Listening: Uitwaaien

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

True / False Listening Comprehension

                       "UITWAAIEN"

What do you think 'uitwaaien' means?
What do you mean by 'uitwaaien'?

Try to come up with a good definition in English

Why do you think people go 'uitwaaien'?

In what situations do they seem to feel the urge to go and do this?

Do you like to go 'uitwaaien'? 

How often and where do you do this?

Do you think Dutch people go 'uitwaaien' more often than other nationalities?

What does it say that we have a word for this in Dutch?

Do you know of any other Dutch words that cannot be easily translated in English?

leedvermaak - gezellig -

uitbuiken - natafelen -

voorpret - tegenligger -

pretoogjes

How about the other way round: does English have any words that cannot be easily translated into Dutch?

awkward - cheesy - serendipity - bias - 

jinx

Take notes while listening.

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1. Tess Posthumus lives in Amsterdam and goes surfing three times a week.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

She went surfing three days in a row, but it is not mentioned that she does this every week.

2. Tess likes the contrast between the city and the beach.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

3. One of the reasons Tess goes surfing is because it makes her forget her worries.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

4. It is claimed that 'uitwaaien' cannot be used as a verb.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

The only thing that is mentioned is that it is 

'typically used as a noun'.

5. Arie Boomsma wrote a book about the practice of 'uitwaaien'.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

He wrote a guide with walks in them, which of course is a way to go 'uitwaaien', but it is not a book about 'uitwaaien' as such.

6. It's not surprising that the Dutch have learned how to use the wind to their advantage, because the country is flat and windy.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

7. The windmill is the national symbol of the Netherlands

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

It is said that windmills are
'practically a national symbol',
so not quite.

8. The Norwegian idea of 'fliluftsliv' seems akin to 'uitwaaien'.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

9. Most Americans will not know the meaning of the Danish 'hygge'; that's why it was included in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

The word 'hygge' became popular in 2015 and 2016 and most Americans will be aware of its meaning. 

(It is in their 'collective consciousness')

10. Ecopsychologists such as Nadkarni study the potential health benefits of spending time in natural environments.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

11. Nadkarni realises that people in the US may not be as familiar with the ways in which nature can affect human health as people in other cultures

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

12. In a way, 'uitwaaien' can be seen as a practical application of the attention restoration theory.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

13. Wim Hof represents the casual partakers of the 'uitwaaien' lifestyle.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Wim Hof is an 'extreme athlete' who clearly 'sits on the committed end of the spectrum'. In other words he is an 'extreme devotee'.

14. Wim Hof has accomplished many remarkable feats, such as sitting in an ice-bath up to his neck for over 2 hours.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

15. Doctors and researchers have been studying Wim Hof and his physique for years, trying to find out how he can do what he does.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

They haven't been studying him, but his methods and how his exercises influence health.

16. For Hof, the wind, our breath, and our well-being are all connected.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE