Shadowing Practice: Taylor Swift - Opalite (Official Music Video) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hey there, pal.
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Why so glum?
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Have you been feeling unsatisfied in life?
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Maybe you're lacking connection in a friendship or relationship.
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Maybe you give more than you get back.
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What if I told you you could magically turn all that crappiness into happiness?
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No need to fret, no more frustration.
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Introducing Opalite, the revolutionary fix for your problems.
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Just one spray and Opalite magically transforms your problems into your paradise.
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Using our state-of-the-art chemical potion,
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it works on friendships, couples, pets, and coworkers.
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Call 1-800- I had a bad habit of missing lovers past
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My brother used to call it eating out of the trash
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It's never gonna last I thought my house was haunted I used to live with ghosts and all the perfect couples
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and when you don't you don't and all of the foes and all of the friends They've seen it before,
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they'll see it again Life is a song,
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it ends when it ends I was wrong But my mama told me it's alright You were dancing through the lightning strikes
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Sleepless in the onyx night But now the sky is over light Oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh my lord Never made no one like you before You had to make your arms sunshine
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But now the sky is open light Oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh High five You couldn't understand it Why you felt alone You were in it for real
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She was in her phone And you were just a pose And don't we try to love,
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love We give it all we got We finally left the table And what a simple thought You're starving till you're not
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And all other foes and all other friends I've messed up before,
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they'll mess up again Life is a song,
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it ends when it ends You move on
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And that's when I told you It's alright You were dancing through the lightning strikes
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Sleepless in the honest night But now the sky is all my light Oh,
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oh, oh, oh Oh, my Lord Never met no one like you before You had to make your own sunshine
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And now the sky is all polite This is just a storm inside a teacup That shelter here with me,
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my love Thunder like a drum,
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this life will beat you up Oh,
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oh, oh, this is just a temporary speedball But failure brings you freedom And I can bring you love
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Love Love Love Don't you sweat it,
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baby, it's alright You were dancing through the lightning strikes Oh,
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so sleepless in the onyx night But now the sky is open light Oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh Oh,
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my Lord, never met no one like you before,
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no You had to make your own sunshine But now the sky is all polite Oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh You're amazing
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Who's on my sofa tonight?
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It's the brilliant Lewis Capaldi!
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It's Donald Gleeson, everybody!
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There he is!
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You look so smart.
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It's Jodie Turner-Smith and Greta Lee!
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It's a first-time welcome to the great Cillian Murphy!
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It's the biggest pop star on the planet.
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Please welcome Taylor Swift!
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It's just worth watching for Donald's dancing alone.
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Oh, my God.
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Yes, absolutely.
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What?
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Yes.
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I'm hoping to get in the Taylor Swift music video.
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I'm hoping that...
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There you go, yeah.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Taylor Swift - Opalite”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: sky, dancing, ends, sleepless, sunshine. Deze video bevat 57 zinnen en 559 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:53. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 95 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 83% 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 14 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
sleepless bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈsliːpləs/slapeloos
sunshine zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsʌnʃaɪn/zonneschijn
onyx zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɒnɪks/onyx
polite bijvoeglijk naamwoord/pəˈlaɪt/beleefd
potion zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpoʊ.ʃən/drankje, toverdrankje
teacup zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtiː.kʌp/theekopje
starve werkwoord/stɑɹv/verhongeren, sterven van de honger
haunt werkwoord/hɔnt/rondspoken
sofa zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsoʊ̯fə/bank, zetel
frustration zelfstandig naamwoord/fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/frustratie
drum zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdɹʌm/drum, trom
sweat werkwoord/swɛt/zweten, transpireren
paradise zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpæɹədaɪs/paradijs, hemel
revolutionary zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/revolutionair

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
mess up werkwoordverrommelen, in de war brengen

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Have you been feeling unsatisfied in life?
  • Maybe you're lacking connection in a friendship or relationship.
  • Who's on my sofa tonight?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
“Used to” used to + werkwoord — een vroegere gewoonte of toestand die niet meer kloptused to call · used to live
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltThey've seen · I've messed

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 16 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, you're, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/, potion /ˈpoʊ.ʃən/, frustration /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: starve /stɑɹv/, pose /poʊz/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: magically /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kli/, transform /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/, paradise /ˈpæɹədaɪs/

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 sleepless, sunshine, onyx.

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