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A. She lives next door and she's always been really important in my life.
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When we were little and my mum was working, she used to look after us.
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She'd tell us stories about her childhood.
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It was like listening to fairy stories.
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Life was so different when she was a child.
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In her kitchen, she used to keep a special dish with sweets for us.
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and she was always baking cakes and pies now she doesn't bake
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so much she started eating more healthily in her old age salads and vegetables and things it's funny how she's changed
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she also goes to this special gym class for old people it's amazing
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i don't see her so often now but she's always the same person however much her lifestyle changes
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He's four years older than me and that seemed like a huge amount when we were children.
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When we were at the same school we never talked to each other during school hours, but now we're older it's a lot better,
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although I'll always be the little one, and that's annoying sometimes.
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He's taken me to rock concerts that I wouldn't have gone to otherwise, and when he was at uni I went to stay with him sometimes
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that was really cool it was great to see what the real student life was like
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when I was still at school now that he's working he's really busy
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but we still hang out sometimes we go to football matches together
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because we both support our home team it's always good to see him.
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C. We've known each other since we were five, and we've always got on really well.
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Well, apart from that time when we fell out because we both liked the same boy, but he went off with Heather Jenkins,
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so we made friends again quite quickly.
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We both liked the same kind of music and going dancing at the weekend, and when we were younger,
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we went out on our bikes together at school we're good at different things i'm good at languages
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and laura's good at maths that's good though it means that we can help each other with our homework
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next year i'm probably going to study in london and she's going to manchester but i'm sure our
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His family moved in just a few houses down from us when I was about ten,
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and I still remember how excited I felt when I found out there was another boy on the street.
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I'd been the only boy, you see.
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The others were all girls.
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We were good friends from the beginning because we were into the same things, computers and football mostly.
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But we had quite a few of the same hobbies for a while.
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I remember making lots of models of aeroplanes one year.
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Another year we took up fishing.
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We had all the equipment and everything, and we'd spend ages down by the river.
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I never go fishing now.
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His family moved away a couple of years ago.
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We're still friends on Facebook, but we don't really have much contact.
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E. I can remember all the details of when we met.
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I was wearing a red dress and I just had my hair cut.
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I can even remember what music was playing the first time I saw him.
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I knew he was special from the beginning and I was right.
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We've been together ever since.
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Well, it's only been 18 months and some people say that isn't very long, but it seems like ages to me.
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We've got such similar personalities and so much in common.
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I'm sure we'll stay together forever.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “listening important people by British Council”. Deze video bevat 46 zinnen en 618 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:25. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 140 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 89% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
10 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| bake werkwoord | /beɪk/ | bakken |
| lifestyle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/ | levensstijl |
| dish zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪʃ/ | bord, taloor |
| pie zelfstandig naamwoord | /paɪ/ | taart, pastei |
| mathematics zelfstandig naamwoord | /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ | wiskunde, mathematiek |
| salad zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsæl.əd/ | salade |
| homework zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | huiswerk, huistaak |
| hobby zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | hobby, vrijetijdsbesteding |
| vegetable zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | groente, gewas |
| annoy werkwoord | /əˈnoɪ̯/ | ergeren, vervelen |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| fall out werkwoord | in onmin raken |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- She'd tell us stories about her childhood.
- I'd been the only boy, you see.
- We've been together ever since.
- I'm sure we'll stay together forever.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + werkwoord — een vroegere gewoonte of toestand die niet meer klopt | used to look · used to keep |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | she's always been · We've known · We've been |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was working · was always baking · was wearing |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | I'll always be · we'll stay |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 21 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, we've, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, salad /ˈsæl.əd/
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 bake, lifestyle, dish.
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.