Shadowing-Übung: How I Cleared My Acne - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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today i want to tell a story about arguably the worst period of my life a period where severe depression
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and social anxiety controlled me and it was all
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because of a little thing called acne okay
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so let me take you through the journey of how my
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skin went from looking pretty good to it going absolutely out of control
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and what i did to sort that and regain my confidence again
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And the best way to tell this story is to go from the very start
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So growing up my skin was always on
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and off in general it wasn't great But it was never that bad where I'd think about it much.
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I didn't really care now about a year ago My skin was looking pretty decent still the odd spot here
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and there But it looked good at this point in my life.
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I was the best looking i'd ever been and my confidence levels were really high
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uh and this is where things went downhill at the start of july 2022 i got
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so obsessive with how i looked i was
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so addicted to trying to be more attractive and i don't know
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if this was the reason or the blazing hot heat
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that summer but my skin started to flare up a bit the acne was getting a little worse
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and i couldn't stand this even though the acne genuinely wasn't
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that bad because i was
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so obsessed with how i looked i would go to any lengths to fix this
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so i went online
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and tried to find the the most powerful the most extreme acne cure there is
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and many options came up skin care routines acidic products medication there was tons to choose from
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but one one product stood out from the rest this was the product it's a drug called isotretinoin
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or better known by the public as accutane last september a
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new drug was released for use in the united states it's one of the most effective medications for acne
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but there are some risks after taking the medication he took
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his own life he hung himself the drug is called accutane
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this is one of the most controversial drugs to date the
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side effects on this are endless dry lips dry skin joint pain nose bleeds
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but the more serious one accutane is linked to severe depression
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many people have taken their lives on this drug suicidal thoughts are common and
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while this is a very controversial topic one thing is for
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certain my acne was no way near extreme enough to even consider this
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but as i said earlier i was
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so obsessive with how i looked i didn't listen to any of this
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and got myself prescribed on it okay here we go my accutane journey starts
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today little did i know things were about to get much worse
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as the weeks went on i noticed the classic dry lips dry skin
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but there was one side effect
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which was really getting to me i've been on accutane for
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three weeks i think my skin has broken out a bit
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uh that's normal apparently this is called the purging stage it's where your skin gets worse before it gets better
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and this really affected me as the weeks were going on my skin was getting worse
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and worse i had never in my life seen it this bad
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and it really started affecting my mental health today's the 5th of august
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and today's been one of the worst days of my life
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thing is i've never had mental health problems ever in my
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life i've always been a happy full of life guy
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so this this was a weird feeling for me this fucking fucking hate how i look
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this video i took here captioned it's time to end this nightmare was taken on the 18th of august
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so it'd been about two months since i first took
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that accutane pill at this point my acne was out control my mental health was on the rocks
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so i made the decision to quit accutane this made me
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feel a sense of relief i felt happier again maybe my
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skin would go back to just being like kind of crap
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and i could deal with
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that i was excited for the future i was excited to end this nightmare as i said
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and go back to being happy but unfortunately
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that didn't go to plan in fact the complete opposite happened
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after i came off ancutane my skin just got even worse
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cystic acne started forming on my neck big spots on my face
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and my mental health was still in the gutter
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so i had a decision to make i could carry on waiting out
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and just hope things got better over time
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or i could use the drug
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which started this nightmare in the first place a drug which potentially was my only option to end the nightmare.
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I chose the latter.
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I just said to myself it can't get any worse than this so fk it.
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So on the 7th of October 2022 I restarted my Accutane it's 7th of october 2022
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i hope that i can watch this video next year
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and i won't have horrible skin
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which destroys all self -confidence the starting point wasn't great
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but i was ready i was ready for the next six
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seven months to be tough i was not going to enjoy it
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but i knew
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if i committed then i'd hopefully get my confidence back one
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week on accutane every week i would take progress videos of
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my acne two weeks of agitating three weeks four weeks five
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weeks six weeks seven weeks eight nine weeks finally as time was going on my acne was actually improving
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and i want to update you i feel fucking awesome i'll be honest my skin isn't fully cleared
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but the fact
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that it's getting better it's just the best feeling in the
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world my general mood my life my outlook on the days were improving i started feeling happier again
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and it was simply
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because i felt more confident again 19 weeks of acutane 20
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weeks 21 weeks 22 weeks 24 25 weeks 26 weeks my
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skin was genuinely becoming clear again it was the best it had ever looked
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and after 33 weeks on this drug my skin completely transformed
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and i'm happy to say i'm now acne free today's the 5th of august
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and today's been one of the worst days of my life
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I'm a lot happier now I'll be completely honest I still have a bit of the odd scarring
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but I am so much more confident I'm enjoying life again it was a very tough journey
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but I'm glad I went through it and the question
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which I'm sure a lot of you are wondering is do
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I recommend Accutane you know it took me through some of the worst
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and the best times of my life
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so I have very mixed opinions on it i personally am very happy
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that i did it in the end
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but i'm really not qualified enough to give my opinion on
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such a controversial drug speak to your dermatologist get their opinions
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and if they give you the green light then i'd say do it but with caution

Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion

Dieses Video enthält 102 Sätze und 1221 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 6:56. Der Sprecher spricht in natürlichem Tempo, etwa 176 Wörter pro Minute, ähnlich wie im Alltagsgespräch. 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

15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

WortAusspracheBedeutung
acne Substantiv/ˈækni/Akne
nightmare Substantiv/ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/Albtraum, Alptraum
controversial Adjektiv/ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/umstritten, kontrovers
medication Substantiv/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/Medikation, Arzneimittel
lip Substantiv/lɪp/Lippe, Lefze
genuinely Adverb/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/wirklich, echt
topic Substantiv/ˈtɑpɪk/Thema
anxiety Substantiv/æŋˈzaɪ.əti/Unbehagen, Nervosität
horrible Adjektiv/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/schrecklich, abscheulich
mood Substantiv/muːd/Gemüt, Stimmung
decent Adjektiv/ˈdiː.sənt/anständig, sittsam
routine Substantiv/ɹuˈtin/Routine
commit Verb/kəˈmɪt/anvertrauen, (vertrauensvoll) übergeben
cure Verb/kjɔː/kurieren, heilen
ton Substantiv/tʌn/Tonne

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

WortBedeutung
break out Verbausbrechen
come off Verbsich ablösen, sich lösen
come up Verberscheinen
grow up Verbaufwachsen, erwachsen werden

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

Der Sprecher verwendet 28 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel I'm, I'd, didn't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.

  • Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, caution /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/, caption /ˈkæp.ʃən/
  • Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/

So übst du mit diesem Video

  1. Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
  2. Beginne mit 0,75-facher Geschwindigkeit, sprich Satz für Satz nach und wechsle zur normalen Geschwindigkeit, sobald es leichtfällt.
  3. Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie acne, nightmare, controversial.

Grammatik in diesem Video

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

StrukturIm Video
Bedingungssätze if + Satz, will/would + Verb – eine Bedingung und ihre Folgeif i committed then i'd hopefully
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tutwas released · is called · is linked
Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig isthave taken · i've been · has broken

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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