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Oh my gosh, hello!
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Class of 2026!
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Thank you so much, Amelia.
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Where are you?
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Your kind words.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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And that applause, I really am just giving that back to you.
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This is your day to be celebrated,
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but thank you for my warm welcome.
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to all of the graduates congratulations on this massive accomplishment i am genuinely in awe of your dedication
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and i'm envious of your experience because my formal education ended around third grade
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so i never got to pass a note i didn't have a locker i never wore one of these bad boys
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in real life.
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But I have to just say that I respect all that you've achieved so much,
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and this day is truly just for you.
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To all of the parents and families both here and watching from afar, congratulations.
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I admire your courage in releasing your children into the world,
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which I can imagine is absolutely no small feat.
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I'm sure you had to rely on your instincts,
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your community, and your faith in your kids.
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It's truly a beautiful thing.
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Thank you to President Anand for the faculty and the staff who have welcomed me so genuinely.
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I just can't imagine how rewarding it must be year after year to send such amazing,
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hardworking students and people into the world knowing that you prepared them with such care.
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I am honored to be a part of this moment in time with all of you.
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I'll be honest, it's a little surreal to be standing here
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and giving advice since I am genuinely still figuring it out myself every single day.
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But in a way, it kind of makes sense because at Northeastern University,
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you believe experience isn't a substitute for education.
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It is the education.
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And graduating, no matter what stage of life you're in,
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isn't about having everything figured out.
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It's about standing at the edge of something new and choosing what comes next.
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I know many of you started your careers earlier than most because that's the Northeastern way.
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And when I say I started working young,
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I'm talking seven years old.
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I was acting by 10 and in a TV show by 13.
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When the doors start opening,
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it's very easy to think the right answer is always yes.
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Yes to the next project.
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Yes to the next expectation.
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Yes to saying yes.
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For years, I said yes to almost everything
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because I thought that's what you were supposed to do when you were lucky enough to have opportunities.
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You take them.
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All of them.
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When someone would ask me, what's next?
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What's next?
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What are you doing next?
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I felt like a failure if I didn't have the answer,
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so I made sure that I always had the answer.
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But somewhere along the way,
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probably when I was on set for a commercial or an appearance that I probably cringe at now,
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I realized just because something is a good opportunity or a good paycheck,
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it doesn't mean it's right.
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By simply accepting what the world was offering to me,
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I was losing my own voice.
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I was reacting instead of asking myself what I really wanted.
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That realization was a paradigm shift for me.
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And the moment things changed was very clear.
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I knew I had to change my pattern of saying yes,
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so I took a break from making music.
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Not because I didn't know exactly what kind of album I wanted to make
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or the stories that I wanted to tell through my music,
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because I knew precisely what I wanted.
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But I somehow knew that I couldn't authentically make it yet.
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So I made a choice,
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and I took a step back.
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I pivoted.
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I rebuilt myself.
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I refilled my tank.
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I put effort into my relationships,
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into building my family, and building a business.
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I waited until I was ready to meet the moment.
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I realized that saying no wasn't rejection.
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It was redirection.
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Putting myself towards where I truly wanted to go when I was actually ready.
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I took back control of what I was building and I reclaimed my story and I realized my own agency.
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I'm grateful I had the ability to take that pause.
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Redirecting your energy in one area can mean sprinting in another.
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The key is that I was choosing where my energy went instead of letting others choose for me.
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A wonderful part of giving yourself that space is you can look back and see the distance you've traveled.
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don't forget to pause and appreciate how far you've come what you've overcome
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and then you can look forward and see all that's yet to come
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when I started being proactive in my life
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and my career instead of reactive I made the space in my brain to think about what felt authentic?
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What would add value to my world and to our world?
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Because of Northeastern, I know many of you have long been considering what you wanted to contribute to the world.
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You have already been out there honing your skills on Nassau training floors and fishing docks in Maine,
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at Fortune 500 companies and scrappy startups of your own,
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even climbing Mount Everest, you crazy kids.
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Evan?
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You showed up first, figured it out,
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and come back better for it.
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So as you step into the next chapter of your stories,
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I hope you remember all you've already accomplished.
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Yes, perhaps the jobs that you'll have five years from now may not even exist yet,
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and the industries you're entering are being rewritten in real time.
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But don't let the headlines scare you.
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What you do might change,
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but who you are never has to.
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Remember, you're not just building a career or a resume.
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You're building a life.
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You are the architect of your own happiness.
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And you get to decide what belongs in your life
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because we only get one as you chart your path never forget
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that you're in the driver's seat you have the power to
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make your own choices you have agency you choose you chose Northeastern
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because you wanted to build something real to make an impact keep making choices like
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that choose what excites you choose what challenges you choose what gives you room to grow
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and just as importantly choose to let go of what no
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longer serves you this will give you the freedom to evolve
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and become exactly who you are meant to be the world only becomes more interesting
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and accommodating and marvelous
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when people show up as they truly are something I tell my kids you have to be who you are
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because everyone else has already taken my greatest endeavor in life has been parenthood
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and as a mother of four yeah four I cannot imagine the pride
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that would be pouring out of me on a day like today
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if you can hug your parents your parental your pillars, your mentors.
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Text them back every now and then.
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They protected you and celebrated you and watched you become you.
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You are their success.
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And remember, success isn't just about what you achieve,
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it's about what you choose.
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So congratulations, class of 2026!
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I can't wait to Let's see what you choose!
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Go Huskies!
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “The Power Of Choice”. Deze video bevat 128 zinnen en 1216 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:23. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 130 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 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 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| pause zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɔːz/ | pauze |
| envious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɛnviːəs/ | jaloers, nijdig |
| excite werkwoord | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | prikkelen, opwinden |
| hardworking bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/ | ijverig, vlijtig |
| proactive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/ | proactief |
| redirect werkwoord | bijsturen, verwijzen | |
| refill zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹiː.fɪl/ | tankbeurt |
| rewrite werkwoord | /ɹiˈɹaɪt/ | herschrijven |
| parenthood zelfstandig naamwoord | ouderschap | |
| marvelous bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈmɑɹvələs/ | wonderbaar, geweldig |
| endeavor zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɛnˈdɛv.ɚ/ | inspanning, ijveren |
| surreal bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /səˈɹiː(.ə)l/ | surreëel, bovenwerkelijk |
| paradigm zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/ | paradigma, denkkader |
| pillar zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɪlɚ/ | pijler, zuil |
| accomplishment zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/ | voltooiing |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| show up werkwoord | tentoonstellen |
| come back werkwoord | terugkomen |
| figure out werkwoord | uitvogelen, er achter komen |
| look back werkwoord | achterom kijken, terugkijken |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I'm talking seven years old.
- When someone would ask me, what's next?
- What are you doing next?
- I realized that saying no wasn't rejection.
- What would add value to my world and to our world?
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 have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | you've achieved · have welcomed · you've traveled |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be celebrated · being rewritten · are meant |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 29 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, you've, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: redirection /ɹiːdəˈɹɛkʃən/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: redirection /ɹiːdəˈɹɛkʃən/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: pause /pɔːz/, proactive /pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/, reactive /ɹiːˈæktɪv/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/, applause /əˈplɔːz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: proactive /pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/, scrappy /ˈskɹæpi/, reactive /ɹiːˈæktɪv/, paradigm /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/
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 pause, envious, excite.
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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.