Shadowing Practice: What science can’t answer, according to physicist Jim Al-Khalili | Big Think - Learn English Speaking with Video
Kies een oefenmodus
Elke modus opent een volledig scherm oefenruimte.
66 zinnen
Als zinnen te kort of te lang zijn, klik op Bewerken om ze aan te passen.
1
A lot of people think that somehow gaining knowledge about the world and how the world works detracts from its mystery, detracts from its beauty.
2
Ignorance is bliss.
3
Quite the opposite.
4
The more we understand, the more we can appreciate, the more we can find wonder.
5
Whereas remaining in ignorance, that's just darkness, that's just confusion.
6
Knowledge, understanding, enlightenment are always better than ignorance.
7
My name's Jim Al -Khalili, I'm a professor of physics at the University of Surrey.
8
My most recent book is called The World According to Physics.
9
I tend to think of our knowledge of the universe and of reality like an island.
10
The interior of the island is the well -established science that we know very well.
11
The shoreline around the island, that's the limits of our understanding.
12
And beyond it is the ocean of the unknown.
13
Of course, we don't know whether that ocean goes on forever.
14
As we gain in our knowledge and our understanding, the island is growing in size, so we're reaching out.
15
We can take a paddle out into the water to see some of the mysteries
16
that we're trying to tackle now that we still don't understand.
17
But we don't know how much further our understanding needs to go.
18
There are certain questions that we have always asked about ourselves, about the world, that transcend science.
19
They're certainly the big questions in science today, but they've been questions we've been asking for millennia.
20
Who am I?
21
Where is my place in the universe?
22
What is the nature of self?
23
Where did we come from?
24
There may be questions that we'll never find answers to, but that is the nature of humanity,
25
the nature of humankind, that we want the answers to some of these deep questions.
26
There's this notion that somehow scientists have this sterile,
27
clinical, logical, rational view of the world that leaves no room for mystery and awe and magic and wonder.
28
On the contrary, Everything I learn about how the world is tells me it's full of magic and wonder.
29
The idea that Newton discovered
30
that the invisible force pulling the apple down to the ground
31
is exactly the same force keeping the moon in orbit around the Earth is utterly profound.
32
It's utterly awe -inspiring.
33
I remember as a student sitting in a lecture being told about the equations of electromagnetism.
34
The professor wrote down equations on the board he went through lines of algebra
35
and arrived at a new equation and in that equation was a number and he said, and that is the speed of light.
36
And that tells you that light is an electromagnetic wave.
37
I remember sitting there and, you know, even as I'm telling you this now, I have that same shiver going down my spine.
38
There's wonder wherever we look.
39
It's the opposite of sterile, rational, cold, analytical thinking.
40
It's often said that the more we know about the workings of the universe, the more we don't know.
41
So our growing understanding really tells us about our growing ignorance.
42
That is not to say that we haven't come a long way.
43
We do know a lot about the building blocks of matter, about the nature of space and time.
44
We now know how many elements there are
45
that make up the world we have the periodic table of
46
elements we now know why those elements are classified the way they are
47
because of the way electrons arrange themselves around atoms the rest
48
you could argue is down in the fine nitty -gritty detail and it may well be that
49
some of the ideas we have today turn out to be
50
wrong 10 20 years from now i probably wouldn't be saying something too different to what i'm saying today
51
but 100 years from now
52
and certainly a thousand years from now I may look back on the gym of the early 21st century
53
and think that I was just as naive as as the medieval scholars who thought the sun orbited the earth.
54
I think a lot of scientists are realizing
55
that having this silo mentality of having expertise in one field to address some of the big questions simply isn't enough.
56
We're getting ever more interdisciplinary.
57
I'm a physicist, so I would argue that physics is of course the best way of learning about the world.
58
It's an arrogant view and I think it's not exactly true.
59
It's not going to address questions like complex human behavior in society or psychology or the workings of the human brain,
60
but it addresses these fundamental questions.
61
What everything is made of, how everything works.
62
We don't know whether we will ever, one day, know everything about the nature of reality.
63
And in a way, that's nice, that's exciting.
64
It's frustrating, yet beautiful, that we may never have all the answers.
65
There's this wonderful quote by Douglas Adams, I take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.
