Shadowing Practice: Liam Byrne's speech on Fresh Ideas - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Thanks very much Kath and can I start with one word of thanks to an amazing woman.
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She's Mary Turner, she's the chair of our joint policy committee
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and she's been the one that's made sure
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that it is the party in charge of this policy review right the way from the beginning.
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Thank you very much indeed on behalf of all of us here.
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As we have gone around the country,
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what has become clear is that people are now seriously worried about what this government is doing to their families,
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to their communities and to our country.
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This week is our chance to show that there is a different way now and different possibilities for the future.
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That is the single aim of the policy review that Ed has asked me to chair.
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Because after last year's defeat,
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the easiest thing in the world would have been for us to turn in on ourselves,
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gaze fondly, lovingly perhaps, at our navels,
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sit around in a comfort zone,
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spend all day arguing with each other.
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Let's be honest, of us quite like that.
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But under Ed Miliband, we have chosen to do it differently.
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We have picked ourselves up,
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dusted ourselves down and got straight back out there,
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back in touch, talking to the people who we came into politics and public life to serve about what we got right,
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about, yes, what we got wrong and how it is we need to change.
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What we have done this year is take a decision.
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We are going to go for the prize that has eluded any political party in Britain for 35 years.
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We are going to be a one-term opposition,
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a party that is determined to bounce back,
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back into office, back into power,
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where we know that we can make a difference.
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So, I suppose I should give you the bad news.
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I know that what many people would have wanted this week is a detailed five-year plan,
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a new budget costed down to the last pound and the penny.
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I know the hardest question that I get on the doorstep in Hodge Hill is,
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well, what's your alternative?
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Where's your plan?
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What is it that you would do different?
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Well, I'm sorry.
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the easiest thing in the world would have been for me
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and us to sit in a committee room in Westminster and write the next manifesto.
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But that would not have delivered a one-term opposition.
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It wouldn't, because we can't revise our policy.
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We can't reorganise our party until we reconnected with the public.
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And that is what this first year of the policy review has been all about.
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We have taken the simple view that policy starts with politics and politics starts with people.
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That is why we have been back out there this year,
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back in touch with over a million men and women,
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members of our party and our affiliates,
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over 150 events, 6,000 local residents coming along to one of them,
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20,000 submissions pouring into our party headquarters.
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And it's not always easy, is it?
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I've been doing the policy review door to door in Hodge Hill,
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going along asking people what they thought of us
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and what we got right and how we need to change
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and it'll be a
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while before I forget the man in Charred End who I think I disturbed him in the middle of his dinner.
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He sort of trundled up to the door and wiped clean his moustache and then,
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how shall I put this,
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he can find his remarks to two words,
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began with F and it finished with F and there were five letters in between.
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I put him down as against.
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But whether the conversations have been easy or hard, we've had them.
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People have been incredibly generous with us about sharing their stories and their views.
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They've told us about their daily struggles.
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They've told us about their trouble balancing the bills.
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They've told us about their hopes for their their memories,
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their observations, loves, hates, but above all, their common sense.
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People haven't pulled their punches.
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They've given it to us straight.
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They thought that we grew out of touch.
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They thought that on some issues,
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close to their heart, we got it wrong.
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On immigration, on welfare, on control of the banks,
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and that is why they've told us they want us to change.
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I know at times that this can feel like an exercise in gratuitous It isn't.
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We can leave that to George Osborne.
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People don't expect us to get everything right but they expect us to learn from experience, their experience.
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Because for most people in this country,
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things are very different now to 1997.
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Life hasn't stood still.
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Times have moved on.
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Challenges have changed.
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But what we've heard from people is that there is a new centre ground in British politics.
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It's not a party, it's not a place that the Labour Party gets to pick.
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The centre ground is where voters say it is.
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Our Our challenge now is to change and move on
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and say the centre ground is our home ground and this is where we will fight.
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And everything that we have seen from the Tories this year tells us that this is a fight that we can win.
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Everything we have seen from the Conservative Party tells us
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that they are now not on the side of people in the centre ground.
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You are not on people's side if you are cutting jobs and tax credits and childcare.
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You are not on people's side if you are damaging their chances to work
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and pay the bills or pay for treats for the kids or take a holiday.
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You are not on people's side if you curtail chances for children.
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And you are not on people's side if your idea of responsibility is to fire 12,000 police officers,
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put charities out of business
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and single out as the first people who need a tax
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cut the bankers who put us into this mess in the first place.
