Shadowing Practice: Should Andi be worried?#shorts - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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Hi.
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I think you're in the wrong neighborhood.
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Are you looking for Coachella?
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This is Sophia.
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She volunteers down at the hospital.
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Come on in.
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What have you brought into our home?
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What's wrong with Sophia?
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You made a rule in this house that we would never hire hot babysitters.
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It's fine now.
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What is that supposed to mean?
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You know, we're getting older.
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Don't include me in that.
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The dad and the hot babysitter?
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That's the premise of, like, every good movie.
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It's a whole aisle at the video store.
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If you think there's still video stores, I got nothing to worry about.
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Kate, why did you cut up your new shirt?
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Oh, Sophia said to beat Tiffany at her own game by making it cooler than anything she wears.
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But I bought one too.
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We were twinsies.
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Oh, and you don't have to make dinner for me and Sophia.
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She's bringing sushi.
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I'm always trying to get you to eat sushi.
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You said you hate it.
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Sophia said I'd like it.
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I said you'd like it, but then Sophia said it.
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I don't see why you're so bent out of shape.
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I thought the whole reason you hired Sophia was so that Katie would like her. Was.
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But now you seem mad.
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Oh, I'm mad.
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Take it easy.
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You know what?
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Sophia needs to be told that there are boundaries.
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And I would like for you to do that.
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Right, I'll talk to her, but I think you're overreacting.
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We need to have a talk about boundaries.
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The wife's a little upset.
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Well, then I guess I'll just have to try to behave myself around you. Who?
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Me?
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Me?
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You know what I mean.
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I knew it!
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We're just ridiculous.
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That's me, ridiculous.
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See you tomorrow.
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Bye.
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When she was leaving, she said, see you tomorrow, and her eyebrows are going all over her face like this.
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Adam, I believe that you believe something happened.
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Fine.
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I'm going to prove it to you.
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Oh, hey, Sophia.
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Emmy left her doll on the floor.
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My roommate just texted me and said that she can't pick me up.
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Is there any way I could catch a ride home?
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Adam can take you.
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Good night.
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What are you doing to me?
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I was dying when you were showing off your arms.
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What?
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You talked to me about boundaries and your wife was right there.
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But she won't be on the ride home.
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I'll be waiting in the car.
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Uh-oh.
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Sophia is going to jump me in the car.
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You have to drive her home.
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What?
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You're having a midlife crisis.
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Last couple days, I've been feeling a little jealous.
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Uh-oh.
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And I know you had a conversation with my husband about boundaries.
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He told you about that?
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I just wanted to tell you, I'm cool with it.
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If it works for the two of you, it works for me.
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You're very open-minded.
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I know.
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It would be great if sometime all three of us could be together while you're doing your thing.
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We're gonna have some fun, Sophia.
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Yeah, most wives aren't this open to sharing their husbands.
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What now?

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Should Andi be worried?”. Deze video bevat 80 zinnen en 532 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:26. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 219 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 16 van de 80 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 10 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
boundary zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbaʊndɹi/grens
sushi zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsuːʃi/sushi
eyebrow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/wenkbrauw
aisle zelfstandig naamwoord/aɪ̯l/zijbeuk, vleugel
roommate zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/kamergenoot, huisgenoot
premise zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/voorwaarde
behave werkwoord/bɪˈheɪv/zich gedragen
doll zelfstandig naamwoord/dɑl/pop
bend werkwoord/bɛnd/buigen, plooien
sometime bijwoord/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/ooit

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
show off werkwoordzich aanstellen, pronken met

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • I think you're in the wrong neighborhood.
  • What have you brought into our home?
  • Kate, why did you cut up your new shirt?
  • What are you doing to me?
  • He told you about that?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 26 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, I'm, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: behave /bɪˈheɪv/, bend /bɛnd/

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. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als boundary, sushi, eyebrow.

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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