Shadowing Practice: This will help you feel a little better. - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Look at that.
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Oh my gosh.
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Look at it.
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This reality is something else.
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My beautiful friends.
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Look how gorgeous light is.
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Ah, I'm in heaven.
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It's the simple things, it's the simple things in life that can honestly bring the most joy.
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Like a beautiful sunset on a beach.
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Just a walk, I'm on my own.
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I'm going to keep this one real short for you.
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I could have not shared this moment with you.
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It doesn't matter how hard it gets, it's always worth it.
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It's always, always worth it.
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Remember that. Or don't.
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Forget it.
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You will remember it when you come out the other side of whatever it is you're moving through.
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It wasn't that long ago that I was in a state where I was like, I couldn't even get out of bed in the I didn't want to get out of bed in the morning.
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I didn't want to eat the right food.
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I didn't want to move my body.
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I didn't want to go for a walk because I was stuck in the pit and that's okay.
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But there was a part of me
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that was like this isn't going to last forever
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and it's worth it it's worth moving through it keep going I don't know who needs to hear this
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but I needed to hear this a few times
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keep going it's so worth it in fact the hard parts make this worth it like the appreciation
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that I can have when I'm just feeling normal I'm so much more grateful gratitude is through the roof
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thanks to the difficult times besides
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joy and peace
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and happiness wouldn't really have the same sort of value without
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a little bit of despair a little bit of chaos
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and a little bit of depression
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when i'm feeling depressed sometimes i feel really guilty as well like i shouldn't be feeling this way
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or if i'm feeling angry
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especially if I'm feeling angry because I was programmed as a kid to feel shame when I'm angry, to feel shame when I'm sad,
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actually to feel shame around any kind of authentic expression of my emotions.
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So I had to reprogram that so that I could express myself,
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which helps lift me out of depression look at this ah okay
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and so if you're this
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if you're like me where you kind of feel like oh
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my god i shouldn't be feeling this acceptance is your first invitation accept how the way things are we can't actually
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take any steps forwards until we accept the way things are in this moment it's part of the process
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don't should on yourself oh i should be feeling happier than this
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or i should be calm or i should be more healed than this
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or i should be this that and the other or i shouldn't be this shouldn't be that.
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Fuck that.
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You are perfect as you are.
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And quite frankly, depression, anxiety, mental health, disorders, right?
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They're called disorders as if there's something wrong.
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In the current societal paradigm that we're in, depression and anxiety is actually the correct human response.
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There is nothing wrong with you for feeling depressed in a paradigm
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that is worshipping capitalism
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and profit as its main god depression is the correct response to someone who feels a lot
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or or anybody Anybody who feels anything.
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Anybody who feels anything.
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And is connected to the truth of how savage the current paradigm is that humans are operating in.
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You are not wrong for feeling depressed.
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You are not wrong for feeling anxious.
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You are not wrong for feeling fucking anger either.
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We don't project it at other people, but these are beautiful, authentic human responses from the humanity within you.
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from that energy wanting and wanting change in the world.
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That's psychopathic.
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When you can't empathically connect to other humans around you, that's psychopathic.
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And how fucked is it, by the way, that in Western medicine,
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these authentic human responses to the current paradigm are seen as pathologies,
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like there's something wrong with you and not the whole system, that's fucked, mate.
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But it's changing, which is great news.
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Meanwhile, feel your feelings, release them,
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express yourself, and be really kind and gentle with yourself and everybody else as we go through these intense times.
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Peace.
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I love you.
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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 “This will help you feel a little better”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: feeling, worth, depression, paradigm, response. Deze video bevat 72 zinnen en 730 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:04. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 120 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 85% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| paradigm zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/ | paradigma, denkkader |
| authentic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/ | authentiek, echt |
| depressed bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dɪˈpɹɛst/ | depressief |
| pathology zelfstandig naamwoord | /pəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/ | pathologie |
| societal bijvoeglijk naamwoord | [səˈsaɪ.ɪ.tɫ̩] | maatschappelijk |
| despair zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/ | wanhoop |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | gossie |
| gratitude zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | dankbaarheid |
| capitalism zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/ | kapitalisme |
| sunset zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ | zonsondergang |
| frankly bijwoord | /fɹæŋkli/ | ronduit |
| anxious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈæŋkʃəs/ | bezorgd |
| heal werkwoord | /ˈhiːl/ | genezen, helen |
| appreciation zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ | waardering |
| invitation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/ | uitnodiging |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| come out werkwoord | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | uitkomen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Just a walk, I'm on my own.
- I didn't want to eat the right food.
- I didn't want to move my body.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was stuck · was programmed · is connected |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | someone who feels · Anybody who feels · changing, which is |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 34 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, didn't, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, psychopathic /ˌsaɪkoʊˈpæθɪk/, pathology /pəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: psychopathic /ˌsaɪkoʊˈpæθɪk/, pathology /pəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/, capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: paradigm /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/, psychopathic /ˌsaɪkoʊˈpæθɪk/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/, frankly /fɹæŋkli/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/
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 paradigm, authentic, depressed.
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.