Shadowing Practice: Why Are There 7 Days In A Week? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Did you know that there is only one thing every single culture, country and religion in the world agrees on?
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And it's that there is only 7 days in a week.
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Not one more, not one less.
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Christians, Muslims, Jews, Europeans, Arabs, Asians.
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From China to Antarctica, everybody has 7 days a week.
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But why 7?
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What's so special about that number that every single person on the planet agrees to it?
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Let me explain.
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Thousands of years ago, people didn't have iPhones or watches to tell the time.
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So they would look up at the planets and their positions to guess it.
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They saw seven planets, including the sun and the moon, and believed that each had superpowers.
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So they started to worship them.
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One would be the god of justice, the other would be the goddess of love, and just like that, every planet became a god.
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They wanted these gods to watch over them 24 /7.
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So they assigned one God to every hour of the day.
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And eventually, they even gave a whole day to each.
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And that's how we ended up with seven days for seven gods.
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Moon day, Mars day, Mercury day, Jupiter day, Venus day, Saturn day, and of course, Sunday.
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These people were the Babylonians.
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Their weak system got so popular that it spread to Spain, France, India, Malaysia, and even the North Pole.
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That's how Mars day became Tuesday after the Norse god of war, Tu.
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Mercury day was renamed to Wooden's day after the Norse god of Wisdom, Wooden or Odin.
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Jupiter day was called Thor's day, after the Norse god of Thunder.
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And Venus day was renamed after the goddess of love, Frigg or Freya.
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So it was called Freya day.
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Many cultures tried to change the week, like the Egyptians and Romans who had 10 days instead of 7.
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But it never worked out because almost every other country in the world was happy with 7.
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Actually, the world fell in love with 7.
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That number became so popular that we started using it everywhere.
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The seven wonders of the world, the seven colors of the rainbow, the seven deadly sins, the seven continents, the seven seas, the seven chakras,
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the seven white keys of the piano, and even the seven Harry Potter books.
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It became a lucky number.
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So lucky that if you hit it three times in a slot machine, you'll become mega rich.
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It's so popular, even Cristiano Ronaldo picked it up as his jersey number.
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And James Bond uses it as a code name.
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Scientists found out that the reason we love it so much is
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because we can only remember up to seven things at a time in short -term memory.
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Anything more than that and we would need to write it down.
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So the next time you feel like your week is too long or you can't wait for the weekend, just remember it could have been much longer had you had followed the Egyptians.
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This is only for the first 1000 of you.
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Or alternatively, you can just join one of our free workshops to try it out.
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Thank you so much and I'll see you in the next video.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Why Are There 7 Days In A Week?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: seven, planet, became, Norse, popular. Deze video bevat 48 zinnen en 592 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:54. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 152 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
De 14 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| rename werkwoord | /ɹiːˈneɪm/ | hernoemen |
| goddess zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɑdəs/ | godin |
| chakra zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈt͡ʃɑː.kɹə/ | chakra |
| superpower zelfstandig naamwoord | grootmacht, supermacht | |
| geek zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɡiːk/ | freak |
| assign werkwoord | /əˈsaɪn/ | toewijzen |
| entrepreneur zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ | ondernemer, entrepreneur |
| continent zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑntɪnənt/ | werelddeel, continent |
| workshop zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/ | atelier, werkplaats |
| deadly bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈdɛdli/ | dodelijk |
| scientist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | wetenschapper, wetenschapster |
| worship zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/ | verering, aanbidding |
| invite werkwoord | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | uitnodigen, nodigen |
| piano zelfstandig naamwoord | /piˈænɪː/ | piano |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken | |
| get off werkwoord | van ... afgaan | |
| watch over werkwoord | bewaren, bewaken | |
| work out werkwoord | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | uitrekenen |
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 | was renamed · was called |
| Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep | the best · the most successful |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | you'll become · I'll see |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, didn't, I'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: alternatively /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/, entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: goddess /ˈɡɑdəs/, geek /ɡiːk/, mega /ˈmɛɡə/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/
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 rename, goddess, chakra.
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.