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When did you last laugh out loud?
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I bet it wasn't because of a joke.
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That sounds strange, but it's true.
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Most of our laughter has nothing to do with jokes.
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A few years ago, my dad spent a month in hospital.
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My sister and I visited him every evening, and we were very worried.
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One night, she tried the hospital sandwich and made a terrible face.
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We started laughing, and we couldn't stop for ten minutes!
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It wasn't even funny, but we felt so much better.
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I wanted to know why that happened.
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An American scientist called Robert Provine studied this for years.
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His team sat in malls and parks, and they listened to people.
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Every time someone laughed, they wrote down what was said before it.
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They collected over a thousand laughs,
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but fewer than one in five came after a joke!
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Most came after ordinary sentences about everyday life.
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So, if laughter isn't about jokes, what is it about?
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Provine found that we laugh thirty times more with other people!
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When we're alone, we hardly laugh at all.
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Laughter is a signal that tells people we're friends and we're safe.
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Later, scientists at Oxford tested something else.
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People watched a comedy video together, or they watched a boring one.
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Then the scientists checked how much pain they could take.
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The people who laughed could take much more pain!
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Laughing makes the brain release chemicals that make us feel good.
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My dad is fine now, and he loves this story.
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Every time we eat together, someone mentions that sandwich.
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And every time, we laugh again!
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So, don't wait for something funny to happen.
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Call a friend, share a silly story, and laugh together.
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If you laugh with someone, you become closer.
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Laughter isn't about jokes.
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It's about people.
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Thank you.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “SEtalk: The Real Reason We Laugh”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: laugh, joke, scientist. Deze video bevat 34 zinnen en 302 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:25. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 125 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
laughter zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlæftɚ/gelach
scientist zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsaɪəntəst/wetenschapper, wetenschapster
everyday bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/alledaags
ordinary bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/gewoon, alledaags
silly bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈsɪl.i/ondoordacht, dom
collect werkwoord/ˈkɑlɪkt/verzamelen, opstapelen
fewer/ˈfjuː.ɚ/minder
mall zelfstandig naamwoord/mɔːl/winkelcentrum
bore werkwoord/boɹ/vervelen
laugh werkwoord/læf/lachen
joke zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/mop, grap
strange bijvoeglijk naamwoord/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/vreemd, raar
signal zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsɪɡnəl/signaal, sein
sentence zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsɛn.təns/veroordeling
chemical bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkɛm.ɪ.kəl/chemisch, scheikundig

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
write down werkwoordopschrijven, neerschrijven

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • When did you last laugh out loud?
  • I bet it wasn't because of a joke.
  • When we're alone, we hardly laugh at all.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 9 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, isn't, wasn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, strange /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/, loud /ˈlaʊ̯d/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: laughter /ˈlæftɚ/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, laugh /læf/

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 laughter, scientist, everyday.

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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