Shadowing Practice: Listen and REPEAT & Shadow for FLUENCY: English Speaking Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Alright, let's practice speaking English.
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We're going to do some repeat after me, work on your pronunciation.
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We're going to do some shadowing, say it together with me.
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Work on your flow, your pace, your overall English speaking fluency.
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Life is a rat race.
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No, that's a lie.
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Let me tell you all about it.
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Let's jump into the text.
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You don't need to spend your life worrying about death.
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you don't need to spend your life worrying about death why
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because nature takes care of that part for us
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so nature refers to the natural things of life will take
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care of that's a phrasal verb there take care of so
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that means to deal with it it'll deal with
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that for us it will we will die It just means we are going to die naturally, so you don't need to spend your life worrying about death.
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All right, go ahead and shadow me on this.
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Say it together with me.
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Ready?
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You don't need to spend your life worrying about death because nature takes care of that part for us.
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You don't need to spend your life worrying about death because nature takes care of that part for us.
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worrying worrying worrying it's kind of hard to say as i was saying it i was thinking
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that that sounds weird but that's how we say it you don't need to spend your life worrying
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worrying it's like an e sound in the word ee -ing it's like e instead of r We're yeeing.
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Okay, moving on.
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The only thing really important is how we choose to live.
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The only thing really important is how we choose to live.
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You say it.
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That's the only thing that is really important is choosing how to live our life.
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when my time comes when my time comes this is a good phrase to remember
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when my time comes that means when i die
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when it's my turn to go it's a soft way to say
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when i die
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when my time comes i want to be found oh i
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said wanna didn't i wanna want to wanna i want to
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be found peacefully tending to my plants peacefully tending to my plants tending to what's
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that one taking care of taking care of my plants watering my plants
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that kind of thing unaware of death's approach unaware i don't to be oblivious
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and unaware of death coming death is coming
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and you You don't even think about it because you're busy tending to your plants peacefully.
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All right, let's shadow it.
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Ready?
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Here we go.
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When my time comes, I want to be found peacefully tending to my plants, unaware of death's approach.
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Again.
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When my time comes, I want to be found peacefully tending to my plants, unaware of death's approach.
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I long to be
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so immersed in the simple joys stop there I long to
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be I really want I long to be I really want to be
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so immersed just immersed means just full of something covered with something
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to be totally into something doing it only focused on one thing you're immersed in it Immersed in the simple joys,
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my hobbies, my loved ones, everyday routines.
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Okay.
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Something's itchy right here.
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All right.
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I long to be so immersed in the simple joys, my hobbies, my loved ones, everyday routines.
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It's going to continue on the next page, right?
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But let's go ahead and shadow it.
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I long to be so immersed in the simple joys, my hobbies, my loved ones,
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everyday routines, that, okay, so I long to be so immersed, I long to be so immersed,
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that death feels like just a brief pause.
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Not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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I have to becomes I have to, I have to, I have to prepare for. So a final curtain.
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You know, at the end of a show, the curtain comes down.
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That's the final curtain.
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It's finished.
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It's over.
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It's the final curtain.
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All right, so what was it?
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I want to be so immersed in tending to my plants that death feels like just a brief pause,
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not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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That death feels like just a brief pause, not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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Not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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Say that last part.
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Okay.
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The rat race.
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we're all caught in.
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We're all caught in a rat race.
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Did you know we're caught in a rat race?
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What's a rat race?
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The rat race is a phrase we often use to just, how do I describe rat race?
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It's the work life, the competitive nature of life.
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We're always competing in life.
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We have to keep up with the Joneses.
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We have to go to work.
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We have to buy the food.
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We have to do this, this, that, that, that, that.
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So many things we have to do.
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That is the rat race.
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The rat race we're all caught in is built on a big lie.
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The idea that we'll have more time to truly live later.
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Ah, so the lie is that you don't need to take a break and do things now.
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You can live your life later.
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We'll have time later.
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That's the lie.
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All right, go ahead and shadow it with me.
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Here we go.
