Shadowing Practice: READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 12A MYSTERY ON THE MOUNTAIN - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 12.
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A mystery on the mountain.
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A. Were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, really the first people to reach the top of the world's highest mountain?
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Some believe that British climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine reached the summit before them in June 1924.
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Unfortunately, this is difficult to prove because both men vanished somewhere high on the mountain.
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The world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, Komalangma.
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A body in the snow.
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B. In 1999, a team of climbers visited the mountain, hoping to solve this mystery.
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Near the first step, on the way to the summit, the team found Mallory's oxygen tank, evidence that he and Irvine had been near the top.
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Close by, a member of the team, Conrad Anker, discovered Mallory's body.
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C. When the team examined Mallory's body they found items like a knife and matches, but no photos.
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Why is this important?
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Mallory had carried a photo of his wife with him.
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He had planned to leave the photo at the top of the mountain if he reached it.
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First, to the top?
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D. Did Mallory and Irvine achieve their goal and reach the summit?
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Probably not, according to Anker.
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Here are some reasons for his conclusion.
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E. Difficult path slash poor equipment.
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Mallory and Irvine were last seen near the mountain's second step.
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This is a 27-metre wall of rock.
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Climbing this section is extremely difficult, even with modern climbing equipment.
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Without the right tools, it is unlikely that Mallory and Irvine were able to continue to the top.
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F. No frostbite.
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Mallory and Irvine were seen near the summit late in the day.
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Climbers who reach the summit at this time need to camp at the top.
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If you do this, it is common to suffer from frostbite.
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But Mallory's body had no signs of frostbite.
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Gee, so what happened to Mallory and Irvine?
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Anka thinks they probably turned back just after the first step.
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When Mallory was going down the mountain, perhaps he accidentally fell.
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Irvine's body has never been found.
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Whatever happened, they will always be remembered as early mountaineering heroes
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 12A MYSTERY ON THE MOUNTAIN”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Mallory, Irvine, mountain, summit, climbers. Deze video bevat 33 zinnen en 347 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:36. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 133 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 5 van de 33 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
summit zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsʌmɪt/bergtop, piek
mystery zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/mysterie
climb werkwoord/ˈklaɪ̯m/klimmen
suffer werkwoord/ˈsʌfɚ/lijden
solve werkwoord/sɒlv/oplossen
knife zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnaɪ̯f/mes
conclusion zelfstandig naamwoord/kənˈkluːʒən/conclusie, einde
discover werkwoord/dɪˈskʌvə/ontdekken
unlikely bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ʌnˈlaɪkli/onwaarschijnlijk
oxygen zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/zuurstof
accidentally bijwoord/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/toevallig
examine werkwoord/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/onderzoeken
metre zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmiːtəɹ/meter
climber zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈklaɪmɚ/klimmer, beklimmer
frostbite zelfstandig naamwoordbevriezing

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
go down werkwoordafdalen

Uitspraak om op te letten

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, examine /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/, vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/

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 summit, mystery, climb.

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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