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Below the thunders of the Upper Deep, far, far beneath, in the abysmal sea,
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his ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep, the Kraken sleepeth.
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That's right, it's time to release the Kraken.
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This is the legendary sea monster.
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It's massive, terrifying, and hungry.
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Thankfully, it's just a myth, right?
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What if this behemoth of the sea actually existed?
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How would this Leviathan live in the real world?
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And how would this monster affect our lives?
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This is What If, and here's what would happen, would happen if the Kraken were real.
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It's time to dive in.
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We're getting up close and personal with the mythical cephalopod feared by ocean dwellers and land lovers alike, the Kraken.
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How exactly would the Kraken live in our world?
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First, we would categorize the Kraken as a cephalopod.
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Like the octopus, squid, and cuttlefish, the kraken would be a highly advanced and intelligent marine animal.
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Cephalopods are soft-bodied, so they have no bones to become fossils.
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That would explain why we haven't found any remains of a kraken.
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But it also proposes a terrifying possibility.
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If the kraken lived by the laws of science, it wouldn't be immortal, which means there's more than one.
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And they're breeding.
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baby krakens.
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As to where this is happening, we assume it would remain in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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That being said, the species of giant squids alive today inhabit all of the world's oceans, so we shouldn't consider ourselves to be safe yet.
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Your first hint that you may be in the presence of a kraken is that you catch lots of fish.
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And I mean, a lot of fish.
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If it seems too good to be true, that's because it is.
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The kraken is scaring the fish towards the surface.
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And that's a harbinger of death for unwary sailors.
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Giant squids hunt by keeping still in deep waters.
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When a fish gets close enough to the dangling tentacles, it's pulled into the squid's grasp and is unable to escape the suction cups that line the tentacles.
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We can assume that the kraken hunts in a similar style, but fish isn't on its menu.
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It wants you, your crew, and your ship.
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The kraken is described in folklore as being the size of a few small islands, and its back was 1,500 m in circumference.
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It's also said that the kraken was able to pull massive ships completely underwater with its tentacles.
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How strong would it have to be to pull this off?
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Well, Archimedes' Principle states that the buoyant force of an object submerged in a fluid
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equals the weight of the fluid that the object displaces.
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If you take the gross tonnage of your ship, and multiply it by the density of seawater and gravity, then subtract the weight of your ship,
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it will give you the force that the kraken needs to use to pull your ship under the water.
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For the kraken to pull a regular-sized ship completely underwater, it would need to exert a force of just over 400,000 kg.
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In non-mathematical terms, the Kraken is very, very strong. And you?
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Well, I'm sorry to break this to you, but you're Kraken food.
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It's safe to say that if at least one of these monsters dwelled beneath the ocean, anything involving sea travel would have happened very, very differently.
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How would it affect us?
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Well, if this monster of the deep is lurking in the Atlantic.
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It would have changed history as we know it.
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The Vikings wouldn't have been able to sail overseas if this sea monster was eating them.
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Come to think of it, Christopher Columbus and his crew may have ended up in a watery grave, and never made it to the New World.
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In fact, North America might not have been discovered at all until the invention of air travel.
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Now, we could assume that explorers evaded the kraken on their voyage, but with the kraken being such a massive creature,
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it would need a lot of food to sustain itself.
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meaning it doesn't look good for anyone who likes to go in the water.
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Thankfully, the Kraken isn't currently devastating the ocean today.
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If it ever existed in the first place, it would have been gone long before humans made their debut.
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The myths and legends attributed to the Kraken are more than likely encounters with their very real,
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and arguably very terrifying, giant squid cousins.
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But after all that, we can't write the old kraken off for sure.
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Human beings have only searched 5% of the oceans.
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Everything else down there is a mystery.
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It may be a creature of myth, but we can't imagine it would be fun to be eaten by a kraken.
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What if another real nautical creature decided to make you its dinner?
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What if you were swallowed by a whale?
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Well, that sounds like a story for another WHAT IF.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “What If the Kraken Was Real?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: kraken, ocean, ship, monster, fish. Deze video bevat 63 zinnen en 817 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:53. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 139 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 78% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 10 van de 63 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 |
|---|---|---|
| cephalopod zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɛfələpɑd/ | koppotige, inktvis |
| tentacle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɛntəkəl/ | tentakel |
| myth zelfstandig naamwoord | /mɪθ/ | mythe |
| thankfully bijwoord | gelukkig | |
| underwater bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/ | onderwater, onderwater- |
| buoyant bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈbɔɪ.ənt/ | drijvend |
| circumference zelfstandig naamwoord | /sɚˈkʌmfɹəns/ | omtrek |
| cuttlefish zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkʌt(ə)lfɪʃ/ | zeekat |
| dangle werkwoord | /ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/ | bengelen, bungelen |
| displace werkwoord | /dɪsˈpleɪs/ | onthemen |
| folklore zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfoʊk.lɔːɹ/ | folklore |
| harbinger zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɑɹ.bɪn.d͡ʒəɹ/ | voorbode |
| inhabit werkwoord | /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ | wonen |
| multiply werkwoord | /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ | vermenigvuldigen |
| mythical bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈmɪθɪkəl/ | mythisch |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| get up werkwoord | opstaan |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- How would it affect us?
- What if another real nautical creature decided to make you its dinner?
- What if you were swallowed by a whale?
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 | being said · is described · have been discovered |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | haven't found · have only searched |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | immortal, which means · anyone who likes |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 13 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, isn't, wouldn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: myth /mɪθ/, behemoth /bəˈhi(ː).məθ/, mythical /ˈmɪθɪkəl/, mathematical /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: cuttlefish /ˈkʌt(ə)lfɪʃ/, suction /ˈsʌkʃən/, invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: cephalopod /ˈsɛfələpɑd/, underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/, categorize /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/, mathematical /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/
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 cephalopod, tentacle, myth.
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.