes.
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And they have to portray these themes on the street.
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And the aim is to win.
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the competition for band of the year and every year the costumes are different - Actually,
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Carnival is launched from the year before.
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So I think this year Carnival will be launched somewhere in...
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Actually, I think they already launched it last month, July.
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and so from july you're going to see all the bands um coming out with their
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costumes on display for people to decide which band they want to play in, which costumes they would like to use.
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artists start to release their sing their Calypso singles because there's all there's also competition for best calypso and Um...
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and other different types of music.
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which are not as big as calypso music in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Welcome back.
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This lesson comes with free study materials First, students can play the audio and read the transcript and go over the conversation.
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Students can also take a listening comprehension quiz and check their score.
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They can review the vocabulary used in the lesson, for example, "confess your sins," government run,
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And they could also do a grammar puzzle, my favorite.
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Students can read the script and try to choose the correct word and then get their grammar score at the end.
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Also, this lesson comes with a free worksheet similar to the grammar lesson that students can do offline.
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And of course, there are hundreds of more free conversations that students can listen to on Ello.
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for the free lesson details.
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And that's it for this lesson.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Lesson 347 – Carnival”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: carnival, band, costumes, lesson, Wednesday. Deze video bevat 62 zinnen en 709 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:58. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 143 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 83% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| carnival zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/ | carnaval |
| costume zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ | kostuum, klederdracht |
| confess werkwoord | /kənˈfɛs/ | bekennen |
| grammar zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | spraakkunst, grammatica |
| parade zelfstandig naamwoord | /pəˈrɑd/ | parade, optocht |
| invent werkwoord | /ɪnˈvɛnt/ | uitvinden, uitdenken |
| comprehension zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | begrip, verstandigheid |
| portray werkwoord | /poɹˈtɹeɪ̯/ | portretteren |
| offline bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɔfˈlaɪn/ | ontkoppeld, offline |
| colorful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈkʌl.əɹ.fl̩/ | kleurrijk |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| quiz zelfstandig naamwoord | /kwɪz/ | kwis, quiz |
| puzzle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpʌzəl/ | mysterie, raadsel |
| cloth zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɒθ/ | doek, kleed |
| drum zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɹʌm/ | drum, trom |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | were invented · is closed · is launched |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who sing · people who parade |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 5 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, ash /ˈæʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: calypsonian /kælɪpˈsəʊnɪ.ən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/, parade /pəˈrɑd/, quiz /kwɪz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, calypsonian /kælɪpˈsəʊnɪ.ən/, transcript /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, ash /ˈæʃ/
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 carnival, costume, confess.
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.