Shadowing Practice: stop trying to categorize yourself - Learn English Speaking with Video
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okay I think that's the last of them let's go oh and did I mention this video is sponsored by Surfshark
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the biggest question of my 20s undoubtedly is who am i as if that's a simple question
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just three harmless little words strung together in a way
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that will make you absolutely lose your mind
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and the older i get the more i wonder whether i've been asking the wrong question
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because whether you find an answer to it
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or not you still are yet somewhere along the way i felt like without
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that answer there also couldn't be a me instead there's just this tangled mess
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that has yet to reach its final form which is also exactly where the story goes wrong
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you see at some point i started treating my identity as something
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that must be understood by others rather than myself something
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that is straightforward and easily labeled and something that makes sense and so nowadays i exist in fragments
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there are different versions of myself that exist around different people parts of me that I've curated enough to be understood,
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that are still me, but also not, at least not fully.
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And while many things can be true at once, when it comes to who I am, I have somehow exempted myself from that rule.
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I think I've been treating my identity as though it's a niche, which might sound a little strange at first,
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but for everything that I do or try, I ask myself the same question.
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Is this it?
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Is this my thing?
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As if there's only one right answer, and that it's out there, somewhere.
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Like we're playing hide and seek and I'll know the second I lay eyes upon it.
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Except, I have laid eyes upon it countless times, it just didn't fit the description.
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In truth, I could probably give you a pretty good answer to the question of who am I.
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It would just take about 10 cardboard boxes, give or take, and quite a lot of unpacking.
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Nothing makes you realize just how much stuff you have like moving, and in my case also, how many versions of myself exist.
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I think for a long time I assumed that who I was
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and what I did had to be one coherent picture and it couldn't contradict itself in any way.
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For example, I consider myself to be a pretty outdoorsy person.
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I love being outdoors.
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I love hiking, camping, all that stuff.
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But at the same time, I am a huge homebody.
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I love being at home.
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I love being comfortable and cozy and warm and dry
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and I felt like those two things couldn't exist at the same time
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because clearly if I'm such a homebody then I just don't meet the qualifications
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or the requirements to be considered an outdoorsy person.
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Which it sounds so silly to say out loud
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but that's just kind of how my brain worked with so many different aspects of my life.
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Just assuming that if there was any form of contradiction then clearly that just wasn't who I was.
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It all just had to fit into this pre -designed box and then I would get frustrated if it didn't fit.
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It's easy to start feeling like you need to have a thing that defines who you are,
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some signal that will tell people what box to put you in because in many ways we're faced with it every day.
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It's this endless stream of niches and aesthetics and categories
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and types that's trying to figure out where you fit
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while simultaneously making you believe that wherever it places you must be it.
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There's this weird and unsettling feeling when someone thinks they know you better than you know yourself.
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In a lot of ways that happens every time we go online,
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where every tap and click and scroll is collected to figure out who you are.
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And I guess I've just had one too many instances where things were suggested to me and all I could think was,
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wait, how do you know about that?
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you need to find a niche is a phrase i've seen
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or heard increasingly often presented to you as though it's the answer to all of your problems
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it's the way to success the way to an audience, the way to be understood, or liked, or respected.
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And apparently, in my case at least, it's also the way to find yourself.
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You might be thinking, sure, but what does moving have to do with this?
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Well, imagine I would move and only take one singular box with me, a single category of items it would all be nice
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and on theme and coherent but it would be equally ridiculous
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because being on theme has now also come at the cost
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of literally every other belonging of mine every hobby every clothing
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piece every book every slightly contradicting item would be discarded for the sake of clarity
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and i think the same thing happens when you assume that you can only be one thing.
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You discard every other part of you for the sake of fitting into some non -existent box.
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It's really just abandonment, masked as self -discovery.
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Because I don't think the answer to finding out who you are is to water yourself down enough
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that there's only one option left.
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And so as I was packing, and then unpacking, I realized that I've spent so much time trying to put a finger on who I am,
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on finding the one thing that defines me,
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when all of these different sides of me have happily been living under one roof for so many years.
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And yeah, some are contradicting, some I haven't touched in months or years, some I've forgotten and found my way back to,
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some I'll always cherish, and others I don't always love.
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but there is room for all of them and more both in my house and in myself
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thanks again to surfshark for sponsoring this video you can find the link
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “stop trying to categorize yourself”. Deze video bevat 80 zinnen en 1142 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:05. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 141 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
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| niche zelfstandig naamwoord | /nɪt͡ʃ/ | nis |
| sake zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈseɪ̯k/ | -halve, wille |
| collect werkwoord | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | verzamelen, opstapelen |
| define werkwoord | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | bepalen, determineren |
| sponsor zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈspɒn.səː/ | sponsor |
| coherent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /koʊˈhɛɹ.ənt/ | samenhangend, coherent |
| finger zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | vinger |
| clothing zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ | kleding, kledij |
| ridiculous bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ | belachelijk, lachwekkend |
| discovery zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ | ontdekking, vinding |
| label zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈleɪ.bəl/ | etiket, label |
| aspect zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæspɛkt/ | aspect |
| steal werkwoord | /stiːl/ | stelen, ontvreemden |
| string zelfstandig naamwoord | /stɹɪŋ/ | draad, koord |
| equally bijwoord | /ˈiːkwəli/ | even, gelijk |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| figure out werkwoord | uitvogelen, er achter komen |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is | i've been asking · I've been treating · have happily been living |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is sponsored · must be understood · be understood |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've curated · have laid · I've just had |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 22 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I've, couldn't, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, aesthetics /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, cherish /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/, contradiction /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, undoubtedly /ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/, straightforward /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/, cardboard /ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: aspect /ˈæspɛkt/, mask /mæsk/, happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/, scam /ˈskæm/, clarity /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/, exempt /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/, singular /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, fragment /ˈfɹæɡmənt/, existent /ɪɡˈzɪst(ə)nt/
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 niche, sake, collect.
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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.