Shadowing-Übung: A 5½ minute video on accepting the effects of ageing. - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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I wish people had told me what to expect when I was growing up because I'm still growing up.
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I grew up in Vancouver.
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I was born in Ottawa.
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I was raised in Toronto but I grew up when I got to Vancouver.
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We came here when I was 15 and a half and boy did I grow up.
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I got away from the family and the influences of stuffy Toronto, the stuffy Toronto that we lived in.
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I always depended on education.
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I valued it.
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It was valued in my family.
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To me it was success.
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It was visible success.
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I was living in the British properties, four little children born in five years.
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Built the house around us including me building a lot of it and digging and doing gardening with a
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shovel and pick seriously it was just ridiculous when you look back
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but I've always been a doer and I will not quit
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so I just did everything that had to be done and
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that I went back got my last child into school and went back to university to do a second degree.
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And what happened recently is that the shoulder is slipping, the actual shoulder joint.
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It's as though the glue had dried up in a carpentry sense.
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The glue's dried up and crumbled and my shoulder slips and
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when it slips it bites tissue and grabs the nerve and then it bleeds internally.
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So that's what I have and I have a limited shoulder.
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Part of the injury, I think, was the years of writing on the blackboard because I've university teaching for years as well as every level literally.
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And you'll notice that I can want to get my right arm up this high.
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Right up until this, I would be swimming three times a week.
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I live right down here, right downtown, so I walk everywhere.
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I walk to the opera, the symphony, I do all my shopping, I walk for fun.
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I really miss swimming because I can't, they won't let me right now.
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I miss tennis terribly.
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I miss skiing.
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These sports that were joy to me.
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I'm in my 84th year and this is something I want to share with people.
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This is a process of aging.
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It is nothing other than ordinary, I mean okay a bit extraordinary work with that shoulder
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but not much more than many other people but this is going to happen.
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I had a little wish about a week ago thinking I wish people had told me what to expect
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when I was growing up and I'm really mean growing up
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because I'm still growing up and if I had known
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that joints were going to go okay corners go knees hips I never knew my shoulder would.
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so this is this is a condition that I will live with
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and I couldn't be happier because if that's the worst I have to handle amazed
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because I can still use my hand if if I am very careful of my arm because I'm responsible for hurting myself.
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If I move that arm wrong I create the pain.
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It's nothing the medical profession can stop for me.
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I have to stop it.
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I'm the watchdog.
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I went down and I said to them, the physiotherapy, I want a supportive
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structure made out of elastic or leather or whatever like a football pad that holds my shoulder together so it doesn't slip.
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And the difference when it was on, oh, it's amazing.
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You can just feel the support.
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I think the thing that makes me happiest every day is the more I can interact with people, whether they be the kind neighbor that lives in my building
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or being able to come down here and find the walking group
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that we went out with on Tuesdays and laugh and sit with them here even for a half an hour.
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This is my neighborhood and it's part of my joy to be in a neighborhood
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and this is what keeps me bright, alert.
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and bothering because otherwise what is my purpose here?

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Was du mit diesem Clip übst: Deine Sprechziele

Dieser Videoausschnitt ist perfekt, um dein natürliches Englisch sprechen zu üben – vor allem, wenn es um authentische Geschichten und emotionale Nuancen geht. Du lernst, langsame, reflektierte Sätze zu formen, wie sie in echten Gesprächen über das Altern vorkommen. Ein tolles Milestone: Du wirst komfortabler damit, über persönliche Erfahrungen zu sprechen, ohne hektisch zu werden. Ideal für shadow speak-Übungen, weil die Stimme klare Rhythmen und Pausen hat – perfekt zum Mitsprechen!

Phrasenbank: Wiederverwendbare Ausdrücke

  • "I wish people had told me what to expect" – Ein nützlicher Satz, um Regret oder Wünsche auszudrücken.
  • "It's as though the glue had dried up" – Ein bildhafter Vergleich, um Veränderungen zu beschreiben.
  • "I couldn't be happier because if that's the worst I have to handle" – Perfekt, um Optimismus in schwierigen Situationen zu zeigen.
  • "This is what keeps me bright, alert, and bothering" – Ein origineller Weg, Lebensfreude zu beschreiben.

Diese Phrasen kannst du direkt in deinen Gesprächen verwenden – probiere sie in shadowspeak-Übungen aus, um sie ins Gedächtnis zu rufen!

Deine Schwächen beheben: Aussprache und Rhythmus

Der Sprecher nutzt viele lange Sätze mit Pausen, die es zu imitieren gilt. Achte darauf, wie er Wörter wie "stuffy" (dumpf) oder "crumbled" (zerbröckelt) betont – das macht die Geschichte lebendig. Ein häufiges Problem: Lerner sprechen zu schnell, wenn sie lange Sätze bilden. Mit shadow speech übst du, die richtigen Pausen zu treffen, damit dein Englisch flüssiger klingt. Probier's: Höre einen Satz, stoppe das Video und sprich ihn sofort nach. So trainierst du Rhythmus und Aussprache auf einmal – und das in nur 5 Minuten pro Tag!

Mit diesem Clip machst du schnelle Fortschritte im Englisch sprechen üben – und lernst gleichzeitig etwas über Lebensweisheit. Also: Mach's dir bequem, starte das Video und beginne mit deinen shadow speak-Übungen – du wirst erstaunt sein, wie viel du in kurzer Zeit verbessern kannst!

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.

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