Shadowing Practice: Michael Jackson - Chicago (Official Audio) - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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I met her on the way to Chicago Where she was all alone And so was I,
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so asked her for a name
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She smiled and looked at me I was surprised to see That a woman like
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that was real into me She says you didn't have no
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man She's loved me She told me she was all alone Said I don't think it's
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that no one for She said doesn't give enough weight She's 59, she's gonna be there She lied to you,
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lied to me Cause she was loving me,
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loving me, yeah I never would've thought she was living like that Her words seem so sincere
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When I held her near she would tell me how she feels
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It felt so real to me This girl she had to be
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An angel sent from heaven just for me She said you didn't have no man, I don't wait to get to every mess She loved me,
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she told me she was all alone Said you don't, she didn't have no fun She said you're a bitch,
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59 but the ghost she got you She's gonna lie to you, lie to me Cause she wanna love me,
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love me, yeah She's like a devil, she's gonna love me Why she was still your wife She thought
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that loving me must be You were working the kids that loved me She said that it was a devil,
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yeah Try to get me in the way she'd be She's gonna lie to you, lie to me Cause we got a family,
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family, yeah Why are you all now?
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Alright
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Oh
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I didn't know it all
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Oh
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I didn't know she was already spoken for As I'm not
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that kind of man I swear
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that I would have never looked her way Now I feel so much shame and all things have to change
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You should know that I'm holding her to blame She said she didn't have no man,
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paid to kiss her every man she got to blame She told me she was all alone,
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said she told me she didn't have no choice She said she'd give me rubbish, 59 I would go to jail She lied to me,
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lied to me Cause she was loving me, loving me Ain't tried to lift up no light She was loving me, she was doing your way She
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thought she didn't have no more She said just give me a bitch, 59, I was a ghost she gave She lie to you,
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lie to me, cause she wouldn't love me, love me, yeah She tried to give a damn for love,
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love me, I think I said we don't want She thought that loving me must do,
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who would work and the kids that's cute She said that give a damn for love, try to get me anyway Baby,
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yeah, you're the light of your light of me But you got a family, family, yeah
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Michael Jackson - Chicago”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: loving, lie, lied, alone, loved. Deze video bevat 33 zinnen en 492 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:02. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 122 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 13 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| ghost zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɡoʊst/ | geest, spook |
| devil zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɛvəl/ | duivel |
| angel zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ | engel |
| rubbish zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/ | brol |
| sincere bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /sɪnˈsɪɹ/ | oprecht |
| blame werkwoord | /bleɪm/ | beschuldigen, verwijten |
| cute bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /kjuːt/ | schattig, koddig |
| smile werkwoord | /ˈsmaɪl/ | glimlachen, smuilen |
| jail zelfstandig naamwoord | /d͡ʒeɪl/ | gevangenis |
| mess zelfstandig naamwoord | /mɛs/ | puinhoop, zootje |
| shame zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈʃeɪ̯m/ | schande |
| swear werkwoord | /ˈswɛɚ/ | zweren, een eed afleggen |
| lift zelfstandig naamwoord | /lɪft/ | lift |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| lift up werkwoord | optillen |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was loving · was living · were working |
| Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomen | gonna be · gonna lie · gonna love |
| Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig is | had to be · have to change · must do |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 27 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals didn't, don't, gonna. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/, shame /ˈʃeɪ̯m/
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 ghost, devil, angel.
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.