Shadowing Practice: We're trying something new... - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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we are launching a whole new channel there have been video ideas
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that i've pitched
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that don't fully belong on veritasium i've been in those pitch meetings i've seen those i've seen
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that happen but that doesn't mean that the videos shouldn't exist and
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that they they aren't saying something very interesting we need another
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way to tell these stories we have veritasium we have a lot of exciting stories
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that we want to tell same veritasium rigor but this time it's about social science.
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It's about how our complex and constantly changing world works.
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So that's what we're doing.
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We're launching a whole new channel called InGenius.
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You can watch the first few minutes here and
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if you like it come to our channel InGenius and you can watch the rest.
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This $40 hunk of metal rewired the modern world it started a revolution
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that transformed China from being one of the poorest countries in
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the world to a global superpower controlling 30 % of all
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manufacturing it's a story that's never been told before how it
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inspires former spy Yuan Gong to create an island of capitalism in his home council with an invention
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that changes the face of communist China spreading its influence across the world and upending the entire global economy.
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But the story didn't start in China.
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It starts with a frustrated American trucker from North Carolina. In 1937,
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24 -year -old Malcolm McClain is driving his truck full of cotton bales from North Carolina up to Hoboken, New Jersey.
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At port, he waits for his truck to be unloaded
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and waits and waits it's painstakingly slow almost a whole day and that's just his one truck
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he figures what if you took the entire back of the truck
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and just put it directly on the ship the whole thing
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would be over in a matter of minutes instead of hours
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so why don't we put
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that whole body on the truck that's my first thought you
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know the problem is truck drivers can't control how ships are loaded
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so while mclean builds a highly successful trucking empire over the next 20 years he can only stand by
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and watch as the cargo issue gets worse this is the
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log from a 1954 cargo ship the ss warrior 194 582 total things on the ship
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that would all have to be loaded and unloaded by hand by gangs of longshoremen.
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It takes so long.
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It means if you're shipping something, you're paying twice as much for your cargo to be stuck at port than actually traveling on a ship.
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And it makes your cargo vulnerable to another problem.
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The New York and New Jersey waterfronts in the 50s are dominated by the Genovese and Gambino Mafia families.
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Corruption, racketeering, and theft are endemic.
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More than $13 million of cargo is estimated to have been stolen just from those ports over a three -year period.
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That's more than $180 million in today's money.
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The upshot is, the process is so expensive that in most cases, selling internationally just isn't worth it.
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So, most consumer products stay local.
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Make locally, sell locally.
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So in 1955, McLean decides to act.
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He's convinced his old idea of detachable truck trailers is the solution.
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So McClain does something drastic.
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He sells his 20 -year -old trucking empire and gambles everything on an ocean shipping company,
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despite the fact that he has zero experience in the field.
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But to turn his idea into reality, he needs someone who can actually build the container of his dreams.
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He hears about 35 -year -old engineer Keith Tantlinger.
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Tantlinger, based out in Spokane, Washington, who has built a transportable metal box and even been tinkering with trying to stack it.
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Tantlinger's reasoning is similar to McLean.
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Rather than waste precious ship space with the truck or the wheels,
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just transport the cargo in the box from the truck to the ship in one seamless move.
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McLean flies Tantlinger down to his headquarters in Alabama
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and immediately gets him working on containers that will fit onto a converted World War II oil tanker that he just bought.
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McLean renames the ship the SS Ideal X, ideal for the ideal form of transportation and X for experimentation.
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It was the SpaceX of the 1950s.
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And in many ways, Malcolm McLean is the Elon Musk of his day.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “We're trying something new..”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: truck, ship, Mclean, cargo, Veritasium. Deze video bevat 47 zinnen en 720 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:58. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 145 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
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| cargo zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ | vracht, lading |
| ideal bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ | ideaal, optimaal |
| pitch zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɪt͡ʃ/ | worp |
| container zelfstandig naamwoord | /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/ | bak |
| steal werkwoord | /stiːl/ | stelen, ontvreemden |
| belong werkwoord | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | thuishoren, horen |
| headquarters zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/ | hoofdkwartier |
| cotton zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑt.n̩/ | katoen, katoenplant |
| communist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/ | communist, communiste |
| trailer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/ | aanhangwagen, aanhanger |
| estimate zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ | schatting |
| convince werkwoord | /kənˈvɪns/ | overtuigen |
| vulnerable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/ | kwetsbaar |
| theft zelfstandig naamwoord | /θɛft/ | diefstal, dieverij |
| stack zelfstandig naamwoord | /stæk/ | stapel |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | been told · be unloaded · are loaded |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have been · i've pitched · i've been |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 16 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I've, don't, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: corruption /kəˈɹʌpʃən/, invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/, experimentation /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/, upshot /ˈʌpʃɑt/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/, experimentation /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/, painstakingly /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋli/, transportable /tɹænsˈpɔɹtəbəl/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: headquarters /ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/, unload /ʌnˈloʊd/, upend /ʌpˈɛnd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: stack /stæk/, transform /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/, capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/, gamble /ˈɡæm.bəl/, drastic /ˈdɹæs.tɪk/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: cargo /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/, gamble /ˈɡæm.bəl/, rigour /ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/
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 cargo, ideal, pitch.
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.