Shadowing Practice: Vol 4 - test 2 - section 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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IELTS Listening, version K0012 You will hear a number of different recordings,
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and you will have to answer questions on what you hear.
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There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions, and you will have a chance to check your work.
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All the recordings will be played once only.
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The test is in four sections.
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Write all your answers in the listening question booklet.
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At the end of the test, you will be given ten minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.
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Now turn to Section 1 on page 2 of your question booklet.
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Section 1.
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You'll hear two friends called John and Anna talking about a holiday Anna has just had on Jackson Island.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 7 on page 2.
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You will see that there is an example that has been done for you.
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On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.
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Hi, Anna.
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How was your holiday to Jackson Island?
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It was good.
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There's quite a lot to see.
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It's quite a big island, really.
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Yeah, I was thinking of going in the summer.
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So where would you recommend going on the island?
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Well, the capital, of course, Camford.
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I stayed there with my cousin.
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Anna stayed with her cousin, so cousin has been written in the space.
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Now we shall begin.
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You should answer the questions as you listen, because you will not hear the recording a second time.
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Listen carefully and answer questions one to seven.
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Hi Anna, how was your holiday to Jackson Island?
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It was good.
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There's quite a lot to see.
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It's quite a big island really.
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Yeah, I was thinking of going in the summer, so where would you recommend going on the island?
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Well, the capital, of course, Camford.
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I stayed there with my cousin.
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What did you do there?
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Well, actually, I spent most of my time there shopping.
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So has it got good shopping centres?
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Yes, but they're the same as at home, really.
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So I did all my shopping in the market, which is great.
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What kinds of things are good to buy there?
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Everything, but bags and shoes especially.
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Just make sure you've got cash with you, as most of the stalls don't take credit cards.
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OK, that's good to know.
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Where else did you go?
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Well, my cousin and I went to Newtown.
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She said it was famous for its modern architecture.
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We only had half a day there, so we took a bus tour around the town.
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But if I were you, I'd give the bus tour a miss.
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Unless you know a lot about architecture, the buildings all look the same.
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There's a museum, though.
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That's supposed to be good.
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You might like that.
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OK, I'll give it a go.
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Then after that we headed for Golden Beach
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because we were going to meet up with an old friend that I hadn't seen for years, but we had to stay in a caravan as the hotels were all booked up.
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Is it as pretty as it looks in the brochures?
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Yes, it's very picturesque.
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We did some sailing on the most beautiful blue sea.
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It was so clear that you could see the bottom, even quite far out to sea.
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That part of the trip was great and I'd have liked to have stayed even longer.
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I'd suggest staying there for a minimum of four days if I were you.
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We had two days there and it wasn't nearly enough.
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Sounds great.
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I'll put that on my must-do list.
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Was that the end of your trip?
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No. After Golden Beach, we drove into the centre of the island to White Mountain.
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White as in the colour?
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Yes.
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The island's great because you can go from the beaches up to the snowy mountain in a couple of hours.
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We took a tent because we were going to camp, but the weather was so cold, in fact it was snowing when I was there, that we stopped in a motel instead.
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Did you go skiing then?
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No, but we tried snowboarding and it was harder than it looked.
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It looks so easy when you see other people doing it, but it took me ages to get the hang of it.
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I wish I'd had some lessons, but you had to make your bookings in advance.
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Okay, I'll look into that.
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Thanks.
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Now listen and answer questions eight to ten.
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So are there any other tips or advice you could give me?
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I don't know.
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Let me think.
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Oh, one place you should try to visit is this very quaint cafe, which is at the foot of the mountain.
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It has the best cakes ever.
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It's worth going there just for them.
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I'll have to try those.
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So what other advice would you give?
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Oh, let me think.
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Er, we didn't really have any problems.
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Well, how did you get around when you were there?
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We wanted to get a motorbike at first.
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They're very cheap to hire and great fun to ride as the roads are very good.
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But it turned out not to be a good idea because the weather is so changeable.
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You'd be much better off in a car.
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There are plenty of places where you can hire them and the roads are well signposted so you won't get lost.
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And presumably I can get a map when I get there?
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Well, you can, but they are expensive.
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It'd be better to get one here before you go.
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Great.
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That's been really useful.
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Thank you.
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That is the end of Section 1.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Now turn to section 2 on page 3.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Vol 4 - test 2 - section 1”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: island, answer, Anna, cousin, section. Deze video bevat 101 zinnen en 959 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:15. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 132 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 89% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen. 16 van de 101 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
booklet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbʊk.lət/boekje, pamflet
brochure zelfstandig naamwoord/bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/brochure
motorbike werkwoord/ˈmoʊtɚˌbaɪk/motorrijden
picturesque bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛsk/pittoresk, schilderachtig
signpost zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/wegwijzer
snowboard zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsnoʊˌbɔɹd/snowboard
motel zelfstandig naamwoord/moʊˈtɛl/motel
caravan zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkæɹəvæn/karavaan
booking zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbʊkɪŋ/boeking
sail zelfstandig naamwoord/seɪl/zeil
tent zelfstandig naamwoord/tɛnt/tent
presumably bijwoord/pɹɪˈzuːməbli/vermoedelijk, waarschijnlijk
ski zelfstandig naamwoord/skiː/ski
instruction zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/onderwijs
shoe zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈʃu/schoen

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
turn out werkwoorduitvallen, resulteren

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • What did you do there?
  • Where else did you go?
  • I'll put that on my must-do list.
  • Was that the end of your trip?
  • Did you go skiing then?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetwill be played · will be given · has been done
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telthas been done · has been written · have liked
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingmarket, which is · cafe, which is
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig waswas thinking · was snowing

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 20 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'd, I'll, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: brochure /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/

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. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als booklet, brochure, motorbike.

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.

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