Shadowing-Übung: How Short Your Life REALLY Is - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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For the past month or so, I've been thinking a lot about life, and when people say that,
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they usually mean what they want to do in life, whether that be their career, or relationships, or entertainment, or leisure.
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But I've been thinking differently.
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Of course, I've been thinking about those things, but I've also been thinking about how much of your life is really yours.
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How much of your life is really being lived to its full potential?
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Are you living, or are you just existing?
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On average, you're going to get about 79 years on this big rock called Earth.
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If you live in Monaco, it's closer to 90.
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If you live in Chad, you'll be lucky to get 50.
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Regardless, we don't get 79 years of freedom.
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We have responsibilities and things that we can't ignore.
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Most importantly, our bodies.
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Assuming you sleep 8 hours a night on On average, about a third of your life, or 26 years, is going to be spent sleeping.
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So right away we're down from 79 to 53.
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But it doesn't stop there.
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Chances are if you're watching this video, you're going to or have gone to school.
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In the United States, you'll go for at least 12 years.
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8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 36 weeks a year.
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This amounts to 17 ,280 hours spent just inside the school building.
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But wait, we also have to factor in homework and out -of -school activities, among other things.
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So, this is more like 22 ,000 to 25 ,000 hours, or about 3 years of your life.
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If you go to college or university afterwards, make it 5 years instead.
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We're down to 48 years.
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Well, all this schooling and money you spent getting a degree has to be put to some use, right?
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Chances are you'll try and get a job in the field of whatever it is your degree is in.
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It'll probably be a full -time job, so you'll be working 40 hour weeks pretty regularly, if not more than that.
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Let's say you get two weeks of vacation per year.
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The average person works for about 40 to 50 years of their life, so we'll just go with the average and say 45.
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Over your entire life, you'll work on average about 90 ,000 hours, or about 10 years of your life.
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We have 38 years left.
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Wait, depending on where you live, your commute to work will vary.
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You might drive yourself, you might walk, you might use an Uber or a taxi.
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Regardless, your commute to and from work, on average, takes about one and a half hours a day.
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Adding this up over your entire working career, it amounts to 17 ,520 hours, or about two years of your life.
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36 years left.
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All of this work and studying really builds up an appetite, so you should probably spend some time eating.
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On an average day, we spend about 70 minutes just eating food to survive.
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In your 79 years of life, you'll spend about 32 ,000 hours just eating, or about 4 years of your life, down to 32.
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Well, after you're done eating, you have to clean up and maybe do some chores around the house.
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On average, you spend about one hour a day doing tasks just around your house, cleaning up after you eat, washing dishes, doing laundry, showering,
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and plenty of other stuff.
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This amounts to nearly 29 ,000 hours over the course of your life, or about 3 years.
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29 years left.
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Eventually, all of that food and water has to leave your body somehow.
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You'll spend about 3 months of your life just sitting on the toilet.
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Yeah.
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Of course, we also waste time, and we do it pretty well.
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Over the course of our lifetimes, we'll spend about 115 ,000 hours on our phones, or about 13 years.
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This, of course, is just your phone.
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This doesn't include you watching TV, you playing games, among other things.
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16 years left.
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Assuming you can afford to retire at the average age of 62, you'll spend the rest of your life living the luxuries of retirement,
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if you can still function properly.
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Over 50 % of retired people over the age of 65 have some sort of disability, with 15 % of those people having three or more.
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Chances are, if you are one of these people, you'll be in and out of medical care pretty often.
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So those final 16 years of freedom you have, it's a coin flip.
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That doesn't exactly entail freedom.
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So overall, you have one year in your 79 -year life to really and truly do what you want to do.
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But despite the age you might be,
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young or old, you may be nearing the end of your time with some of the most important people in your life.
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For example, while you're young and in school from the ages of 1 to 18,
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you'll most likely be spending nearly every day in the presence of your parents.
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After you finish your schooling, assuming your parents are in their mid -40s, we'll say they have about 30 years left in their life.
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The real world starts to set in.
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Your job, your possible relationships, your important things to do in life take priority.
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Eventually, if you leave your hometown, you'll only be seeing your parents around holidays and special occasions, maybe 10 days a year.
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So, 300 days left with the people who brought you into the world, whereas before you would see them almost every single day.
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You have already spent 95 % of the time
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that you will ever spend with your parents in the first 18 years of your life.
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And now, you only have the remaining 5 % for the rest of your life.
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At the end of the day, there's only one thing that matters, and that's your own happiness.
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What many people don't realize is that they do
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so many things in life just to try and succeed as opposed to fulfilling a purpose.
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They work a job they hate for 40 years just to make
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that extra $30 ,000 a year so they can afford a car that they only drive to work.
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It's temporary happiness, not genuine happiness.
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People go to school to become a doctor because their mom or their dad or somebody else told them to, not because they actually want to.
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I really hope that every single person watching this video gets insanely rich
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and famous so that they can finally realize that this isn't the point of life.
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The point is to be happy with what you're doing while you're doing it.
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Alright, sure, the 45 working years or however long you're working is going to be hard to get past.
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But what if you don't hate waking up every day to go to work?
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What if your work is your happiness?
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You see, life isn't a straight path.
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You can't map it out perfectly one -to -one.
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It just doesn't work like that.
