Shadowing Practice: Wentworth Miller on the Success of ‘Prison Break’ - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, Wentworth.
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I like your look and I like your name.
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It's such a good name.
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I think I mentioned that last time you were here.
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It's just a great name.
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I have something for you.
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I saw somebody put something down there.
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What you got?
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It's a gift.
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I heard it was your fifth anniversary, so I wanted to give you something.
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And I remember seeing a clip of Smoking Donkey.
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We used to have the Smoking Donkey on the table, yes.
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Yes.
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I think this is a little companion piece.
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Now he's got a friend.
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Oh, my.
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It's the drinking bear.
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This is vintage?
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This is vintage.
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I found this at a pawn shop outside of Dallas, Texas.
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Oh, and he pours it.
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Oh, and he drinks it.
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Fantastic.
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Thank you.
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That's great.
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I wonder how many animals they thought of before they decided upon the bear that would drink.
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They...
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Usually chimpanzees they make do all those things.
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Yeah, just a little something for the kids.
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It's great.
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Great.
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I don't know where the smoking dog is.
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We thought it was not cool to be putting smoking out there. Of course.
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So we decided to take it away.
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But there's nothing wrong with a drinking bear.
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Uh-uh.
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No. Now, speaking of smoking, because it's bad for you, you know, it's really bad for you.
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And you recently just quit, right?
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Yes, I did.
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I did.
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Great.
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How long did you smoke?
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Did you smoke for a long time?
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I did.
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I was smoking on and off for about 10 years.
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But I've had maybe four or five cigarettes in the last eight months.
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So as far as I'm concerned, that's quitting.
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Yeah.
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I think that's pretty good.
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So that's good.
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So that means you haven't totally quit.
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That means you're not completely addicted, that you're going to start all the way up again.
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No, I think I'm done with it, which is great.
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Yeah, how'd you do it?
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Well, you know, I didn't want to try the patch, because I thought chemicals got me into this.
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I don't want to use chemicals to get me out of this.
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I just want to stop cold turkey on my own willpower.
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I think that's the best way to do it.
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Now, is it hard, like everybody, because it just seems like the kind of set where there's a bunch of guys just sitting around, because there's a lot of down time.
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Do a lot of guys smoke on the set?
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They do.
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They do, but my new addiction is a Blackberry.
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Oh, really?
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Yeah, constantly on the Blackberry.
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Keep your hands busy.
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Exactly.
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Exactly.
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And speaking of the show and the set, I can't not ask this.
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I mean, Lane Garrison, who had such a tragedy.
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I mean, it was just such a horrible thing that happened, the drunk driving incident.
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And I've seen him sobbing.
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He clearly is remorseful.
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And he's, I don't know if you know the story.
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He didn't even know that the kids, they were killed when he was driving drunk.
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And a couple of 15-year-olds or something, right?
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And so have you talked to him or do you have...
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Not recently, but I did get a chance to spend some time with Lane when he was working on the show,
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and all I can say is that he is essentially a very sweet kid who made a horrific mistake.
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Obviously, there are no excuses.
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Nothing's going to bring that boy back, and he'll spend the rest of his life paying for it.
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And I was really proud of him that he stepped forward and took full responsibility for his actions.
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Yeah, yeah, it's it just shows you I mean, I'm sure he was a great guy and just one
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That's a bad decision that should show you you don't you don't drink
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and drive you don't fool around with it No matter what a great person you are.
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It's just not worth it.
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You know to take that chance It's a serious segment on Ellen today.
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Yeah, it is Well, you know,
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that's a no, let's let's get lighter then Take your shirt off Well,
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you had the tattoos before.
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You're back in prison again.
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You were out, now you're back in prison.
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That's right.
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And so now, and you had the tattoos before.
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You were always like this.
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And now, you don't have the tattoos.
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Right.
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So you have to just wear a shirt all the time to cover?
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I'm in a long sleeve t-shirt.
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To pretend to cover all that.
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Yeah, and it's supposed to be down in Panama.
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It's supposed to be hot.
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We're sweating.
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We're shooting the show in Dallas, so it's like 110 degrees every day.
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It's a nightmare.
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And humid, too.
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And humid, yeah.
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Yeah.
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And what is that?
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Like, that must be, and it's not like a, they don't try to make it look real clean.
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It's a prison.
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It's a bad, bad prison.
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Yeah, you're supposed to be dirty.
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You're supposed to be sweaty.
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All the actors before every take were standing there with our own little spritz bottles, spraying ourselves down just to sell the story that we're supposed to be selling, which is funny to me
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because I can remember driving around Los Angeles way before my career had started in this 1982 beat up Toyota Cressida.
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The AC was shot.
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The windows were down.
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I've got like a spritz bottle rolling around the car like underneath my seat.
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And I'd pull up to an intersection or the red light
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or something and I'd spray myself down just to like stay cool. And now?
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The universe has a really bizarre sense of humor.
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That spritz bottle.
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Is it the same one or no?
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You didn't hold onto it?
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I've upgraded.
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All right.
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Thanks for being here.
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My pleasure.
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The third season.
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And thanks for my drinking beer.
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Oh, you're welcome.
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The third season of Prison Break premieres tonight at 8 o'clock on Fox.
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We'll look at some of the highlights from my vlogs after this.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Wentworth Miller on the Success of ‘Prison Break’”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: smoking, prison, supposed. Deze video bevat 133 zinnen en 1020 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:19. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 192 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| tattoo zelfstandig naamwoord | /tæˈtuː/ | tatoeage |
| humid bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhjuːmɪd/ | vochtig |
| vintage zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/ | wijnoogst |
| chimpanzee zelfstandig naamwoord | /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/ | chimpansee |
| willpower zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɪlˌpaʊɚ/ | wilskracht |
| pawn zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɔːn/ | pion |
| addict zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæd.ɪkt/ | verslaafde |
| horrific bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /həˈɹɪfɪk/ | afschuwelijk |
| humour zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhjuːmɚ/ | humor |
| intersection zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/ | kruising, kruispunt |
| sleeve zelfstandig naamwoord | /sliv/ | mouw |
| bizarre bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /bɪˈzɑː(ɹ)/ | bizar |
| cigarette zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/ | sigaret |
| pour werkwoord | /poɹ/ | gieten, uitstorten |
| companion zelfstandig naamwoord | /kəmˈpæn.jən/ | metgezel |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I don't know where the smoking dog is.
- How long did you smoke?
- Did you smoke for a long time?
- I think that's pretty good.
- You didn't hold onto it?
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 had · haven't totally quit · I've seen |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | were killed · was shot |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | kid who made · selling, which is |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 36 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, you're, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: intersection /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/, addiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: humid /ˈhjuːmɪd/, vintage /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/, sleeve /sliv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: tattoo /tæˈtuː/, chimpanzee /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/, addict /ˈæd.ɪkt/, companion /kəmˈpæn.jən/, tragedy /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: willpower /ˈwɪlˌpaʊɚ/, sweat /swɛt/
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 tattoo, humid, vintage.
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