Shadowing Practice: Meet the Voice Behind Your GPS - Learn English Speaking with Video
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At the bottom of the hill, make a right.
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Continue straight ahead.
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At the next intersection, turn left.
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My name is Karen Jacobson and I'm known as the only woman men will take directions from.
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My speaking voice ended up in over a billion GPS and smartphone devices giving directions to people around the world.
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You have reached your destination.
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Well I'll take you right back to the beginning...
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I'm originally from Mackay, which is a town in North Queensland near Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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I wanted to become a professional singer and move to America.
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And I did follow that dream to New York.
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And not long after I moved there, there was an audition and a client was looking for a native Australian female voiceover artist living in the northeast of the United States.
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And I went to that audition and I got the job.
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Proceed to the route. Proceed to the route. Proceed to the route.
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At the time I was told that the Australian voice was a high priority because the Australian accent was considered the most pleasant English-speaking accent to listen to which is pretty cool.
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Turn left. At the roundabout, turn right.
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There was a huge script, a massive script, and the team of engineers had figured out every combination of syllables possible for me to record so they could chop that up and create this voice system based on my speaking voice.
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I went into the booth and recorded these different lines.
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At the next intersection, turn left. At the roundabout, turn right. You have reached your destination.
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What are some other ones? Let me think...
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Oh everybody's favorite: recalculating.
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I had to say the word 'approximately' approximately 168 times in a row.
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There is a red light camera approaching.
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I like to keep people safe.
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When I'm asked to use the voice, I do, because it's fun.
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My voice is going to live on forever? Wow the power is going to go to my head.
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I mean that's mind-blowing. Really. Isn't it?
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You have reached your destination.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 27 zinnen en 346 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:29. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 140 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
13 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bestemming. The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
- script /skɹɪpt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — geschrift. A writing; a written document.
- accent /ækˈsɛnt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — accent, klemtoon. A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to…
- intersection /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — kruising, kruispunt. The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
- audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — auditie. A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
- priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — voorrang, prioriteit. An item's relative importance.
- pleasant /ˈplɛz.ənt/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — aangenaam, behaaglijk. Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
- booth /buθ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — stand. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
- northeast /noːˈθɪjst/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — noordoosten. The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°.
- smartphone /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — smartphone. A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a feature phone.
- chop /t͡ʃɑp/ (werkwoord) — hakken. To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- roundabout /ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — rotonde, rondpunt. A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
- syllable /ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — lettergreep, syllabe. A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
- figure out (werkwoord) — uitvogelen, er achter komen. To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
- look for (werkwoord) — zoeken. To seek.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 5 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I'll, isn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: booth /buθ/, northeast /noːˈθɪjst/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, intersection /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/, audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, intersection /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/
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 destination, script, accent.
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 reached |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | will take · I'll take |
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.