Shadowing Practice: Why rules are important? - Learn English Speaking with Video

Les maken...
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This is a story about a day with no rules.
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Hi, this is Ryan and he hates rules.
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Every morning, Ryan has to wake up early to go to school.
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In school, Ryan have to follow so many rules like listening and keeping quiet while the teacher is teaching.
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At home, Ryan have more rules to follow.
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No TV till you eat your dinner and finish your homework, Ryan, his mummy said.
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I wish we could live in a world with no rules, Ryan thought to himself.
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Suddenly, Ryan is back in school.
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Wait, what?
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Where am I?
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Where's everyone?
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Ryan's friends came into the classroom talking and laughing so loudly.
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Hi guys, why are you guys late?
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Where is Miss Annie?
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Ryan asked.
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Today is a no-rules day.
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Miss Annie don't feel like teaching, so she went home, Bella replied.
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Wait, no-rules day?
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Which means I can do whatever I want.
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Yay, I'm going home to play.
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Ryan jumped for joy.
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Ryan rushed home feeling all excited.
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Mommy, I'm home.
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What's for lunch?
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I'm hungry, he shouted.
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Ryan noticed that the house was in a mess.
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Oh, sorry honey, it's no rules day and I don't feel like cooking or cleaning today.
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His mummy replied.
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Hmm, oh well, this means I can eat all the chocolates I want and watch TV while eating, he thought.
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After eating, he got another great idea.
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I can go to the park to ride my new bicycle because I can do whatever I want.
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While riding down the street, he noticed that there was chaos everywhere.
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People are shouting and fighting fire on the street and no one to put it out.
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Trash everywhere.
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At the park, he saw his friends playing and Derek came up to him.
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I like your new bicycle.
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I want to have it.
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Derek snatched Ryan's bicycle.
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Hey, that's my new bicycle.
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My dad just bought for me.
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Ryan shouted angrily, I can do and have whatever I want because it's no rules day.
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Derek smirked.
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Ryan soon realised that when there are no rules, people can do whatever they want.
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This means Policemen, Firefighters and even Cleaners don't have to work to keep the world clean,
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safe and peaceful.
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There will be no teachers to teach kids from what is right and wrong.
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He has to live in a dirty and messy house because no one wants to clean it up.
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Ryan wished he didn't wish for the world to have no rules.
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Ryan, are you listening?
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Suddenly, he heard Miss Annie's voice in the background.
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Wait, what?
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I was dreaming.
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What a relief!
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Mommy, are you home? he shouted.
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Then he heard his mommy's voice and came from the kitchen.
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Ryan, are you back?
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Are you hungry?
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Ryan is glad that everything is back to normal.
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Now he knows why rules are important.
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Do you think rules are important?

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 60 zinnen en 485 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:36. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 87 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 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

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

  • shout /ʃaʊt/ (werkwoord) — schreeuwen. To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
  • bicycle /ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — fiets, rijwiel. A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s…
  • hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — hongerig, honger hebben. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
  • mummy /ˈmʌm.i/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — mummie. An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American…
  • rush /ɹʌʃ/ (werkwoord) — afraffelen. To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
  • trash /tɹæʃ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — vuilnis, vuil. Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
  • honey /ˈhʌni/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — honing. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
  • chaos /ˈkeɪˌɑs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — chaos, baaierd. The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
  • classroom /ˈklɑːsɹʊm/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — klaslokaal. A room, often in a school, where classes take place.
  • homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — huiswerk, huistaak. Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
  • messy /ˈmɛsi/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — wanordelijk, chaotisch. In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
  • snatch /snæt͡ʃ/ (werkwoord) — grissen. To grasp and remove quickly.
  • smirk /smɝk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — grijnslach. An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

  • wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (werkwoord) — wakker worden, ontwaken. To stop sleeping; to awake.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 7 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shout /ʃaʊt/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, trash /tɹæʃ/

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 shout, bicycle, hungry.

Grammatica in deze video

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

StructuurIn de video
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig ishas to wake · have to follow · have to work
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtis teaching · I'm going · are shouting

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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