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So this week is our chance to show that we get it,
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that we have heard what people said,
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that we are up for the challenge of change,
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that we are now back as the party on the side of the majority.
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So this week we will set out what we have heard from people about how they want a different economy,
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not run on the old rules but on new rules,
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with a welfare state that works once more for working people and we will say where we think change should begin.
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We will say what we have heard about the next generation.
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You remember education, education, education?
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It was a phrase that symbolised our aspiration for young people.
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Well, this week we'll say more about how we bring that aspiration back alive for the next generation in jobs,
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in schools and in housing.
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And we'll say where we think change should begin.
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And we'll say what we've heard from good people who want
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to rebuild in this country a responsible society with rules
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that bite at the top and at the bottom
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and at every point in between and we will say where we think change should begin.
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So this first year is just the beginning.
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We put first things first because we know that oppositions that stay in opposition are parties that look inwards and not out.
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That's why I've always said that my greatest hope is that this policy review will change the way that we make policy.
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Not in committee rooms and dark rooms in Westminster,
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but through conversation with the public,
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with our members and with our affiliates.
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I know we need to work harder to get these debates out to where you are.
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So if you want me to come along and listen to debates you're having, I'd love to.
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Just give me a ring.
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Because over the next week and over the next year,
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we'll begin to set out the new ideas that we think are right for the future.
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New ideas for the new center ground.
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New ideas that reflect a simple philosophy that for most people in this country,
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politics is about the personal.
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It is about how you get on at work.
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It is about the safety of your community.
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It's about the education for your kids.
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It's about the care for your parents, your husband, your wife.
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It's about having the chance to earn a better life,
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to get the good things in life,
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to live a life that is free from fear.
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In other words, politics is about the most important things in the world.
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In everything I've read this year,
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no one has put it better than a guy called Andrew from Newcastle upon Tyne who wrote this.
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People want straight answers from politicians, not avoidance or waffle.
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Talk like people in the factories and offices,
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in the pubs, give straight answers,
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try to make Britain a fair society. That is our test.
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So if we get the politics right,
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if we're passionate about our belief that politics can make a difference,
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then and only then will the right policy follow.
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That is the way that we earn back,
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again, the trust to serve.
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And if we get that right, we'll win.
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Thanks very much indeed.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “Liam Byrne's speech on Fresh Ideas”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: policy, politics, ground. Deze video bevat 147 zinnen en 1566 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:55. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 158 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 91% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| childcare zelfstandig naamwoord | kinderopvang | |
| curtail werkwoord | /kɚˈteɪl/ | beknotten, knotten |
| gratuitous bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɡɹəˈtu.ɪt.əs/ | kosteloos, gratis |
| innards zelfstandig naamwoord | ingewanden | |
| lovingly bijwoord | liefdevol | |
| moustache zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmʌstæʃ/ | snor |
| reorganize werkwoord | herorganiseren | |
| revise werkwoord | /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ | herzien |
| trundle werkwoord | /ˈtɹʌndəl/ | kruien, karren |
| waffle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɑf.əl/ | wafel |
| avoidance zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈvɔɪdəns/ | vermijden |
| disturb werkwoord | /dɪˈstɜːb/ | storen, verstoren |
| manifesto zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌmæn.əˈfɛs.toʊ/ | manifest |
| gaze werkwoord | /ɡeɪz/ | staren, turen |
| banker zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbæŋkəː/ | bankier |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| back out werkwoord | zich terugtrekken | |
| set out werkwoord | /ˈsɛt‿aʊt/ | uitzetten, uiteenzetten |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Let's be honest, of us quite like that.
- What is it that you would do different?
- It wouldn't, because we can't revise our policy.
- They've told us about their daily struggles.
- You remember education, education, education?
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 gone · has become · has asked |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who we · people who need · people who want |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 28 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals they've, we'll, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, moustache /ˈmʌstæʃ/, submission /səbˈmɪʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, affiliate /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/, gratuitous /ɡɹəˈtu.ɪt.əs/, manifesto /ˌmæn.əˈfɛs.toʊ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: revise /ɹɪˈvaɪz/, disturb /dɪˈstɜːb/, gaze /ɡeɪz/, rebuild /ɹiːˈbɪld/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, moustache /ˈmʌstæʃ/, manifesto /ˌmæn.əˈfɛs.toʊ/, banker /ˈbæŋkəː/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gratuitous /ɡɹəˈtu.ɪt.əs/, gaze /ɡeɪz/
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 childcare, curtail, gratuitous.
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