Shadowing Practice: What Kind Of Person Makes A Good Firefighter? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi everyone, I'm Courtney and today I'm here with James.
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We are going to talk about jobs in this new series called Jobs Uncovered.
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We're going to pick a job and talk about the things
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that are good about that job and the things that are bad about that job.
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At the end of the episode, we're going to decide whether we'd like to do that job or not whether we'd like to have that occupation
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james how are you today i'm doing well
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and i'm looking forward to talking about our first job today
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so what is our first job that we're talking about today
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So the first job we're talking about is we're going to talk about firefighters.
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So obviously, I'm sure you're aware that firefighters are people who are caught
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when you have a fire or if you have a fire.
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And they are required to go and put out the fire.
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They'll arrive in their fire truck and they will have all their gear, all their firefighting gear they'll probably bring with them a big
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hose an absolutely gigantic hose to spray water at the fire to try
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and put out the fire so Courtney my question to you is
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what kind of person do you think you need to be
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to be a good firefighter like like what kind of person
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makes a good firefighter in your in your view yeah it's a good question
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so in my opinion i think in order to be a
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good firefighter you need a couple of different personality traits
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so i think you need to be the type of person that's pretty brave the type of person
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that is not afraid to take on challenges head on
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because running into a fire is not something for the meek
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or the feeble you have to be pretty brave to do
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that I think you also need to be pretty physically fit
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I know a lot of firefighters spend a lot of time working out
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and spend a lot of time working on their physique so
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that they can you know have the physical capacity to to go in
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and take on those challenges like you said the hose carries a lot of water in it
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and so I'm sure it's pretty heavy
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and then you need other things like like a good lung capacity right to be able to to run
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and carry people out of buildings and all the crazy things that firefighters have to do
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and then I also think the third thing
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that a firefighter needs is the ability to stay calm under pressure to be level -headed
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because usually when you're firefighting I'd imagine
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that most situations are pretty um pretty intense firefighters don't really get called
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when when good things are happening yeah so i agree with you
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that a firefighter definitely needs to be level -headed right you
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know you need to be able to really be level -headed
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and although it's a situation where many people might panic right
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there are lives at stake there could be lives at stake
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it's important for a firefighter to be very level -headed
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and something else i think a firefighter needs to be able
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to do is they need to be able to think on
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their feet you know i think they need to be able to quickly adapt to any situation
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that comes their way you know maybe they are going into a burning building to go
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and save one person and then perhaps they find out
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that there are two more people that need to be saved as well
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and so the firefighter really they need to think on their feet
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and sort of quickly adapt to every situation at a very fast pace
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so yeah i would say that's quite important um for being a firefighter is there anything else
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that you think any other personality traits or skills
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that are important for a firefighter Courtney can you think of
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anything else I would say probably teamwork teamwork is important in a lot of different jobs
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but I think in firefighting you know you're part of a team
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and so it is a life -threatening situation not only for for the people
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that you're saving but for for your team members
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so I think there needs to be a lot of teamwork
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and a lot of trust I know I wouldn't want to be a firefighter with someone
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that i didn't trust very much yeah absolutely i mean that's what they they work in teams
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and yeah you have to be you know you have to know
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that your teammates have got your back right you need to know
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that they've got they've got your back if if things if things go south
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um yeah you need to you know and
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which i'm sure could happen you know in in a burning building
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if things really go south if things get dangerous
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and miss you know things go wrong then you need to know
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that your team makes they've got your back right yeah they're there for you they're there for you
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that they've got your back
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and i suppose the last thing really is quite an obvious thing
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but of course you need to be fearless right oh yeah you know you're going into a very dangerous situation so
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if you're somebody who is you know easily scared i don't
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think uh being a firefighter would really be for you in fact courtney i think
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that leads me on to my next question
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what kind of person do you think should not be a
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firefighter like like what kind of person should never sign up for for
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that job i think that if you're a person
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that struggles with physical fitness you're going to have a really
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difficult time uh being a firefighter in fact i think during
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some of the firefighting shifts they actually have requirements for working out
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and staying active and fit and in shape um
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so i think you know physically uh that's a challenge
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if you're not physically fit you might not make a good firefighter another thing
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that I would say is someone that's more timid or someone
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that hasn't faced a lot of situations where they've they've had
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to be resilient in the past I think firefighting is a job where you have to persevere a lot
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and you have to push through tough situations so I think
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that if you're someone that's a little bit more mentally weak
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or i would honestly say like
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if you're someone that's worked an office job for for years
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and years you've sat in an office
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and you haven't done a lot of like like physical labor
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or situations where you're put under real life pressure
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and there are pretty dire consequences i wouldn't recommend it um you can't really paperwork your way out of a fire
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definitely not paper paper's not going to help in a fire yeah it probably will make the fire worse
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um and then i guess the third thing that i would say is
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that if if you're not a person that um
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if you're a selfish person i think firefighters have to be
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pretty selfless they have to put their own lives before other people's lives
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yeah i completely agree um being selfless for sure
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so this brings me on to the the most important question
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i guess goni would you make a good firefighter do you think
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i don't think i would make a good firefighter i think i could um i think
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that if i wanted to be one, I could work on those skills.
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I'm not extremely physically fit, but I am athletic, so I could work on those skills.
