Shadowing Practice: OPIc Tiếng Anh : Chủ đề housing P1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I would like to know where you live.
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Can you describe your home to me?
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What does it look like?
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How many rooms does it have?
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I would like to know where you live.
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Can you describe your home to me?
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What does it look like?
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How many rooms does it have?
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I live in an apartment with my family.
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I have lived there for three years.
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There are three bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen.
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Plus, there are two bathrooms and two balconies.
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In the living room, there are some furniture and home appliances.
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First, there is a sofa,
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a tea table, a cabinet, and a mirror.
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Also, there is a TV,
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an AC, and an air purifier.
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The living room is connected to the kitchen.
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In the kitchen, there is a sink,
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a dining table, and some cabinets.
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Plus, there is a fridge,
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a microwave, and a gas stove.
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Also, there is a water cooler,
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a rice cooker, and a coffee machine.
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So this is what my place looks like.
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What is your normal routine at home?
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Do you do housework every day?
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What do you usually do on weekdays,
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and what do you do on weekends?
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I think my favorite room at home is my bedroom.
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In my bedroom, I have a desk,
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a chair, a computer, and a dressing table.
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Plus, I have a bookshelf,
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a bed, a nightstand, and some dressers and closets.
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My room is the best place to kick back and relax.
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I can get some rest when I get home.
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Plus, I can do whatever I want to in my room.
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I can surf the Internet,
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listen to music, or get some sleep.
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Also, I can watch TV,
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read books, or watch movies.
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So this is what my favorite room looks like.
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Describe the home you lived in as a child.
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How was it different from the home you live in now?
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I try to clean my apartment whenever I can.
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First, I vacuum and mop the floors and dust the furniture.
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Plus, I clean the bathrooms after I take showers.
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Next, I do the dishes after I have meals.
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Also, I take out the garbage and recycling.
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On weekends, I do the laundry.
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First, I throw my laundry in the washer,
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and then I wash my clothes.
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After that, I hang dry the laundry on the rack.
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When they dry, I fold the clothes and put them in the dressers.
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So, these are the housework I do at home.
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I would like to know where you live.
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Talk about the different rooms in your home.
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Tell me about your favorite room in your home.
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What does it look like?
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I remember living in an apartment when I was a kid.
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There used to be a playground near my apartment.
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I used to play there all the time with my friends.
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I have many great memories of that place.
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But now, I live in a more spacious apartment.
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There is a park in the neighborhood where I can take walks.
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I can get some exercise there.
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Plus, there is a post office,
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a police station, a bank, and a bakery.
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Also, there is a subway station,
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a bus stop, a gym, and a library.
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Next, there is a convenience store,
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a coffee shop, and a dry cleaners.
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So, this is what my neighborhood looks like.
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Describe the home you lived in as a child.
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How was it different from the home you live in now?
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I remember having my mom's birthday party at home.
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It was her 68th birthday.
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We got a birthday cake and gifts for my mom.
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Also, we cooked some food for the party.
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Plus, we ordered in some Chinese food.
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The food tasted so good because I was starving.
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After the party, there were some leftovers.
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I helped clean up after the party.
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It was a very enjoyable party.
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Sometimes we want to change something in our home,
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maybe get new furniture or do some painting or decorating.
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Tell me about one change that you made in your home.
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Tell me why you decided to make that change and everything you had to do to make that change happen.
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I remember redoing the wallpaper at my apartment.
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After it was done, the walls looked brand new.
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I was very happy with the new look.
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Plus, I remember getting some new furniture.
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I got a new bed,
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a new table, and a new bookshelf.
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And then I rearranged the furniture.
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So, these are the changes I remember.
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I would like to know where you live.
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Talk about the different rooms in your home.
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Tell me about your favorite room in your home.
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What does it look like?
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I remember when the AC broke down at home.
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It was during summer and it was very hot without air conditioning.
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I called a technician to fix the problem.
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Plus, I remember when the remote control for the TV did not work well.
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I had to replace the batteries for the remote.
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Also, I remember when water leaked from the fridge.
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I had to wipe the water from the floor.
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Plus, I remember breaking a plate by mistake.
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So these are the problems I remember having at home.
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Talk about the place you lived in and the surrounding area when you were a child.
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What do you remember about that place?
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Describe your home from your early childhood in detail.
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As I mentioned, I remember breaking a plate at home.
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I dropped the plate by accident because it was slippery.
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I lost my grip.
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The plate broke into several pieces.
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I had to clean up the glass.
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I picked up the big pieces and vacuumed the small pieces.
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I tried to be careful,
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but I cut my hand on a piece of glass.
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It was bleeding and it was a little sore.
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Since then, I try to be more careful.
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Talk about a special memory you had at home with your family members.
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Perhaps you had guests over or had a party of some sort.
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Tell me about that experience in detail.
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I would like to know where you live.
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Can you describe your home to me?
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What does it look like?
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How many rooms does it have?
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There are always problems that happen in any home.
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Things break, projects do not go as planned,
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or people you live with do not cooperate.
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Tell me about some problems or issues that happened at your home.
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Pick one of those problems and explain everything that happened.
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When did it happen and what caused the problem?
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Explain in detail everything you did to resolve the situation.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “OPIc Tiếng Anh : Chủ đề housing P1”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: plus, describe, apartment, furniture, plate. Deze video bevat 136 zinnen en 1113 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:50. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 163 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 81% 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:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
laundry zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/was
bookshelf zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/boekenkast
housework zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhaʊsˌwɝk/huishouden, huishoudelijk werk
cloth zelfstandig naamwoord/klɒθ/doek, kleed
vacuum zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈvæ.kjuːm/vacuüm
appliance zelfstandig naamwoord/əˈplaɪ.əns/toestel, huishoudstoestel
decorate werkwoord/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/sieren, opsmukken
leftover bijvoeglijk naamwoordrestant, kliekje
nightstand zelfstandig naamwoordnachtkastje
rearrange werkwoord/ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/herschikken
recycle werkwoord/ɹəˈsaɪkəl/recycleren, recyclen
spacious bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈspeɪʃ.əs/ruimtelijk
washer zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/wasmachine, vaatwasser
weekday zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/werkdag, weekdag
starve werkwoord/stɑɹv/verhongeren, sterven van de honger

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
clean up werkwoordschoonmaken
pick up werkwoordoppakken, optillen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Can you describe your home to me?
  • What is your normal routine at home?
  • Do you do housework every day?
  • How was it different from the home you live in now?
  • What do you remember about that place?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
“Used to” used to + werkwoord — een vroegere gewoonte of toestand die niet meer kloptused to be · used to play
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig waswas starving · was bleeding
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig ishad to do · had to replace · had to wipe

Uitspraak om op te letten

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: bookshelf /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/, spacious /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/, washer /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/, technician /tɛkˈnɪʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: rearrange /ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/, starve /stɑɹv/, stove /stoʊv/, bleed /ˈbliːd/, surround /səˈɹaʊnd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: vacuum /ˈvæ.kjuːm/, balcony /ˈbælkəni/, rack /ɹæk/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: playground /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/, grip /ˈɡɹɪp/, garbage /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/

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 laundry, bookshelf, housework.

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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