Shadowing Practice: PET 4 Test 2 part 2 questions 8-13 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Now turn to part two, questions eight to thirteen.
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You will hear a woman called Sarah talking to a group of people about her painting.
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Now we are ready to start.
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Listen carefully.
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You will hear the recording twice.
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Well, good evening everyone.
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I've come along to talk to you about my painting.
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It was just a hobby, but it's really more than that now.
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I used to paint in the evenings after work, but now I work four days a week instead of five.
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That means I spend Friday, Saturday and Sunday on my painting.
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I have pictures in local exhibitions at least once a month.
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I'd love to give up my job and spend all my time painting, but I work with computers and I earn more that way.
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I do make some money from selling my pictures, enough to pay for all my paint, brushes and paper and a few art lessons.
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I'd love to go to art college full time for three years, but I've got all the rent on my flat to pay and a car to run.
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I first became interested in art when I was at primary school.
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I used to go out with some paper and a few pencils during break time and draw anything I saw.
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Houses, gardens, people.
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Then at secondary school we had art classes twice a week
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and I learnt how to use chalk and then different kinds of paint, watercolours, oils and so on.
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Those classes were really useful for me, and ever since then I've had lessons of some kind.
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I've attended evening classes and been on what they call painting holidays, where you go out into the countryside and paint during the day,
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and then sit and discuss your work with a teacher and the other artists after dinner.
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Those holidays are great.
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You learn so much talking to other people studying with you.
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I've enjoyed painting in lots of different countries.
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I've been to Morocco and painted desert scenes with beautiful sunrises.
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I've been to Greece and Spain and painted pictures of the local people working in the fields near their homes.
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My favourite place is still Scotland.
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I love walking in the Scottish mountains and there are so many different birds to see, especially in spring.
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Well, I'm going to finish now by showing you a video of the places I visited.
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After that, there'll be a chance to relax with a cup of coffee and then there'll be time for some questions.
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Oh, and I've got some information about my next art exhibition for you.
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it's going to be at the Queen's Gallery now if someone would turn off the lights then i can now listen again
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well good evening everyone i've come along to talk to you about my painting It was just a hobby,
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but it's really more than that now.
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I used to paint in the evenings after work, but now I work four days a week instead of five.
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That means I spend Friday, Saturday and Sunday on my painting.
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I have pictures in local exhibitions at least once a month.
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I'd love to give up my job and spend all my time painting, but I work with computers and I earn more that way.
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I do make some money from selling my pictures, enough to pay for all my paint, brushes and paper and a few art lessons.
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I'd love to go to art college full time for three years
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but I've got all the rent on my flat to pay and a car to run.
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I first became interested in art when I was at primary school.
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I used to go out with some paper and a few pencils during break time and draw anything I saw.
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Houses, gardens, people.
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Then at secondary school we had art classes twice a week
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and I learnt how to use chalk and then different kinds of paint, watercolours, oils and so on.
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Those classes were really useful for me and ever since then I've had lessons of some kind.
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I've attended evening classes and been on what they call painting holidays,
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where you go out into the countryside and paint during the day
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and then sit and discuss your work with a teacher and the other artists after dinner.
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Those holidays are great.
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You learn so much talking to other people studying with you.
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I've enjoyed painting in lots of different countries.
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I've been to Morocco and painted desert scenes with beautiful sunrises.
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I've been to Greece and Spain and painted pictures of the local people working in the fields near their homes.
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My favourite place is still Scotland.
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I love walking in the Scottish mountains, and there are so many different birds to see, especially in spring.
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Well, I'm going to finish now by showing you a video of the places I visited.
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After that, there'll be a chance to relax with a cup of coffee, and then there'll be time for some questions.
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Oh, and I've got some information about my next art exhibition for you, It's going to be at the Queen's Gallery.
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Now, if someone would turn off the lights, then I can...
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That is the end of part two.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “PET 4 Test 2 part 2 questions 8-13”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: painting, paint, classes, evening, pictures. Deze video bevat 63 zinnen en 875 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:25. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 137 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 85% 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 13 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
lesson zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɛs.ən/les
exhibition zelfstandig naamwoord/ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/tentoonstelling
earn werkwoord/ɝn/verdienen
desert zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdɛz.ɚt/woestijn, woestenij
relax werkwoord/ɹɪˈlæks/losmaken
brush zelfstandig naamwoord/bɹʌʃ/borstel, (paint-) verfborstel
pencil zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɛnsəl/potlood, griffel
hobby zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhɑ.bi/hobby, vrijetijdsbesteding
countryside zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/platteland, buitengebied
sunrise zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsʌnɹaɪz/zonsopgang, zonsopkomst
chalk zelfstandig naamwoord/t͡ʃɔk/krijt, krijtgesteente
carefully bijwoord/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/voorzichtig
watercolour zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ/waterverf, aquarel

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
give up werkwoordzich overgeven
turn off werkwoorduitzetten, uitschakelen

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 paint · used to go
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltI've come · I've had · I've attended
Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgdenjoyed painting · love walking
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenI'm going to finish · it's going to be

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 26 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I've, I'd, there'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, brush /bɹʌʃ/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, watercolour /ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/, sunrise /ˈsʌnɹaɪz/

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. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als lesson, exhibition, earn.

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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