Shadowing Practice: READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 3A Was King Tut Murdered - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 3.
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A was King Tut, murdered.
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A King Tutankhamen was still a teenager when he died around 1322 BC.
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He ruled Egypt for ten years, the last king of a powerful family that had ruled the country for centuries.
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After his death, the body of King Tut, as Tutankhamen is usually known today, was placed in a gold-filled tomb.
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There he lay forgotten until the tomb's discovery in 1922.
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Although we know a lot about his life, the reason for King Tut's death at such a young age has remained a mystery, with murder the most extreme possibility.
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Now improved X-ray technology 1 and DNA 2 testing are offering new clues into the life and death of the boy king.
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When British archaeologist Howard Carter opened King Tut's tomb, it was full of gold and other amazing items.
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Carter spent months carefully recording the treasures.
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When he and his team attempted to remove King Tut's mummy, they found that it had become attached to its solid gold coffin.
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Unfortunately, they caused a great deal of damage to the mummy while removing it.
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C. In 1968, archaeologists conducted an examination of King Tut's mummy using simple X-ray technology.
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Three important discoveries led to various theories about his death.
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The X-rays showed that bones in Tut's chest were missing.
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Some guessed the damage was caused by a war injury or an accident.
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There was a small hole in the back of the skull and pieces of bone inside it, causing many to believe that Tut was killed by a blow to the back of the head.
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Was he murdered by people wanting to take control of Egypt?
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A serious fracture was discovered on Tut's left leg.
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Tut had been hurt a few hours before his death.
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Could an infection from the injury have killed Tut?
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In 2005, scientists under the direction of Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass used new and more effective x-ray technology to study the mummy.
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They discovered that the damage to Tut's chest was caused by Howard Carter,
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and the hole in Tut's skull was made when embalmers were preparing the body for burial.
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While this ruled out one theory, that of murder, it still doesn't tell us exactly how he died.
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Then in 2008, Hawass and his team analysed Toot's DNA.
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They found that he suffered from flat feet as well as a bone disease.
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This would have made it difficult for him to walk.
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When they analysed the DNA of the mummies in other tombs nearby, they made some shocking discoveries.
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They found Tut's father and mother, who had similar DNA, were actually brother and sister.
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The DNA they passed on to Tut may have left him highly vulnerable to disease, such as malaria.
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5. Did an infection that started in his fractured leg, added to the bone disease, cause his death?
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No one knows for sure.
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But Hawass and his team hope they will someday have an answer to this age-old mystery.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 3A Was King Tut Murdered”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: king, Tut, Dna, mummy, bone. Deze video bevat 35 zinnen en 494 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:26. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 144 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 78% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| mummy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmʌm.i/ | mummie |
| archaeologist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/ | archeoloog, archeologe |
| tomb zelfstandig naamwoord | /tum/ | tombe |
| fracture zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/ | breuk, fractuur |
| malaria zelfstandig naamwoord | /məˈlɛəɹi.ə/ | malaria |
| attach werkwoord | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | vastmaken |
| coffin zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɔfɪn/ | doodskist, kist |
| burial zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbɛɹi.əl/ | begrafenis |
| someday bijwoord | op een dag, ooit | |
| teenager zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/ | tiener, adolescent |
| treasure zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/ | schat |
| clue zelfstandig naamwoord | /kluː/ | aanwijzing, spoor |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| rule out werkwoord | uitsluiten |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is usually known · was caused · was killed |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has remained · have killed |
Uitspraak om op te letten
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: archaeologist /ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/, malaria /məˈlɛəɹi.ə/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: fracture /ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/
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 mummy, archaeologist, tomb.
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.