Shadowing Practice: Tatterhood and the Troll King - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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The End The End The End Long,
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long ago, in a land of jagged mountains and mirror-still fjords, there stood a castle carved from ancient pine and whispered secrets.
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It was a place where the wind sang through dragon-scale shingles, and the mist rose like ghosts from the icy water.
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And on this night, the castle held its breath, for two very different souls were about to enter the world.
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My heart, it beats two different rhythms tonight, my king.
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One wild as a storm, one gentle as a still pond.
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They will balance each other like the sun and the moon.
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Breathe, my love.
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And so, by the flicker of candlelight and the whisper of the midnight moon, the kingdom received its greatest treasure.
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Not one princess, but two.
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Two.
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Whee!
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Faster, Bannister!
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I am the queen of the whole wide slide! And Tatterhood?
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She was the chaos.
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You are so proper, Princess Lillia.
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A true image of royalty.
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Someone must keep the peace, while my sister keeps the chaos.
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Order is a kind of armor, is it not?
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Look, Lillia!
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I caught him by the moat!
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His name is Sir Croax-a-Lot!
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You are impossible, Tatterhood, and you are covered in mud.
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That's because Sir Croax-a-Lot put up a fight!
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Not the flour!
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My sourdough starter!
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Little cards!
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Chaaaaa!
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Ha ha!
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Look at her!
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She has the spirit of a warrior!
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She will be a legend!
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I fear that spirit will call the shadows.
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They are watching.
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Grandma said the spoon held old magic.
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I just thought it was for soup.
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The spoon knew it had been waiting for her all along.
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But magic, like moonlight, casts both light and shadow.
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And deep within the black waters of the fjord, something ancient stirred.
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Trolls, lumpy, grumpy, and hungry for trouble, rose from the deep.
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Their eyes glowed like sickly green fire, and their hearts beat only for mischief.
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They had smelled something sweet upon the night air and they were coming to take it.
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Dithycay!
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Tatterhorn, help!
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Nobody hears you, little flower.
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She heard and she was coming.
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Put my sister down, you lumpy boulder!
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Ow!
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It burns!
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It burns like hot porridge!
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Turns out, porridge wasn't the only thing that burned.
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Come get them, Scruffy, if you dare!
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No, no!
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Tatter!
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And with a thunderous splash, the Troll King vanished beneath the dark water.
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I'm coming, Lilia.
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I'm coming, Kek.
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No troll takes my family.
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Tatterhood, please, it's too dangerous.
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You are just a child.
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I am the child with the spoon and I am going I will bring her back And so alone
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but not broken Tatterhood stepped into the waiting dark behind her the castle's warm glow flickered like a fading memory
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Ahead lay the ancient whispering forest.
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You know the way old friend Let's go Yuck!
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Sticky thorns!
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Let go of my hair, you overgrown toothpicks!
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Back off!
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Oh, come on!
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A broken bridge?
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That's just rude!
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Who breaks a bridge and doesn't fix it?
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Grandma always said if you can't go over it, swing under it.
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Wee, Wainer!
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This is terrifyingly fun!
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One down, a thousand trolls to go.
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And now, a vacation home for monsters.
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Great, just great.
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The one who wields the kitchen weapon shall break the stone crown.
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Well, that's oddly specific.
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I thought it was just for soup.
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Whoa!
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It's a.. it's a map!
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The ancient stones spoke to her, not in words, but in warm golden light.
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The painted map glowed like a heartbeat, showing a path that twisted through mountains and mist, ending at a terrible place.
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There you are, you ugly rock pile.
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I'm coming for my sister.
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Alright, messy hair.
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Time to make some noise.
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I will stew that goat and wear that flower in my crown.
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My sister is coming, and she has a very big spoon.
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A spoon!
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Pots and pans.
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Grandma's story said trolls hate loud noise.
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Let's make a symphony.
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Behold!
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The Noisemaker of Doom!
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I should have tied them on tighter.
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Wake up, ugly!
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Bang, bang, bang!
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Tatterhood!
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I knew you'd come!
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I knew it!
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I'd cross a thousand ravine things for you, and a hundred troll kitchens.
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Wait, we're floating!
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Tatterhood, we're floating!
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Trust the spoon!
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See?
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I told you the spoon was good for soup and rescue.
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You are impossible, completely, utterly impossible.
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Bah.
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Morning came, soft and golden, as if the sky itself was sighing with relief.
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The fjord shimmered with the colours of hope And the castle, though scarred, stood tall against the dawn They're alive!
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The princesses are alive!
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We made it!
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Told you!
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My brave girls, my wild one, my gentle one I thought I'd lost you both!
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We're both a little bit of both, Mama We just took the long way home And so the old spoon found its resting place upon a sunlit sill.
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Its runes had faded, its magic spent, but not wasted.
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It had carried a brave little girl across the world and back again.
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You know, you're still a mess.
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And you're still too neat.
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Balance, sister, that's what we are.
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Tatterhood, use a fork!
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My friends, my family, to my daughter, Tatterhood, who taught us all that a true warrior doesn't need a sword.
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She just needs a brave heart and a good kitchen spoon.
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I can't believe he said that.
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I can.
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It's true.
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I couldn't have done it without you to rescue.
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And I couldn't have done it without you to rescue me.
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And so, dear listener, if you ever feel too messy, remember the little girl with tangled hair and a wooden spoon.
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Remember that bravery doesn't ask for permission.
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The greatest heroes are the ones who are just impossibly themselves.
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So, remember kids, you don't have to be perfect to be a hero.
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You don't need a sword or a crown or a fancy plan.
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You just need to be brave enough to be perfectly you.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 136 zinnen en 997 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:50. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 113 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 73% 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:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
spoon zelfstandig naamwoord/spuːn/lepel
brave bijvoeglijk naamwoord/bɹeɪv/moedig
rescue werkwoord/ˈɹɛs.kjuː/bevrijden, redden
castle zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɑːsəl/kasteel, fort
bang zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbæŋ/knal, klap
soup zelfstandig naamwoord/sup/soep
shadow zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃædəʊ̯/schaduw
flower zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfloʊɚ/bloem
ugly bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈʌɡli/lelijk
sword zelfstandig naamwoord/soɹd/zwaard
chaos zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkeɪˌɑs/chaos, baaierd
breathe werkwoord/bɹiːð/ademen, ademhalen
gentle bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/lieflijk
warrior zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɔɹi.ɚ/krijger
grandma zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡɹænmɑː/oma

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
turn out werkwoorduitvallen, resulteren
wake up werkwoord/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/wakker worden, ontwaken

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 22 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals doesn't, I'm, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: breathe /bɹiːð/, beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, thorn /θoɹn/, thunderous /ˈθʌn.də.ɹəs/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, splash /splæʃ/, shimmer /ˈʃɪm.ɚ/

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 spoon, brave, rescue.

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingone who wields · ones who are
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig waswere coming · was coming · was sighing
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtare watching · I'm coming · am going
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill balance · will be · will call

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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