Shadowing-Übung: Man's Search for Meaning: Finding Your Why - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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Some books entertain us. A few change how we see everything.
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For me, one of those books is Man's Search for Meaning.
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It was written by Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist from Vienna.
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In 1942, Frankl and his family were sent to Nazi concentration camps.
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He survived almost three years of hunger, cold and cruelty.
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His parents, his brother and his wife did not.
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Yet even there, Frankl noticed something remarkable.
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The prisoners who held on longest weren't always the strongest.
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They were often the ones who still had a reason to live.
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Someone waiting for them, perhaps, or work they hadn't finished.
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Frankl kept himself going by picturing his wife's face,
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and by imagining himself, one day, teaching others what he had learned.
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His most famous idea is this.
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Everything can be taken from us except one thing:
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the freedom to choose our attitude, in any situation.
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He liked to quote Nietzsche:
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if we have a 'why' to live for, we can bear almost any 'how'.
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After the war, Frankl wrote the book in just nine days!
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It has since sold more than ten million copies.
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And he went on to live a long, full life, until the age of ninety-two.
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So, when life feels heavy, try asking a different question.
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Not, 'Why is this happening to me?'
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but, 'What is life asking of me right now?'
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Your 'why' might be small. But it matters more than you think.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion

Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau B2 basiert auf dem Video „Man's Search for Meaning: Finding Your Why“. Dieses Video enthält 24 Sätze und 239 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 1:47. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 133 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. 87 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen, der Wortschatz ist also leicht zu verfolgen.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

WortAusspracheBedeutung
remarkable Adjektiv/ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩/bemerkenswert, verwunderlich
concentration Substantiv/ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/Konzentration
prisoner Substantiv/ˈpɹɪzənə/Gefangener, Gefangene
hunger Substantiv/ˈhʌŋɡɚ/Hunger
entertain Verb/ˌɛntəˈteɪn/unterhalten
cruelty Substantiv/ˈkɹu(.ə)lti/Grausamkeit
psychiatrist Substantiv/ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/Psychiater, Psychiaterin
teach Verb/ˈtiːt͡ʃ/lehren, beibringen
attitude Substantiv/ˈætɪˌtud/Haltung
survive Verb/sɚˈvaɪv/überleben
quote Substantiv/kwəʊt/Zitat
sell Verb/sɛl/verkaufen, vertreiben
heavy Adjektiv/ˈhɛv.i/schwer
imagine Verb/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/vorstellen, einbilden
choose Verb/t͡ʃuːz/wählen, auswählen

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

  • Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
  • Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, psychiatrist /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

  • Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: attitude /ˈætɪˌtud/, survive /sɚˈvaɪv/, choose /t͡ʃuːz/
  • /æ/ — offener als „ä“: attitude /ˈætɪˌtud/, imagine /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/, camp /ˈkæmp/

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. Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
  3. Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie remarkable, concentration, prisoner.

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