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The rat race we're all caught in is built on a big lie.
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The idea that we'll have more time to truly live later.
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Again, the rat race we're all caught in is built on a big lie.
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The idea that we'll have more time to truly live later.
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To truly, to truly, to truly live later.
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We spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill.
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We spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill.
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Trying to network, chase promotions, and accumulate wealth.
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Trying to network.
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If you network, you get to know lots of people.
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You build up your network of people that you know so that you can have more opportunities in life.
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You chase promotions.
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You try to accumulate wealth.
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We spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill trying to network, chase promotions, and accumulate wealth.
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Again, we spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill, trying to network, chase promotions,
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and accumulate wealth, thinking we'll finally enjoy life when our bank account hits a certain point, or when we retire.
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Thinking we'll finally enjoy life when our bank account hits a certain point, or when we retire.
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So, I'm going to go back.
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We spent so many years running on a stressful treadmill,
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trying to network, chase promotions and accumulate wealth,
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thinking we'll finally enjoy life when our bank account hits a certain point or when we retire. but later is unpredictable.
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Later is unpredictable.
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You don't know what's going to happen later.
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You might not be healthy five years from now.
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You don't know what's going to happen.
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That's what it means, but later is unpredictable.
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Once we realize how fleeting life is, fleeting, do you know that word, fleeting?
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If something's fleeting, it lasts for a very short time.
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It's fleeting.
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It's here and gone.
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It's fleeting.
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Okay, once we realize how fleeting life is, The pressure to chase every promotion,
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seek everyone's approval, or constantly prove our worth, begins to fade.
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So that pressure begins to fade.
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What begins to fade?
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The pressure that we feel.
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The pressure to chase every promotion, to seek everyone's approval, or constantly prove our worth.
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Okay, we're going to shadow it.
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Here we go.
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Once we realize how fleeting life is, the pressure to chase every promotion,
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seek everyone's approval, or constantly prove our worth begins to fade.
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Okay, we're going to say it one more.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today,
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right in front of us.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today, right in front of us.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today, right in front of us.
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One more time.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today,
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right in front of us. And that's it.
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Now, we're going to do the whole text again, non -stop.
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Go ahead and shadow me.
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Follow along if you can.
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Let's do it.
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Here we go.
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You don't need to spend your life worrying about death, because nature takes care of that part for us.
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The only thing really important is how we choose to live.
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When my time comes, I want to be found peacefully tending to my plants, unaware of death's approach.
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I long to be so immersed in the simple joys, my hobbies, my loved ones,
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everyday routines, that death feels like just a brief pause, not some final curtain I have to prepare for.
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The rat race we're all caught in is built on a big lie,
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the idea that we'll have more time to truly live later.
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We spend so many years running on a stressful treadmill, trying to network, chase promotions,
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and accumulate wealth, thinking we'll finally enjoy life when our bank account hits a certain point or when we retire. But later is unpredictable.
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Once we realize how fleeting life is, the pressure to chase every promotion,
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seek everyone's approval, or constantly prove our worth begins to fade.
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Instead, we start to notice and appreciate the moments that truly matter today right in front of us.
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Boom!
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Good workout.
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Keep moving forward, one step at a time.
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Thank you for practicing with me again today, and I'll see you in the next training video.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Listen and REPEAT & Shadow for FLUENCY: English Speaking Practice”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: rat, truly, spend, race, immersed. Deze video bevat 166 zinnen en 1627 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 13:33. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 120 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
chase werkwoord/t͡ʃeɪs/achtervolgen, achternazitten
promotion zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/promotie, bevordering
fleet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfliːt/vloot
curtain zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/gordijn
shadow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃædəʊ̯/schaduw
stressful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈstɹɛsfəl/stressvol
fade werkwoord/feɪd/verzwakken, verslappen
everyday bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/alledaags
retire werkwoord/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/met pensioen gaan
pause zelfstandig naamwoord/pɔːz/pauze
hobby zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhɑ.bi/hobby, vrijetijdsbesteding
unpredictable bijvoeglijk naamwoordonvoorspelbaar
phrase zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/uitspraak
naturally bijwoord/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/natuurlijk
refer werkwoord/ɹɪˈfɜː/verwijzen, doorverwijzen

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
build up werkwoordopstapelen
go back werkwoordteruggaan

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Let's jump into the text.
  • All right, let's shadow it.
  • We're all caught in a rat race.
  • Did you know we're caught in a rat race?
  • We're always competing in life.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 44 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, don't, we'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: fade /feɪd/, pause /pɔːz/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, verb /vɝb/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: unaware /ˌʌnəˈwɛɚ/, workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/

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 chase, promotion, fleet.

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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