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I can't understand why you wouldn't want to come back to the university.
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Science is a young man's game.
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But we could work on something together.
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If you average out our ages, we're a lean mean 41 and a half.
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Still too old to be bagging groceries.
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I know it's unorthodox, but I'm enjoying it.
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For real, this time of year?
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There's not a cloud in the sky.
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Information is still coming in, but a black hole has been detected in Waxahachie, Texas.
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Oh my lord.
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Sources report it was caused by the super collider.
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The black hole is growing exponentially across Texas, destroying everything in its path.
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This is an emergency situation.
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Repeat, this is an emergency situa- John, what did we do?
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There's nothing we can do.
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He's right.
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It's going to create a gravitational field that'll consume everything around it.
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Should we evacuate?
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We can't.
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We could never outrun it.
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Well, how much time do we have?
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Minutes, at best. That is good.
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It's okay, baby.
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We need to pray right now.
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You do that, I'm having a beer.
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Oh, everybody hold hands.
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Heavenly Father, watch out for us.
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I don't want to spend my last moments on Earth praying.
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Yeah, if we only got a few minutes left, I want to spend it talking to y'all.
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You were all the light of my life, and I love you so much.
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Daddy.
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Oh, I got you.
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I'm not letting go.
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Never said it enough, but I love y'all.
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Kids, you've made me a very proud father.
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I'm not ready.
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There's so many things I want to do.
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Well, you better pick one right now.
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Okay, um...
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And I just want to say I'm sorry for the time I was bad.
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And any time I was mean to Shulman.
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It's okay.
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It's just so funny when he's upset.
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But I'm still sorry about it.
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I'm sorry, too.
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Deb, I've been awful, especially to you.
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I know you haven't.
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I have.
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It was good.
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Okay, we are done talking.
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I love you all, but it is really time to pray.
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Our call is to our defense.
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We will be done.
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Vaccine and smoke.
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Now we'll be done. On Earth.
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Is that really what would happen if there was a black hole?
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One of the possibilities.
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John.
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Yeah?
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You doing okay?
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Well, getting fired was tough.
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But I'm glad to be back here in town.
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I'm glad you're back too.
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But if you feel yourself slipping again, promise me you'll get some help.
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I promise.
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Oh good.
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I worry about you.
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You do? Of course. That means a lot.
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Well, this is me.
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Guess I'll be seeing you next time you go shopping.
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I'll look forward to it.
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Connie.
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Yeah?
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Tuesdays are double coupons.
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Good to know.
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We often regret the things we don't say.
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There's a lot of things I wish I had said to my dad while he was around. That I appreciated him. That I loved him.
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Which is why I'm grateful for the times I did tell him how I felt.
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Tonight was fun.
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Yeah?
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Why is that?
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Dr. Sturgis was here.
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Everybody talked about science.
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It was nice.
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It was.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “The Coopers’ Last Words Before a Black Hole”. Deze video bevat 85 zinnen en 534 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:15. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 125 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

De 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
exponentially bijwoord/ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/exponentiëel
gravitational bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃənəl/gravitationeel
outrun werkwoord/ˈaʊtɹʌn/ontlopen
unorthodox bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ʌnˈɔɹθədɑks/onorthodox
evacuate werkwoord/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/evacueren
groceries zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/boodschappen
heavenly bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈhɛvənli/hemels
coupon zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkuːˌpɑn/coupon
consume werkwoord/kənˈsum/consumeren, verbruiken
vaccine zelfstandig naamwoord/vækˈsin/vaccin, entstof
detect werkwoord/dɪˈtɛkt/detecteren
slip werkwoord/ˈslɪp/slippen, uitglijden

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
look forward to werkwoorduitkijken naar, zich verheugen op

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • I know it's unorthodox, but I'm enjoying it.
  • There's nothing we can do.
  • You do that, I'm having a beer.
  • Kids, you've made me a very proud father.
  • There's so many things I want to do.

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 doethas been detected · was caused · will be done
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telthas been detected · you've made · I've been
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingthat'll consume · will be · we'll be
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtI'm enjoying · is still coming · is growing

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 25 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, can't, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/, gravitational /ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃənəl/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/, gravitational /ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃənəl/, unorthodox /ʌnˈɔɹθədɑks/, evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: gravitational /ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃənəl/, evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/, vaccine /vækˈsin/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gravitational /ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃənəl/, groceries /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/

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 exponentially, gravitational, outrun.

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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