Shadowing Practice: Why should we care about coral reefs? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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People often ask me why should we care about coral reefs?
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Corals build one of the most important ecosystems in the ocean.
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They are animals, but they look like rocks
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because they make a skeleton underneath themselves and they leave it behind as they grow up toward the sun.
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And then that creates homes for sponges and clams and snails.
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And those smaller organisms are what feed the bigger fish and the bigger fish.
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So without the corals, you slowly lose the ability to support the entire pyramid.
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People often don't realize that they help protect the shorelines from waves, from big storms and from hurricanes.
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We know that corals can live for a long time, but what's particularly interesting about that is
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that they're living in the blazing hot sun near the equator for hundreds and hundreds of years.
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So now scientists are looking into how a coral manages to repair its DNA
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when it's sitting in the blazing sun for decades and decades,
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and hopefully we can understand how to prevent the mutations that eventually lead to cancer in humans.
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Corals live with algae in their tissues.
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It would be as if you had lettuce growing under your skin
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and you were able to use the calories that that lettuce was making without eating any food.
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When a coral bleaches, the balance between that algae and that host coral sometimes goes off.
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The coral spits out those symbiotic partners
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and it's very difficult for them to survive because they've lost their main source of food.
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Unfortunately, anywhere you have humans, corals tend to suffer.
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And that's because all the activities that we do on land, things like building, things like discharging sewage, things like agriculture, those all affect the ocean.
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A country that's doing a very strong job of conservation is Palau.
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They saw a massive coral bleaching event in 1998 and realized that they were at risk from the changes occurring globally.
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So they started putting in place fisheries regulations, a marine park, they eventually put in a shark sanctuary,
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and now they have 80% of their water protected from any kind of fishing or mining.
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What we know now is that the sort of days of hoping and wishing for those coral reefs to survive is over.
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This treasure will help us get through the next era of development, as long as we're just kind enough and wise enough to be sure
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that they all come along together with us into the future safely and protected.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Why should we care about coral reefs?”. Deze video bevat 28 zinnen en 418 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:12. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 190 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| coral zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɔɹəl/ | koraal |
| alga zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæl.ɡə/ | alg |
| bleach zelfstandig naamwoord | /bliːt͡ʃ/ | bleekwater, Javel |
| lettuce zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɛt.ɪs/ | sla, salade |
| blaze zelfstandig naamwoord | /bleɪz/ | vuur, vlam |
| reef zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹiːf/ | rif |
| equator zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪˈkweɪ.tɚ/ | evenaar, equator |
| symbiotic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌsɪm.baɪˈɑt.ɪk/ | symbiotisch |
| sewage zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/ | afvalwater, rioolwater |
| sponge zelfstandig naamwoord | /spʌnd͡ʒ/ | spons |
| organism zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/ | organisme |
| calorie zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkæləɹi/ | calorie |
| mutation zelfstandig naamwoord | /mjuˈteɪʃən/ | mutatie |
| snail zelfstandig naamwoord | /sneɪl/ | slak, huisjesslak |
| pyramid zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɪɹ.ə.mɪd/ | piramide |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| go off werkwoord | afgaan |
| grow up werkwoord | opgroeien |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, they're, they've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: fishery /ˈfɪʃəɹi/, mutation /mjuˈteɪʃən/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: symbiotic /ˌsɪm.baɪˈɑt.ɪk/, organism /ˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/, sanctuary /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: blaze /bleɪz/, sewage /ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/, sponge /spʌnd͡ʒ/, pyramid /ˈpɪɹ.ə.mɪd/, discharge /dɪsˈtʃɑɹdʒ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: alga /ˈæl.ɡə/, calorie /ˈkæləɹi/, sanctuary /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: alga /ˈæl.ɡə/, organism /ˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/, globally /ˈɡloʊbəli/
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 coral, alga, bleach.
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.