Shadowing-Übung: How To Know Yourself - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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Bye you Bye you Many of us are wandering the earth,
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accomplished in many ways, capable of fulfillment at many points,
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but with a fundamental wound that stops us from becoming who we truly might be.
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We don't quite know who we Oh.
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It isn't, of course, that we can't remember the basics of our biographies.
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We're unsure around two things in particular: Firstly, we don't have a stable sense of what we're worth.
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And secondly, we don't have a secure hold on our own values, or judgements.
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Without knowing who we are, we tend to have particular trouble coping with either denigration or adulation.
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If other people decide that we are worthless or bad, there will be nothing inside us to prevent us from swallowing their verdicts in their entirety,
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however wrongheaded, extreme or unkind these might be.
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We'll be helpless before the court of public opinion.
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We'll always be asking other people what we deserve before seeking inside for an answer.
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Lacking an independent verdict, we also stand to be unnaturally hungry for external praise.
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The clapping of an audience will matter to us far more than would ever be wise.
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We'll be prey to rushing towards whatever idea or activity the crowd happens to love.
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We'll laugh at jokes that aren't funny, uncritically accept undeserving concepts that are in vogue,
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and neglect our truer talents for easy, popular wins.
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We'll trail public opinion slavishly, constantly checking the world's whims rather than consulting an inner barometer in order to know what we should want,
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feel and value.
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We need to be kind on ourselves.
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No one is born with an independent ability to know who they are.
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We learn to have an identity because, if we're blessed, in our early years, someone else takes the trouble to study us with immense fairness,
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attention and kindness, and then plays us back to us in a way that makes sense and that we can later emulate.
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years and use as a defence against the distorting verdicts from hurried or ill -intentioned others.
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Knowing who one is, is really the legacy of having been known properly by somebody else at the start.
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This early identity building tends to unfold with apparently innocuous but life -saving small steps.
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"That must really have hurt," a parent might say in response to an upset, thereby validating an infant's own feelings.
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Or "It's okay not to feel happy on your birthday," the parent might say at another point,
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delicately upholding an infant's less typical response to certain events.
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Ideally, the child isn't just known, he or she is also interpreted as likeable.
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A good parent offers generous interpretations.
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They're on the side of the child
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and are always ready to put the best possible gloss on moments of ill temper
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or of failure which forms the basis upon which resilient self -esteem can then later emerge.
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Now, that's the ideal, but it can, of course, go very wrong and often does.
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A parent may offer mirroring that is out of sync with the reality of the child.
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"Look, who's such a happy little boy or girl?" a parent might insist, when actually the opposite is clearly the case,
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thereby badly scrambling the child's ability to connect with their own emotions.
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Or the parent might only lend the child a very harsh, punitive way of interpreting itself,
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repeatedly suggesting that the child is ill -intentioned or no good.
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Or the parent may simply not show very much interest in the child, focusing themselves elsewhere.
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so that the child grows up with a feeling that not only is it not worth cherishing, but also because it hasn't been adequately seen and mirrored,
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that it doesn't even quite exist.
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a feeling of unreality is the direct consequence of emotional neglect.
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Realizing that we lack a stable identity is a sobering realization.
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But we can, with a fair wind, start to correct the problem at any point.
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We need to seek out the help of a wise and kindly other person perhaps a good psychotherapist, someone who can study us closely,
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mirror us properly, and then validate what they see Through their eyes, we can learn to study, perhaps for the first time,
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how we really feel, and take seriously what we actually want.
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We can, by being witnessed generously,
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more often learn to take our own sides and feel increasingly solid inside trusting ourselves more than we trust the crowd,
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feeling that we might be able to say no,
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not always swaying in the wind and feeling that we are in possession of some of the ultimate important truths about us.
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having come to know ourselves like this, we will be a little less hungry for praise, a little less worried by opposition,
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and a lot more original in our thinking.
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we will have learned the vital art of both knowing and befriending who we, really are.
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Our Know Yourself cards can help us to better understand the deepest, most elusive aspects of ourselves.
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Follow the link now to learn more.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau C1 basiert auf dem Video „How To Know Yourself“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: parent, feeling, ourselves, learn, verdict. Dieses Video enthält 58 Sätze und 843 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 5:45. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 146 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. 82 % 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 |
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| verdict Substantiv | /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/ | Gerichtsurteil, Urteil |
| validate Verb | /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/ | validieren |
| neglect Verb | /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ | vernachlässigen, verabsäumen |
| interpret Verb | /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/ | interpretieren |
| thereby Adverb | /ðɛɹˈbaɪ/ | dadurch, damit |
| adulation Substantiv | /ˌæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/ | Lobhudelei, Vergötterung |
| barometer Substantiv | /bəˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/ | Barometer |
| befriend Verb | /bəˈfɹɛnd/ | sich jemandes annehmen |
| denigration Substantiv | Verunglimpfung | |
| distort Verb | /dɪsˈtɔːt/ | verzerren |
| elusive Adjektiv | /ɪˈl(j)u.sɪv/ | flüchtig, schwer fassbar |
| emulate Verb | /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/ | nachahmen |
| fulfilment Substantiv | /fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/ | Erfüllung |
| innocuous Adjektiv | /ɪˈnɑkjuəs/ | harmlos |
| likable Adjektiv | /ˈlaɪkəbl̩/ | liebenswert |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Bedeutung |
|---|---|
| see through Verb | durchschauen |
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
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| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | is born · been known · isn't just known |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | have hurt · hasn't been · have learned |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 18 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel we'll, don't, we're. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die „th“-Laute: thereby /ðɛɹˈbaɪ/, worthless /ˈwɜːθ.ləs/
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: adulation /ˌæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/, slavishly /ˈsleɪvɪʃli/, cherish /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: adulation /ˌæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/, barometer /bəˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/, delicately /ˈdɛlɪkətli/, undeserving /ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/, unnaturally /ʌnˈnæt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəli/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): sway /ˈsweɪ̯/, wander /ˈwɑndɚ/, worthless /ˈwɜːθ.ləs/, swallow /ˈswɑ.loʊ/, consequence /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: befriend /bəˈfɹɛnd/, elusive /ɪˈl(j)u.sɪv/, punitive /ˈpju.nɪ.tɪv/, unfold /ʌnˈfoʊld/, unkind /ʌnˈkaɪnd/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: validate /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/, adulation /ˌæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/, scramble /ˈskɹæmbl̩/, unnaturally /ʌnˈnæt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəli/, clap /klæp/
So übst du mit diesem Video
- Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
- Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
- Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie verdict, validate, neglect.
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.