Shadowing Practice: Walk & Talk By The Beach | Comprehensible Input in English - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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The past few weeks I've been in Spain, mainly by the beach, combining my work routine with holidays.
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Oh, and to say this sign, it is...
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Quote, unquote.
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Or you can say, in inverted commas.
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Anyway, my fiancée has just gone out to see some live music.
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She's gone to a gig, also known as a concert.
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So I thought I'd take you on a little bit of an evening walk through a natural park
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and then back along the beach.
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And I'll be describing things that I see in English
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and having a chat to provide you with some comprehensible input in English.
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And because I don't like carrying a bag with me and taking lots of random stuff, here are a few things that I would normally take with me to the beach,
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but today I haven't done.
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These are flip-flops, but in Australian English they call them thongs.
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There you can see two beach chairs and a couple of beach umbrellas.
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This is a towel, of course, to dry yourself after you go for a swim.
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And don't worry, I've already put on sun cream.
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You can also say sunblock or sunscreen.
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I've already put on some insect repellent, so hopefully no mosquitoes will bite me.
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These are vending machines.
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Here we have a nice picnic area with some trees.
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We have sand on the ground.
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And we have a children's playground with a slide over there.
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And here in front of me, we have a lovely climbing wall where people can climb up the wall.
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Now I'm walking straight forward along this wooden path and you can see my shadow as I'm walking forward.
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And let me explain to you the difference between shade and shadow.
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The shade is any area that isn't in the sun, that it's covered.
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This, this would be shade.
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Whereas here, somebody's reflection, that is their shadow.
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This is my shadow.
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All clear?
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Here we have a bin where people should throw away their rubbish.
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And it's a bit bright.
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It's quite hard to keep my eyes open.
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So I'm going to put on my sunglasses, also known as my shades or sunnies.
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Now, luckily, I'm walking through this big area in the shade.
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Now, let me just zoom in because in the distance on the horizon,
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you can see these huge wind turbines producing electricity.
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It is of course wind energy, which is a form of renewable energy.
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And to be honest it's a little bit windy at the moment.
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You could also say it's a bit breezy at the moment.
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And right now I was sat down on a bench and I'm recording this in the evening.
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It's about seven o'clock now
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so thankfully luckily it has cooled down it's like 28 degrees right now
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but earlier it was like 36
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so it is boiling scorching sweltering baking roasting all different ways to say very hot over there you can see
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that there are people walking out along the pier to then get into some kayaks and start kayaking.
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I think from this angle you can see the kayaks a little bit more clearly and the wind turbines behind them.
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As I'm walking I thought I'd show you my swim shorts.
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You can also call them swimming trunks and I'm wearing trainers instead of flip flops.
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That's because I have sensitive feet and if I wear flip flops for too long then my feet start to hurt.
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I've just stopped for a moment because I noticed in front of me you have lots of cacti.
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One of these plants, trees that are able to survive in very dry weather.
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The singular is cactus and the plural is cacti.
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I've just taken off my shirt because,
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you know, I want to get a tan and getting a tan is when your skin starts to become browner.
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You become tanned and as maybe can see behind me, I'm on a bridge and there is a little stream passing through it.
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And look at this, check it out.
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The stream is a little bit dry to be honest,
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but the thing I want to show you is that when I zoom in you can see lots of little crabs.
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These little crabs that are digging holes and then climbing out of the holes.
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It's cool, isn't it?
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Well, nature is cool in general.
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Ah, isn't that satisfying?
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Looking ahead of me and seeing that it's empty.
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There's nobody in front of me.
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Lovely.
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A bit of peace and quiet at last.
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Oh, and by the way, maybe you haven't seen me with a mustache before, so I'm curious.
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What do you think of the mustache?
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Oh, and as I said at the beginning of the video, I'm still working whilst I'm kind of on holiday, combining being by the beach with my classes.
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And if you'd like to join my classes for groups or individuals, I'll leave a link in the description.
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And there, you can also try out my application for free as well.
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Now, just before I start walking back along the beach, I'm going to sit down and have a quick pause,
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a little rest at that bench which is just underneath a beautiful tree.
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By the way, this is something that I do almost every day.
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I come for a walk, I put on my earphones and I listen to podcasts or music and I get my steps in.
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I do a little bit of exercise.
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Do you enjoy going for a walk as well?
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And if you do, do you ever watch my videos or listen to my podcasts whilst going for a walk?
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If so, let me know in the comments.
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And yeah, it's a great way of killing two birds with one stone by doing a bit of exercise, getting out of the house,
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whilst listening to me speaking in English at the same time to improve your listening skills.
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Right in front of me, you can see the sun blazing.
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and you can see it reflecting against this stream
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and I'm on another one of these little bridges
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and here you can see yet again some little crabs that keep popping out of their holes.