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I'm not sure that I'm calm under pressure.
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I'm not sure that I would be super level -headed.
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I remember I was a lifeguard growing up, and looking back on my time as a lifeguard, um, if something had happened,
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I'm not sure I would have responded well.
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Um, and it's crazy.
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They put 16 year olds in charge of that.
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Um, and then I guess the third thing is just, I, I haven't had a lot of experience, uh, working on a team in a,
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in a setting where things are fast paced i've had experience working on a team before um
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but not not in in a setting where where it's a life
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or death situation
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so i don't think i'd make the best firefighter what about
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you yeah it's a hard question um to be honest i do think i could meet the physical requirements um
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but i know the firefighters they do something i believe they do something called the bleep test i don't know
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if you have this in the us i think maybe you have a different name for it
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when there's like a bleep and then you run to one side
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and there's a bleep and you have to keep running back
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and forth yeah i don't know what that's called
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but i know what you're talking about yeah i don't it's probably got a different name in the us
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but i remember at school i actually won the bleep test one no way
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so yeah that's right i came out first
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so i do think i can meet the physical requirements
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but as you were talking about like remaining level -headed in a life
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and death situation that's like a different question i'm not entirely sure
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that i'm the kind of person that could do that i have a feeling that i may
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panic a little bit in those situations honestly
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and uh like i think i would be able to think on my feet
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and i could do the physical stuff but in terms of the psychological side of things i'm not
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convinced that i would actually be able to handle like the death you know people being burned and
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and things i don't i honestly think maybe i'm not the
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right guy for the job in this case unfortunately yeah um
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i do think there would be some pretty cool parts about
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being a firefighter like you get to wear the cool firefighting suits although i'm sure they might get really hot
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and stuffy um and be a little cumbersome to to move around in uh
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and you also like
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when things go well you get the credit right it probably is really rewarding to be able to help people
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or some yeah sometimes firefighters even do things
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that don't involve fires like you know help with car accidents
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or save a cat from a tree yeah i mean you
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know what i think the solution to this is just to
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pretend to be a firefighter like just buy the by the gear
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and then pretend that to everybody or your friends and family
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that that you are firefighter and then you get all the credits
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and all the props for being a firefighter
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but you don't actually have to do the dangerous job 100
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percent yeah i uh i also want to say thank you to anyone watching this
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that is a firefighter uh
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when i was in high school there was a massive wire
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wildfire behind my house where we lived it was only about a mile from my home
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and i had to pack up all of my belongings
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and uh go stay at neighbor's house i say neighbors
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but it was it was maybe five or ten miles away
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and i just had to watch and see if my house burned down
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and luckily thanks to the firefighters my house was fine
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because they were able to put out the fire before it burned my house down so thank you firefighters
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yeah firefighters we salute you thank you for the work
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that you do i wonder if there are any firefighters listening today
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if you're a firefighter put put that you're a firefighter in the comments
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and you need to be a real firefighter as an hour
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don't pretend yeah don't just have a year all right everyone well
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that was our chat about firefighters in our new series jobs
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uncovered make sure to stay tuned for the next episode to learn the pros and cons of the next job.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “What Kind Of Person Makes A Good Firefighter?”. Deze video bevat 168 zinnen en 2066 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 12:56. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 160 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| physically bijwoord | /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kli/ | lichamelijk |
| skill zelfstandig naamwoord | /skɪl/ | bekwaamheid, vaardigheid |
| pretend werkwoord | /pɹəˈtɛnd/ | voorgeven |
| requirement zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/ | vereiste, plicht |
| hose zelfstandig naamwoord | /hoʊz/ | slang |
| brave bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /bɹeɪv/ | moedig |
| panic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpænɪk/ | paniek |
| stake zelfstandig naamwoord | /steɪk/ | staak, paal |
| adapt werkwoord | /əˈdæpt/ | aanpassen |
| trait zelfstandig naamwoord | /tɹeɪt/ | karaktereigenschap trek |
| wire zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwaɪɚ/ | draad |
| arrive werkwoord | /əˈɹaɪv/ | aankomen, arriveren |
| reward zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ | beloning, prijs |
| con werkwoord | /kɑn/ | bedriegen |
| psychological bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.d͡ʒɪ.kl̩/ | psychologisch |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| put out werkwoord | buitenzetten, uitwerpen | |
| work out werkwoord | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | uitrekenen |
| burn down werkwoord | platbranden, afbranden | |
| come out werkwoord | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | uitkomen |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken | |
| grow up werkwoord | opgroeien | |
| look forward to werkwoord | uitkijken naar, zich verheugen op |
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 | are caught · are required · be saved |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | hasn't faced · you've sat · haven't done |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who are · somebody who is |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | might panic · might not make · might get |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 74 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: athletic /æθˈlɛt.ɪk/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: psychological /ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.d͡ʒɪ.kl̩/, occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, firefighter /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/, firefighting /ˈfaɪ.əɹˌfaɪ.tɪŋ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/, hose /hoʊz/, brave /bɹeɪv/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, reward /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: panic /ˈpænɪk/, adapt /əˈdæpt/, athletic /æθˈlɛt.ɪk/, gigantic /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gear /ɡɪɚ/, gigantic /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/, lifeguard /ˈlaɪfˌɡɑɹd/
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 physically, skill, pretend.
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.