Shadowing Practice: Why Do We Fall - Motivational Video - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Let me tell you something you already know The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there if you let it.
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You, me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.
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But it ain't about how hard you hit.
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It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
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How much you can take and keep moving forward.
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That's how winning is done!
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Pain is temporary.
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It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or even a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place.
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If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
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The margin for error is so small...
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one-half a step too late or early, and you don't quite make it.
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One half-second too slow, too fast, you don't quite catch it.
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The inches we need are everywhere around us.
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They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second.
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You got a dream, you gotta protect it.
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People can't do something themselves they wanna tell you you can't do it.
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If you want something, go get it. Period.
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Don't be afraid to fail.
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You can’t always win, but don’t afraid of making decisions.
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You have to believe that something different can happen.
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He who says he can And he who says he can’t are both usually right Most of you said that you want to be successful, but you don’t want it bad.
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You just kinda want it.
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You don’t want it bad than you want to party.
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You don’t want it as much as you want to be cool.
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Most of you don’t want success as much as you want to sleep!
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
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Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
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It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.
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You have to dig deep down, dig deep down and ask yourselves, Who do you want to be?
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Figuring out for yourselves what makes you happy, no matter how crazy it may sound to other people.
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Make a choice.
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Just decide, what it’s gonna be, who you’re gonna be, how you are going to do it.
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Just decide.
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Why not? Why can't I be MVP of the league?
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Why can't I be the best player in the league?
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I don’t see why. Why, why can't I do that?
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What is it you said to the kid?
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It ain't about how hard you hit.
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It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.
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Get up. Get up.
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Get up and don't ever give up.
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And we can stay here, get the shit kicked out of us...
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or we can fight our way back into the light.
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We can climb out of hell...
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...one inch at a time.
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To be able at any moment Sacrifice what you are for what you will become.
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Most of you won't be successful because when you're studying, and you get tired, you quit.
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‘I’m not good in math.’ That’s right, because you never study!
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‘I’m no good in rhyme.’ Because you never write before!
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Talent you have naturally.
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Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.
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If you are not making someone else’s life better, you’re wasting your time.
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Don't cry to quit, cry to keep going.
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Don’t cry to quits.
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You already in pain, you already hurt. Get a reward from it.
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If you know what you're worth, go and get what you're worth!
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But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him or her or anybody!
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Cowards do that, and that ain't you!
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You're better than that!
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Every day is a new day.
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Every moment is a new moment.
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Now you've got to go out and show them that you're a new creature.
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Now! I'ma show you how great I am!
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In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it’s written “the kingdom of God is within man”, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you!
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You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
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Now! What are you gonna do?
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Because limits like fears are often just an illusion.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Why Do We Fall - Motivational Video”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: quit, moving, forward, hour, cry. Deze video bevat 67 zinnen en 774 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:53. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 131 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 91% 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:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
finger zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/vinger
naturally bijwoord/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/natuurlijk
temporary bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/tijdelijk
adventure zelfstandig naamwoord/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/avontuur
happiness zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhæpinɪs/blijheid, blijdschap
skill zelfstandig naamwoord/skɪl/bekwaamheid, vaardigheid
knee zelfstandig naamwoord/ni/knie
reward zelfstandig naamwoord/ɹɪˈwɔɹd/beloning, prijs
craft zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɹæft/gewiekstheid
darkness zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/duisternis, donkerheid
margin zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/kantlijn, marge
climb werkwoord/ˈklaɪ̯m/klimmen
sunshine zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsʌnʃaɪn/zonneschijn
mathematics zelfstandig naamwoord/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/wiskunde, mathematiek
illusion zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/illusie

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
get up werkwoordopstaan
give up werkwoordzich overgeven
go out werkwoordnaar buiten gaan

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Why can't I be the best player in the league?
  • Why, why can't I do that?
  • What is it you said to the kid?
  • It ain't about how hard you hit.
  • What are you gonna do?

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 46 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, can't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De “th”-klanken: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, seventeenth /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/
  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/, illusion /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, temporary /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, inadequate /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: yourselves /jəˈsɛlvz/, reward /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/, coward /ˈkaʊɚd/, subside /sʌbˈsaɪd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, craft /ˈkɹæft/, nasty /ˈnæs.ti/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
  • /w/ — met ronde lippen: reward /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/, inadequate /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/

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 finger, naturally, temporary.

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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