Shadowing Practice: Practice: Letting the Feeling Come Closer - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Come and join me for a few minutes in a practice that I call Looking Under the Hood of Your Suffering.
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It's probably gentler than you expect.
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I'm not going to ask you to fix anything, or to feel better, or to make any feeling go away.
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Settle in, in any way that you feel comfortable.
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You don't need to close your eyes unless you'd like to.
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Take one breath and let it out.
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and let the day just set itself down for a moment.
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There's nowhere else you need to be right now.
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Now bring to mind one feeling that you've been keeping at a distance.
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something you've been a little too busy or a little too stoic to actually let yourself feel.
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You don't have to name it perfectly.
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Just let the feeling come a bit closer and give it some room.
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See if you can find where it lives in the body.
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Sometimes a feeling that we've been holding off shows up as a tightness in the chest,
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a heaviness behind the eyes, a knot in the stomach, a tension in the jaw.
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you're not trying to change it or push it away, you're just getting curious about it.
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Where is it?
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And what does it actually feel like?
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Stay with it a little longer than feels natural.
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Notice whether the feeling holds steady or shifts as you watch it.
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Whether it grows or softens or moves,
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you don't have to do anything to it, you're simply keeping it company.
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And notice, if you can, that you are still here.
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The feeling is here, and so are you, and there's room for both.
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this feeling is not a flaw or a failure to be calm it's part of being alive
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and you are strong enough to hold it
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now slowly let your attention widen back to the room around you
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The next time you catch yourself walling a feeling off,
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telling yourself, I'm fine, it's nothing, you might look under the hood instead
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and let the feeling come a little closer just Just for a moment to see what it has to tell you.
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And when you're ready, return gently to the rest of your day.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 31 zinnen en 369 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:45. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 78 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 89% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
12 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — nieuwsgierig. Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
- stomach /ˈstʌmək/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — maag. An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
- nowhere /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ (bijwoord) — nergens, nergens heen. In no place.
- breathe /bɹiːð/ (werkwoord) — ademen, ademhalen. To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- tension /ˈtɛnʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — spanning. The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.
- gentle /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — lieflijk. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- gently /ˈd͡ʒɛntli/ (bijwoord) — zachtjes, voorzichtig. Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
- knot /nɑt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — knoop, knot. A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its…
- flaw /flɔ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — barst, barstje. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- heaviness /ˈhɛvɪnəs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — zwaarte, zwaarheid. The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.
- soften /ˈsɑfən/ (werkwoord) — verzachten. To make something soft or softer.
- stoic /ˈstoʊ.ɪk/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — stoïsch. Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
- go away (werkwoord) — weggaan. To depart or leave a place.
- hold off (werkwoord) — tegenhouden. To delay (someone or something) temporarily; to keep at bay.
- show up (werkwoord) — tentoonstellen. To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 13 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, don't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
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 curious, stomach, nowhere.
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.