Shadowing Practice: Snow White - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
1
Snow White.
2
A long time ago when the snowflakes fell like feathers a queen sat sewing at a window.
3
She pricked her finger on a needle so that three drops of blood fell upon the snow.
4
How pretty her red blood looked dazzling on the whiteness the Queen said ah me
5
if only I had a child with skin as white as snow
6
and lips as red as blood
7
and hair as black as the ebony window in the spring
8
she had a child who was just as she had imagined and everyone called her snow white.
9
But alas, the good queen died and the king married a new queen whose heart was evil.
10
This wicked queen had a magical mirror and when she stood and gazed into it,
11
she asked, mirror mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all and
12
when the mirror replied thou oh queen are the fairest of
13
them all her vain heart rejoiced snow white grew more and more beautiful with every passing year.
14
At last, the time came when the mirror said, Oh Queen, if truth be told,
15
Snow White is fairest, now she is 16 years old.
16
And the Queen almost smashed the mirror in her rage.
17
The next morning she summoned a hunter and gave him orders.
18
Take Snow White out and don't bother to bring back anything but her heart.
19
The hunter led Snow White to the woods where, taking pity on her innocent heart, he told her to run and hide.
20
She ran and ran, cutting herself on brambles.
21
Meanwhile, the hunter returned to the queen with the heart of a deer.
22
Snow White fled until she came upon a cottage in the middle of the woods.
23
The door was open.
24
She went inside and saw that the furniture was child -sized.
25
She curled up on one of the seven little beds and fell asleep.
26
The owners of the cottage were seven dwarfs who spent the day mining for gold in the heart of the mountain.
27
When they came home that night, they lit their seven candles and saw
28
that an uninvited visitor was sleeping in one of their seven beds oh my what a pretty child
29
one of them exclaimed shh ordered another don't wake her up
30
where shall i sleep asked a third she's taken my bed well said a fourth there are seven hours in the night,
31
so every hour one of us must get out of bed and take a turn at sleeping in the chair.
32
And they all agreed that that was only fair.
33
When the sun rose, Snow White awoke.
34
How frightened she was when she saw the seven dwarfs.
35
But they were friendly and asked her name.
36
Snow White, she replied The eldest dwarf said Well,
37
Snow White, if you take care of our house, then you may live here
38
And Snow White agreed with all her heart Every morning the seven dwarfs went out to the mountain
39
And Snow White stayed at home to cook and keep the house
40
meanwhile the queen asked her mirror who is the fairest of all
41
and the mirror answered oh lady queen though fair ye be
42
snow white is fairer far to see over the hills
43
and far away She lives with seven dwarfs today Liar! screeched the queen in her rage
44
But soon she realised
45
that the hunter must have tricked her She decided to dress herself like an old peddler woman
46
And in this disguise she visited the dwarf's cottage And knocked on the door crying Pretty things,
47
very cheap, very cheap Snow White peeped from the window and said Good day, good woman.
48
What are your wares?
49
All sorts of pretty things, my dear.
50
Thank you, said Snow White.
51
Your scarves and laces are indeed pretty, but I will not buy any today.
52
It is a pity, said the old woman.
53
But never mind.
54
I will give you this apple, and perhaps you shall remember me another time.
55
The peddler woman took a bite out of the green side of the apple and handed the rest through the window.
56
Snow White thanked the old woman and bit into the fruit.
57
Little did she realise that the wicked queen had poisoned the rosy side of the apple, the part that Snow White now swallowed.
58
That night, when the dwarfs came home, they found Snow White lying upon on the floor.
59
No breath came from her lips.
60
They sat round her and wept for three whole days.
61
Then they made a coffin of shining glass, laid her in it, and placed her on top of the mountain.
62
It happened that a prince, out hunting, came across the glass coffin.
63
He was very much taken by the pale girl who lay so still inside it, and he thought she must be a statue left there by the ancients.
64
He ordered his servants to pick up the unusual object and carry it home.
65
In doing so, one of them stumbled and the glass box fell to the ground.
66
It shook terribly and the piece of poisonous apple
67
which had lodged in Snow White's throat came came out so that she opened her eyes alive once more.
68
Snow White and the Prince were soon wed.
69
They and the Seven Dwarfs lived long and happy lives
70
while the wicked Queen went mad with envy for she could never be the fairest of them all.
71
And that was the story of Snow White.
72
Thank you.

Waarom spreken oefenen met deze video?

Leer engels met video's is een geweldige manier om je spreekvaardigheid te verbeteren, en de "Snow White"-video is perfect voor beginners en gevorderden. De dialoog is helder, met eenvoudige zinnen die je snel kunt herhalen, en de verhaalstructuur helpt je om context te begrijpen. Door te oefenen met deze video, leer je niet alleen nieuwe woorden, maar ook hoe je emoties en intonatie gebruikt om een verhaal te vertellen. Ideaal voor engels spreekvaardigheid oefenen met een leuk verhaal!

Grammatica & Uitdrukkingen in context

Let's op deze handige structuren in de video:

  • "If only I had a child...": Deze "wish - clause" wordt gebruikt om een verlangen te uiten. Prachtig om te oefenen voor je eigen verhalen!
  • "Take Snow White out and don't bother to bring back...": De opdrachtstructuur met "take" en "don't bother" is erg nuttig in alledaagse situaties.
  • "If you take care of our house, then you may live here": Een conditionele zin die je helpt om afspraken te maken. Herhaal deze zin om de structuur te onthouden!

Veelvoorkomende uitspraaktraps

Bij het verbeteren van je engelse uitspraak zijn er een paar woorden die makkelijk misgaan:

  • "Ebony": Zeg het als "eb - uh - nee", niet "ee - bony". Luister naar de video om de juiste klank te horen.
  • "Brambles": Dit is "braamstruiken" en wordt uitgepraat als "bram - buls". Let op de "b" en "l" klanken.
  • "Peddler": Een "koopman" wordt gezegd als "ped - ler". Vermijd het om het te verwarren met "paddle"!

Gebruik een shadowing app of probeer schaduwspreken: speel een korte fragment van de video af en herhaal het onmiddellijk na, net als een echo. Dit helpt je om de intonatie en tempo te leren. Met een beetje oefening zul je zien dat je spreekvaardigheid snel verbeterd!

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetbe told · are indeed
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepthe fairest · The eldest
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill not buy · will give

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.

Shadowing-techniek: lees de volledige stap-voor-stap-gids →