Shadowing Practice: Your Face Is Talking Even When You’re Silent - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Everyone has different degrees of facial control.
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So I have a pretty high degree of facial control just simply because I've activated those muscles for a long time.
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I learned microexpressions, I believe, in 2010.
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And so I've been practicing activating my facial muscles.
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So the first thing to do is sit in front of the mirror, and this is a good exercise for everyone,
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and look at your face at rest.
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What is your face doing?
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Do your corners of your mouth point downwards?
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That means you're probably at rest going to look sad, right?
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because we have
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that upside down you are they neutral great neutral are you
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lucky enough to have your corners of your lips angled up people probably think
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that you're always positive or peppy
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so that's the first thing to look at second do you have any vertical lines between your eyebrows
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that means that people probably will see you as angry even
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if you're not so those are the two really big ones
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that you want to see at rest
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when you're at rest look at the other micro expressions are you using any other facial activation
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so for example i have a friend who always defaults to the disgust micro expression.
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I've talked about him before.
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He tends to think like this.
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So he always looks disgusted even if he's not.
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That's just his default expression.
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So look at your face at rest.
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That's the very first thing to do.
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Then see if you can activate your muscles to counter it.
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Some people can, some people can't.
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So if you can make your mouth more upturned and that feels natural to you, great.
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You might want to do that only when you're in public settings where you want people to socialize with you.
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It would be exhausting to do that all the time.
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But if you're networking or you're, you know, in the break room and you want people to approach you, then you might want to activate that.
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Like, so for example, I think I shared this a couple of years ago, I was on a podcast and they were like,
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Oh, can we turn on the video?
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That was an audio only podcast, but I was like, Oh sure.
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You know, he's like, I love to see you while we talk, even though it's only the audio.
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I was like, no problem.
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I turned on the video and it was, I regret it so much because I was so focused on the audio.
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I was letting my face be neutral.
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Well, my face neutral looks sad.
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And so after, you know, during the interview, he was like, you know, I know people can't see you right now, but you look really bored.
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And I was like, I am not bored, sir.
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I am just listening very intently to you
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and not thinking about my face because I was putting all of my energy into the verbal answers.
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And it was that moment that I was like, wow, when the stakes matter in an interview,
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socializing, it is worth it if you can to put energy into shaping your face into neutral or positive.
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So can you slightly upturn your mouth?
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Can you relax your eyebrows?
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I need to open my eyes a little bit wider.
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I have very large lids.
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I've been told this by makeup artists.
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And so when I'm at rest, I look a little more hooded.
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That's why he thought I looked bored is I was, that's just how I rest.
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So see if you can activate those, see if it's comfortable for you.
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And then it's a muscle.
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So literally work on those one at of time.
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See if you can just build those muscles up so that when you're in a public setting or a situation with stakes,
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you're able to turn those on.
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It is a muscle thing.
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So it's just like biceps or triceps.
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You sometimes work it out a little bit before it works.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Your Face Is Talking Even When You’re Silent”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: rest, muscle, neutral, facial, activate. Deze video bevat 60 zinnen en 671 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:05. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 217 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| muscle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmʌs.əl/ | spier |
| neutral bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈnuː.tɹəl/ | neutraal |
| activate werkwoord | /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/ | activeren, aanzetten |
| bore werkwoord | /boɹ/ | vervelen |
| default zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈfɔlt/ | niet-nakoming |
| podcast zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast |
| stake zelfstandig naamwoord | /steɪk/ | staak, paal |
| microwave zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ | microgolf |
| disgust zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪsˈɡʌst/ | afschuw |
| mirror zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmiɹɚ/ | spiegel |
| angle zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ | hoek |
| regret werkwoord | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | betreuren, spijten |
| relax werkwoord | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | losmaken |
| hood zelfstandig naamwoord | /hʊd/ | kap, capuchon |
| vertical bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈvɝ.tɪ.kəl/ | verticaal |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- What is your face doing?
- Do your corners of your mouth point downwards?
- I've talked about him before.
- Can you relax your eyebrows?
- I've been told this by makeup artists.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 16 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, I've, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/, activation /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/, microexpression /ˌmaɪkɹəʊ.ɪkˈspɹɛʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: activation /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/, microexpression /ˌmaɪkɹəʊ.ɪkˈspɹɛʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: microwave /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/, hood /hʊd/, upside /ˈʌpˌsaɪd/, lid /lɪd/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: activate /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, angle /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, activation /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: disgust /dɪsˈɡʌst/, angle /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/, regret /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/, exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/
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 muscle, neutral, activate.
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