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Welcome to Spotlight.
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I'm Colin Lowther.
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And I'm Liz Waid.
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Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
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It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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Most people have experienced an immediate reaction.
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Think about the last time you smelled something delicious.
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Did you react with an emotion?
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Have you had a reaction to a beautiful piece of art?
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Did you react emotionally when you saw someone you loved?
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Malcolm Gladwell is a writer.
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He writes about how our brains are influenced by things we do not even know.
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Gladwell calls these immediate reactions we just thought about snap judgments or quick decisions.
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They often influence us in ways we may not even recognize.
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Today's Spotlight is on these immediate reactions and how they affect our everyday lives.
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Here is a fun example of how our brains create these immediate reactions.
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Answer these questions as quickly as possible.
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What colour are clouds?
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What colour is snow?
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What do cows drink?
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Most people answer the first two questions with white.
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But they answer the third question with the word milk.
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If you answered that cows drink milk, you are not alone.
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The correct answer is water.
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It was the colour white that made you have a snap decision that cows drink milk.
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Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book about SNAP judgments called Blink.
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In this book, he tells a story about a SNAP decision. In 1983, the J.
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Paul Getty Museum received a statue.
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They believed it was from the sixth century B .C.
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Scientists at the museum did some basic tests to make sure the statue was real.
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The tests seemed to show that the statue was very old.
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Thomas Hoving is an art manager.
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He looked at the statue.
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Hoving always remembers the first word to come into his mind when he looks at a new piece of work.
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Normally, when Hoving sees an old large marble statue,
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his first word is old, beautiful, ancient, or even heavy.
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Hoving has been around art for many years.
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His experience makes it easier for him to choose between real art and copies of real art.
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And when he looked at the statue, the first word he thought of was fresh.
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His snap judgment made him think the statue was not thousands of years old.
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It was new.
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Scientists decided to do more tests.
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These further test results showed that the statue was not real.
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It was a very good copy of a real statue.
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The person who made the statue worked hard to make the statue seem old.
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The museum was not happy when they learned they would not be able to put this statue in their museum.
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But this snap decision saved the museum from years of shame and regret.
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This is just one example of the effects of snap judgments or quick decisions.
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Snap judgments can also help improve or even save our lives.
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Imagine you are walking down a street on a sidewalk.
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You are thinking about something that is very interesting.
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You are not thinking about walking down the street.
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You decide to turn right.
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You do not see that you have just stepped out onto a busy street.
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You look up and see that there is a car driving toward you.
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Without thinking, you jump back up onto the sidewalk.
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You do this to avoid being hit.
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It was your own quick decision to jump back away from the street that saved you from being hurt.
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In an emergency, quick decisions also help.
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For example, doctors use snap judgments to treat injuries.
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They react based on past experiences.
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These past experiences help doctors know, without thinking, what they must do.
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If doctors take too long to make a decision,
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it can be too late to save a person's life.
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Their quick thinking can help keep everyone safe.
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Gladwell says that people make quick decisions because they must.
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Sometimes people must make quick decisions to survive.
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Other times people make them because it is natural.
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Our past experiences help to form our decisions.
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This is what helps to make them natural.
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Snap judgements come from the unconscious part of our brain.
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So, we do not know we are making snap judgements until after we make them.
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We often do this when we meet people.
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There is a common saying in the English language,
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do not judge a book by its cover.
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This means that we should not make an opinion about something or somebody based on the way they look.
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But people do this every single day.
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And sadly, these snap judgments can easily be wrong.
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Snap judgments come from experience.
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But our experiences of people can be limited.
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Many of us do not know people of a different ethnicity or race.
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We mostly know people who are like us.
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So, when we see someone who looks different,
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our snap judgments are not based on experience.
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They are based on ideas from other people.
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Or they are based on stories in radio and television.
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These are prejudices, and snap judgments based on prejudice are often wrong.
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Often, a person's appearance does not tell us much about who they are or what they are like.
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It is natural to make snap judgments about other people.
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However, these judgments are not always true.
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For example, imagine that you see a person with a different skin color than yours.
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You may have a thought like, I am smarter than he is, or he is mean.
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These are not good snap judgements.
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Thoughts like these are judgements about a person's character and abilities.
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Sometimes we need to make a quick decision about a person to protect our own lives.
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If we see someone carrying a weapon,
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it would be right to make the snap judgment to hide or run away.
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People make snap judgments every single day.
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But we can decide how we let the snap judgments affect our lives.
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It is important to be careful not to let these quick decisions change the way we think of a person.
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Think of how your snap judgements affect your everyday life.
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You could surprise yourself.
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We will tell another story about snap judgements for members of our YouTube channel.
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Members get access to exclusive videos,
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PDFs of scripts, and can join our private Spotlight English Facebook group.
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We hope you make a snap judgment to check it out!
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What kinds of snap judgments do you make?
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Have you ever regretted a quick decision?
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Tell us what you think.
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You can leave a comment on our website or email us at contact at spotlightenglish .com.
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You can also find us on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter.
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The writer of today's program was Aaron Lehman.
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The producer was Liz Waid.
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The voices you heard were from the United Kingdom and the United States.
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You can listen to this program again and read it on the internet at www .spotlightenglish .com.
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This program is called, How Your Quick Decisions Can Change Your Life.
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We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau B1 basiert auf dem Video „How Your Quick Decisions Can Change Your Life“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: snap, judgment, decision, statue, quick. Dieses Video enthält 120 Sätze und 1208 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 14:35. Der Sprecher spricht langsam, etwa 83 Wörter pro Minute, sodass genug Zeit bleibt, jeden Laut nachzuahmen. 86 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| snap Verb | /snæp/ | abbrechen |
| judgment Substantiv | /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/ | Urteil |
| statue Substantiv | /ˈstæt͡ʃu/ | Statue, Standbild |
| cow Substantiv | /kaʊ/ | Kuh, Chue |
| react Verb | /ɹiːˈækt/ | reagieren |
| sidewalk Substantiv | /ˈsaɪdwɔk/ | Bürgersteig, Gehweg |
| prejudice Substantiv | /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/ | Vorurteil, Voreingenommenheit |
| scientist Substantiv | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | Wissenschaftler, Wissenschaftlerin |
| ethnicity Substantiv | /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/ | Ethnizität, Volkszugehörigkeit |
| unconscious Adjektiv | /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/ | bewusstlos |
| marble Substantiv | /ˈmɑɹ.bəl/ | Marmor |
| emotionally Adverb | /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/ | emotional |
| sadly Adverb | /ˈsædli/ | traurig, traurigerweise |
| emotion Substantiv | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | Gefühl, Empfindung f Emotion |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | auf Wiedersehen, auf Wiederschauen |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| look up Verb | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | bergauf gehen, aufwärtsgehen |
| run away Verb | wegrennen, davonlaufen |
Sätze zum Wiederholen
Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:
- Did you react with an emotion?
- Have you had a reaction to a beautiful piece of art?
- Did you react emotionally when you saw someone you loved?
- What kinds of snap judgments do you make?
- Have you ever regretted a quick decision?
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | are influenced · being hit · being hurt |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | have experienced · Have you had · has been |
| Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sache | person who made · people who are · someone who looks |
| Möglichkeit mit „might / may“ might/may + Verb – etwas ist möglich, aber nicht sicher | may not even recognize · may have |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: unconscious /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: ethnicity /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: snap /snæp/, statue /ˈstæt͡ʃu/, react /ɹiːˈækt/, sadly /ˈsædli/
- /dʒ/ — stimmhaft, nicht „tsch“: judgment /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/, prejudice /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/
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 snap, judgment, statue.
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.