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We spend every day planning on what we're going to do the next, instead of just taking in the day for what it actually is.
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Sure, we have to eat.
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Duh.
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But what if we spend that time eating with friends or family, or just people who make your life better?
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Your commute to work might be long and tedious sometimes,
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but what if you spend that time listening to podcasts or carpooling with co -workers and friends?
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The 13 years we waste on our phones might seem useless, but what if we use that time to build the business you've always wanted to,
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or build the brand you've always wanted, or make a YouTube channel to talk to people about the random ideas you get?
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You'll bring so much value to people that you never even thought was possible.
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Let's say you take care of yourself and regularly work out and eat decently well.
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Your chances of being healthy later in life is much more likely,
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and you'll have much more free time to master the things that you really want, whether that be a skill or just relationships with others.
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No matter what you or I or any person on this planet does, time doesn't stop for anyone.
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Time is the one thing you cannot get back.
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If you lose a lot of money, it's fine.
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You can get more.
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If your friend decides to turn their back on you.
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It's fine, there's millions of people out there in the same situation.
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But time, you can't get it back.
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Once it's gone, it's gone.
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How many days have you spent doing the same mundane tasks that you hate?
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And more importantly, when is it going to end?
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Life is about choices, every choice you've ever made has led you to this exact moment, watching this video.
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And given that you only have one life, at least in this universe, why not make your own decisions?
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So many people live life predicated on somebody else's opinion, which is dumb.
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People have so many barriers in life, but they aren't really about money, they aren't about time.
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They aren't about how you look, it's about opinions.
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Other people's opinions.
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Probably about 90 % of people are unhappy because they value someone else's opinion more than their own.
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When you're old and unable to do the things that you could have when you're younger, you'll regret.
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And regret hurts more than any breakup, failure, or anything else ever could.
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Life doesn't have to suck, you don't have to regret everything.
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That FOMO, or fear of missing out, is a poison.
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Instead of living trying to mimic people you see on Instagram or YouTube or social media, just live based on your own terms.
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Instead of just observing and living passively, really start to think about what you do with your time.
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Does that mean call your boss and tell him you quit?
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No. Does that mean drop out of school tomorrow?
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No. All it means is to truly decide what you want in life and put yourself in the right direction.
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It's not going to happen overnight, that's not the point.
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There would be no journey, then.
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As cliche as it sounds, your 79 year journey here is very short.
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Sure, it's technically the longest thing you'll ever do.
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But the universe is 13 .8 billion years old.
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If the universe's history was condensed down into 24 hours, the world as we know it, with cars and airplanes and civilization as we know it,
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would only come into existence in the very last second.
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Block out any and all negativity in your life, and once you can truly realize that the only opinion that matters is your own,
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life can get pretty clear.
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And the noises inside your head get pretty quiet.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung basiert auf dem Video „How Short Your Life REALLY Is“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: hour, spend, average. Dieses Video enthält 62 Sätze und 1750 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 10:06. Der Sprecher spricht in natürlichem Tempo, etwa 173 Wörter pro Minute, ähnlich wie im Alltagsgespräch. 92 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen, der Wortschatz ist also leicht zu verfolgen. 12 der 62 Sätze sind Fragen – gut, um Frageintonation und kurze Antworten zu üben.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| happiness Substantiv | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | Glück, Glücklichkeit |
| regret Verb | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | bedauern, bereuen |
| commute Verb | /kəˈmjuːt/ | ablösen |
| retire Verb | /ɹəˈtaɪɹ/ | in Pension gehen, in Rente gehen |
| ignore Verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | ignorieren, missachten |
| temporary Adjektiv | /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/ | zeitweilig, temporär |
| wash Verb | /wɑʃ/ | waschen, spülen |
| skill Substantiv | /skɪl/ | Fähigkeit, Fertigkeit |
| suck Verb | /sʌk/ | saugen, nippeln |
| priority Substantiv | /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/ | Priorität, Vorrang |
| vacation Substantiv | /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | Urlaub |
| lifetime Substantiv | /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ | Leben, Lebensdauer |
| occasion Substantiv | /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/ | Gelegenheit |
| genuine Adjektiv | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌɪn/ | echt, original |
| luxury Substantiv | /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/ | Luxus |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| clean up Verb | putzen | |
| build up Verb | sich ansammeln, sich türmen | |
| get back Verb | zurückkommen | |
| miss out Verb | verpassen | |
| wake up Verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | aufwachen, erwachen |
| work out Verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | ausrechnen |
Sätze zum Wiederholen
Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:
- What if your work is your happiness?
- You see life isn't a straight path.
- You can't map it out perfectly one-to-one.
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Present Perfect Continuous have/has been + -ing – eine Handlung, die früher begann und noch andauert | I've been thinking |
| Bedingungssätze if + Satz, will/would + Verb – eine Bedingung und ihre Folge | If you live in Chad, you'll be · if you leave your hometown, you'll only |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | have gone · have already spent · you've always wanted |
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | being lived · be spent · be put |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 62 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel you'll, you're, doesn't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: wash /wɑʃ/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/, dish /dɪʃ/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, temporary /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, disability /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): wash /wɑʃ/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: succeed /səkˈsiːd/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/, oppose /əˈpoʊz/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, taxi /ˈtæksi/, barrier /ˈbæɹi.ə/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/
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 happiness, regret, commute.
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.