Shadowing-Übung: How I Overcame Failure | Jack Ma | 馬雲/马云 - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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I did not have a rich father.
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I tried three times for university.
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All failed.
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I applied for Harvard for ten times.
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All failed.
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They don't even want to see me.
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For the last time, I went to the Teachers College, which was considered the third or fourth class of my city.
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So I applied jobs for 30 times, got rejected.
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I was so frustrated because I taught in the university.
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My pay was $10 a month because I could not find a good job.
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In 1994, the Scott said, "I'm going to do something called Internet." And 23 of them against it.
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They said, "This is a stupid idea.
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We have never heard about Internet.
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And you know nothing about computers." And I never thought I was smart.
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They think it crazy, you know, they think about something that never worked.
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I tried to borrow 3 ,000 US dollars from the banks.
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It took me three months, but I still cannot get it.
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We talked to over 30 or 40 venture capitalists.
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Everybody said no, forget it.
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A lot of people said Alibaba is a terrible model.
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As I said, I believe it.
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I think this thing could be big if we keep on working.
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today.
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I believe that something something is waiting for me there and I have to work hard to prove myself.
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That was the tough experience.
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So we gather 50 ,000 US dollars from 18 funders.
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We started.
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For the first three years we did not have even one dollar revenue from our business.
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It was not easy.
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and yet you make nothing.
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That's internet.
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Yes, but what's the point?
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Are you a millionaire?
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No. Do you want to be?
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Well, I hope.
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But why it keeps on going ahead, going forward?
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Because I received lots of email of thanks from the customer.
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They say, this is such a great thing.
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We cannot pay you, but this thing helped us.
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If you keep on helping us, one day you will be successful.
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And I believe this.
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We have an Alibaba group, we have a T -Mor group, we have a Taobao group, we have Alipay.
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And people said, you are so smart.
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How could you make a company like that?
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Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jack Welch, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg.
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The difference between those people and other people, they are always optimistic for the future.
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They always try to solve the problems of the others.
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When you're optimistic, it's always opportunity.
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People seem here today, "Jack, where's the opportunity?
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I don't have a job.
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I don't have this, I don't have that." The best assets you have is that you are young.
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Don't complain.
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Let the other people complain.
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The opportunity always lies where people complain.
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And then when you think about this, start to do it.
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I saw a lot of people, young people, have fantastic ideas every evening.
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But in the morning they go to the office again, if you really want to be an entrepreneur.
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You have to do the things before the other people do.
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You have to wake up before the other people wake up.
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You have to be more brave than the others.
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When I was young, I went to Hangzhou, Wester Lake.
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There's a hotel, many foreign visitors visit there.
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there every morning five o 'clock to practice my English.
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The foreign visitors come, I practice my English.
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I don't know why at that time,
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but I found everything the foreign visitors told me are so different from the things my parents told me,
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my teacher told me, and the newspaper ran.
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So since then I think everything use my own brain, use your own brain to think to everybody,
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to any person, Tomorrow is new
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Make the move make action
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Whether investors believe in this or not whether your friends believe it or not whether your parents believe it or not?
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That's not important you believe it your team believe it and work day and night on this
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Make enough mistakes you fall You stand up?
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successful
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when the other people are happy you'll be successful you will
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be happy don't worry about the money money follow the people people should follow the dreams
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if you have a dream just to go ahead.

Warum man mit diesem Video Sprechen übt?

Jack Mas Geschichte über Niederlagen und Erfolgs ist nicht nur inspirierend, sondern auch ideal fürs Englisch Shadowing. Die Sprache ist klar, aber nicht zu einfach – perfekt, um natürliche Redewendungen und Emotionen in der Sprechung zu lernen. Wenn du shadow speak übst, nimmst du die Rhythmen und Intonation eines native Speakers auf, was deinen Sprachfluss stark verbessert. Zudem behandelt das Video Alltagsthemen wie Karriere, Hoffnung und Resilienz – Kontexte, die du oft im Gespräch brauchst. Also: Mach dir Notizen, wiederhole Sätze und spüre, wie du selbstsicherer wirst!

Grammatik & Ausdrücke im Kontext

Beachte diese praktischen Strukturen im Video:

  • "I tried three times for university." Die Verwendung von "tried + Zahl + times" ist üblich, um Wiederholungen auszudrücken. Übe es: "I tried five times to call her."
  • "They said, 'This is a stupid idea.'" Direkte Rede mit "said" hilft, Gespräche lebendig zu machen. Achte darauf, wie die Intonation bei Zitaten steigt.
  • "If you keep on helping us, one day you will be successful." Ein konditionaler Satz Typ 1, der Vorhersagen oder Hoffnungen ausdrückt. Perfekt für Pläne im Englischen!

Häufige Aussprache-Fallen

Einige Wörter können tricky sein – achte darauf:

  • "frustrated": Die Silbe "frus" wird oft zu "frʌs" ausgesprochen, nicht "froos". Höre dir an, wie Jack Ma den Ton setzt.
  • "venture capitalists": "Venture" hat eine weiche "v" und "tʃər" am Ende. Vermeide es, "ven-ture" zu trennen.
  • "optimistic": Die Betonung liegt auf "op-TI-mi-stic". Übe es langsam, um den Rhythmus zu verstehen.

Mit Englisch Shadowing und diesem Video kannst du nicht nur deine Englische Aussprache verbessern, sondern auch Redewendungen lernen, die in echten Gesprächen zählen. Also: Drücke play, wiederhole und spüre deinen Fortschritt!

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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