Shadowing Practice: Megan Fox Interview (Original HD 1080i) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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We're back now at 8 -11 with one of the biggest names in Hollywood, Megan Fox.
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She turned heads in the Transformer films, and now she gets her first title role in Jennifer's Body,
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playing a small -town cheerleader possessed by a demon who feeds on high school boys.
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This isn't really your house, is it?
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No, baby.
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This is our house.
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Just for you and me.
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We can play mommy and daddy.
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No way.
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I need you frightened.
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I need you hopeless.
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Megan Fox, good morning.
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We just went to a point she was putting coffee down, nothing more sinister.
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And you said to me earlier, this is a comedy.
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You want people to know that.
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You don't want to think this is hardcore horror.
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Exactly.
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It's not.
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No, it's a it's a sort of irreverent dark comedy with some horror elements to it.
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But people should should go into it.
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Prepare to laugh, hopefully. To snicker.
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So there are going to be some snickers here.
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You're not looking for people to come up with serious critiques afterward.
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Well, no, not of not if you're going in thinking you're going to see a slasher
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or a thriller it's not that what what made you take this role
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because you're in an unusual place in your career right now I'm sure stuck between this this wild popularity
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that has been given to you or
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that you've achieved through these movies these huge Transformers movies
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and this other area where you want to be known as an actress
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so so tell me about this role as it came along
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and what made you say yes to it well the script I mean Diablo Cody wrote the script
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and that's really all I needed to know before I even
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opened it I wanted to be a part of something
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that she she was a part of because she's so brilliant and i admire her and um
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on the first page there's a belly laugh i laughed out loud reading
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and there's a laugh on every page after that
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so i you know i just had to be a part of it i thought
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that the writing was unbelievably original and it was something
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that we haven't seen in theaters in a long time a movie like this it feels very 80s
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when you watch it let's stay on this place you're in right now though i I mean, how kind of delicate a situation do you find yourself in?
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Your choices now are going to get analyzed a lot by
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the people who either want to see you in one way
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or aren't used to seeing you or want to see you in another way.
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Right.
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So how does that affect your decision -making?
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I try to just do, I mean, mainly I'm just happy that I'm working and that I'm still working and I continue to get these opportunities,
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but I try to make choices that are different from whatever project I was last working on.
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And this is definitely very unique.
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And then I've worked on a project since with Josh Brolin and John Malkovich.
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And I've been lucky enough to surround myself with extremely talented people.
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You have been very out front and honest about some of the movies you've done.
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You said acting -wise you were terrible in the first Transformers.
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And you said you tried very hard in the second. Which is very honest.
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Does this allow you to expand, this role?
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Well, I think it's not about allowing me to expand because that was never the issue.
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I think I'm just new, you know.
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I'm very green still and trying to figure things out and wanting to become better.
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And this was definitely a more complex character for me
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because there's a lot going on with her and a lot going on with all the characters in the movie.
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So it was a lot of work.
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I put a lot of effort into it.
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You're also outspoken about your personal life.
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You said this, and I think it surprised a lot of people.
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Don't get nervous.
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You don't have to laugh.
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I'm so nervous.
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You said, I'm really insecure about everything.
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I never think I'm worthy of anything.
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I have a sick feeling of being mocked all the time.
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I have a lot of self -loathing.
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So on the exterior, when I meet you and others meet you, they think you're pretty confident.
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Where does this come from?
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I think that all actors are pretty insecure.
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I mean, in general, I obviously can't speak for everybody, but I think that's sort of what drives us into this business, is that insecurity.
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And especially being a woman, I think all women, unfortunately, have some deep -seated insecurities for whatever reason,
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because of how we're raised in society and it's hard having
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so much focus on you all the time it's hard to maintain
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that sort of confidence because you're always second guessing yourself
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and questioning yourself and feeling like you're letting someone down
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or you're failing in one way or another
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because you can't please all of the people all of the time
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so how are you handling this outrageous popularity right now i mean
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if you go on google
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and you type the letter m in it goes megan fox
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i mean it's amazing how many people have taken an interest
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in you what's the best part about it what's the worst
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part about it well the best part about it I mean is you always feel
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blessed and lucky to to have any sort of success in this business
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because it's so hard for most people to achieve it
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and I feel like I do feel undeserving of it
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but I feel like it came pretty easily
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because I was involved in something that was so big and so much bigger than I was.
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And it opened all these doors for me.
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I mean, the worst part about it is just the lack of anonymity, which is a hard thing to describe to people that don't understand.
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But it's when your privacy is taken away or
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when people are constantly picking apart everything that you say or you do and judging it, it's tough to live in that space every day.
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It's basically like you're always in high school.
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You never get out of high school.
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Hollywood is a giant high school.
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And as we all know, parts of high school were terrible.
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Parts were great, though.
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You were going to guest host the season premiere of SNL.
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Yeah.
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Are you nervous about that?
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I'm so nervous.
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I have a fear of public speaking.
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That's not good.
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That's not good, no. But we'll see.
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We'll see what happens.
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Obviously, everybody's a huge fan of the show, and I'm a huge Andy Samberg fan, and I'm really excited to get to meet all these people
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and get to do something so incredible that I never thought I would get to do.
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Most people who come through here are about to do that and say it's the scariest, best experience they ever have.
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Really?
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So good luck with it.
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Thank you.
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I hope you enjoy it.
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And the movie is called Jennifer's Body, and it opens on Friday.
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Megan, thanks very much.
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Thank you.
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Good to see you.
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Coming up next, Jay Leno's primetime.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Megan Fox Interview”. Deze video bevat 121 zinnen en 1235 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:03. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 204 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 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
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| insecurity zelfstandig naamwoord | onzekerheid | |
| insecure bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnsəˈkjʊɹ/ | onbeveiligd |
| anonymity zelfstandig naamwoord | /ænəˈnɪmɪti/ | anonimiteit |
| cheerleader zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtʃɪə(ɹ)ˌliːdə(ɹ)/ | cheerleader |
| frighten werkwoord | /ˈfɹaɪ.tən/ | bang maken, beangstigen |
| irreverent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪəˈɹɛ.və.ɹənt/ | oneerbiedig |
| loathe werkwoord | /ˈloʊð/ | verafschuwen |
| outspoken bijvoeglijk naamwoord | brutaal, direct | |
| unbelievably bijwoord | ongelooflijk | |
| undeserving bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/ | onverdienstelijk |
| litter zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | strooisel |
| hopeless bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhoʊplɪs/ | hopeloos, uitzichtloos |
| outrageous bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /aʊtˈɹeɪ.d͡ʒəs/ | ongehoord, schandelijk |
| surround werkwoord | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | omgeven, omringen |
| analyze werkwoord | /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ | analyseren |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| come up with werkwoord | bedenken, verzinnen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- This isn't really your house, is it?
- You don't want to think this is hardcore horror.
- Does this allow you to expand, this role?
- You're also outspoken about your personal life.
- Are you nervous about that?
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 | has been given · you've achieved · haven't seen |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | has been given · be known · being mocked |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who either · anonymity, which is · people who come |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 40 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: loathe /ˈloʊð/, thriller /ˈθɹɪ.lə/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: anonymity /ænəˈnɪmɪti/, irreverent /ɪəˈɹɛ.və.ɹənt/, undeserving /ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: surround /səˈɹaʊnd/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: anonymity /ænəˈnɪmɪti/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/
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 insecurity, insecure, anonymity.
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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.