Shadowing Practice: Travel Problems with Past Simple and Past Continuous - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Hey, Johnny.
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How was your trip to Brazil?
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Did you have fun?
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Oh, hi, Shelley.
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Yeah, Brazil was great.
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I had so much fun.
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But the travel was anything but.
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Oh, what do you mean?
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Well, it was a long journey, to say the least.
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The way there was everything but smooth.
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I had to take two buses,
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a train, and two airplanes.
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I was so tired that when I finally got to my hotel in Brazil,
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I fell straight to sleep.
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Oh no!
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What happened?
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Well, first I had to get on a bus to get to the airport.
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I had bought a ticket for the bus the day before.
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But then I lost it.
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I looked everywhere for it.
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But I couldn't find it.
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It must have fell out of my pocket somewhere.
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So finally I had to buy a new one.
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Oh, that sounds frustrating.
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You mean they wouldn't just give you a new one when you showed them the receipt?
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I didn't have the receipt.
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I lost that too.
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It was a complete waste of money.
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Anyways, I got on the plane.
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Then we were stuck on the runway for about an hour.
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The movies were terrible.
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And the food on the plane was disgusting.
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I couldn't sleep.
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Because the guy that was sitting next to me was snoring the entire flight.
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I tried to use earplugs, but they didn't work.
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It was really stressful.
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Then, when we landed, I had to get on a train to another terminal for my next flight.
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Well, the layover was really short since the plane arrived later than scheduled,
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so I had to run as fast as I could.
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Oh, no. Did you have your ticket for the train?
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Yes, but the train was jam-packed.
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I couldn't find anywhere to sit down.
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How terrible.
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Yes.
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I was standing and walking so much.
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My feet were killing me.
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I couldn't sleep on the plane at all.
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The food was terrible.
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And I could barely keep my eyes open at that point.
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Did you get to sleep on your next plane?
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No, not at all.
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I was sitting next to a mother with her baby,
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and the baby cried the whole time.
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It sounds like a nightmare, Johnny.
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Did anything else happen?
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Well, when I finally arrived in Brazil,
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I had to take another bus to my hotel.
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Well, that should have been easy.
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Right, it should have been.
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Unfortunately, the bus arrived an hour late.
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I was completely exhausted.
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At least it's all over now.
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Yes, except I have to travel there again next month.
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Oh, no!
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Travel Problems with Past Simple and Past Continuous”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: plane, Brazil, bus, train, sleep. Deze video bevat 64 zinnen en 438 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:59. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 88 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 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 10 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| receipt zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈsiːt/ | ontvangst, ontvangen |
| earplug zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪəplʌɡ/ | oordopje |
| frustrate werkwoord | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | frustreren |
| layover zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈleɪˌəʊvə(ɹ)/ | tussenstop |
| exhaust werkwoord | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | uitputten, verminderen |
| stressful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | stressvol |
| runway zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹʌnweɪ/ | catwalk |
| airplane zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/ | vliegtuig |
| nightmare zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/ | nachtmerrie |
| disgusting bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ | walgelijk, afschuwelijk |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| sit down werkwoord | gaan zitten |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Did you have fun?
- I didn't have the receipt.
- I tried to use earplugs, but they didn't work.
- Did you have your ticket for the train?
- Did you get to sleep on your next plane?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was disgusting · was sitting · was standing |
| Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee is | should have |
| Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig is | had to take · had to get · had to buy |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 7 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals couldn't, didn't, wouldn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: earplug /ˈɪəplʌɡ/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: earplug /ˈɪəplʌɡ/, exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/, disgusting /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: runway /ˈɹʌnweɪ/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
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 receipt, earplug, frustrate.
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.