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Hi, Rob Donin.
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I don't know anything about music, but I think you're really, really great.
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Oh, wow.
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Anyway, I schedule performers for the children's libraries around the city, and I was just thinking, have you ever thought about playing your songs for kids?
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Oh, I would love to have kids.
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Hear me play the songs that I will write for them.
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I'm just, I'm used to playing for grown-ups.
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You know, and they just, grown-ups drink their coffee and do their grown-up thing.
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You know, and kids, listen.
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It's just a huge responsibility.
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What?
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Are you going to kiss me?
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I was thinking about it.
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Okay.
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Okay, all righty, let's play some tunes.
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Hi, everybody.
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I'm Phoebe.
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Hi, Phoebe.
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Okay.
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Um...
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I'm gonna play, um, some songs about grandparents.
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okay?
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Now, Grandma's a person who everyone likes She brought you a train and a bright shiny bike
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But lately she hasn't been coming to dinner And last time you saw her she looked so much thinner Now,
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your mom and your dad said she moved to Peru
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But the truth is she died
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and someday you will too La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
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There'll be times when you get older
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When you'll want to sleep with people Just to make them like you But don't
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Cause that's another thing That you don't wanna do Everybody!
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That's another thing That you don't wanna do Excellent!
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Very informative Not at all inappropriate Thank you for coming, everybody.
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There are cookies in the back. That was great.
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The kids loved you.
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Yay.
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I rock. And you know why?
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Because you told the truth.
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And nobody ever tells kids the truth.
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You were incredible. But?
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How did you know there was a but?
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I sense these things.
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It was either butt or butter.
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The thing is, I think, you know, some of the parents, they were kind of hoping that you'd play more songs about, like, barnyard animals.
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I can do that.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Because that would be fantastic.
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What?
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You want to kiss me?
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I'm thinking about it.
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Say hi again.
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Hi, Pete.
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Today, we're going to start with some songs about barnyard animals.
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Oh, the cow in the middle goes moo.
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Oh, the cow in the middle goes moo.
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Then the farmer hits him on the head and grinds him up.
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And that's how we get hamburgers. About chicken!
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Fired?
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Why?
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The library board has had a lot of complaints from parents about some of the stuff in your songs.
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I can't believe it!
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Did you tell your board about how the kids want to hear the truth no i see maybe
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if you just played some regular kitty songs no what do
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you what do you want me to be like some stupid
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big like purple dinosaur i'm not saying you have to be
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Barney who's Barney excuse me is this one the singing lady is who tells the truth um yeah I guess that's me
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sometimes men love women sometimes men love men and then there are There are bisexuals,
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though some just say they're kidding themselves.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Why Phoebe Was Banned from Singing to Kids”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: songs, truth, grown, everybody, thinking. Deze video bevat 68 zinnen en 531 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:27. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 119 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen. 12 van de 68 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
grandparent zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/grootouder
hamburger zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/hamburger
informative bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/informatief
bisexual bijvoeglijk naamwoord/baɪˈsɛk.ʃ(əw).əl/biseksueel
dinosaur zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/dinosaurus
performer zelfstandig naamwoord/pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/uitvoerder, uitvoerster
grind werkwoord/ˈɡɹaɪnd/malen, vermalen
kitty zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkɪti/katje, kattenjong
inappropriate bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/ongepast
someday bijwoordop een dag, ooit
cookie zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkʊki/koekje
farmer zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/boer, boerin
tune zelfstandig naamwoord/tjuːn/melodie
butt zelfstandig naamwoord/bʌt/kont, achterste
purple zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpɝ.pl̩/paars, purper

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
grow up werkwoordopgroeien

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • I'm just, I'm used to playing for grown-ups.
  • Are you going to kiss me?
  • I'm gonna play, um, some songs about grandparents.
  • How did you know there was a but?
  • You want to kiss me?

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig waswas just thinking · was thinking
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill write · will too · There'll be
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtI'm thinking · i'm not saying · they're kidding
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomenAre you going to kiss · gonna play · we're going to start

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 21 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, wanna. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: informative /ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/, bisexual /baɪˈsɛk.ʃ(əw).əl/, inappropriate /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: barnyard /ˈbɑɹnˌjɑɹd/, informative /ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/, grind /ˈɡɹaɪnd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: grandparent /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/, hamburger /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: grandparent /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/, hamburger /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/, grind /ˈɡɹaɪnd/

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 grandparent, hamburger, informative.

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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