Shadowing Practice: The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm not allowed to cross this road because this is the town of Stansted, Canada.
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On the other side of the street is Derby Line, USA.
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And the border between the two countries runs right down this, Rue Canussa.
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For the local residents, that can be inconvenient.
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I lived here all my life, so 63 years.
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Today you cannot cross over the line and visit your neighbors like years ago.
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If you want to cross, you have to report that custom.
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You know, I used to cross every day.
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And now I probably cross once a week because I come down to the post office over here.
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To go through the border, basically they ask you a passport, they go inside, I guess they look at if you have a record or not, they look at your registration of your car,
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about a couple of minutes and you're going through.
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I'm a dual citizen, so I'm American and Canadian, so it's easier.
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This is a place where the idea of a border as a solid, easy to understand line gets a little bit fuzzy.
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The road doesn't run at exactly the same angle as the border, not precisely.
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The official line is that this is Canada and that's the USA, but both countries' maps show the road as being entirely in the US just here and entirely in Canada up there.
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The houses are definitely in separate countries, but the road?
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It's not quite as clear.
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And in practice, if I was driving, I'd be okay.
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Even on that side of the road, I am considered to be still in Canada, as long as I don't stop and walk up to an American house.
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It's fair to say that there's a little bit of leniency here
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if you're just nudging the border by a few centimeters or if you're on that side a couple of inches. But
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while I was setting up my camera here the police turned
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up lights flashing to move along those bikers you saw earlier
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who were admiring the view from the other side of the road.
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It all seemed in good spirits but they had crossed the border.
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Well the library is part on the Canadian side part on the American side but But you stay on the Canadian side, you stay on the sidewalk, and you go through the front door and it's permitted.
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On Canooset Street, there's a sidewalk on the Canadian side.
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So back years ago, it was tolerated that people on the American side could cross over and walk on the sidewalk.
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So basically, it's a little dangerous to walk on the side of the road.
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And now today, well, it's not tolerated no more.
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I think the rules hasn't changed much, but they're more enforced.
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When you cross, they ask you more questions than they used to, you know, years ago.
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Before, you went through the border and you knew most of the custom officers
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and they used to wave to you, you know?
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In 1783, this section of the Canada-US border was set at the 45th parallel, a line of latitude.
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Slightly inaccurate measurements were accepted by both countries.
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So it was locked in.
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But as for this specific road, there are local stories about drunk surveyors and pranks, but no one really knows.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: border, road, cross, Canada, Canadian. Deze video bevat 39 zinnen en 556 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:48. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 199 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 11 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| sidewalk zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsaɪdwɔk/ | stoep, trottoir |
| tolerate werkwoord | /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/ | verdragen, tolereren |
| inconvenient bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/ | ongemakkelijk, storend |
| surveyor zelfstandig naamwoord | /sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/ | landmeter |
| latitude zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlætɪtud/ | breedtegraad |
| prank zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹæŋk/ | streek, grap |
| enforce werkwoord | /ɪnˈfoɹs/ | handhaven |
| admire werkwoord | /ədˈmaɪɹ/ | bewonderen, aanbidden |
| passport zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpæspɔɹt/ | paspoort |
| measurement zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/ | meting |
| precisely bijwoord | /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/ | precies |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| set up werkwoord | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | bereiden, voorbereiden |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + werkwoord — een vroegere gewoonte of toestand die niet meer klopt | used to cross · used to wave |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was tolerated · was set · were accepted |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, doesn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, leniency /ˈliːni.ən(t)si/, inaccurate /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: latitude /ˈlætɪtud/, inaccurate /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/, prank /pɹæŋk/, passport /ˈpæspɔɹt/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als sidewalk, tolerate, inconvenient.
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.