Shadowing Practice: Scholastic Phonics Booster Books - 23 Small Dawn - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Book 23, Small Don I want to be big and tall, said Don Why?
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said Ann Because I want to be on that team,
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Don said but I'm too small to do things.
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Like what?
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said Anne.
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I can't kick the ball far, said Dawn.
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My feet are too small.
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Shauna's feet are big.
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She can kick the ball from here to that wall.
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Shauna kicks the ball each day, said Anne.
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That's why she can kick far.
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No, said Dawn.
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It's because she is big.
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Shauna can run fast, said Dawn.
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I saw her win a race because she ran so fast.
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Shauna runs each day, said Anne.
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That's why she wins races.
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No, said Dawn.
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It's because she has long legs.
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Sometimes it's good to be small, said Anne.
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You can hide under the desk when we play hide and seek.
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I still want to be big and tall, said Dawn.
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I want to be on that team.
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You draw the best in our class, said Anne.
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We can draw the team.
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I do not want to draw the team, Dawn said.
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I want to play on the team, so I need to be big, not small.
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Look, even Rex is bigger than me, said Dawn.
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Don.
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Rex is a large dog, said Ann.
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His paws are bigger than my feet, said Don.
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What can I do to get big and tall?
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Ann opened her jaw wide in a yawn.
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Can we talk about this another time, she said.
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I want to go to the mall.
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The mall, that's it, yelled Dawn.
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I could get some tall shoes at the mall.
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Tall shoes, said Anne.
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Let's go, said Dawn.
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Don and Anne and their mother went to the mall.
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Don put on some tall shoes.
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Look at me, Don said.
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I'm not small, Don, anymore.
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Now I'm big and tall, Don said.
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I will kick the ball far.
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I don't think you can kick in those shoes, said Anne I will run very fast,
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Dawn said I don't think you can run in those shoes,
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said Anne When Anne and Dawn got home,
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they ran out to play Check this out, Anne, said Dawn.
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She went to kick the ball.
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Oh no, she yelled.
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Dawn and her tall shoes fell in a big heap.
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The ball did not go far.
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Here, take my hand, someone said.
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It was Shana.
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She came to help.
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Thank you.
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Why do you have low shoes on?
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Shana said.
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So I can be big and tall, said Dawn.
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I'm too small to be on the team.
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I can help, said Shauna So each day,
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Shauna and Dawn did lots of kicks They ran around the track After a few weeks,
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Dawn could kick the ball far She could run fast And one very fine day,
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she made the team.
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You are fast, said Shauna.
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You can kick, said Anne.
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I'm small, said Dawn.
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Anne let's okay.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 69 zinnen en 492 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:57. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 83 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 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

12 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

  • shoe /ˈʃu/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — schoen. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
  • mall /mɔːl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — winkelcentrum. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
  • yell /jɛl/ (werkwoord) — schreeuwen. To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
  • desk /dɛsk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bureau, schrijftafel. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
  • paw /pɔ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — poot. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
  • yawn /jɔn/ (werkwoord) — geeuwen, gapen. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
  • tall /tɔl/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — hoog. Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of…
  • leg /ˈlɛɡ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — been, poot. A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
  • seek /ˈsiːk/ (werkwoord) — zoeken, nastreven. To try to find; to look for; to search for.
  • kick /kɪk/ (werkwoord) — schoppen, stampen. To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
  • foot /fʊt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — poot, pootje. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
  • draw /dɹɑ/ (werkwoord) — aantrekken, gelijkspelen. To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

  • put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (werkwoord) — aantrekken, opzetten (headgear). To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 8 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

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 shoe, mall, yell.

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Vergrotende trap -er than / more … than — twee dingen vergelijkenbigger than
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill kick · will run

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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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