Shadowing Practice: READING EXPLORER FOUNDATIONS UNIT 5 5A THE DISEASE DETECTIVE - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Five are the disease detective.
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Six children were in the hospital.
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They were C very sick, but the doctors didn't know what to do.
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They called Dr Richard Besser, an expert on strange illnesses.
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Finding a cause B first, Dr Besser needed to find the cause of the D illness.
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He looked for germs in the children's bodies.
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In every child, Dr Besser found the same type of the bacteria, E coli.
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He then looked at the bacteria's DNA.
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It showed him that type of E coli was dangerous.
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See, Dr. Besser knew E coli could move from animals to humans.
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Had the children touched animals that carried the bacteria?
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Besser found other E coli cases in the area where the children lived, but it wasn't enough.
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D. Besser then made a list of what the sick children had eaten.
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They had all eaten cheese, apple juice and fish.
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He then made a list of what healthy children in the area had eaten.
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They had eaten the cheese and fish, but not the apple juice.
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Case closed.
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Besser went to where the apple juice was made.
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He saw animals around the apple trees.
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He also saw the workers using dirty apples that had fallen on the ground.
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More importantly, he saw that the apples were not washed before the juice was made and that the juice was not heated.
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Doing these things would kill the bacteria.
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Besser then knew it was the apple juice that made the children sick.
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F. Besser's E coli case had a happy ending.
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The children got better.
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And what Besser learned that day now helps keep others safe.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 26 zinnen en 273 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 1:51. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 148 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
11 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| juice zelfstandig naamwoord | /d͡ʒuːs/ | sap |
| illness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪl.nəs/ | ziekte, aandoening |
| wash werkwoord | /wɑʃ/ | wassen, spoelen |
| worker zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | arbeider, arbeidster |
| detective zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈtɛktɪv/ | rechercheur, speurder |
| bacterium zelfstandig naamwoord | /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm/ | bacterie |
| germ zelfstandig naamwoord | /d͡ʒɝm/ | kiem |
| cheese zelfstandig naamwoord | /t͡ʃiz/ | kaas |
| strange bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ | vreemd, raar |
| expert zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛk.spɜːt/ | deskundige, expert |
| dirty bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈdɝti/ | vuil, smerig |
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 juice, illness, wash.
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.