Shadowing Practice: The Strange Notes Under My Door - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Three weeks after I moved into my new flat, the first note appeared.
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It was folded neatly and slipped under my door.
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It just said, your plants need more light.
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Wait, my plants? Nobody had even been inside!
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Ha, honestly, I laughed it off at first.
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But the next Monday, there was another one.
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This time it said, you're working too late again.
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Okay, now that was genuinely creepy.
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So, I decided to play detective!
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I stayed up on Sunday night, listening by the door.
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Then, around midnight, I heard slow footsteps on the stairs,
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and a soft scratching sound at the bottom of the door.
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I threw the door open, ready to catch a stranger.
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And there she was, the tiny old lady from downstairs!
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She was about eighty, holding a pencil and looking terrified.
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Oh dear, I'm so sorry, she whispered. I didn't mean to frighten you.
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Well... it turned out she'd lived in my flat for forty years.
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Her husband used to grow tomatoes on that very windowsill.
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Since he passed away, she'd barely spoken to anyone.
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Writing to me, she said, made the building feel less empty.
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I didn't know what to say, so I invited her in for tea.
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She looked at my poor plants and shook her head.
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Ha, you're drowning them, dear, she told me.
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That was six months ago, and now we have tea every Sunday.
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My tomatoes are finally growing, thanks to her.
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And yes, she still leaves me notes under the door.
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But these days, I write back!

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “The Strange Notes Under My Door”. Deze video bevat 27 zinnen en 258 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 1:47. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 145 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 11 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
tomato zelfstandig naamwoord/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/tomaat
footstep zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfʊtstɛp/voetafdruk, voetstap
frighten werkwoord/ˈfɹaɪ.tən/bang maken, beangstigen
windowsill zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɪndoʊˌsɪl/vensterbank, onderdorpel
drown werkwoord/dɹaʊn/verdrinken, verzuipen
downstairs bijwoord/daʊnˈstɛɹz/beneden
pencil zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɛnsəl/potlood, griffel
creepy bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈkɹipi/griezelig
fold werkwoord/ˈfəʊld/vouwen
stairs zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈstɛɹz/trap
scratch werkwoord/skɹæt͡ʃ/krassen, krabben

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
pass away werkwoordoverlijden, ontslapen
turn out werkwoorduitvallen, resulteren

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • This time it said, you're working too late again.
  • I didn't mean to frighten you.
  • Ha, you're drowning them, dear, she told me.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 7 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals didn't, she'd, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, fold /ˈfəʊld/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: windowsill /ˈwɪndoʊˌsɪl/, whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/

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 tomato, footstep, frighten.

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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