Shadowing Practice: READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 6B THE TRUTH ABOUT GREAT WHITES - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
1
Unit 6B – The Truth About Great Whites In sunny California, Craig Rogers was sitting on his surfboard,
2
scanning the distance for his next wave.
3
Suddenly, his board stopped moving.
4
He looked down and was terrified to see a great white shark biting the front of his board.
5
I could have touched its eye with my elbow, says Rogers.
6
The shark had surfaced so quietly that he didn't hear a thing.
7
In his horror and confusion, he waved his arms and accidentally cut two of his fingers on the shark's teeth.
8
He got off the opposite side of his surfboard, into the water.
9
Then, despite Rogers being in the water with blood flowing from his fingers, the five-meter-long shark simply swam away.
10
B. Over a hundred shark attacks happen worldwide each year.
11
Of these, one-third are said to be great white attacks.
12
Great whites are often described as man-eaters, creatures that hunt and kill humans, but this is factually inaccurate.
13
Great whites rarely kill their human victims.
14
In fact, a person has a greater chance of being killed by lightning squared than by a great white, With frightening jaws that hold around 300 teeth in several rows,
15
a great white can kill very easily.
16
Surprisingly though, most great white victims live to tell the tale.
17
Shark researchers are trying to understand the reasons great whites attack people
18
and why most of those people manage to escape a horrible death.
19
See, one of the most common explanations for great white attacks is that great whites don't see well.
20
It is thought that they often mistake a person for a seal or sea lion, a very tempting snack.
21
However, there is reason to doubt this, some research now shows that great whites can actually see and identify seals very well.
22
When attacking seals, great whites shoot up to the surface and bite with great force.
23
However, when they approach humans, they often move in slowly and bite with less force.
24
They take a bite, feel them over, then move on, says Peter Klimley, author of The Secret Lives of Sharks.
25
D-shark experts like Klimley believe that great whites attack because they are actually curious animals that like to investigate things.
26
They believe that it's possible great whites use their bite not just to kill and eat, but also to gather information.
27
According to this idea, once a great white identifies what it is biting, it simply lets go.
28
Even though such experiences are unlucky for people like Craig Rogers, perhaps when sharks bite surfboards, other objects, or even people,
29
they are just trying to learn what they are.
📺 Zelfde Kanaal
B11
READING EXPLORER FOUNDATIONS UNIT 5 5B AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME
TOEFL PrepUniversity Students
B11
READING EXPLORER FOUNDATIONS UNIT 10 10A WILD WEATHER
IELTS PrepHigh School Students
B12
READING EXPLORER FOUNDATIONS UNIT 5 5A THE DISEASE DETECTIVE
IELTS PrepHigh School Students
B12
READING EXPLORER FOUNDATIONS UNIT 4 4A I’VE FOUND THE TITANIC!
Cambridge Exam PrepHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B11
READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 4B THE CHANGING FACE OF KUNG FU
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B14
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 7A THE TRUTH ABOUT DINOSAURS
Cambridge Exam PrepHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B13
READING EXPLORER FOUNDATIONS UNIT 3 3B GETTING THE SHOT
TOEFL PrepUniversity Students
B16
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 7B MYSTERY OF THE TERRIBLE HAND
IELTS PrepTOEFL PrepHigh School Students
B15
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 9B SMOKEJUMPERS
IELTS PrepTOEFL PrepHigh School Students
B16
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 9A MEET THE METEORITE HUNTER
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B17
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 8A THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
A25
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 8B THE SEVEN RAVENS
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
B14
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 10A THE ARMY’S TRUE COLORS
Cambridge Exam PrepHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B147
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 5A GLOBAL CITIES
IELTS PrepTOEFL PrepHigh School Students
B15
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 2B ADVENTURE ISLANDS
Travel EnglishHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B13
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 3A MOVE TO THE MUSIC
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B12
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 6B WHAT’S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B14
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 4B LIVING IN SPACE
IELTS PrepTOEFL PrepHigh School Students
B14
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 2A THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME
Travel EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B12
READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 5B A TASTE OF TWO CITIES
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
✨ Aanbevolen Video
B25
33 zinnen
RE2 Unit 6B
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B12
348 zinnen
Reading for Vocabulary WORD | Level B | Lesson 01 | Brian Stuart I ( Learn English )
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B12
86 zinnen
George Tells The Beached Whale Story | The Marine Biologist | Seinfeld
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B11
28 zinnen
Track 41-42
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B12
18 zinnen
White sands come from fish?! Beach sands have a story behind them?
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B14
92 zinnen
Are killer whales really dangerous?
American AccentTeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B22
66 zinnen
All About Whale Sharks – Quiz Edition
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B11
120 zinnen
Do sharks really want to eat people?
American AccentTeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
![[Unit 6.2] The Fossil Hunters - 4000 Essential English Words](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bvWYZ-FDEH8/mqdefault.jpg)
B14
30 zinnen
[Unit 6.2] The Fossil Hunters - 4000 Essential English Words
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B131 zinnen
He can hear the sound of the sea.#shorts
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 6B THE TRUTH ABOUT GREAT WHITES”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: shark, bite, attack, Rogers, kill. Deze video bevat 29 zinnen en 439 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:56. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 150 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 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 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| bite werkwoord | /baɪt/ | bijten |
| surfboard zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɝfˌbɔɹd/ | surfplank |
| seal zelfstandig naamwoord | /siːl/ | zegel |
| factually bijwoord | feitelijk | |
| frighten werkwoord | /ˈfɹaɪ.tən/ | bang maken, beangstigen |
| metre zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmiːtəɹ/ | meter |
| elbow zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛlboʊ̯/ | elleboog |
| snack zelfstandig naamwoord | /snæk/ | tussendoortje |
| researcher zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | onderzoeker |
| jaw zelfstandig naamwoord | /d͡ʒɔː/ | kaak |
| sunny bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsʌni/ | zonnig |
| scan werkwoord | /skæn/ | afspeuren |
| surprisingly bijwoord | /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/ | verrassend |
| confusion zelfstandig naamwoord | /kənˈfjuːʒən/ | verwarring, war |
| swim werkwoord | /swɪm/ | zwemmen |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| get off werkwoord | van ... afgaan |
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 | was terrified · are said · are often described |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | are trying · is biting · are just trying |
Uitspraak om op te letten
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: inaccurate /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als bite, surfboard, seal.
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.