Shadowing Practice: Why do we celebrate April Fool's Day? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, it's Dog.
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Today we have a question about April Fool's Day from someone named Mira.
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Let's give her a call now.
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Hi, Dog.
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Hi, Mira.
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I have a question for you.
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Why do we celebrate April Fool's Day?
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That's a great question.
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April Fool's Day is always the day of the year you have to be a little careful.
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You never know, you might walk into a room and find out it's been filled with balloons.
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Or maybe you find your classroom has been covered in newspaper.
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April Fool's Day might be one of the strangest holidays there is.
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A holiday where people play pranks on each other.
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Little things that might annoy someone or make them laugh or sometimes just confuse people.
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Here's one of my favorite pranks.
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This teacher played a prank on his students by giving them the hardest spelling quiz ever.
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Alright, going through the list with the spelling.
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You're checking your own list.
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Here we go.
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The first word was Blorsky.
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I lost my Blorsky at a carnival.
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B-L-O-R-S-K-E-E The next word is speeku.
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Look, there's a speeku.
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S-P-E-E-K-U-Z-S-L-M-N.
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There's silent letters at the end of that one.
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But then he told them the truth.
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This is an April Fool's joke!
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I'm an April Fool's joke!
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I'm an April Fool's joke!
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Close enough.
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April Fool's.
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No one knows exactly why or when April Fool's Day started, but it's been going on a while.
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Every year for a long time now, newspapers tend to print at least one fake story or picture.
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Most people have fun trying to spot the one story or photo that's fake.
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But always, every April Fool's Day, there's someone who forgets what day of the year it is and they wind up getting tricked.
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Like maybe someone offers you a cookie, only for you to find out it's been filled with toothpaste.
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Yuck.
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Have you ever had someone play an April Fool's prank on you?
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Now'd be a good time to pause the video and discuss.
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Since lots of April Fool's pranks are about confusing or annoying people, not everyone loves getting pranks played on them.
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Like imagine you found your car covered in post-it notes.
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You might find the prank funny, but other people might be upset.
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It could really depend on how far the prank goes.
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For example, one year on April Fool's Day, a television station in Boston, USA, a place that has no volcanoes,
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aired a fake news story claiming that a nearby hill had started to erupt lava.
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It was meant as a joke, but a lot of people took it seriously.
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They panicked and they packed their cars up and left their homes.
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When they later found out that it wasn't true, the news station got in big trouble.
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Modern technology makes it harder and harder to know what's fake.
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Like, take these two photographs.
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You've got a photo of a lion and a photo of a child.
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But using a computer, it's actually fairly easy to take the child out of the photo and make it look like,
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see, there's a child reaching out and giving a lion a hug.
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And it's not just photos that someone can fake using modern technology.
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One year, the British television channel BBC aired this video.
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Can you spot what's wrong with it?
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It shows penguins flying, but this video is not real.
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Animators used computer software to draw penguins, then used special effects to make it seem like a real video.
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They did such a good job that some people saw this video and were actually fooled.
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They thought someone found penguins that could fly.
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Will you remember not to get fooled on April Fool's Day?
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Here's a tip.
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Just always remember what day it is.
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If it's the beginning of April and you hear or see something that seems a little unbelievable, maybe think twice.
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That's all for this week's question.
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Thanks, Mira, for asking it.
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Now, for the next episode, I reached into my question jar and licked three questions submitted to me that I'm thinking about answering.
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When this video is done playing, you'll get to vote on one.
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You can choose from, what makes food delicious?
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Why do different instruments make different sounds?
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Or, why do we have allergies?
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So submit your vote when the video is over.
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I want to hear from all of you watching.
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There are mysteries all around us.
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Stay curious and see you next week.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Why do we celebrate April Fool's Day?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: April, prank, fake, photo, joke. Deze video bevat 75 zinnen en 766 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:35. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 167 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 81% 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:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| prank zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹæŋk/ | streek, grap |
| penguin zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/ | pinguïn, vetgans |
| annoy werkwoord | /əˈnoɪ̯/ | ergeren, vervelen |
| confuse werkwoord | /kənˈfjuːz/ | verwarren, in de war brengen |
| spelling zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/ | spelling |
| lion zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlaɪən/ | leeuw |
| submit werkwoord | /səbˈmɪt/ | zich onderwerpen, toegeven |
| toothpaste zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtuθpeɪst/ | tandpasta |
| allergy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/ | allergie |
| lava zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɑvə/ | lava |
| volcano zelfstandig naamwoord | /vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ/ | vulkaan, vuurberg |
| lick werkwoord | /lɪk/ | likken |
| quiz zelfstandig naamwoord | /kwɪz/ | kwis, quiz |
| carnival zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/ | carnaval |
| balloon zelfstandig naamwoord | /bəˈlun/ | ballon |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
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| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Let's give her a call now.
- Why do we celebrate April Fool's Day?
- Here's one of my favorite pranks.
- Can you spot what's wrong with it?
- You can choose from, what makes food delicious?
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 | been filled · has been covered · was meant |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | it's been filled · has been covered · Have you ever had |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | might walk · might be · might annoy |
| Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep | the strangest · the hardest |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 8 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, now'd, wasn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: animator /ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/
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 prank, penguin, annoy.
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