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The Secret Garden, Chapter 21,
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Visitors That afternoon, Dr. Craven came to see Colin.
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He always visited after a temper tantrum.
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Last night, Mary flew at Colin like a cat, Mrs. Medlock explained as she led the doctor upstairs.
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She stamped her feet and ordered him to stop screaming.
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Somehow, she startled him so that he stopped.
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And today, well, you won't believe your eyes.
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In Colin's room, he and Mary were talking and laughing over a book.
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But as soon as they noticed the adults, the two children grew silent.
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I'm sorry to hear you're ill, my boy, said Dr. Craven.
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I'm much better now.
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I'm going out in my wheelchair soon, if the weather is good.
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I want some fresh air.
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Dr. Craven sat down next to him.
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I thought you didn't like fresh air.
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I don't when I'm by myself, but Mary is coming with me.
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And so is your nurse, of course.
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No, I won't need the nurse.
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Colin sounded like a Raja again.
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I'm always better when Mary is with me.
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A very strong boy I know will push my wheelchair.
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Dr. Craven felt alarmed for a moment.
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If Colin got well, then the doctor would lose all chance of inheriting Misslethwaite Manor.
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But Dr. Craven was not a bad man.
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He wouldn't let Colin run into danger.
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This boy who's pushing you must be strong, said Dr. Craven.
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And I must know something about him.
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Who is he?
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It's Dickon, said Mary.
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She was sure that everyone knew Dickon, and she was right.
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Oh, you'll be safe with him, said Dr. Craven.
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He's as strong as a moor pony.
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That afternoon, Dr. Craven did not give any medicine or leave instructions for the nurse.
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This certainly is a new state of things, he said to Mrs. Medlock as they went downstairs.
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That night, Colin slept peacefully for the first time.
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He had been awake for only ten minutes the next morning, when Mary ran into his room.
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There's that nice smell again, cried Colin.
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You've been outside.
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You never saw anything so beautiful, said Mary.
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Spring has really come. Has it?
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Colin sat up in bed.
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Open the window.
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When Mary opened the window, fresh smells and bird songs came pouring into the room.
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Lie on your back and breathe deeply.
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That's what Dickon does.
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Colin did as he was told.
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He lay still and breathed in the fresh air while Mary described everything she had seen in the garden that morning.
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She also told him how Dickon had rescued a newborn lamb whose mother had died.
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After a while, the nurse brought breakfast for Colin and Mary.
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When do you think Dickon will come? asked Colin.
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Soon, replied Mary.
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And in a few minutes, they heard a crow cawing.
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That's soot, said Mary.
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Listen, do you hear a tiny sound?
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Oh, yes, cried Colin.
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That's the lamb.
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Dickon's coming.
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In a moment, Martha opened the door and announced.
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If you please, sir, here's Dickon and his creatures.
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But Colin's behavior did not make Dickon feel shy or awkward.
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Wild creatures always stared at him until they knew him.
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He walked over to the sofa and laid the lamb on Colin's lap.
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The lamb began to butt its head against Colin's side.
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What is it doing? asked Colin.
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It wants its mother.
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I brought it to you a bit hungry because I knew you'd like to see it feed.
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Dickon knelt by the sofa and took a bottle out of his pocket.
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Colin watched in amazement, while Dickon fed the lamb and told them how he'd discovered it on the moor.
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I heard a weak cry, but couldn't find it.
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At last I spotted a bit of white near a rock.
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As Dickon talked, soot flew in and out of the window.
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Nut and Shell made trips to the big trees outside and ran up and down the branches.
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The captain curled up near Dickon after the lamb fell asleep.
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The children looked at some of Colin's books, which were full of pictures of flowers.
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We call that one columbine, said Dickon, pointing to a flower that had a long Latin name in the book.
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There are big clumps of columbine in the garden.
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They'll look like a bed of blue and white butterflies when they're blooming.
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I'm going to see them, Colin said firmly.
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Mary nodded solemnly.
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Yes, yes you are, she said.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “The Secret Garden Chapter 21”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Colin, Mary, Dickon, Craven, lamb. Deze video bevat 80 zinnen en 739 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:54. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 125 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 77% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
lamb zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlæm/lam, lammetje
columbine zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɑləmˌbaɪn/akelei
moor werkwoord/mʊə/aanmeren, aanleggen
soot zelfstandig naamwoord/suːt/roet, zoet
sofa zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsoʊ̯fə/bank, zetel
wheelchair zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/rolstoel
breathe werkwoord/bɹiːð/ademen, ademhalen
amazement zelfstandig naamwoord/əˈmeɪz.mənt/verwondering
blooming bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈbluː.mɪŋ/bloeiend, bloeiende
startle werkwoord/ˈstɑɹt(ə)l/schrikken
tantrum zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtæn.tɹʌm/driftbui, woedeaanval
inherit werkwoord/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/erven
curl zelfstandig naamwoord/kɜɹl/krul, lok
downstairs bijwoord/daʊnˈstɛɹz/beneden
nod werkwoord/nɑd/knikken

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
sit down werkwoordgaan zitten

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • I thought you didn't like fresh air.
  • No, I won't need the nurse.
  • Listen, do you hear a tiny sound?
  • I heard a weak cry, but couldn't find it.

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltYou've been · has really come
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwon't believe · won't need · will push
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtI'm going · is coming · is it doing

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 19 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, won't, couldn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, nod /nɑd/, upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: lamb /ˈlæm/, tantrum /ˈtæn.tɹʌm/, stamp /stæmp/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: wheelchair /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/, awake /əˈweɪk/, awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/

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 lamb, columbine, moor.

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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