Shadowing Practice: What Does Your PEE Say About You? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You produce between two - three pints of urine every day, but most of us still pay little attention to our liquid waste. So, what does your pee say about you? And could it be a clear indicator of your body's overall health?
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Before you pee, the kidneys filter water soluble waste by absorbing the nutrients it needs to keep, like sugar, back into your body, and getting rid of the things your body doesn’t want, like toxins. The liquid waste then flows to your bladder where it is stored until eventually being peed out.
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If your urine is brown, it could be from eating a lot of rhubarb, fava beans or aloe. It is also a side effect of some medications such as laxatives, muscle relaxants and antibiotics.
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More seriously it can be a sign of liver disorder or kidney disease.
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If you’re seeing purple, you may be suffering from a rare inherited disorder known as porphyria.
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Porphyrias cause your body to be deficient in the enzymes which produce heme, an essential part of red blood cells.
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Green urine? It could be from a new medication or vitamin. Some green food dyes don’t get absorbed by your body and can be excreted in your urine, so a green stream is not always something to be alarmed about, especially after St. Patrick's day.
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If your urine is blue, you likely have familial hypercalcemia, an inherited disorder found in children which is caused by excess calcium in the blood also known as blue diaper syndrome.
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Some medications have methylene blue in them which can cause urine to turn blue / green.
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If your urine is pink or red, there may be blood in the urine. This could be due to a variety of conditions from an enlarged prostate, bladder cancer or even chronic lead poisoning.
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But red urine can also be caused by different types of medications or from eating richly coloured foods like beets and blackberries. In fact beeturia is the technical term for peeing pink after eating too many beets.
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If your urine is orange, it could be from eating excessive amounts of food containing high levels of vitamin C or carotene such as carrots. It’s also caused by drugs, like a painkiller called Pyridium given to people with urinary tract infections which turns urine bright orange.
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Normally, urine should be a shade yellow, and it gets this yellow colour from the pigment of urobilin, which is a product of the breakdown of heme, an essential part of your blood.
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Depending on how much water you have in your body your urine will either be diluted or concentrated with urobilin. Honey coloured? It means your body has reabsorbed a lot of water to keep you hydrated so now there is a higher concentration of urobilin in your urine making your pee appear amber coloured. You need to drink water right now. Dark yellow, this is normal, but there is more urobilin so you will want to drink water soon. No colour at all means you have been drinking a lot of water. It could also mean you have consumed caffeine or alcohol which inhibits the ability for your body to reabsorb liquid in the kidney, meaning you pee out way more water.
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Transparent yellow, you’re normal and healthily hydrated.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “What Does Your PEE Say About You?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: urine, urobilin, pee, medication, yellow. Deze video bevat 15 zinnen en 548 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:54. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 189 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. Slechts 75% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 4 van de 15 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:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| urine zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈjʊɹɪn/ | urine |
| medication zelfstandig naamwoord | /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ | medicatie |
| kidney zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɪdni/ | nier |
| beet zelfstandig naamwoord | /biːt/ | biet, kroot |
| hydrate zelfstandig naamwoord | /haɪˈdɹeɪt/ | hydraat |
| inherit werkwoord | /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ | erven |
| bladder zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈblædɚ/ | blaas |
| absorb werkwoord | /æbˈsɔɹb/ | absorberen, (in zich) opnemen |
| pee zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpiː/ | plas |
| vitamin zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/ | vitamine |
| carotene zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkæɹ.əˌtin/ | caroteen |
| deficient bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /dɪˈfɪʃənt/ | gebrekkig, tekortschietend |
| dilute werkwoord | /daɪˈljuːt/ | verdunnen |
| enlarge werkwoord | /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/ | uitvergroten, vergroten |
| excrete werkwoord | /ɛkˈskɹiːt/ | afscheiden |
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 continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is | have been drinking |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is stored · can be excreted · is caused |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | children which is · them which can · urobilin, which is |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has reabsorbed |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, doesn't, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, deficient /dɪˈfɪʃənt/, shade /ʃeɪd/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, urinary /ˈjʊɹɪˌnɛɹi/, antibiotic /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, indicator /ˈɪn.dɪˌkeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: absorb /æbˈsɔɹb/, enlarge /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/, laxative /ˈlæk.sə.tɪv/, rhubarb /ˈɹuˌbɑɹb/, excessive /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: bladder /ˈblædɚ/, absorb /æbˈsɔɹb/, carotene /ˈkæɹ.əˌtin/, laxative /ˈlæk.sə.tɪv/, relaxant /ɹɪˈlæksənt/
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 urine, medication, kidney.
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.