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Unit 5.
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B. The Stories in the Rock When he was just six years old,
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Jörn Höram turned his bedroom into a small museum.
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His shelves became filled with a growing collection of fossils.
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For Höram, these fossils were not just rocks, but things that could tell the history of life on this planet.
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He imagined them saying, I am not a rock, I am a fossil.
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I have a story to tell.
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B. Hurum earned a PhD in paleontology in his native Norway.
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Since then, he has been on expedition seeking fossils all over the world.
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Much of his work has been carried out in Svalbard, a group of Norwegian islands north of the Arctic Circle.
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In the hills of this cold and remote region, Hurum and his team have found the fossils of many sea creatures.
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It might seem surprising to find the remains of such animals at the tops of hills,
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but in prehistoric times, these areas were actually seabeds about 100 metres deep.
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See, Hurum has returned to Svalbard many times.
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The dig season in the region is very short, from July to August.
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During that time, the temperature is just about warm enough to soften the frozen ground, allowing easier access to the fossils.
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There is also less wind, and the midnight sun makes it easy for the scientists to have long, productive days.
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D, even a dream job, has its challenges, however.
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Sometimes we find explodosaurs, he says.
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The team may find many broken bone pieces spread across a hillside.
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Then it becomes impossible to recreate the entire animal.
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We have to identify the entire animal from individual pieces.
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Each of Huram's expeditions also requires a lot of preparation.
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We have between 15 and 20 people, tons of equipment, food, jackhammers, water, he explains.
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There's a lot of work before you start the cool thing.
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E for Hurum, the cool thing, is the act of discovery.
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In 2006, his team made its greatest discovery so far.
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After removing about 60 tons of rock by hand, Hurum and his team eventually dug out an enormous fossil.
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We knew immediately this was something special, says Huram.
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The large pieces of bone told us that this was big.
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It was a plesiosaur, a prehistoric sea monster with teeth the size of cucumbers.
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The fossil was not complete, but it included a front flipper, a shoulder, and pieces of skull and neck.
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F for Huram, the discovery of this 15-metre-long creature nicknamed Predator X, was an amazing moment.
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It's like one of those scratch-off lottery tickets every time you dig, he explains.
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Sometimes you start digging and you might just find part of a skull or other bone.
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Sometimes you find the skull and the vertebra.
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Then you know it's a jackpot.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 5B The Stories in the Rocks”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: fossil, Hurum, pieces, rock, skull. Deze video bevat 37 zinnen en 463 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:12. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 144 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 76% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
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| fossil zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɑsl̩/ | fossiel |
| prehistoric bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/ | prehistorisch |
| metre zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmiːtəɹ/ | meter |
| expedition zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ | expeditie |
| ton zelfstandig naamwoord | /tʌn/ | ton |
| cucumber zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/ | komkommer |
| flipper zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈflɪpɚ/ | flipper |
| jackhammer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒækˌhæmɚ/ | drilboor |
| paleontology zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ | paleontologie |
| seabed zelfstandig naamwoord | zeebodem | |
| soften werkwoord | /ˈsɑfən/ | verzachten |
| vertebra zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvɝ.təb.ɹə/ | wervel, rugwervel |
| jackpot zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/ | jackpot |
| recreate werkwoord | /ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/ | recreëren |
| nickname zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈnɪkneɪm/ | bijnaam |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has been · has been carried · have found |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | might seem · may find · might just find |
Uitspraak om op te letten
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: prehistoric /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/, expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, paleontology /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɑləd͡ʒi/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: hillside /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/, productive /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, dig /dɪɡ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: jackhammer /ˈd͡ʒækˌhæmɚ/, jackpot /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/, scratch /skɹæt͡ʃ/
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 fossil, prehistoric, metre.
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.