Shadowing Practice: where fear ends, freedom begins - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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How's it going?
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Very beautiful.
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As you can see.
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about a year ago i went to hawaii for the first time by myself barely even had a plan
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I went there with $400 and I stayed at various hostels and places where you can work to stay for free.
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After the first week, I got bored of the hostel I was at
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and I met these two guys named Brandon and Plasma.
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we were sitting on this deck in front of the ocean
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and they were playing guitar i always gravitate towards music like
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if there's a street performer or someone playing an instrument you'll probably find me around
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that person anyway so i like these guys and they told me
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if i ever needed a place to stay they hit them up Right.
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So I left the place I was staying and I had nowhere to go.
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And I messaged Brandon and I said,
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hey, I'm taking your offer.
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I want to stay with you guys wherever it is.
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So I ended up sleeping on a bench that night because they weren't there yet.
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I slept on a bench in the rain for the first
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time i've always had a home i never had to sleep outside like
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that so that was a pretty new experience anyway the next day brandon comes
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and well both of them come and they pick me up in this pickup truck
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but there was no room to sit in the truck
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so i had to sit in the bed of the truck
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which is fine but we were going on a highway
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so they were driving like 60 miles per hour
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and I'm just sitting in the back of this bed of this truck right
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and I remember thinking to myself
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if they crash right now I will die like I'm in
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a position where I could just cease to exist in this body
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and at first it was a little scary to think that
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and then I was realizing
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or not realizing I was gathering faith you know I've always
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had a connection with life with a lot of people call it God I like to call it God sometimes
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but it's really just a faith in the higher order of things
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that everything happens for a reason and I started leaning into that and then I closed my eyes
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while I'm in the bed of the truck going 60 miles per hour
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and I relaxed I fully relaxed and in that moment of being in
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that situation and relaxing and having faith in a moment where it feels like there's a risk.
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I felt the most peace and empowerment I've ever,
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I felt super charged with energy.
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Now, the reason I'm telling you the story is because I was reminded of it just now.
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I was thinking of today,
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I went snowboarding and I was riding on the ski lift
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and there was a part of the ski lift where it
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was like 50 feet 60 feet off the ground maybe more
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and I was just looking down I was like whoa
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if I fall that would not be good I'll probably die
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or something and I got that feeling again I got
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that feeling and then I did the same thing I relaxed I closed my eyes
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and I had faith
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and the same phenomenon happened I had the super charge of energy the peace
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and and this isn't the main thing really it's
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this kind of applies to everything i'm just bringing up moments
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that i can remember of like an extreme surrender not an
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extreme really i've had much more extreme surrendering moments than that
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but i just think there's a power in it it's it's possibly one of the deepest powers
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that we have access to is surrender um and really to overcome fear what does that take like
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what does it take to overcome fear
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i think the first step is to figure out what you're afraid of
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so for example if i'm sitting in the ski lift
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and i see the fall why am i scared of it what am i scared of
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and i came to the conclusion
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that i was scared of pain now me personally i'm not scared of the unknown i'm not scared of death
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and I don't think I'm scared of pain anymore I don't I don't think I'm scared of anything
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and it feels good to be able to say that
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and a lot of people might doubt
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and say well you can sit there in your beautiful heavenly location and say you're not scared of anything
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but when it comes time when when things get real do you feel fear then
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and i don't think i will but
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if i do then i'll tell you if the moment comes about
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and how did i get to this moment or this place of fearlessness
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because it's pretty new to me
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and the past like it's a continual thing like i keep having to face more
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and more fears i faced my own death i've faced uh
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many things mostly the big ones were facing my own death
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and experiencing surrender in various situations but i thought of a quote the other day
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And it says, the end of fear is the beginning of freedom.
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The end of fear is the beginning of freedom.
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So I can't really tell you how to get rid of your fear
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because I don't know all I know is that you can
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and I know that I did
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and how I did it was by facing my fears
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and I know that sounds simple because it is but it's very powerful
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and I think the world would be a better place
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if all of us overcame fear if all of us reached a place of fearlessness and freedom within ourselves
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if i'm a little shaky it's because it's so cold it's very cold Anyway,
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for the past week or so,
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I keep telling myself I'm done being afraid.
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And it's not even like,
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it doesn't even really feel like a choice in a sense.
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It kind of just feels like I'm done.
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Like I'm tired of it.
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Like I've used up all my fear.
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Like I just, I don't have it in me.
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I don't have the energy to be afraid of anything.
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I keep telling myself I'm done.
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I'm done with this.
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I'm done being afraid.
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I'm done.
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And the more I let go,
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in a sense, the more I trust the higher order of things,
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the plan, I like to call it,
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which I have had glimpses of.