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Okay I'm just about to reach the beach
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and behind me you can see a bridge
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and you can see the part of the city of cadiz
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which is in the south of spain and it's famous for being very windy
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so hopefully the volume and the sound quality isn't too bad despite it being
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so windy look at my hair wow it looks mental doesn't it it looks crazy now finally i have reached the beach
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So looking across here you can see that huge bridge and over there you can see the city of Cadiz.
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Then in about an hour I guess the sun will go down,
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it will set, and I'm gonna walk all the way back over there where you can see those buildings.
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And whenever I see some words or phrases that I think are interesting and worth teaching you, well I'll do that as well.
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As I keep walking here you can see lots of footprints from where other people have walked along the beach.
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There are of course lots of these little shells, we can also specify and call them seashells.
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These shells are slightly different because they're from razor clams, a type of clam that looks like this.
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Delicious if you ask me.
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And what do you call these birds that are found by the beach?
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They are seagulls.
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And the seagull is flying away.
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This is a little bit dry, but it is seaweed.
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And this, of course,
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is sand this is a sandy beach there the seagull is perching on top of some kind of pole
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and there you have a fence on each side of it now i'm going to walk towards the shore
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and then I'm going to walk along the shore
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which is the little part of the beach just next to where the sea begins.
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And behind me there are some waves but they're not very strong
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so I don't think you can really go surfing in this water.
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And to be honest I'm tempted to go for a dip.
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Go for a dip means to go for a quick swim.
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I'm tempted to go for a dip but it's not
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that hot anymore and I haven't brought a towel
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so I think I'm gonna pass this time
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and earlier this morning I went to a different beach and there I did go for a dip.
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I did have a little swim in the sea and it was amazing I loved it.
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Oh and right now as you can see
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because the beach is quite big and there's a lot of sand where people can sit down and sunbathe,
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it means that it is low tide.
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But I think the tide will be coming in, will be approaching and taking over more of the sand.
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Then it would be high tide.
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Here you have more seagulls.
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It seems like they've all got together
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and they're fighting over some food beautiful these floaty things
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that you see in the water they're called boys yes it
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sounds just like boys as you can see i'm now getting closer
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and closer to these apartment buildings these blocks of flats where lots of people have a second residence
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and right along the shore you You can notice lots of people are out for a stroll.
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A nice evening walk.
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And if I zoom in, you can see that the beach is packed.
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It's crowded.
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It's teeming with people.
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It is chock-a-block.
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It looks a little bit like a bird, but no. Over there, flying in the sky is a kite.
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Someone is flying a kite.
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Now, as I'm getting to the end of my walk, you can see some palm trees and I'm walking along the promenade, along the seafront.
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That's the direction I've come from, where you can see the city and the bridge in the distance.
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And across, you can see that the sun is going down, it's starting to set, and the beach is packed.
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So that is the end of my walk.
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I'm going to head home.
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I hope you enjoyed this video, and I'll see you next time.
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Bye-bye!
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 144 zinnen en 1738 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:47. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 147 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 81% 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:
- swim /swɪm/ (werkwoord) — zwemmen. To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- shade /ʃeɪd/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — schaduw. Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- sand /sænd/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — zand, zavel. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in…
- shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — schaduw. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- shore /ʃɔɹ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — kust, oever. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- climb /ˈklaɪ̯m/ (werkwoord) — klimmen. To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
- zoom /zuːm/ (werkwoord) — zoeven. To move fast with a humming noise.
- crab /kɹæb/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — krab. Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- windy /ˈwɪn.di/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — winderig. Accompanied by wind.
- flop /flɑp/ (werkwoord) — instorten, inzakken. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- bench /ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bank, zitbank. A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- shell /ʃɛl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — schelp. The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — podcast. A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on…
- combine /kəmˈbaɪn/ (werkwoord) — combineren. To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
- towel /ˈtaʊ̯əl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — handdoek. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
- put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (werkwoord) — aantrekken, opzetten (headgear). To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- go down (werkwoord) — afdalen. To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- sit down (werkwoord) — gaan zitten. To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
- cool down /kuːl ˈdaʊn/ (werkwoord) — afkoelen, koelen. To become cooler; to be reduced in temperature.
- get together (werkwoord) — samenkomen. To meet, to gather together, to congregate.
- take off (werkwoord) — uittrekken, afzetten. To remove.
- take over (werkwoord) — overnemen. To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
- throw away (werkwoord) — weggooien. To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 55 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, I'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, sunbathe /ˈsʌnbeɪð/, thong /θɔŋ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shade /ʃeɪd/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, shell /ʃɛl/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/
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 swim, shade, sand.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've been · has just gone · haven't done |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was sat · are found · is seaweed |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | energy, which is · bench which is |
| Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd | start kayaking · start walking · keep popping |
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.