Shadowing Practice: Sarah Kay - Miles from Any Shoreline - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Miles from any shoreline.
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I frequently miss entire days caught in my brain's spider webs.
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But if I happen to look up in time to notice that the darkness still has a little daylight left to swallow,
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I will ivy up the fire escape to catch whatever embers of the day are still slow dying behind New Jersey.
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And last week, through the fog of my loneliness, I realized the living room was slippery pink,
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which I knew meant a light show must be on display.
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So with a quickness I reserved for emergencies, I scampered to the roof, and sure enough, an explosion of upside -down clementine,
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cotton candy, cloud wisps was tie -dying the Hudson River neon.
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And I swear, I am not a lightweight, but I was color drunk immediately, dizzy with gasp and skyward reaching,
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hoping my fingers might find a bell I could ring
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that would summon all of New York City to look up and west.
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But there was no bell and no one to call, just my own astonishment still willing to answer after the first ring how predictable.
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One good sunset and I release my nihilism like rose petals behind a bridal gown.
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Look, I have married my cynicism and renewed my vows.
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But it didn't stop the streetlights from coming on at the exact moment I passed beneath them
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when nobody else was in the park to see it, like the whole city was winking.
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And yes, I blushed, the way I do whenever someone beautiful flirts with me.
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I haven't stopped thinking about death.
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I am just wringing every last jaw drop from the tissue between heartbreaks.
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On a long run outside the city, along a highway and miles from any shoreline,
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I found a starfish alone on the asphalt.
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An unsolvable mystery with no witness to corroborate.
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And there I was again, wandering the streets of Bewilderville, population one.
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What else could I possibly do but swing wide the doors of my delight to this patron saint of unbelonging,
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fragile and whole and so far from home.
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If you too have been the one nobody asked to dance, I have a starfish I'd love to introduce you to.
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And I don't have any proof, but one time the wind or my ancestors
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or unseasonal warmth carried three hawks to my kitchen windowsill to rattle my coffin to cocoon
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and two of them left
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but one of them stayed eyed me through the glass like a promise
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or a dare so lately I am trying to pick up when the universe calls Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 31 zinnen en 434 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:24. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 127 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 74% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — vinger. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
- cloud /ˈklaʊ̯d/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — wolk. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- mystery /ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — mysterie. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
- introduce /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ (werkwoord) — introduceren, voorstellen. To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
- cotton /ˈkɑt.n̩/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — katoen, katoenplant. A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
- swing /ˈswɪŋ/ (werkwoord) — zwaaien, zwenken. To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — weefsel. Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
- dare /dɛ(ə)ɹ/ (werkwoord) — durven, wagen. To have enough courage (to do something).
- darkness /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — duisternis, donkerheid. The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
- candy /ˈkæn.di/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — snoepje. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
- spider /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — spin, kobbe. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- beneath /bɪˈniːθ/ — onder. Below.
- explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — explosie, ontploffing. A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
- sunset /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — zonsondergang. The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- delight /dəˈlaɪt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — vreugde, plezier. Joy; pleasure.
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
- look up /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ (werkwoord) — opkijken. To have better prospects.
- pick up (werkwoord) — oppakken, optillen. To lift; to grasp and raise.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals didn't, don't, haven't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, warmth /wɔɹmθ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/, blush /ˈblʌʃ/, asphalt /ˈæʃfɑlt/, starfish /ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, astonishment /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/, corroborate /kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/, cynicism /ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/
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 finger, cloud, mystery.
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.