Shadowing Practice: People Read Their Last Breakup Texts - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Yeah, we hung out and have fun, but did I want to be in a long-distance relationship with you afterwards?
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No. And that should be OK with you.
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I tried to call him, and he refused to talk to me on the phone.
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Do you have any breakup texts?
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Actually, I don't.
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I deleted it.
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I was having like 20-20 vision, trying to get rid of my demons.
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Breakup texts?
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I deleted them all.
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I deleted them.
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I prefer to do that stuff in person, or at least on a FaceTime, not through text.
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Oh, I had the text.
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Let's do it.
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That shit was fun, but maybe I should let you focus on school.
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She said, okay, haha.
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I said, I mean, if you really need time, I don't want you getting bored of me fast.
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That's what she said, like, I get bored fast.
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Like, oh, ew.
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She says, OMG, but okay, if you say so.
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I'm like, okay.
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And then we ended it there.
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I'm like, okay.
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And then I just feel better.
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It was the most invested I had ever been in a relationship.
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We had said I love you to each other already and then she texted me, breaking up with me.
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If I'm being totally honest, I've had a lot of time to think about everything and I really only have time to focus on school.
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I don't think her personalities click super great at this time in my life, even though you're absolutely wonderful.
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I feel like my only compatible personality right now for me is Joss.
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For context, Joss is her cat.
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I'm sorry for the potential stress and frustration I've caused you.
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I hope you can forgive me, Sam.
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I'm super upset at life right now, but I understand and respect your priorities and why you're doing this.
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Kind of wish we could talk about this in person at some point.
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I have some questions if that's okay.
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Hope you're doing okay.
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Send Joss a kissy kiss.
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Then we had exchanges for maybe a month where I kept being like, okay, so like, can we meet?
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And she would be like, yeah, sure, this week.
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And then she'd be like, actually, I'm busy, maybe next week.
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And I was really disappointed because I thought, you know, you at least owe me like an apology or something in person.
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And I thought, you know, what we had was a little more real than that. But yeah.
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Stuff kind of hit the fan and her car got towed and she needed $600.
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I lent her the $600 and then on June 16th, 2018, I said good morning at 8.05, no response.
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Hey, baby, at 1.43, no response.
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11.30 p.m., I said goodnight.
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Eventually on the 20th, the exchange is this.
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Hey, hey, hey you, smiley face, because I'm cool.
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Listen, I'll pay you back as soon as I can, but I can't be in a relationship with you.
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It weighs too hard on my conscious that I'm not a good partner.
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I'm sorry to do this through text, but I don't have the energy for more right now.
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You're free.
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Be happy with someone normal.
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Couple months later, I didn't get a text from her, but I got a message from her email to my phone.
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And it's her, and it's like, Hey Eric, I hope you're doing well.
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Also, just to let you know, I should be able to pay you back next month.
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Sorry about the forever wait.
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And I've never, I've still never seen the money.
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She deleted me off all social media, and that was like two years ago, three years ago.
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Okay, look, I saw your phone while waiting for you, waiting for you and I saw her as your screensaver.
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I don't know what's going on anymore, but I think I have a good idea at this point.
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And of course, what are you talking about?
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And I just tell him I wanna know why she's your screensaver.
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And there's a 30 minute blank, no response, but he leaves me on read.
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So I'm like, okay, I know he's thinking of a lie.
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I know he's thinking of something to tell me.
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And this is what he comes up with.
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It's an app I found that changes screensavers like a slideshow.
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I have so many pictures I couldn't choose one.
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Ramon, you know I wouldn't do like that.
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And I'm like, okay.
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I knew in that moment all the red flags were in fact red flags, and this relationship needed to be done.
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He kind of attacks me and he's like, okay, believe what you want.
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So I send him like three question marks like, whoa.
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Then he ends the conversation and he goes, like I said, believe what you want.
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It's an app and sorry she was the screen saver when you looked, but you know I love you and wouldn't do you like that.
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And it hurts to think that you think it's like that.
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I'll talk to you later." And he put a period at the end.
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So he was being very stern because that's not how he talks or types.
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So I knew that he blamed it on me for believing what was the truth.
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So that's kind of how it went.
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He's still with the girl.
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He reaches out to me sometimes.
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He stalks my Instagram profile.
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So I said, there's something I've been wanting to tell you, but it's something that should be said in person.
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Are you doing anything on Saturday?
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And then I said, or would you rather not see me?
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And he said, I really don't want to see you, I'm sorry.
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I said, I understand, it's a lot.
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And he said, just tell me shit or don't tell me at all.
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And I said, okay, let me type it up.
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He said, okay, don't tell me at all, goodbye, Anna.
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And then I said, it's something I need to say, but I'm gonna tell you, just give me a few minutes.
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And he said, dude, really, Anna, this is ridiculous.
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And I'm like trying to type it up, but I kind of learned like, it just has to be short and sweet.
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It can't be me saying like, I'm in pain or, you know, I'm going through this.
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So I said, long story short, since you don't want the full story, is I was having a miscarriage the week we broke up.
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I didn't know until last Friday.
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And he said, okay, Anna, I'm really sorry about that.
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I said, I probably should have kept that to myself.
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He said, no, it's okay.
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I'm going to go to sleep though.
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I said, that hurts because it's like,
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I didn't even know that I was pregnant beforehand.
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It was hard and so I wanted to reach out to him.
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I don't know.
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I don't know why I thought he would care.
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And I don't know why I wanted him to care too because obviously like we weren't, no matter what we weren't going to be together.
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I was just...
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Like going through something like that really changes your head.
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So it's hard to move on when there's that constant reminder of what could have been and what,
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you know, I went through.
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And so I'm feeling hopeful, but it's just...
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It's hard sometimes.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 120 zinnen en 1334 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:31. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 178 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 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

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
delete werkwoord/dɪˈliːt/verwijderen
bore werkwoord/boɹ/vervelen
breakup zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/relatiebreuk
ridiculous bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/belachelijk, lachwekkend
afterwards bijwoord/ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/nadien, achteraf
disappointed bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/teleurgesteld
priority zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/voorrang, prioriteit
refuse werkwoord/ɹɪˈfjuːz/weigeren, afslaan
premium zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɹiː.miː.əm/prijs
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/tot ziens, tot weerziens
forgive werkwoord/fɚˈɡɪv/vergeven
leaf zelfstandig naamwoord/lif/blad
conscious bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkɑn.ʃəs/bij bewustzijn, alert
wallet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɑl.ət/portemonnee, portefeuille
reminder zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/geheugensteuntje

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
come up with werkwoordbedenken, verzinnen
get off werkwoordvan ... afgaan

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetwas really disappointed · be done · should be said
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltI've caused · I've still never seen

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 59 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: conscious /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/, frustration /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, slideshow /ˈslaɪdˌʃoʊ/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, compatible /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/

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 delete, bore, breakup.

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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