Shadowing Practice: Malcolm X's Letter from Hajj - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality
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and overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as it is practiced by the people of all colors
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and races here in the ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad, and all the other prophets of the Holy Scriptures.
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For the past week I have been utterly speechless
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and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colors.
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I have been blessed to visit the holy city of Mecca.
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I have made my seven circuits around the Kaaba, led by a young Mutawwaf named Muhammad.
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I drank water from the well of Zamzam.
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I ran seven times back and forth between the hills of Manasafa and Marwa.
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I have prayed in the ancient city of Mina, and I have prayed on Man 'arafa.
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There were tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the world.
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They were of all colors, from blue -eyed blondes to black -skinned Africans.
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But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood
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that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and the non -white.
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America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.
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Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white
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but the white attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.
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I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespective of their color.
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You may be shocked by these words coming from me, but on this pilgrimage what I have seen and experienced has forced me to rearrange much of my thought patterns previously held,
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and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions.
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This was not too difficult for me, Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts
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and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it.
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I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.
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During the past 11 days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass and slept on the same bed
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or on the same rug while praying to the same God with fellow Muslims whose eyes were the bluest of blue,
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whose hair was the blondest of blond and whose skin was the whitest of white.
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And in the words and in the actions and in the deeds of the white Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan, and Ghana.
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We were truly all the same brothers because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the white from their behavior and the white from their attitude.
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I could see from this that perhaps if white Americans could accept the oneness of God, then perhaps too they could accept in reality the oneness of man,
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and cease to measure and hinder and harm others in terms of their differences in color.
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With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer,
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the so -called Christian white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem.
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Perhaps it could be in time to save America from imminent disaster, the same destruction brought upon Germany by racism that eventually destroyed the Germans themselves.
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Each hour here in the Holy Land enables me to have
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greater spiritual insight into what is happening in America between black and white.
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The American Negro can never be blamed for his racial animosities.
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He's only reacting to 400 years of the conscious racism of the American whites.
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But as As racism leads America up the suicide path, I do believe, from the experiences that I've had with them, that the whites of the younger generation in the colleges
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and universities will see the handwriting on the walls and many of them will turn to the spiritual path of truth,
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the only way left to America to ward off the disasters that racism inevitably must lead to.
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Never have I been so highly honored.
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Never have I been made to feel more humble
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and unworthy who would believe the blessings that have been heaped upon an American Negro.
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A few nights ago, a man who would be called in America a white man, a United Nations diplomat, an ambassador,
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a companion of kings, gave me his hotel suite, his bed.
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Never would I have even thought of dreaming that I would ever be the recipient of such honors,
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honors that in America would have been bestowed upon a king, not a Negro.
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All praises due to Allah, the Lord of the world.
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Sincerely, Al -Hajj Malik Al -Shabazz
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Malcolm X's Letter from Hajj”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: America, color, racism, Muslim, holy. Deze video bevat 49 zinnen en 831 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:40. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 178 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 78% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| brotherhood zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/ | broederschap |
| oneness zelfstandig naamwoord | eenheid | |
| blond bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /blɑnd/ | blond |
| sincere bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /sɪnˈsɪɹ/ | oprecht |
| animosity zelfstandig naamwoord | /æn.ɪˈmɒs.ɪ.ti/ | verbittering |
| bestow werkwoord | /bɪˈstoʊ/ | schenken, toekennen |
| hinder werkwoord | /ˈhɪndɚ/ | hinderen (hinder), moeilijk maken |
| incurable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/ | ongeneeslijk |
| irrespective bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪɹɪˈspɛktɪv/ | ongeacht |
| overwhelm werkwoord | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | overweldigen, overmannen |
| pilgrim zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/ | pelgrim |
| pilgrimage zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/ | bedevaart, pelgrimstocht |
| rearrange werkwoord | /ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/ | herschikken |
| receptive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹəˈsɛptɪv/ | ontvankelijk, vatbaar |
| sincerity zelfstandig naamwoord | /sɪnˈsɛɹəti/ | oprechtheid |
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 been · have been blessed · have made |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is practiced · have been blessed · have been considered |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who in · man who tries · mind, which is |
Uitspraak om op te letten
- De “th”-klanken: brotherhood /ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/, unworthy /ʌnˈwɝði/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: conviction /kənˈvɪkʃən/, conscious /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: animosity /æn.ɪˈmɒs.ɪ.ti/, irrespective /ɪɹɪˈspɛktɪv/, sincerity /sɪnˈsɛɹəti/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, hospitality /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: brotherhood /ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/, blond /blɑnd/, irrespective /ɪɹɪˈspɛktɪv/, pilgrimage /ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/, rearrange /ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: animosity /æn.ɪˈmɒs.ɪ.ti/, handwriting /ˈhændɹaɪtɪŋ/, diplomat /ˈdɪp.lə.mæt/, hospitality /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/, companion /kəmˈpæn.jən/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: pilgrim /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/, pilgrimage /ˈpɪlɡɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/, plague /plɛɡ/
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 brotherhood, oneness, blond.
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