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I have seen glimpses of the plan,
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the perfect plan the the blueprint behind this whole experience
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if you will
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and i'm just trusting it it's an irrational it's irrational for me to trust it
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because it's no i have no proof i don't have i
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don't have the manuscript i can't pull out a paper written by god
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that says everything's gonna be okay i don't have any guarantee
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that everything really is okay but something within me tells me
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that everything is okay there's a little voice and i trust it and i'm gonna keep trusting it
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because i have a feeling that the more i trust
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that everything will be okay the more i let go of my fear of my anticipation
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and allow myself to freely enjoy the present moment for no reason other than because it feels right
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and i have a feeling that the more i do
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that the more it's going to open up the more i
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trust the more it trusts me the more worthy in a sense i will be of everything ever
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but to become worthy you have to earn the spot it's like growing up
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but some people never really grow up some people they they stop developing
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but i don't intend on that
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but here's the thing it's not i'm not forcing it i'm
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not brute forcing trying to just grow grow learn learn no it's actually the opposite i'm letting go releasing
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and as i release and let go i find an openness which in turn invites a space for growth,
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creates a space for growth. But it's not effort.
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There is no effort, which might sound counterintuitive.
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so i am manifesting with my voice with my intention with
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my energy with my words with this present moment all of the universe has come together for this moment right now
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for me to say that i am beckoning forth an era of freedom of fearlessness of openness
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if not just for myself but for everybody that i can influence
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because i find that
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if i go to this new realm where there's no fear where anything is possible where you can relax
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because everything really is okay everything really will always be okay
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and everything always happens for a reason this is the existence in
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which i exist in
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which through me will create a portal for you who are
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you i don't know who am i i don't know but you and i can both be in this place
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of okayness where everything really is okay it's really okay
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and this is how it is now as i speak everything really is okay right now i have created it if not
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if i didn't create it i have found it i have
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pinpointed myself in this position where everything is okay where i have no fear
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and where anything can happen and i have full faith that everything will happen as it should
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for if not me you as well right now just like that just like that the power that we both have to create and
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if not to create to find to magnetize ourselves to the place where everything is okay it is it's
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so beautiful and i'm just doing
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that right now as i speak here we are we're in the place right now is
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that not amazing that we have this ability is that not beautiful
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that we have this ability if that's not beautiful i don't know what is maybe this view
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I don't know if the view is really as beautiful though anyway
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I'm done being afraid I'm ready to enjoy my life and I hope you feel the same
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so thank you for sharing this moment and I hope to see you again in the future.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “where fear ends, freedom begins”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: fear, moment, scared. Deze video bevat 151 zinnen en 1748 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 15:36. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 112 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 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
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| scare werkwoord | /skɛɚ/ | bang maken, beangstigen |
| surrender werkwoord | /səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/ | zich overgeven, capituleren |
| fearlessness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs/ | onbevreesdheid |
| hostel zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɑstəl/ | herberg, pension |
| irrational bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/ | irrationeel, irrationele |
| glimpse zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡlɪm(p)s/ | glimp |
| beckon werkwoord | /ˈbɛkən/ | wenken |
| blueprint zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/ | cyanotypie |
| counterintuitive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/ | contra-intuïtief |
| magnetize werkwoord | /ˈmæɡ.nɪ.taɪz/ | magnetiseren |
| snowboard zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsnoʊˌbɔɹd/ | snowboard |
| manifest zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/ | manifest, vrachtbrief |
| anticipation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/ | voorpret |
| heavenly bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhɛvənli/ | hemels |
| performer zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/ | uitvoerder, uitvoerster |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| grow up werkwoord | opgroeien |
| bring up werkwoord | opvoeden |
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen |
| figure out werkwoord | uitvogelen, er achter komen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I keep telling myself I'm done being afraid.
- It kind of just feels like I'm done.
- I keep telling myself I'm done.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Voorwaardelijke zinnen if + zin, will/would + werkwoord — een voorwaarde en het gevolg | if they crash right now I will die · if I fall that would not · if i do then i'll tell |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | i've faced · have seen · has come |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 62 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: irrational /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/, anticipation /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: irrational /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/, counterintuitive /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/, empowerment /ɪmˈpaʊ.əɹ.mənt/, anticipation /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/, phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: counterintuitive /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/, magnetize /ˈmæɡ.nɪ.taɪz/, snowboard /ˈsnoʊˌbɔɹd/, intend /ɪnˈtɛnd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: irrational /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/, gravitate /ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/, magnetize /ˈmæɡ.nɪ.taɪz/, manifest /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/, anticipation /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: glimpse /ˈɡlɪm(p)s/, gravitate /ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/, magnetize /ˈmæɡ.nɪ.taɪz/
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 scare, surrender, fearlessness.
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.