Shadowing Practice: One Day in VIETNAM Changed Everything.. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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12 hours ago I landed here in Saigon and I never thought I would end the day feeling like this.
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Given that I don't speak any Vietnamese, this is what I get.
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So this is a look at our new room.
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Good morning from Saigon.
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It is great to be back.
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I absolutely love this place.
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But today I want to see a side to the city that I've always missed.
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So let's get out of here and go find the people who know it best Okay,
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okay, okay It's probably here
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This is amazing!
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Oh my god this is amazing!
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I've just been invited into these people's mouths to come and drink with them.
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They're singing karaoke, they've given me beer, they've given me food.
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For no reason I was just walking down the street and they said come, come, come, come!
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Amazing!
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Oh my god, what an amazing experience.
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These people just welcomed me into their home.
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Cheers!
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Cheers!
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One thing that stands out to me every time I visit Vietnam is how friendly the people are.
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I mean look at this situation I've just landed myself in.
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My friends!
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Your friends!
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Amazing!
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Me?
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No no no no, not me no no no, not me no no.
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Oh my god we are hammering through the beer.
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I had to come outside it's insanely noisy in there.
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We are having an amazing time.
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Something I've learned over the years of travel is you can communicate with people even if you don't speak the language.
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I can tell stories like yesterday I went out and drink too much.
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You can just do that all sort of by actions and everything.
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Anyway, these are some of the most lovely people I've met here.
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I asked them, where should I go to eat in the area?
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They said there's a really awesome little banh mi cart just down here.
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So have a couple more beers, I think, and then I'll go down there.
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I've got to get some food into me.
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I haven't eaten anything yet today.
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We are just pumping through the beers
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Thank you Bye-bye, thank you Be careful yes Bye-bye, thank you
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my god what an experience those people were
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so unbelievably lovely i'm i'm drunk now i must have smashed
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like five beers i was there probably there for about two
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hours smashing beers with them they were a really fun group
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of people just hanging out singing karaoke they invited me into their home
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i can't believe that this trip is off to an incredible start i gotta get some food into me Alright,
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this is the place Alright,
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this is the highly recommended little find me car I don't really know what I'm getting She just said one
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So maybe they just have the one Oh, okay, okay
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I love coming to these little street side spots And
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if the locals say it's the place to come Then you know it's gonna be good All right,
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that was 15,000 Vietnamese dong.
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I'm constantly blown away by the price of everything here, but 15,000.
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All right.
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I still can't believe this was 15,000 dong.
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I hope you can hear me.
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I was looking for somewhere quiet to sit and evidently that doesn't exist here in Saigon, but let's give this a shot.
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Mmm!
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Oh man, that's good.
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That's got some spice to it.
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She asked me if I wanted chilies, then I said, yeah, yeah.
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The bread is so good.
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I love bread.
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I almost never eat it in Thailand.
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Mmm.
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Uh-oh.
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The rain is back.
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I gotta get out of here.
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I've just come into a little street undercover.
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Get to enjoy this lunch.
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This one has the pate.
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I quite like when they put pate in barn meat.
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I guess there's a few different types and everyone has their own specialty or their own sort of unique one.
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I'm assuming that lady just has this one that she does
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and probably does other little variants for people given that I don't speak any Vietnamese.
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This is what I get.
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And the people here are all so friendly.
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So when I was buying my bottle of water from the next shop, I asked, you know, what do you recommend that I do?
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Everyone keeps recommending that I try the coffee here.
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I'm not a huge coffee drinker, but I will try some, I know the egg coffee is the thing that a lot of tourists do here.
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I don't know how much the locals have it, but I think after here, I will go try some coffee.
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I might take the edge off those beers earlier.
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But for now...
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Mmm!
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Oh man, that was amazing!
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It's all over me!
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So now I'm gonna go find a place to have a coffee, which shouldn't be difficult.
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There's about 200 billion cafes here in Saigon.
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So let's go give it a shot.
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Thank you.
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Alright cool, I've come to a little road type place.
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Something I notice every cafe I walk past, obviously I'm not much of a coffee person, I always have a coffee and a second drink.
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I think it's like an iced tea.
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Yeah iced tea.
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Delicious.
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Now like I said I'm not a huge coffee person but I got a sweet iced coffee.
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Oh that's not bad.
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That's so much better than I was expecting.
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I don't know if I'm doing this right, but if you drink that like a chaser, that's amazing.
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I think this is separate.
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I think you're supposed to drink this like a water, but delicious.
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Yes.
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Right. For free?
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Yeah, that's amazing.
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Like 20 minutes?
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Right, right.
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Yeah, okay, thank you.
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Thank you.
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I just got a call from my hotel.
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They said they've got a free room upgrade for us, which is amazing, unexpected.
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They said they've had a cancellation, they've got a better room, and they've offered it to us.
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So I wasn't planning on doing a hotel tour because the room I'm staying in is nothing special, but might just have to now.
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Oh, this is good.
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I think I'm starting to sober up now.
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I can't believe how friendly those people were.
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Like just straight away invited me into their home, hammered me with drinks.
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I don't know how much I drank.
