Shadowing Practice: Why don't you remember being a baby? - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
1
What's the earliest memory that you have?
2
Well, I've got bad news, it's probably fake.
3
According to neuroscientists, anyone who says they remember being a baby is probably lying, but they don't even know it.
4
Psychologists did this experiment where they interviewed three -year -olds about real stuff.
5
Zoo trips, first day of preschool, that kind of thing.
6
Then they came back years later and asked those kids to recall those memories.
7
By age 5, 6, or 7, they remembered 60 % or more of those early life events, But by age 8 or 9, they only remembered like 40%.
8
Most of that early memory was gone, and it declines quickly from there.
9
So you didn't forget being a baby when you were a baby.
10
You forgot it in like second grade.
11
Researchers from Yale put infant babies in an MRI, which is probably easier said than done.
12
And they showed that a key memory area of the brain, called the hippocampus, well, it lights up when a baby locks in on, say, a photo that it's never seen before.
13
So our memory is definitely running by about age 1.
14
The memories get made, but something's happening to them after.
15
Well, here's what we think's going on.
16
During the first few years of life, that memory region of the brain is being flooded with new, growing neurons.
17
This shuffles around the cells that were already there, rewiring the chain of neurons and basically breaking that old memory.
18
There's research in mice that suggests that maybe those memories could still be hiding in there somewhere, they just can't be accessed test.
19
See, when scientists zapped the original neurons with light in mice, some early memories came back.
20
But we've never tested the same thing in humans, because it turns out to be pretty hard to recruit people to get fiber optic cables shoved in their brains.
21
But why would a brain do this?
22
When you're like one, you don't need to remember specific events as much as you
23
need to figure out the rules for things like language or how the physical world works, so your brain focuses its energy on that.
24
Still, nearly 40 % of people say that their first memory is from age 2 or younger.
25
And somebody's probably going to be in the comments telling me that they definitely remember being born.
26
But you probably don't.
27
All this research suggests that those are almost certainly reconstructions that are pieced together from family stories and photos and later memories.
28
So some version of you learned language, discovered what gravity was, and all those other things.
29
But sadly, you can never meet that version of yourself.
30
Follow me for more cool science videos.
📺 Zelfde Kanaal
Scientists Finally Figured Out What Love Is ForB2
2

Scientists Finally Figured Out What Love Is For

American AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?B2
1

Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

American AccentDaily ConversationUniversity Students
Mars Used to Be Blue... Then Something HappenedB2
4

Mars Used to Be Blue... Then Something Happened

American AccentIELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students
How Habits Can Change Your Life (and Your Brain)B2
8

How Habits Can Change Your Life (and Your Brain)

American AccentBusiness EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
The Strange Science of Why We DreamC1
5

The Strange Science of Why We Dream

American AccentIELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students
The Unbelievable Science of How We ReadC1
3

The Unbelievable Science of How We Read

American AccentIELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students
5 Weird Involuntary Behaviors Explained!B2

5 Weird Involuntary Behaviors Explained!

American AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
Evolution FAILS in the Human BodyB2

Evolution FAILS in the Human Body

American AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
How Feathered Dinosaurs Accidentally Invented Flight (We Tested It!)C1

How Feathered Dinosaurs Accidentally Invented Flight (We Tested It!)

American AccentIELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students
✨ Aanbevolen Video
Why Can't You Remember Being a Baby?B2
3
74 zinnen

Why Can't You Remember Being a Baby?

University StudentsWorking Adults
[Audio] Cambridge Vocabulary For Ielts With Answers - 06 2bB2
228
15 zinnen

[Audio] Cambridge Vocabulary For Ielts With Answers - 06 2b

IELTS PrepCambridge Exam PrepHigh School Students
Did Ancient Humans Really Live Longer Than Modern Humans?B2
4
169 zinnen

Did Ancient Humans Really Live Longer Than Modern Humans?

IELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students
Your Brain Peaked at BirthB2
32
16 zinnen

Your Brain Peaked at Birth

Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
How Is a Memory Stored Inside Your Squishy Brain?C1
22
172 zinnen

How Is a Memory Stored Inside Your Squishy Brain?

IELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students
Fear of ForgettingC1
2
582 zinnen

Fear of Forgetting

IELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students
How Did Humans Learn to Talk?B2
39 zinnen

How Did Humans Learn to Talk?

Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
Too intelligent to be happy? – C1 English Listening TestC1
90
63 zinnen

Too intelligent to be happy? – C1 English Listening Test

IELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students
Who Am I?C1
5
86 zinnen

Who Am I?

British AccentIELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students
What Happens If a Child Never Hears Language?B2
1
137 zinnen

What Happens If a Child Never Hears Language?

Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
We're Not Ready for BiocomputingC1
5
224 zinnen

We're Not Ready for Biocomputing

IELTS PrepTOEFL PrepUniversity Students

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 30 zinnen en 442 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:19. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 190 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

  • mouse /maʊs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — muis. Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
  • decline /dɪˈklaɪn/ (werkwoord) — afnemen, terugvallen. To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
  • discover /dɪˈskʌvə/ (werkwoord) — ontdekken. To find or learn something for the first time.
  • experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — experiment, proef. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of…
  • flood /flʌd/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — overstroming, vloed. An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
  • scientist /ˈsaɪəntəst/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — wetenschapper, wetenschapster. One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research…
  • infant /ˈɪn.fənt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — zuigeling. A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
  • reconstruction /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — wederopbouw. The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
  • researcher /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — onderzoeker. One who researches.
  • recruit /ɹɪˈkɹut/ (werkwoord) — rekruteren, aanwerven. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
  • psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — psycholoog, psychologe. An expert in the field of psychology.
  • shove /ʃʌv/ (werkwoord) — schuiven. To push, especially roughly or with force.
  • neuron /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — neuron, zenuwcel. A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.
  • hippocampus /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — hippocampus, hippokampos. A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.
  • shuffle /ˈʃʌfəl/ (werkwoord) — schudden. To put in a random order.

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

  • come back (werkwoord) — terugkomen. To return to a place.
  • figure out (werkwoord) — uitvogelen, er achter komen. To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
  • go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (werkwoord) — verder gaan. To continue in extent.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 8 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, can't, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: reconstruction /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/, shove /ʃʌv/, shuffle /ˈʃʌfəl/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, reconstruction /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, hippocampus /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/

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. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als mouse, decline, discover.

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetbeing flooded · can't be accessed · being born
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dinganyone who says · MRI, which is

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.

Shadowing-techniek: lees de volledige stap-voor-stap-gids →