Shadowing Practice: Toronto Sun Interview — Mackenzie Foy — 2018 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The film is based off the book by E.T.A.
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Hoffman and it also draws inspiration from the ballet, but there are a couple of Christian turns in the film that are new.
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Clara is, she has the same strength and fearlessness as she does in the book and in the ballet, but in this version her mother has just passed away,
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so she's dealing with that grief and that pain and trying to be strong for her family, but also just feeling like she's broken and lost inside.
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And then she finds herself in this world that her mother created that has, you know, has darkness in it and is being threatened.
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And she finds that she is the princess and that she must protect this world.
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And she goes on this journey of, you know, epic action adventure, but also of finding herself.
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It was so much fun filming with everyone.
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They were so nice and happy and it was just a wonderful energy on set.
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And yeah, I really enjoyed talking to them and going into our characters and just having fun.
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And they built these sets that were incredibly practical and the costumes and the hair and makeup.
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So it was really just, we came to work every day and we kind of just played in this fantasy world.
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So you got the Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers, Land of Sweets, and a Mysterious Fourth Realm.
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What's your favorite one?
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Ooh, this is always changing, but right now I really like the Land of Snowflakes, just because it's so beautiful.
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It's got these really pretty wintry blues and silvers, and it's very sparkly and happy, and I really like it.
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So what was it like for you to see these realms realized on the big screen, you know, in all their CGI glory?
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Yeah, well, a lot of what you see in the film is actually there, So especially in the fourth realm, those sets were real.
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They really built those forests.
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They really built, you know, the broken down sets and the creepiness.
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Yeah, so it was really amazing being on those sets
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and just wandering around and discovering the world just as much as Clara.
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Nutcracker in the Four Realms is going to kick off Christmas.
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It's going to kick off the holiday season for us.
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What's your favorite Christmas memory or what's your favorite tradition about the holidays?
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My favorite tradition, I love decorating with my family we all wait until we're
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all together to like fully you know go all out
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and decorate which i really really love doing
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and also baking cookies on christmas eve and um yeah
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and also just like on days
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when we're all together we just sit on the couch with the dog
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and the cat and a big blanket and hot chocolate
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and we just watch christmas movies all day and that's that's so much fun

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Toronto Sun Interview — Mackenzie Foy — 2018”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: realm, christmas, favorite, Land, built. Deze video bevat 33 zinnen en 492 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:30. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 197 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 88% 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 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
decorate werkwoord/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/sieren, opsmukken
ballet zelfstandig naamwoord/bælˈeɪ/ballet
fearlessness zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs/onbevreesdheid
nutcracker zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnʌtˌkɹækɚ/notenkraker
wander werkwoord/ˈwɑndɚ/zwerven, rondtrekken
bake werkwoord/beɪk/bakken
threaten werkwoord/ˈθɹɛt.n̩/bedreigen, dreigen
cookie zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkʊki/koekje
blanket zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/deken
grief zelfstandig naamwoord/ɡɹiːf/rouw, leedwezen
couch zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/bank, sofa
costume zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/kostuum, klederdracht

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
break down werkwoordstukgaan, kapot gaan
pass away werkwoordoverlijden, ontslapen

Uitspraak om op te letten

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: ballet /bælˈeɪ/, nutcracker /ˈnʌtˌkɹækɚ/, blanket /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: wintry /ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹi/, wander /ˈwɑndɚ/

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. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als decorate, ballet, fearlessness.

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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.

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