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We drank a lot in a very short period of time, but they were just so lovely.
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They wanted to share their food with me, share their drinks with me.
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At the end, I offered to give them some money and they weren't having a bar of it.
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I kind of expected this.
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I've been in similar situations before, but I just feel like you should offer at least.
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Man, what an experience.
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What a start to the trip.
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Vietnamese people are so lovely, but this is just, this day is off to an amazing start.
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Thank you so much.
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Bye.
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Coffee.
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So I guess I've stumbled upon the whole street market part of the city.
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This is really cool.
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Come check out some of this stuff.
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Oh, Guess who?
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No wait, guess who?
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God, bringing back some memories there.
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What have we got here?
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Trash and treasure by the looks of it.
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The next one is the first place to be in the world.
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This is a bit of a reminder of how tough it
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can be for how tough life can be for some of the locals here.
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You know we come here and think oh everything's so cheap everything's amazingly priced.
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Take my lunch as an example 15,000 dong like what's the profit margin in that?
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It has to be really tough for some of the local...
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Some things make no sense to me.
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We got a 40 minute car ride from the airport to the hotel and it was like $3.
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When you factor in the fuel and the cost of the car and everything, it is...
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A lot of it really doesn't make sense.
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So, this is a look at our new room and this is cool.
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This is quite a nice upgrade.
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Our other room was fine and it was just quite a lot smaller.
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So nice to be in here.
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We are right in the middle of District 1, right in the tourist area, just near Bouvien Walking Street.
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We are paying like 20 something dollars a night to stay here.
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We didn't need anything fancy for the trip, but this is a really nice upgrade.
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Anyway, we've still got half the day left, so let's get out and enjoy it.
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So I am on this trip with my girlfriend.
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We've come away for five days.
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We're celebrating our three year anniversary together, And the plan for this afternoon, we're going to go to a park nearby, take some photos together, do some cute couple things.
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And then I think it'll be time for a beer again.
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I just realized we're starting and ending the day with beers.
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Been really getting into using a digital camera to take photos.
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You get a really nostalgic image out of it.
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One of my friends in Japan was doing it on our last trip and I've just thought It's so much fun.
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So we've brought the camera along taking some really cool shots.
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Something I find really fascinating about this city is how much variety there is here.
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I mean, this is a really beautiful park
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and a really bougie part of town and it's kind of the complete opposite of where I was this morning.
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But Saigon is such a big city and it just has the entire range.
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I mean, this is, this place is beautiful.
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Well, this has been fun.
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This is a beautiful place to come and visit, but about that beer.
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Thank you!
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This is still getting ready, so I snuck away for a quick beer.
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Cheers!
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Oh man, 12 hours ago I landed here in Saigon
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and I never thought I would end the day with I never thought I would end the day feeling like this.
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This has just been one of those ultimate travel days.
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Those locals welcoming me and just made my day.
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So the plan for tonight, I'm gonna have this beer.
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We're gonna go hit the walking street, have some fun and see where the night takes us.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “One Day in VIETNAM Changed Everything.”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: beer, amazing, coffee, drink. Deze video bevat 179 zinnen en 1721 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 12:36. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 137 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| cheers | /t͡ʃɪəz/ | proost |
| invite werkwoord | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | uitnodigen, nodigen |
| karaoke zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/ | karaoke |
| smash werkwoord | /smæʃ/ | verpletteren, kapotslaan |
| hammer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhæmɚ/ | hamer |
| chaser zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɚ/ | jager, jaagster |
| drinker zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɹɪŋkɚ/ | drinker |
| fascinate werkwoord | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | fascineren |
| stumble werkwoord | /ˈstʌmbəl/ | struikelen, strompelen |
| unbelievably bijwoord | ongelooflijk | |
| evidently bijwoord | /ˈɛvɪdəntli/ | duidelijk, klaarblijkelijk |
| amazingly bijwoord | /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/ | geweldig |
| noisy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈnɔɪzi/ | lawaaierig |
| chili zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈt͡ʃɪli/ | chili, chilipeper |
| cancellation zelfstandig naamwoord | /kænsəˈleɪʃən/ | afgelasting, intrekken |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| check out werkwoord | onderzoeken |
| go down werkwoord | afdalen |
| go out werkwoord | naar buiten gaan |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I asked them, where should I go to eat in the area?
- I've got to get some food into me.
- I haven't eaten anything yet today.
- I've just come into a little street undercover.
- What have we got here?
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 always missed · I've just been invited · they've given |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was just walking · was looking · was buying |
| Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee is | should I go · shouldn't be · should offer |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | might take · might just have |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 64 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: smash /smæʃ/, cancellation /kænsəˈleɪʃən/, specialty /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: karaoke /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/, evidently /ˈɛvɪdəntli/, amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, cancellation /kænsəˈleɪʃən/, undercover /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: cheers /t͡ʃɪəz/, upgrade /əpˈɡɹeɪd/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: karaoke /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/, smash /smæʃ/, hammer /ˈhæmɚ/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, cancellation /kænsəˈleɪʃən/
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 cheers, invite, karaoke.
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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.