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Les maken...
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They were just earphones nonetheless.
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Nothing would happen to the guy if I just took them.
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I mean, he wouldn't die or something because he'd lost his earphones, right?
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I tried to let go of the idea
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and to concentrate as much as possible on what I was reading at the time, but I couldn't.
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All that I could think about was my desire to try those amazing earphones.
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into my bag without anyone noticing.
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I'll use them for a little while and return them afterwards.
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I said to myself, to justify what I'd just done, but deep inside, I knew that there was no chance I was going to return them.
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The boy came back, maybe a couple of minutes later, but he didn't notice that his earphones were missing.
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I smiled.
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This was too easy.
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I tried to act normal for the attention to myself.
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Once I was outside, I couldn't hold it in any longer.
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I laughed my heart out, and the same unbelievable feeling that I'd felt a few days ago
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while eating my unpaid -for chocolate bar washed over me again.
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I used my music player on my way home, and I was right.
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The music was much better being played through those bright -colored earphones.
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And just like that, I'd it,
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in addition to my chocolate bar and earphone adventures.
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I allowed myself to grab a keychain that belonged to my dad's friend when he'd come over for dinner, a brown lipstick that belonged to my aunt,
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our neighbor's baseball, which he used to play fetch with his dog, as well as my dad's black and silver lighter.
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I mean, I don't smoke, but I just took it because it had a beautiful shine to it.
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Different objects that belonged to other people piled up into a giant treasure trove, no use to me.
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I still found it kind of exciting to have these things that other people treasured.
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Even at school, I found joy in all of this.
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Whenever I'd go to the toilet, I used to take the tiny new things
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that I'd managed to borrow throughout the day out of my bag and just stare at them for a little while.
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Then I put them back in my bag so
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that later I could add them to my ever -growing pile of treasure when I got back home.
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I used to hide my treasure in a big box and my dad to avoid a barrage of annoying questions.
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I came out of the bathroom holding my bag cautiously as I didn't want the tiny bottle of perfume
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that I'd recently borrowed to break.
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It was my trophy for the day.
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I took it out during the lunch break from a bag
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that belonged to a girl that attended the same class as me.
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I ran into my math teacher in the corridor and I said hi to her.
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She answered back and asked me how I was doing, her car.
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I gladly accepted and walked along with her.
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I followed her to her private room.
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She told me that her car was parked in the schoolyard and since it was pretty far away, she wouldn't be able to solely move all the papers by herself.
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The papers were neatly divided into two boxes that were put on her desk.
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The first thing that I noticed though was not the boxes, but rather, the shiny gold pen that had a golden engraving on it.
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From a distance, I couldn't read what it said, was all the way on her desk.
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She carried one of the boxes with both hands and asked me to follow her.
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Once she turned her back, I grabbed the pen and hid it in my pocket as if it was nothing.
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Then, I carried the other box with both hands and quickly followed her.
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I helped her load the boxes into the trunk of her car, said goodbye, and went home.
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I was in my room checking some of the things
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that I'd borrowed throughout the day and arranging them in my special box.
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I totally forgot about gold pen, but I soon remembered it.
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When I saw the little pencil case, which was full of pencils that I'd taken earlier, from my weird classmate, I went to the chair on
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which I had carelessly laid my school dress and reached down to take the pen out of the pocket of the dress.
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I held it between my fingers for some time and stared at it for a while.
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It was finally time for me to know what the special golden engraving that was on the pen said.
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It turned out that it was nothing but a few meaningless engraved by the manufacturer of the pen, like the model number, ink type, and such information.
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I removed the pen cap, but once I did, a small piece of paper that was carefully folded fell out of its cap.
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I was so curious to know what it was, so I picked it up from the ground and carefully unfolded it so it didn't get torn apart.
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There wasn't much written on the little piece of paper, nothing but three words that made my hands shake.
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"I know what you did." The paper said, the words were written in thin red ink.
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I felt an indescribable feeling of astonishment and doubt.
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Who would put that piece of paper inside of the pen cap?
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Who would leave that message inside of the teacher's pen like that?
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Maybe it was nothing but a coincidence.
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There was no way the teacher was directing that message at me.
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No one knew about what I was doing.
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I shook my head in a desperate attempt to keep away all the notions and thoughts that were racing through my mind.
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pen cap back on the pen
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and put the pen inside the box with the rest of the other objects that I'd stolen.
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I was about to put the box back in the closet when I heard the words echoing in my mind again.
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But this time, it was my teacher's voice.
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I know what you did.
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I felt suspicious.
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And the only explanation that I could think of at the time was that my teacher had caught me red -handed.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 74 zinnen en 1055 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:55. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 179 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ (werkwoord) — thuishoren, horen. To have its proper place.
- treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — schat. A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
- borrow /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ (werkwoord) — lenen, ontlenen. To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
- pocket /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — zak. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ (bijwoord) — voorzichtig. With care; attentively, circumspectly.
- desk /dɛsk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bureau, schrijftafel. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
- shake /ˈʃeɪk/ (werkwoord) — schudden. To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- pile /paɪl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — stapel. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- pencil /ˈpɛnsəl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — potlood, griffel. A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
- stare /stɛɚ/ (werkwoord) — staren. To look fixedly (at something).
- finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — vinger. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
- thin /ˈθɪn/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — dun. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- adventure /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — avontuur. A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
- wash /wɑʃ/ (werkwoord) — wassen, spoelen. To clean with water.
- curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — nieuwsgierig. Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
- come back (werkwoord) — terugkomen. To return to a place.
- put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (werkwoord) — aantrekken, opzetten (headgear). To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- turn out (werkwoord) — uitvallen, resulteren. To end up; to result.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 22 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'd, couldn't, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: thin /ˈθɪn/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, nonetheless /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, wash /wɑʃ/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, notion /ˈnoʊʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, manufacturer /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəɹə/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
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 belong, treasure, borrow.
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 play · used to take · used to hide |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | being played · was parked · were put |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was reading · were missing · was doing |
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.