Shadowing-Übung: Growing Up POOR in AMERICA - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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Growing up, my family was broke.
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And before anybody comments, Oh my god, Sam, my family only went to Disneyland once again.
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I mean, broke broke, as in, Let me count these coins and see if I can afford school lunch tomorrow, kind of broke.
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$1.50.
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I spent the first year of my life in the Philippines
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because my parents were struggling to keep everything together financially in the state.
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Then we came back and spent the next 10 years living in a one-bedroom apartment in LA with my mom, my dad, my sister, me,
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our soon-to-be little brother, and then like two emotionally supportive cockroaches.
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And as a kid, of course, I wanted toys, especially Moonsand.
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But my parents always looked stressed.
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Like, you know when you're a kid and your parents are talking about bills or whatever and money, looking all stressed out, and suddenly you develop financial anxiety before you even know how to count.
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So yeah, I learned not to ask for things, which was It's really unfortunate because I grew up during the era of kids saying
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Because these poor kids weren't wearing Nikes They were not wearing Adidas, Vans They were wearing Adidas,
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Mike Adidin And you know who else was wearing these?
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Me!
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I was wearing them!
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While other kids were shopping at Forever 21, Abercrombie and Fetch And I don't know,
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Gucci or whatever brand was picking that era I was at Didi's discount Ross,
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Goodwill, my older cousin's bag of old hand-me-downs The stores where your mom would say, Pick wisely.
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You will be wearing these for the next three years.
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And you'd find that one pair of shoes that looked like Vans, but weren't actually Vans.
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You know, the bootleg ones that looked super fat, stiff, and heavy.
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But I didn't care.
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Like, who would actually notice?
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On rare occasions, my mom would take us out to the mall.
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But the moment we walked in, straight to the clearance section.
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Everything else in the store, I don't know what you're talking about.
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If we found a $5 shirt, perfect.
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$12 dress, perfect.
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Anything above $15, no. At school, I wore the same pair of shoes for years.
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And eventually, I'd be like, Mother, I believe I need new shoes.
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Go.
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And she'd hit me with a Y.
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What's wrong with your old ones?
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They're okay.
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No, they were not okay.
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You know, in the Philippines, we didn't even have shoes.
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And I didn't even push for new ones because I was such an anxious little empath child.
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My parents probably would have bought me new bootleg shoes, But instead my brain was like,
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no, I'll just continue walking through these puddles in my decaying footwear Lunchtime was the worst
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because this is where you'd see who was rich and who was poor The rich kids had cute lunchboxes, lunchables, Gatorade, branded chip bags,
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and a handwritten note from their mom saying You can do hard things xoxo mom Meanwhile, my lunch?
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First of all, no lunchbox,
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just grocery bag Then Tupperware of sweaty Vienna sausages and rice Asterius chips in a folded plastic bag Fruit snacks,
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if we were feeling wealthy that week And then water from the water fountain.
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My mom would sometimes send me to school with coins in an envelope, literally just coins, like, ah, the sound of poverty.
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And most days it worked, but on the days when I happened to be short, even a little, so bad, but what's for you?
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And you're humiliated in front of all your peers, then handed an apple and a milk, like the filthy poor peasant you were.
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And the crazy part was that they throw away The food right in front of you.
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They throw it away.
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Bro, if you're just gonna throw it away, why can't I just eat it?
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So I'd sit down with my apple and milk, trying not to cry as I watched everyone else eat their Lunchables and Gatorade, all happy.
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Field trip days, everyone else would be like, And then there was me.
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Because I already knew we probably couldn't afford it.
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And even if we somehow could, asking would just make me feel guilty.
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So I would just pretend it didn't exist.
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Boom, problem solved.
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Except not really because then field trip day would arrive
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and everyone would be lining up to get on the bus
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and I'd be standing there with a work packet like I had again committed a federal crime.
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The teacher would be like, okay, sweetie, you're gonna be staying with Mrs. Johnson's class today, okay?
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Then I'd spend the entire rest of the day in the back of some other classroom trying not to cry again.
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Home life was another experience.
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Touch the thermostat, you die.
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So in the summers, I'd open the fridge and just stand there.
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Another cooling strategy was wet arms, wet legs, stand directly in front of the fan.
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Sometimes I'd get a little bucket of water and pour it over myself in bed.
