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I'm not sure what you're doing.

I don't know what I've ever done to make you think like this.

You're the only thing you care about yourself.

You're being so dramatic.

Oh my god.

Sam, you are so ungrateful.

I'm ungrateful?

Yeah, yeah you are.

How?

How can you say that?

Honestly, I don't understand why you decided to start acting so utter disrespect.

I just got home.

Maybe you are mere and you yell at me for not making what you want.

What you do is complain all the time.

Are you even listening?

I can't believe you're getting so worked up about this.

If it's that much of an issue for you, just leave.

Am I that meaningless to you?

I'm going to eat the egg.

I'm going to put the water on the top.

Hiya!

Hi.

Nice mess you got here.

What are you?

The name to respect your concept, what have you.

Anything that aligns with your preferred system of beliefs.

I...

Okay.

Why are you here?

You are Henry James McAllister, yes?

Yes.

Well, I have a bee in my bonnet, Henry.

I'm here to oversee your execution.

What?

For your misdeeds.

Misdeeds?

Your sins.

I'm here to punish you for your sin.

What?

What do you mean?

What sins have I committed?

Only a sin of the highest burden.

What?

You, Henry James McAllister, have taken part in the utmost reprehensible of deeds.

You've played God in the cruelest of manners.

You've performed a sin so vile that without repentance is deserving of the torturous end of your pitiful, shameless being.

No!

There has to be another way, please!

What have I done to deserve this?

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

No!

No, this has to be some sort of sick joke.

I can assure you, it is not.

No, I'm done.

I think you may find you have no choice in the matter, Harry.

Huh?

Okay.

Imagine you're a pill bug.

But I'm not.

Oh!

Yeah.

Ah -ha!

Ah -ha! Are we awake now?

You're.. an actual bug now?

I know!

You should see the other guy.

And by the other guy I mean yourself.

This can't be happening, this can't be happening, please tell me this is a dream!

The job of a Slater is integral to our fragile ecosystem.

A simple nudge in this natural order may result in utter catastrophe.

Okay, I am not going to be guilty if I - This is your life now, Henry.

And you will enjoy the roly -poly world and fulfill this role of which nature depends.

If you resist, I will not hesitate to send you straight to your untimely demise faster than you can say armadillo dieting.

Am I understood?

Excellent!

Ah, just look at them.

Perfect muddle workers.

Well, they aren't ants, but they're rather competent.

See?

They find fallen leaves and feast on them until they're ready to be finished off by fungus.

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That's it?

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They just eat?

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That's their purpose?

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The leaves aren't going to decompose themselves, Henry.

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This is stupid.

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Ooh, look like it's time to get to work.

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Wait, ha!

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I'm going to put a little bit of water on my side.

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I'm going to put a little bit of water on my side.

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I'm going to put a little bit of water on my side.

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I'm going to put a little bit of water on my side.

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Okay, fine then.

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What? Where are they?

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You gonna finish that?

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Jesus, you...

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Yeah, have it.

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It tastes like trash.

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I don't care.

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I'd rather be the first green -headed ant to begin a death spiral.

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Surely I've done enough, right?

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Meh.

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It took a damn long time.

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I suppose...

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However...

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Okay, well, that's not fair.

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I'm a human.

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Not anymore, you're not.

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They're real bugs.

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Of course, they're more productive.

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It comes easy to them.

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Don't undermine their labor, Henry.

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Now, be a good picture bed and get back to work.

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Hey, wait, don't just disappear again.

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Wait!

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How did I do this all day?

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Same way you're doing it, I presume.

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Though with less utter acrimony and cockiness, might I add.

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Say, you haven't done a half bad job for such an immoral creature.

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I beg your pardon?

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Henry, your pheromones still reek of sin.

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Seriously?

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I'm already being punished, aren't I? Are you?

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I should get back to work.

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Really?

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I believe your comrades went that way.

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I'm sorry.

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Sigh.

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Hello?

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Weird Ant Thing, where the hell are you?

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I don't want to do this anymore!

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How do they do that?

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Figured out that ball thing yet?

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Are you certain it's safe?

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I don't see it out here.

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I'm just saying it may be beneficial to return to the leaves.

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Oh!

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Never mind.

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I'm going to put it in the middle of the bag.

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I'm going to put it in the bag.

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I'm going to put it in the bag.

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I'm going to put it in the bag.

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No!

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Yes, finally!

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Suck it, you piece of shit.

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This...

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This is so hard.

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I can't do this anymore.

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You don't say.

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You.

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You're back.

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Please, I can't do this anymore.

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Aww, in that case, why don't you give up?

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Is that even an option?

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What are you suggesting?

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I could kill you.

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Squash your little pill bug body.

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Just like that.

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Isn't that what you'd do?

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After all I went through, all of that just for nothing?

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What?

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Just eating all day?

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What purpose does that serve me?

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What the hell do you mean?

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I did so much and this is how you want to repay me?

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Am I that meaningless to you?

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Apparently.

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This wasn't about the pill bugs, was it?

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I'm going to put a little bit of water on the side.

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I'm going to put a little bit of water on the side.

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I'm going to put a little bit of water on the side.

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I'm going to put a little bit of water on the side.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: eat, egg, Henry, sin, bug. Deze video bevat 192 zinnen en 1149 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 14:43. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 78 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. Slechts 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 50 van de 192 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
utter werkwoord	/ˈʌtəɹ/	produceren, uitbrengen
leaf zelfstandig naamwoord	/lif/	blad
pill zelfstandig naamwoord	/pɪl/	pil
sin zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈsɪn/	zonde
bug zelfstandig naamwoord	/bʌɡ/	wants
punish werkwoord	/ˈpʌnɪʃ/	straffen, afstraffen
meaningless bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/	zinloos, betekenisloos
belief zelfstandig naamwoord	/bɪˈliːf/	geloof
worker zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈwɝ.kɚ/	arbeider, arbeidster
suck werkwoord	/sʌk/	zuigen
trash zelfstandig naamwoord	/tɹæʃ/	vuilnis, vuil
dramatic bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/dɹəˈmætɪk/	dramatisch
commit werkwoord	/kəˈmɪt/	toevertrouwen, toewijzen
execution zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/	uitvoering
burden zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈbɝdn̩/	last

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
figure out werkwoord	uitvogelen, er achter komen
give up werkwoord	zich overgeven

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

How can you say that?
I'm already being punished, aren't I?
Are you certain it's safe?
Aww, in that case, why don't you give up?
Isn't that what you'd do?

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	I've ever done · have taken · You've played
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	be finished · being punished

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 86 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, trash /tɹæʃ/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, assure /əˈʃʊɹ/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/, catastrophe /kəˈtæstɹəfi/, acrimony /ˈækɹɪˌmoʊni/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: bug /bʌɡ/, productive /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, deed /diːd/, demise /dɪˈmaɪz/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: trash /tɹæʃ/, dramatic /dɹəˈmætɪk/, ant /ænt/, fragile /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/, catastrophe /kəˈtæstɹəfi/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: bug /bʌɡ/, integral /ˈɪntəɡɹəl/, fungus /ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/, ungrateful /ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/

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 utter, leaf, pill.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Grammatica in deze video

Uitspraak om op te letten

Zo oefen je met deze video

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?