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Long ago, deep in the countryside, there stood a peaceful Buddhist monastery.
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A wise Zen master lived there with a group of disciples.
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People traveled from distant places to seek his guidance, but he accepted only those who were ready to learn.
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One day, four women arrived at the monastery.
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All of them wished to become his disciples and study under his guidance.
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The Zen master looked at them quietly and said, The path you wish to enter is not easy, please return home.
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But the women remained outside the gate.
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Though tired, hungry, and thirsty, they continued requesting the master to accept them.
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At last, the Zen master was moved by their determination.
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He came to the gate and said, I will ask each of you the same question.
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Your answer will decide whether you are ready to enter this monastery or not, so think carefully before you speak.
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He called the first woman inside.
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She was young and unmarried.
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The master asked, Imagine that you are traveling across the sea when your ship sinks.
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You and fifty men survive and reach a deserted island.
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You are the only woman there.
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How will you protect yourself?
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The young woman was frightened by the thought.
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After a moment, she replied, I would never go onto that island.
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I would remain in the sea and continue swimming.
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Even if I drowned, I would never step onto the shore.
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The Zen master shook his head gently, Running away from a problem is not its solution.
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He said, if escape becomes your answer, whenever life becomes difficult, you will never discover your courage or inner strength.
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He asked her to return home.
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The master then called the second woman.
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She was married and considered herself practical and experienced.
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The master asked her the same question.
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Your ship has sunk and you are alone on a deserted island with fifty men.
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What will you do?
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How will you protect yourself?" The woman thought for a moment and confidently replied,
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I will find the strongest man among them and marry him.
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He will protect me from the other 49.
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The master smiled and said, You are trying to solve a new problem with an old answer.
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Your solution comes from your previous experience of marriage and society.
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But the conditions on the island would be entirely different.
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However strong one man may be, he cannot necessarily protect you from 49 others.
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He continued, Life changes every moment.
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A solution that worked yesterday may be useless today.
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Wisdom means looking at every new situation with fresh eyes.
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He sent the second woman home as well.
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Next, the master called the third woman.
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She was a prostitute who had met many different kinds of people during her life.
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Once again, the Zen master described the sinking ship, the deserted island, and the 50 men.
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Then he asked, what would you do?
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The woman listened carefully and began to laugh.
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Master, she said, I understand that the ship sank and that 50 men and I reached a deserted island.
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But where is the problem?
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Living with 50 men on an island would not trouble me.
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The master looked at her silently and then replied, when a person cannot even recognize a problem,
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then how can that person begin searching for its solution?
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He asked her to leave too.
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Finally, the Zen master called the fourth woman and presented the same situation to her.
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She remained silent.
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She closed her eyes and looked deeply within herself.
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After a few moments, she opened them and said softly, Master, I do not know.
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I honestly do not know what I would do.
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I am completely ignorant.
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The Zen master smiled.
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You may enter the monastery, he said.
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The other three women were astonished.
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The fourth woman had not offered any clear solution, yet she was the only one who had passed the test.
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The master turned to the three women and explained,
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she is eligible to learn because she is honest enough to admit that she does not know.
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Her mind is not filled with false answers.
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It is open and empty, and an empty mind is ready to receive.
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The story teaches us that if we truly want to learn something new, we must first empty our minds.
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An empty cup can be filled, but nothing more can be poured into a cup that is already overflowing.
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In the same way, a mind overflowing with pride, assumptions, prejudices, and fixed beliefs has no room for new understanding.
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This lesson applies to every area of life.
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Whether we want to learn a profession, an art, a new skill, or a spiritual practice, we must put aside the thought, I already know.
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Otherwise, our own conclusions prevent fresh wisdom from entering.
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Emptying the mind does not mean forgetting our knowledge or becoming thoughtless.
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It means setting aside the ego, seeing things from a new perspective,
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and accepting that past experience may not answer every new situation.
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The first woman tried to escape from the problem.
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The second woman depended on an old solution, while the third woman denied that a problem existed it.
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Only the fourth admitted that she didn't know.
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Her open mind made her ready to learn.
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Admitting our ignorance is not weakness, it is humility and the beginning of true intelligence.
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Saying, I do not know, but I am willing to learn, is the first step toward wisdom.
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Therefore, So, whenever you begin learning something new, whether worldly or spiritual, be like an empty cup,
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put aside pride, fixed opinions, and borrowed answers, approach every lesson with curiosity and openness,
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because only an empty cup can be filled, and only an open and empty mind can truly learn.
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Thank you.

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Für wen ist dieses Video geeignet?

Das Video eignet sich perfekt für Englischlerner, die über grundlegende Kenntnisse verfügen und ihre sprachliche Kompetenz sowie das Verständnis von kulturellen Nuancen vertiefen wollen. Es ist ideal für diejenigen, die "Englisch Shadowing" üben – also mithören und nachsprechen – um ihre Flüssigkeit und Aussprache zu verbessern. Ob du dich auf Gespräche vorbereitest oder einfach tiefer in die englische Sprache eintauchen willst, die Geschichte regt nicht nur zum Nachdenken an, sondern auch zum aktiven Sprechen.

Wörter und Redewendungen, die sich lohnen zu lernen

  • Deserted island – "Verlassene Insel": Ein Ort, an dem niemand lebt. In der Geschichte wird sie als Herausforderung dargestellt.
  • Inner strength – "Innere Stärke": Die Fähigkeit, in schwierigen Situationen standzuhalten. Der Zen-Meister betont, dass man sie nicht durch Flucht findet.
  • Fresh eyes – "Frische Augen": Eine neue, unvoreingenommene Sichtweise. Wichtig, um Probleme zu lösen, wie die Geschichte zeigt.

Diese Ausdrücke tauchen oft in Gesprächen über Lebensweisheit oder Herausforderungen auf – lerne sie, um deinen Wortschatz zu bereichern!

Wie man die Aussprache richtig macht

Um die englische Aussprache zu verbessern, konzentriere dich auf die Intonation des Sprechers. Besonders bei Fragen und Betonungen (z. B. "How will you protect yourself?") fällt die Stimme oft am Ende, was für Englisch typisch ist. Nutze das Video für "shadow speak": Höre einen Satz zu, pausiere und spreche ihn sofort nach. Achte darauf, die Pausen und die Betonung von Wörtern wie "determination" (Entschlossenheit) oder "wisdom" (Weisheit) zu kopieren. Ein guter "shadowing site" hilft dir, diese Übung regelmäßig durchzuführen – aber selbst mit diesem Video kannst du viel erreichen! Übe täglich, und du wirst merken, dass deine Aussprache flüssiger wird.

Also, leg los – die Geschichte wartet darauf, von dir nachgesprochen zu werden! 🗣️

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

StrukturIm Video
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tutwas moved · were astonished · is not filled
Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sachethose who were · one who had
Möglichkeit mit „might / may“ might/may + Verb – etwas ist möglich, aber nicht sichermay be · may enter · may not answer
Zukunft mit „will“ will + Verb – eine Entscheidung, ein Versprechen oder eine Vorhersagewill ask · will decide · will you protect

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.

Shadowing-Technik: die vollständige Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung lesen →