Shadowing Practice: My Son Smashed My TV 📺 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I walked in on my son, throwing his controller at the TV in rage.
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Screw this video game!
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The screen smashed as the whole thing toppled onto the floor.
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I gripped my head, because I'd just bought that TV last night and was so excited to use it.
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That TV was $800.
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I stormed over.
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You're saving up and replacing it.
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But he looked up at me, still smashing the controller against the carpet.
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I'm not paying for anything.
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If you try to make me, I'll call CPS and say it's child abuse.
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I laughed.
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Try me.
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I shoved the lawnmower into his hands and pushed him outside.
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Don't come back until you have $800.
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I shut the door, but he just stood there, smirking, typing on his phone.
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I was about to walk back out when suddenly my doorbell rang.
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A woman stood in a suit with a clipboard while he fake cried behind her.
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We have a report about forced child labor.
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I gripped my head and explained everything, but she shook her head.
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You shouldn't traumatize a child for a TV.
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This is your final warning.
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My son laughed from behind her, and I gritted my teeth as he walked inside.
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Told you I'd call CPS.
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He walked up to play his video games while I sat on the couch, staring at my smashed TV.
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That's when I got the idea.
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I walked to his room and pulled the Nintendo Switch from his hands, then started boxing up his video games.
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He screamed, What are you doing?
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So I told him, Since you won't work for it, I'm selling your games.
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He shot up, You're not selling my games.
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He swung his fist, punching me in the face.
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But he was only 11 and couldn't hit hard, so I just carried the box down.
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He cried as I stuffed everything he loved into my trunk.
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You have to learn one way or another, son.
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I came back three hours later after selling his games, but while hauling my brand new $800 TV up the driveway, my son came running with the same woman, but this time an officer was here too.
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My blood ran cold as I put the TV down and asked what's going on, but he was already pointing his finger.
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My dad sold my video games for this TV.
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Arrest him.
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The officer looked at me, and the woman immediately wrote on her clipboard, this is grounds for removal.
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I gripped my head in disbelief, but the officer then turned to my son.
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Wait, selling your games isn't a crime.
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You told me he hit you.
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He started walking back to his car, and my son instantly went red.
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He flailed his fists in the air and kicked my car in anger.
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The bumper dented, and that's when I had enough.
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Officer, can I press charges on him for destruction of property?
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My son immediately gripped his head.
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But I'm your son.
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I shook my head.
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No, you're not.
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I turned to the woman with the clipboard.
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Can you place him in a foster home?
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I don't want him anymore.
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She quickly wrote something down, then nodded.
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I hauled my brand new TV through the door
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and sat down to watch it while the officer put my screaming son in the squad car.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “My Son Smashed My TV 📺”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: officer, gripped, walked, selling, clipboard. Deze video bevat 55 zinnen en 555 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:22. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 235 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
grip zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡɹɪp/greep, grip
smash werkwoord/smæʃ/verpletteren, kapotslaan
shake werkwoord/ˈʃeɪk/schudden
scream werkwoord/skɹiːm/schreeuwen
fist zelfstandig naamwoord/fɪst/vuist
finger zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/vinger
anger zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈæŋɡə/boosheid, woede
destruction zelfstandig naamwoord/dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/vernietiging
removal zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹɪˈmuː.vəl/verwijdering
swing werkwoord/ˈswɪŋ/zwaaien, zwenken
foster werkwoord/ˈfɒstə/verzorgen, opvoeden
punch zelfstandig naamwoord/pʌnt͡ʃ/stomp
carpet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɑɹ.pət/tapijt, vloerkleed
couch zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/bank, sofa
rage zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹeɪd͡ʒ/furie, razernij

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
come back werkwoordterugkomen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • You're saving up and replacing it.
  • I'm not paying for anything.
  • That's when I got the idea.
  • Wait, selling your games isn't a crime.
  • Can you place him in a foster home?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 15 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: smash /smæʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/, shove /ʃʌv/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: rage /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/, nod /nɑd/, shove /ʃʌv/, traumatize /ˈtɹɔ.mə.taɪz/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: smash /smæʃ/, anger /ˈæŋɡə/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: grip /ˈɡɹɪp/, finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/, anger /ˈæŋɡə/, grit /ɡɹɪt/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als grip, smash, shake.

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.

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