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Why does a week have seven days?
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Why not five, or ten, or even twelve?
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A day comes from the Earth turning once.
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A year comes from one trip around the Sun.
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But the week? That one is a little stranger.
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Let's start with the Moon.
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Every night, its shape changes a little.
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Each big change takes about seven days.
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Long ago, this made the Moon a handy clock.
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There's just one problem, though.
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The numbers don't fit perfectly,
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so the Moon isn't the whole story.
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Thousands of years ago, people in Babylon studied the sky.
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They noticed seven bright lights that moved among the stars.
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The Sun, the Moon, and five planets they could see.
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For them, seven became a very special number.
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The Jewish calendar also has a rest day every seventh day.
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You can still see these old ideas in English.
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Sunday is the Sun's day, and Monday is the Moon's.
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Saturday was named after the planet Saturn.
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And Thursday comes from Thor, the Norse god of thunder!
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In French, Tuesday is "mardi", the day of Mars.
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Believe it or not, the Romans once had eight-day weeks!
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Slowly, the seven-day week spread across their empire.
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In the year 321, Emperor Constantine made Sunday a day of rest.
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Since then, much of the world has followed the same pattern.
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Some countries tried to change it, though.
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After the French Revolution, France switched to ten-day weeks.
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Workers got only one day off in ten!
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Not surprisingly, people hated it,
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so Napoleon brought back the old week.
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In 1929, the Soviet Union tried five-day weeks instead!
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Family members often had different days off, so they rarely met.
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By 1940, the seven-day week was back again.
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So the week isn't really a law of nature.
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It's a habit we've shared for thousands of years.
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And honestly, who would want to give up the weekend?
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “SE-Ed: Why Does a Week Have Seven Days?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: seven, Moon, ten. Deze video bevat 37 zinnen en 315 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:07. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 149 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| clock zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɑk/ | teller, kilometerteller |
| worker zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | arbeider, arbeidster |
| rarely bijwoord | /ˈɹɛəɹli/ | zelden |
| calendar zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkæl.ən.də/ | kalender |
| seventh bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsɛvənθ/ | zevende |
| habit zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | gewoonte |
| thunder zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθʌndɚ/ | donder |
| surprisingly bijwoord | /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/ | verrassend |
| planet zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈplænɪt/ | planeet |
| strange bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ | vreemd, raar |
| slowly bijwoord | /ˈsloʊli/ | traag, traagjes |
| bright bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈbɹaɪ̯t/ | fel, helder |
| perfectly bijwoord | /ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/ | perfect |
| switch zelfstandig naamwoord | /swɪt͡ʃ/ | schakelaar |
| pattern zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpætɚn/ | sjabloon |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| give up werkwoord | zich overgeven |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals isn't, don't, we've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/, thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: twelve /twɛlv/, strange /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: calendar /ˈkæl.ən.də/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, planet /ˈplænɪt/, pattern /ˈpætɚn/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: worker /ˈwɝ.kɚ/, twelve /twɛlv/, switch /swɪt͡ʃ/
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 clock, worker, rarely.
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