Shadowing Practice: Unit 10 Bugs for Sale - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 10 Bugs for Sale How often have you gone to a vending machine to get a bag of chips?
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What if you found a pair of live beetles instead?
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It may sound strange, but a company in Japan sells large beetles through vending machines.
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The vending machine company and nature conservationists disagree about selling beetles this way.
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Many school-aged children in Japan collect beetles.
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Other people also enjoy this hobby.
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However, people are building houses where the beetles live.
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This destroys the beetles' homes.
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Now, it is difficult to find the beetles in the wild.
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Since 1999, the Mirei Seiko company has been selling these beetles in vending machines.
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The company says that it wants to help people own these rare insects.
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It also says that it takes good care of the beetles in the machines.
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True or not, the machines are very popular.
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The machines sell more than 1,500 beetles per month.
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Sometimes, people buy all the beetles in a machine in just a few minutes.
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On the other hand, conservationists feel that the machines are harmful.
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Children may think that living creatures are like soft drinks or boxes of candy.
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Do you feel that the vending machines give people a rare experience or that they give children bad ideas?
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Either way, they show how clever people can be.
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Listening The Beetle Machine Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer.
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Hey, look what they're selling in that machine.
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Are those beetles?
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Yes, I think I'm going to get some to keep as pets.
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But they are $4 for a pair of them.
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Do you want to pay that much?
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That's cheap compared to some beetles.
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I heard that there was a pair of rare giant stag beetles for sale in Tokyo for $50,000.
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What?
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Who would pay that much? Who knows?
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I'd be afraid someone would try to steal them.
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I'd be afraid they would die immediately.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 31 zinnen en 317 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:09. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 147 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
13 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- beetle /ˈbiːtəl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — kever. Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings…
- compare /kəmˈpɛɚ/ (werkwoord) — vergelijken. To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
- pet /pɛt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — huisdier, troeteldier. An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
- steal /stiːl/ (werkwoord) — stelen, ontvreemden. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
- collect /ˈkɑlɪkt/ (werkwoord) — verzamelen, opstapelen. To gather together; amass.
- chip /t͡ʃɪp/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — fiche. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- candy /ˈkæn.di/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — snoepje. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
- dialogue /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — dialoog, gesprek. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
- disagree /dɪsəˈɡɹi/ (werkwoord) — niet overeenkomen, niet overeenstemmen. To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
- harmful /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — schadelijk. Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
- hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — hobby, vrijetijdsbesteding. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
- insect /ˈɪn.sɛkt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — insect, kerfdier. An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
- stag /stæɡ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — hertenbok. An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'd, I'm, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
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 beetle, compare, pet.
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.