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Yes, I would sleep in a puddle of water when it was hot.
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No, this is not a lie or exaggeration.
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I am aware this was disgusting.
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Anyways, grocery shopping was done at Dollar Tree or the 99 cent store, Food for Less, Walmart, Food Drives, which by the way, if you live in the US,
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you can look up the nearest food drive near you
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and what days they operate to get yourself a box of free groceries.
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Shampoo bottles were half shampoo, half water.
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Dish soap was half dish soap, half water.
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And hand soap was probably just water with a molecule of soap.
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Struggle meals were things like microwaved cupped noodles.
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Oh, cancer.
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Raw Vienna sausages.
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Hot dogs and rice.
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Bologna and rice.
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Microwave TV dinners.
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And if I was really struggling, I'd watch mukbangs or literally google pictures of food while chewing on air Growing up,
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I was embarrassed thinking everyone else had more than me And honestly, most of them did But looking back now as an adult,
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it really wasn't that bad We always had a roof over our heads There was always food Maybe not the healthiest, but food
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And my parents worked really hard Like ridiculously hard My mom
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would sometimes sacrifice eating lunch for the day at work
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So she could give us what we needed These hardships taught
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me how to be kind to others who didn't have as much as me
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And how to be responsible with money So yeah, growing up poor was humbling But also kind of funny
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau B1 basiert auf dem Video „Growing Up POOR in AMERICA“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: mom, wearing, kid, shoes, parents. Dieses Video enthält 89 Sätze und 1101 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 5:56. Der Sprecher spricht schnell, etwa 185 Wörter pro Minute – rechne mit verbundenen und verkürzten Lauten. 83 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| shoe Substantiv | /ˈʃu/ | Schuh, Lackschuh |
| soap Substantiv | /soʊp/ | Seife |
| coin Substantiv | /ˈkoɪ̯n/ | Münze, Geldstück |
| bootleg Substantiv | /ˈbutˌlɛɡ/ | Stiefelschaft |
| lunchbox Substantiv | /ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/ | Brotzeitdose, Brotdose |
| puddle Substantiv | /ˈpʌdəl/ | Pfütze, Lache |
| shampoo Substantiv | /ʃæmˈpuː/ | Shampoo, Schampu |
| sausage Substantiv | /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/ | Wurst |
| microwave Substantiv | /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ | Mikrowelle |
| dish Substantiv | /dɪʃ/ | Teller, Schüssel |
| chip Substantiv | /t͡ʃɪp/ | Splitter, Span |
| empath Substantiv | /ˈɛm.pæθ/ | Empath, Empathin |
| exaggeration Substantiv | /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/ | Übertreibung |
| footwear Substantiv | /ˈfʊtwɛə(ɹ)/ | Schuhwerk |
| handwritten Adjektiv | handschriftlich |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| grow up Verb | aufwachsen, erwachsen werden | |
| come back Verb | zurückkommen, zurückkehren | |
| look back Verb | zurückschauen, zurückblicken | |
| look up Verb | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | bergauf gehen, aufwärtsgehen |
| stress out Verb | stressen | |
| throw away Verb | fortwerfen, wegwerfen |
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Bedingungssätze if + Satz, will/would + Verb – eine Bedingung und ihre Folge | if we somehow could, asking would just · if I was really struggling, I'd watch |
| Past Continuous was/were + -ing – eine Handlung, die zu einem Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit im Gange war | were struggling · weren't wearing · was wearing |
| Superlativ the -est / the most … – das Höchste oder Niedrigste einer Gruppe | the worst · the nearest · the healthiest |
| Present Continuous am/is/are + -ing – etwas, das gerade jetzt oder zurzeit passiert | are talking · you're talking |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 31 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel I'd, didn't, you're. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die „th“-Laute: empath /ˈɛm.pæθ/, thermostat /ˈθɝməstæt/, filthy /ˈfɪlθi/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: shoe /ˈʃu/, shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/, dish /dɪʃ/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, hardship /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, humiliate /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/, ridiculously /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs.li/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
So übst du mit diesem Video
- Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
- Beginne mit 0,75-facher Geschwindigkeit, sprich Satz für Satz nach und wechsle zur normalen Geschwindigkeit, sobald es leichtfällt.
- Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie shoe, soap, coin.
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