Shadowing Practice: WHEN LIFE BREAKS YOU - Powerful Motivational Speech - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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I don't care how good you are, I don't care how talented you are.
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I don't care how much you work on yourself.
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There are some times when things aren't going to go right.
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There are times when anything that can happen will happen.
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Life happens.
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The unexpected.
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The uncalled for.
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The unintentional.
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We've been damaged emotionally.
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Damaged spiritually.
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It may be your business, it may be your heart that is broken today.
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It may be the number in your bank account that is screaming, you are broke.
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You can break physically, you can break mentally, you can break your heart, you can break your spirit and all of those are gonna leave a mark.
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But the mark that they leave can be the mark of victory.
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or it can be the mark of defeat.
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It is staying with the breaking that produces the blessing.
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It is not what you go through that determines where you end up.
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It's who you listen to.
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Because I think right now, you are walking through a valley between two voices.
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One is wisdom, one is worry.
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One is gratitude, one is grumbling.
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One is blame, one is faith.
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Because every time you break and in every way that you break, while it's a chance for you to give up and for you to fall apart,
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apart but there's also opportunity to get stronger and get smarter
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and get faster and get tougher and get more stable and get more resilient and get better.
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What I need you to do is I need you to find a reason to keep going
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and if you can find a reason to keep going I know you're strong enough to do it
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because you're human and every Every human has what it takes to get past whatever they're going through
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if they decide to push through it.
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Push through it.
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Tragedy and trials come to everybody, only the strong survive.
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The fight isn't over.
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The fight is just beginning.
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You have the opportunity to show the world What you are really made of
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I need you to look at that sickness that's going on in your life right now, whatever it is.
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I want you to say, I can beat it.
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I can beat it.
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I will beat it.
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I must.
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I got a family to live for.
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I ain't through yet.
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My life ain't over yet.
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There's some things in life you don't need no degree for.
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You don't need no money for it.
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You don't need no support for it.
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There's something in life you just gonna get through when you tell yourself, I'm gonna get through this.
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Regardless of what happens to your life, regardless of the adversity, regardless of the opposition, regardless of the trial and tribulation, nothing can stop you.
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The only thing that can stop you is you.
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No situation, no circumstance, no piece of adversity can define your life.
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Never let a circumstance define you. And I'm not retreating.
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I'm not running.
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I don't care what they say on paper.
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I don't care if you say we outnumbered.
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We live by this and we die by this.
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We don't retreat.
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We don't run.
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We're gonna stand and we're gonna live
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and we're gonna die by what we stand for and everybody gonna know what we represent and what we're part of.
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I got staying power.
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I got staying power.
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Be encouraged today that no matter what you walk through, no matter how broken your marriage is, no matter how many times you've failed,
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There is within you a spirit that is greater than whatever is going on around you.
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If you would be willing to fight your way through this battle, fight your way through cancer, fight your way through that academic struggle, fight your way through divorce,
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fight your way through it.
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If you are willing to fight your way through that stinging career, fight your way through boxing, fight your way through football, I'm telling you at the end of the fight,
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there's going to come victory.
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And as you crawl up and out of that dismal and wretched place
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As you rise above what you were and as you take the form of who you are supposed to be
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You will see
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That in the very act of standing up in the very act of fighting on you will become
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and you will remain Unbroken.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “WHEN LIFE BREAKS YOU - Powerful Motivational Speech”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: fight, break, regardless, mark, happen. Deze video bevat 71 zinnen en 738 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:52. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 152 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 89% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| adversity zelfstandig naamwoord | /ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/ | tegenspoed, tegenslag |
| circumstance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ | omstandigheid |
| retreat zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈtɹiːt/ | terugtocht, aftocht |
| dismal bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈdɪzməl/ | akelig |
| grumble werkwoord | /ˈɡɹʌmbl̩/ | grommen, knorren |
| outnumber werkwoord | /aʊtˈnʌmbə(ɹ)/ | in de meerderheid zijn |
| resilient bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/ | weerbaar |
| tribulation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/ | beproeving |
| unintentional bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/ | onbedoeld, onbedoelde |
| wretched bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɹɛt͡ʃəd/ | ellendig |
| sickness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪknɪs/ | ziekte |
| gratitude zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | dankbaarheid |
| blessing zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ | zegen |
| tragedy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/ | tragedie, treurspel |
| scream werkwoord | /skɹiːm/ | schreeuwen |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen |
| fall apart werkwoord | uiteenvallen, uit elkaar vallen |
| give up werkwoord | zich overgeven |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I don't care how much you work on yourself.
- It's who you listen to.
- My life ain't over yet.
- You don't need no money for it.
- You don't need no support for it.
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 | We've been damaged · is broken · are really made |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | We've been damaged · you've failed |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 34 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, gonna, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: tribulation /ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/, unintentional /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: adversity /ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/, tribulation /ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/, unintentional /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: wretched /ˈɹɛt͡ʃəd/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: adversity /ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/, circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, tragedy /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: grumble /ˈɡɹʌmbl̩/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/
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 adversity, circumstance, retreat.
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.