Shadowing Practice: Testing the world's longest echo - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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I'm inside one of the Inchendown oil tanks, an old oil storage facility near Inverness in Scotland.
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This tank is 237 metres long, and it's not meant for humans.
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When it was in use by the Royal Navy, all this colossal space would have been filled with fuel oil.
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With these oil tanks, the Royal Navy accidentally created the greatest reverberation chamber in the world.
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Flat surfaces enclosed by solid rock,
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and a chamber big enough that sound takes a whole second or more to go off the far wall and bounce back,
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but still narrow enough that you get lots of reverberation from all the close surfaces as well.
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The construction started in 1938 and it carried on right through the beginning of the war up to around about 1943.
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The Admiralty had decided that they required bomb -proof storage for their oil.
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So they set about building a number of oil tanks across Britain.
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And this, Incheon Down, is one of them.
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The construction required six tanks to be built.
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The entire complex could easily contain 100 ,000 tonnes of fuel oil.
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But one single Royal Navy battleship could drink 5 ,000 tonnes.
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So it could go very, very quickly.
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This is a truly amazing chamber of sound a cathedral of oil and a cathedral of science.
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So now I'm going to shut up for a bit.
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Preston here is going to fire a starting pistol, a very, very loud bang.
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On the screen is a visual display of that sound.
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Different frequencies will reverberate for different amounts of time, so you will see that and hear that.
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And as it gets quieter, we will turn up the level on the microphone, so it's easier for you to hear.
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Right, everyone ready?
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Thank you. so Thank
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you to the Bannerman group for letting us into the tunnels, to Alan, Alan and Preston for helping with everything here,
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to Matt Ray who is behind the camera and who has had some musical experiences over on his channel.
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Go for it. That is terrifying!
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 26 zinnen en 337 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:27. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 98 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 85% 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
chamber zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/slaapkamer
cathedral zelfstandig naamwoord/kəˈθiːdɹəl/kathedraal
narrow bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈnæɹəʊ/nauw, smal
frequency zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɹiːkwənsi/frequentie
bang zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbæŋ/knal, klap
tunnel zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtʌn(ə)l/tunnel
accidentally bijwoord/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/toevallig
bounce werkwoord/baʊns/stuiteren, ketsen
pistol zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɪstəl/pistool
metre zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmiːtəɹ/meter
microphone zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/microfoon
reverberation zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/terugslag
battleship zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/slagschip
colossal bijvoeglijk naamwoord/kəˈlɑsəl/kolossaal
enclose werkwoord/ɪnˈkloʊz/omheinen

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
go off werkwoordafgaan

Uitspraak om op te letten

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: reverberation /ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, battleship /ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, reverberation /ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, reverberate /ɹəˈvɜɹbəˌɹeɪt/

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 chamber, cathedral, narrow.

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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