Shadowing Practice: Who Was John the Baptist? - Learn English Speaking with Video

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John the Baptizer was a fearless preacher who followed the example of a prophet from 800 years earlier named Elijah.
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Here's what the Gospel of Matthew says about John.
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In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, repents for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
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prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,
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and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
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Matthew 3, 1 -5.
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John helped create a spiritual fervor among many people in Judea.
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He rejected the corrupt priesthood in Jerusalem and sought the Judean wilderness instead.
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Now John the Baptist's ministry was located somewhere near here in the Jordan River Valley about a day's walk from Jerusalem.
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Now the presence of John the Baptizer in the Judean wilderness
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was seen by many to be the fulfillment of prophecies made by Isaiah and Malachi.
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Hundreds of years earlier, these Jewish prophets predicted a man in the desert who would prepare a way for the Messiah.
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The prophet Isaiah writes, low,
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and the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
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And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
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For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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Isaiah 40, 3 through 5.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Who Was John the Baptist?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Isaiah, wilderness, prophet, Judea, Jerusalem. Deze video bevat 21 zinnen en 276 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:52. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 96 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. Slechts 74% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
wilderness zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈwɪldɚnəs/wildernis
prophet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/profeet, profete
baptize werkwoord/ˈbæptaɪz/dopen
fulfilment zelfstandig naamwoord/fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/vervulling
locust zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈloʊ.kəst/treksprinkhaan, sprinkhaan
priesthood zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/priesterschap
repent werkwoord/ɹɪˈpɛnt/berouwen, berouw hebben
uneven bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ʌnˈivən/oneven
fearless bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈfɪɹləs/onbevreesd
garment zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡɑɹmənt/kledingstuk
preacher zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɹit͡ʃɚ/prediker, predikant
preach werkwoord/pɹit͡ʃ/verkondigen, preken
prophecy zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɹɑfɪsi/voorspelling, profetie
confess werkwoord/kənˈfɛs/bekennen
waist zelfstandig naamwoord/weɪst/middel

Uitspraak om op te letten

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: transcription /tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən/, flesh /flɛʃ/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als wilderness, prophet, baptize.

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.

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