Shadowing-Übung: PLATO ON: The Forms - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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Asking oneself and others what the perfect version of something is, the ideal version, might sound like a strange idea.
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What is the perfect marriage or career or system of government or school?
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It can feel immature and naive to bother much with such questions.
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They're just daydreams.
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After all, who cares about ideal versions?
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We might as well deal with with what we've got.
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But the great ancient
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Greek philosopher Plato strenuously disagrees with this.
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Throughout his work, he argues
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that focusing on the ideal version of something is one of the most useful kinds of thought exercises we can generate.
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It's by knowing what we think something should be like
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that we can more clearly start to define what might be wrong
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and focus on what we need to do to make the world slightly better.
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When he was talking about ideals, Plato used a slightly strange but ultimately rather useful word – the forms.
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So he asked not what is the ideal friendship or the ideal kind of parental love,
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he asked what is the form of friendship or the form of parental love.
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It does sound strange but what he had in mind was something very practical.
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When a Greek stonemason was carving an ornament, they wouldn't just make it up themselves,
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they'd make use of a wooden template or form to check if they were getting it right.
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The form itself was made by the master, but if the mason possessed the form, they could more reliably do perfect work.
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This is Plato's basic picture of what an ideal is.
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It's the guide you need that shows you how to do something well yourself.
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If you've got possession of the form, you can be guided towards a true goal.
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A form, as Plato sees it, is a blueprint, a set of instructions for making a very good version of something.
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That's why we all need a well -thought -through set of forms to guide us in life.
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And unsurprisingly, it is philosophy that can guide us to these forms.
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So, for example, the form of friendship is a mental model of what a really good friendship actually involves.
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And if you grasp this model, if this idea is active in your mind, you will know how to be a good friend.
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Similarly, having a form of education in mind is going to be very useful for the teacher.
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– it'll stop her being buffeted by events and day -to -day pressures – she'll be able to keep in mind where,
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ideally, she should be going.
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We've typically thought of ideals as fantasy projections that blithely ignore most of what life is actually like.
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We think of them as the opposite of being realistic.
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But Plato sees an ideal as the result of a deep understanding and careful engagement with reality.
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Someone setting up an airport would need in the platonic scheme to have in mind the ideal air traffic control system,
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something optimally effective, efficient and safe.
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This is the person who would, in Plato's terms, have grasped the form of air traffic control.
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We all need to have as many forms in mind as we possibly can.
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Plato is breaking the habitual assumption
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that searching for the ideal is at odds with getting things done in the rough and tumble of the real world.
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And he's pushing us to be more exacting about where we are trying to head to.
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If an ideal seems utterly distant and hopeless, maybe the problem isn't that it's too idealistic,
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but in a strange but important way, actually not idealistic enough.
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That is, we've not quite yet discovered the form.
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We shouldn't abandon our ideals.
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We should get more ambitious about them and Plato's philosophy is on hand to help us.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung basiert auf dem Video „PLATO ON: The Forms“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: ideal, Plato, version, friendship, strange. Dieses Video enthält 46 Sätze und 630 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 3:30. Der Sprecher spricht schnell, etwa 180 Wörter pro Minute – rechne mit verbundenen und verkürzten Lauten. 83 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| ideal Adjektiv | /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ | ideal, bestmöglich |
| friendship Substantiv | /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/ | Freundschaft |
| grasp Verb | /ɡɹæsp/ | greifen, erfassen |
| parental Adjektiv | /pəˈɹɛn.təl/ | elterlich |
| ignore Verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | ignorieren, missachten |
| practical Adjektiv | /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ | praktisch |
| argue Verb | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | diskutieren, erörtern |
| efficient Adjektiv | /ɪˈfɪʃənt/ | effizient |
| odd Adjektiv | /ɑd/ | seltsam, merkwürdig |
| bother Verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | stören, nerven |
| discover Verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | entdecken |
| possession Substantiv | /pəˈzɛʃn̩/ | Besessenheit |
| wooden Adjektiv | /ˈwʊdn̩/ | hölzern, Holz- |
| define Verb | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | bestimmen |
| engagement Substantiv | /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/ | Verpflichtung |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| set up Verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | aufbauen, für den Einsatz vorbereiten |
| think through Verb | durchdenken |
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 | was made · can be guided · being buffeted |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | We've typically thought · have grasped |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 11 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel we've, isn't, it'll. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die „th“-Laute: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, blithely /ˈblaɪðli/
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, assumption /əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: similarly /ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/, ideally /aɪˈdi.ə.li/, philosopher /fəˈlɑsəfɚ/, idealistic /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/, habitual /həˈbɪ.t͡ʃʊ.əl/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: odd /ɑd/, involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/, naive /naɪˈiv/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: grasp /ɡɹæsp/, practical /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/, abandon /əˈbæn.dən/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
- /dʒ/ — stimmhaft, nicht „tsch“: engagement /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, generate /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/, projection /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
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