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Listen and practice.
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I have a great roommate.
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She's neat and she makes me laugh a lot.
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She's got a wonderful sense of humor.
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She's really smart, too.
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She studies all the time.
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I sometimes wish she'd take more time off to make friends because she hardly knows anyone.
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She doesn't seem to feel comfortable when she's around people.
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Thank you.
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Listen and practice.
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Bob and I get along pretty well.
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He keeps the place really clean and neat.
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The only thing is, he loves to party.
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He's always inviting friends over,
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and they sit around and talk really loudly until it's very late.
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It makes it really hard for me to study.
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I've asked him not to do it when I'm studying,
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but he still does.
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I guess it doesn't bother him because he never studies.
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Thank you.
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Thank you. and practice.
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Anne is difficult to live with because she has very strong opinions.
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She always has to be right about things,
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and she just sits around all day watching TV.
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She never does anything active.
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The worst thing is she loses her temper very quickly.
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I think I need to find a new roommate.
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Thank you.
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Listen and practice.
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I like sharing a room with Greg.
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He's very quiet and always asks me if it's okay for him to listen to the radio or watch TV.
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He likes to keep the room nice and clean, just like I do.
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He helps me a lot with homework, too.
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He's really smart and is always happy to check over my assignments.
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Thank you.
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Listen and practice.
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I met this really nice family when I was in Korea last year.
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I was in a restaurant,
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and I was having trouble understanding the menu.
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The wife came over and asked me what I wanted to eat and told me all about Korean food.
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Then they asked me to join them at their table,
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and they paid for my dinner.
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They also invited me to their house.
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We became friends, and we keep in touch now by email.
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They'll take me to a famous temple the next time I go back.
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Isn't that fabulous?
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I can't wait to see that temple.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Listen and practice.
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Once when I was in Italy,
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I took a bus trip from Rome to Florence.
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The bus was very crowded,
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and I had to stand most of the way.
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I had a couple of small bags with me.
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One was a backpack that had my wallet in it.
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I kept it in front of me for the entire trip.
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But when I got to Florence,
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I couldn't believe what had happened.
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Someone had cut a hole in my backpack,
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put in their hand, and removed my wallet.
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Then they took the money out and put the wallet back inside my backpack.
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I never noticed a thing!
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It really ruined my vacation because I couldn't pay to get into any museums.
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So now I want to go back again next summer and see all the museums I missed.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Listen and practice.
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I was on vacation in Australia last summer when I got a terrible case of the flu.
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I had to stay in bed for four days.
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I have a cousin in Sydney who was really kind and spent a lot of time with me until I was better.
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By then, I only had three days of sightseeing left before I had to leave.
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I saw the Sydney Opera House and that was about it.
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The most awful thing is I didn't have the chance to go scuba diving.
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I want to go back and scuba dive there.
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They have the best coral reefs in the world.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Listen and practice.
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I have a really busy weekend ahead of me.
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I have to work about 10 hours on Saturday.
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I'm really excited about Saturday night, though.
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I'm going to my friend Alex's party.
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He always has great parties.
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I don't have to go to work on Sunday,
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but I do have to spend all morning and afternoon writing a paper for my history class.
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Then on Sunday night, I'm going to the movies with some friends.
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Thank you.
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Listen and practice I plan to study most of this weekend,
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but on Saturday evening, I'm going over to my friend's house.
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It's her birthday, so she's having a few friends over for dinner.
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I'm really looking forward to seeing her.
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We haven't seen each other in two months.
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I knew I wouldn't have time to go shopping on Saturday,
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so I bought her a birthday gift on Friday.
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I got her a sweater.
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I hope she likes it.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

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Deze spreekles op niveau A2 is gebaseerd op de video “(Reading Practice (Improve your pronunciation in English”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: practice, listen, Saturday, backpack, wallet. Deze video bevat 99 zinnen en 791 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 14:04. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
wallet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɑl.ət/portemonnee, portefeuille
backpack zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbæk.pæk/rugzak
temple zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtɛm.pl̩/tempel
vacation zelfstandig naamwoord/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/vakantie
invite werkwoord/ɪnˈvaɪt/uitnodigen, nodigen
dive werkwoord/daɪv/duiken, onderwaterzwemmen
roommate zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/kamergenoot, huisgenoot
awful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈɔːfʊl/verschrikkelijk, vreselijk
cousin zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkʌz(ə)n/neef, nicht
bother werkwoord/ˈbɑðɚ/storen
ruin zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹuː.ɪn/ruïne, bouwval
menu zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmɛn.juː/menu
assignment zelfstandig naamwoord/əˈsaɪn.mənt/toewijzing, toekenning
homework zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/huiswerk, huistaak
coral zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɔɹəl/koraal

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
go back werkwoordteruggaan
come over werkwoordlangskomen
get along werkwoordopschieten, overeenkomen
look forward to werkwoorduitkijken naar, zich verheugen op

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • She's neat and she makes me laugh a lot.
  • I can't wait to see that temple.
  • I couldn't believe what had happened.
  • I'm really looking forward to seeing her.
  • We haven't seen each other in two months.

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltI've asked · haven't seen
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepThe worst · The most awful · the best
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig ishas to be · need to find · had to stand
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtI'm studying · I'm going · I'm really looking

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 19 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, couldn't, doesn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: backpack /ˈbæk.pæk/, fabulous /ˈfæbjʊləs/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: wallet /ˈwɑl.ət/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/, sweater /ˈswɛtɚ/

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 wallet, backpack, temple.

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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