66
Thank you.
App downloaden
Alles wat je nodig hebt om vloeiend te spreken
AI UitspraakScoor elke zin
IPA OefeningBeheers elk geluid
WoordenschatBouw je woordenschat op
WoordenspelLeren terwijl je speelt
Zelfde Kanaal
C13
Is success genetic? | Kathryn Paige Harden
Daily ConversationUniversity Students
C11
Where is the evidence for God? | Bishop Robert Barron
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C12
How many people are in hell? | Bishop Robert Barron
Daily ConversationUniversity Students
C110
Supernatural thinking: Your brain’s anti-anxiety mode | Clay Routledge
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C12
Why schools of the future will be designed with geneticists | Kathryn Paige Harden
Daily ConversationUniversity Students
C13
Evolution explains kindness—even when it kills us | Paul Bloom
Daily ConversationUniversity Students
C11
The lost art of accomplishment without burnout | Cal Newport for Big Think +
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C16
Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway. | Paul Bloom
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C13
A mind-blowing explanation of symmetry | Frank Wilczek for Big Think
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B21
How evolution works, in 54 minutes | Sean B. Carroll: Full Interview
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C13
Mindfulness isn’t the only powerful mental state | Clay Routledge
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C12
Why ‘turning the other cheek’ is fundamentally misunderstood | Bishop Robert Barron
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C14
What kind of atheist are you? | Clay Routledge
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B23
How do elite performers automate their habits? | Wendy Wood
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B25
Hit peak performance with the power of habit | Wendy Wood
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
C12
Why I’m against empathy | Paul Bloom
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C11
The famous tree-falling thought experiment has a new answer | Lisa Feldman Barrett
Daily ConversationUniversity Students
C11
12 traits emotionally intelligent people share (You can learn them) | Daniel Goleman for Big Think+
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C11
Why softness beats stress | Giulia Enders
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
C13
Why humans believe “everything happens for a reason” | Clay Routledge
Daily ConversationUniversity Students
FOR YOU
Aanbevolen Video
C1552 zinnen
The Professor Who Taught People How To Think (1962)
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C16
32 zinnen
What if quantum physics could eradicate illness? | Jim Al-Khalili for Big Think
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C11
654 zinnen
Stuart & Cliffe Knechtle | Do Agnostics Just Want To Have Control? | Give Me an Answer
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C1180
24 zinnen
The uncomfortable truth | Yuval Noah Harari
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C12
40 zinnen
Put Thought in its Right Place
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C11
238 zinnen
Cosmic Insignificance Theory: A Simple Idea That Will Change Your Life Forever
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C13
85 zinnen
AI Will End Philosophy, Physicist Claims
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C12
132 zinnen
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS | Advanced English Listening Podcasts | B2-C1 English
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C110
93 zinnen
Some brains are built for philosophy. Is yours?
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C19
49 zinnen
Does God exist? Science does not have an answer.
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B23
303 zinnen
What If you Could See the 4th Dimension?
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 66 zinnen en 828 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:24. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 154 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 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
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| ignorance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/ | onwetendheid, ignorantie |
| equation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/ | vergelijking |
| element zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛləmənt/ | element |
| mystery zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/ | mysterie |
| physics zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɪz.ɪks/ | natuurkunde, fysica |
| argue werkwoord | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | redetwisten |
| scientist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | wetenschapper, wetenschapster |
| rational bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/ | rationeel, redelijk |
| orbit zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/ | baan |
| establish werkwoord | /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ | oprichten, stichten |
| whereas | /(h)wɛɹˈæz/ | hoewel, terwijl |
| discover werkwoord | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | ontdekken |
| arrive werkwoord | /əˈɹaɪv/ | aankomen, arriveren |
| fundamental bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/ | fundamenteel |
| humanity zelfstandig naamwoord | /hjuˈmænɪti/ | mensheid, mensdom |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| go down werkwoord | afdalen |
| write down werkwoord | opschrijven, neerschrijven |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 19 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: equation /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/, rational /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/, notion /ˈnoʊʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/, humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, mentality /mɛnˈtæləti/
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 ignorance, equation, element.
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 | is called · being told · are classified |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have always asked · they've been · haven't come |
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.