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It was May of 2006, and I was traveling 8,600 miles from my home in Phoenix,
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Arizona, to Bangalore, India.
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I grew up in Maine.
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Traveling to India was something I had never thought was going to be in my future.
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But I was heading there to onboard a team of employees.
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It was important to me not only to know their skills, what they wanted out of the job,
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but about them, them as people, their culture.
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So with that in mind, I decided to take a trip to what they call City Market.
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Now, City Market in Bangalore, India can best be described as an assault on all of your senses.
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It's not a tourist destination.
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In fact, they kept looking at me incredulously when I said, I really want to go there.
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They're like, no. No, no, no, no, no. An assault on the senses.
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Sights I had never seen before.
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Bright-colored fruits and spices.
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Lots of people.
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Smells.
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Not all of them are great.
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There was a lot of livestock around.
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And did I mention it was May and really, really humid.
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So crowds of people, all these scents, all these smells, all of these noises that I had never experienced in my life.
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It was a little overwhelming, to be honest.
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I kind of stuck out like a sore thumb.
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So when I spied over in the corner of the market, this alcove, this concrete alcove, that not only offered some shade,
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but it also offered a beautiful visual.
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See, it was in this basement-like structure that the ladies were sitting there, stringing flowers together, making lays for the temple.
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These colors in these flowers was absolutely amazing.
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And the smell of the jasmine in the air was incredible.
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And they sat there and they delicately strung these together.
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And as I was walking by and looking at them, one woman caught my eye.
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You see, she caught my eye because she was probably older than my grandmother.
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And I thought, oh, my gosh, she's sitting on that hard concrete floor,
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little bent hands, stringing these flowers for rupees.
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She had no teeth.
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She had probably nothing.
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So I unzip my very fancy fanny pack, as American tourists do, and I pull out my rupees.
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She doesn't speak English, I don't speak Hindi, so the international sign for, hey, I want to buy your things, right?
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And she looks at me up and down and she goes, devastated.
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I'm so embarrassed that I'm backing away from her into my guide and I say, Danny, my guide, I did something to offend her.
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Can you please go make it right?
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So he walks over, he has a little conversation with her, and then he waves me over.
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And she gets up and she picks the most beautiful jasmine lei I've ever seen.
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And with her arthritic hands, she pins it in my hair.
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And again, unzip the fanny pack.
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And she, I said, I don't understand.
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Danny said, Belinda, you picked her.
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You honored her by wanting her flowers.
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Your debt is paid in full.
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That moment changed my life because I realized I had gotten it all wrong.
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I was a child of the 80s.
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I was climbing that corporate ladder.
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Next title, next promotion, corner office.
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I had it all wrong.
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I was defining my value by what I earned and not by who I was serving.
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When we put money before honor, we're only going to get so far.
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But when we truly serve from our hearts, the people who honor us with their time, their trust, their money, we will be abundantly rich.
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I have a journal from that time in India.
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When I open that journal, I see that lay preserved.
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Flowers are now brown and wilted, but they are my constant reminder of a woman who had nothing,
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yet was the wealthiest person I have ever met in my life.
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Made a lot of changes in my life after that.
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I left India a new woman, my heart full, my mind full, and actually my arms were full too.
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Because not only did I go home and quit my job, I went home with a dog I had adopted off the streets of Bangalore.
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And he was my reminder as well of what we can do in this world.
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So I would leave you with this.
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Service over sales, honor over hustle,
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and most importantly, people over profits.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “My Life Lesson from a Trip to India”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: flowers, India, Bangalore, smell, honor. Deze video bevat 67 zinnen en 750 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:35. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 134 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 80% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| alcove zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæl.koʊv/ | alkoof |
| rupee zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹuˈpi/ | roepie |
| jasmine zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/ | jasmijn |
| reminder zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/ | geheugensteuntje |
| abundantly bijwoord | /əˈbʌn.dn̩t.li/ | overvloedig |
| overwhelm werkwoord | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | overweldigen, overmannen |
| humid bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhjuːmɪd/ | vochtig |
| offend werkwoord | /əˈfɛnd/ | kwetsen, beledigen |
| devastated bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/ | kapot |
| scent zelfstandig naamwoord | /sɛnt/ | parfum, geur |
| livestock zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlaɪvstɑk/ | vee, veestapel |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | gossie |
| spice zelfstandig naamwoord | /spaɪs/ | kruid, specerij |
| sore bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /soɹ/ | pijnlijk |
| thumb zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθʌm/ | duim |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| get up werkwoord | opstaan |
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 seen · have ever met |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be described · is paid |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who honor · woman who had |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 8 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, doesn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: arthritic /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shade /ʃeɪd/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: delicately /ˈdɛlɪkətli/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: alcove /ˈæl.koʊv/, humid /ˈhjuːmɪd/, onboard /ɒnˈbɔːd/, offend /əˈfɛnd/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: alcove /ˈæl.koʊv/, jasmine /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/, ladder /ˈlæd.ɚ/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
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 alcove, rupee, jasmine.
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.