Shadowing-Übung: stop trying to categorize yourself - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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okay I think that's the last of them let's go oh and did I mention this video is sponsored by Surfshark
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the biggest question of my 20s undoubtedly is who am i as if that's a simple question
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just three harmless little words strung together in a way
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that will make you absolutely lose your mind
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and the older i get the more i wonder whether i've been asking the wrong question
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because whether you find an answer to it
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or not you still are yet somewhere along the way i felt like without
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that answer there also couldn't be a me instead there's just this tangled mess
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that has yet to reach its final form which is also exactly where the story goes wrong
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you see at some point i started treating my identity as something
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that must be understood by others rather than myself something
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that is straightforward and easily labeled and something that makes sense and so nowadays i exist in fragments
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there are different versions of myself that exist around different people parts of me that I've curated enough to be understood,
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that are still me, but also not, at least not fully.
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And while many things can be true at once, when it comes to who I am, I have somehow exempted myself from that rule.
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I think I've been treating my identity as though it's a niche, which might sound a little strange at first,
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but for everything that I do or try, I ask myself the same question.
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Is this it?
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Is this my thing?
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As if there's only one right answer, and that it's out there, somewhere.
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Like we're playing hide and seek and I'll know the second I lay eyes upon it.
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Except, I have laid eyes upon it countless times, it just didn't fit the description.
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In truth, I could probably give you a pretty good answer to the question of who am I.
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It would just take about 10 cardboard boxes, give or take, and quite a lot of unpacking.
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Nothing makes you realize just how much stuff you have like moving, and in my case also, how many versions of myself exist.
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I think for a long time I assumed that who I was
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and what I did had to be one coherent picture and it couldn't contradict itself in any way.
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For example, I consider myself to be a pretty outdoorsy person.
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I love being outdoors.
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I love hiking, camping, all that stuff.
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But at the same time, I am a huge homebody.
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I love being at home.
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I love being comfortable and cozy and warm and dry
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and I felt like those two things couldn't exist at the same time
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because clearly if I'm such a homebody then I just don't meet the qualifications
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or the requirements to be considered an outdoorsy person.
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Which it sounds so silly to say out loud
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but that's just kind of how my brain worked with so many different aspects of my life.
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Just assuming that if there was any form of contradiction then clearly that just wasn't who I was.
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It all just had to fit into this pre -designed box and then I would get frustrated if it didn't fit.
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It's easy to start feeling like you need to have a thing that defines who you are,
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some signal that will tell people what box to put you in because in many ways we're faced with it every day.
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It's this endless stream of niches and aesthetics and categories
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and types that's trying to figure out where you fit
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while simultaneously making you believe that wherever it places you must be it.
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There's this weird and unsettling feeling when someone thinks they know you better than you know yourself.
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In a lot of ways that happens every time we go online,
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where every tap and click and scroll is collected to figure out who you are.
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And I guess I've just had one too many instances where things were suggested to me and all I could think was,
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you need to find a niche is a phrase i've seen
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or heard increasingly often presented to you as though it's the answer to all of your problems
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it's the way to success the way to an audience, the way to be understood, or liked, or respected.
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And apparently, in my case at least, it's also the way to find yourself.
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You might be thinking, sure, but what does moving have to do with this?
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Well, imagine I would move and only take one singular box with me, a single category of items it would all be nice
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and on theme and coherent but it would be equally ridiculous
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because being on theme has now also come at the cost
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of literally every other belonging of mine every hobby every clothing
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piece every book every slightly contradicting item would be discarded for the sake of clarity
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and i think the same thing happens when you assume that you can only be one thing.
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You discard every other part of you for the sake of fitting into some non -existent box.
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It's really just abandonment, masked as self -discovery.
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Because I don't think the answer to finding out who you are is to water yourself down enough
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that there's only one option left.
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And so as I was packing, and then unpacking, I realized that I've spent so much time trying to put a finger on who I am,
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on finding the one thing that defines me,
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when all of these different sides of me have happily been living under one roof for so many years.
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And yeah, some are contradicting, some I haven't touched in months or years, some I've forgotten and found my way back to,
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some I'll always cherish, and others I don't always love.
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but there is room for all of them and more both in my house and in myself
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thanks again to surfshark for sponsoring this video you can find the link
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung basiert auf dem Video „stop trying to categorize yourself“. Dieses Video enthält 80 Sätze und 1142 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 8:05. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 141 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. 84 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| niche Substantiv | /nɪt͡ʃ/ | Nische, Mauernische |
| sake Substantiv | /ˈseɪ̯k/ | Sinn, Ziel |
| collect Verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | sammeln, aufsammeln |
| define Verb | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | bestimmen |
| sponsor Substantiv | /ˈspɒn.səː/ | Sponsor, Sponsorin |
| coherent Adjektiv | /koʊˈhɛɹ.ənt/ | kohärent, zusammenhängend |
| finger Substantiv | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | Finger |
| clothing Substantiv | /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ | Gewand, Kleidung |
| ridiculous Adjektiv | /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ | lächerlich |
| discovery Substantiv | /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ | Entdeckung |
| label Substantiv | /ˈleɪ.bəl/ | Etikett, Etikette |
| aspect Substantiv | /ˈæspɛkt/ | Aspekt |
| steal Verb | /stiːl/ | stehlen, entwenden |
| string Substantiv | /stɹɪŋ/ | Schnur |
| equally Adverb | /ˈiːkwəli/ | gleichermaßen, gleich |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Bedeutung |
|---|---|
| figure out Verb | herausfinden |
| find out Verb | herausfinden, erfahren |
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 asking · I've been treating · have happily been living |
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | is sponsored · must be understood · be understood |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | I've curated · have laid · I've just had |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 22 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel I've, couldn't, don't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die „th“-Laute: clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, aesthetics /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, cherish /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/, contradiction /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, undoubtedly /ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): equally /ˈiːkwəli/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/, requirement /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, straightforward /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/, straightforward /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/, cardboard /ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: aspect /ˈæspɛkt/, mask /mæsk/, happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/, scam /ˈskæm/, clarity /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/
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 niche, sake, collect.
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.