Shadowing-Übung: This will find you at the right time, always - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus said that this too is one of the evils of foolishness.

It is always beginning to live.

This too is one of the evils of foolishness.

It is always beginning to live.

What he's calling us out here for is our perpetual attempt to finally make a change,

to finally start to become the person that we know we need to be.

And how do we go about this?

We say next week, next month, next year, in this new year,

I'm going to start out being exactly the person that I know I need to be, that I've always wanted to be,

and I'm just going to continue that way i'm going to have my perfect life my perfect streak

this day is done this year is done but next year

and tomorrow i will achieve it i will make another attempt

and don't you realize don't we realize what happens every time we make this promise in which we say

okay today is dead and gone i've failed and i've been failing but tomorrow is a new day and

when i wake up i'm just going to start to be the person in this new year whatever it may be

that i've always needed to be and what happens is we slip up something or we don't do something to the degree

that we had promised ourselves to do, and we give up.

We say, oh well, we failed again, but try again later.

And we talked about this before on this channel.

Every challenge is an opportunity.

But what we see challenges as are battles that we need to win.

And if we fail, we have failed and we're failures.

Whereas in reality, we can recognize a challenge for what it really is, an opportunity for advancement.

I've said it before.

In every challenge, either the challenge is overcome and we have advanced, or we failed the challenge,

but we can advance towards advancement.

What I mean by that is we must finally stop to begin only to stop again, but instead we should just continue.

Let's not call this a new beginning.

Let's just call it a continuation because everything we've been through so far,

even though we have not achieved that what we really truly wanted to achieve and still want to achieve

but every single challenge has brought us closer to that

yes we didn't overcome the things

that we want to overcome we haven't stopped being the person

that we want to stop being but every single challenge that we in our eyes failed

was a step closer to that

And this is exactly how every single challenge that we fail to overcome gets us to fail.

It succeeds when it succeeds to make us think that today is lost and that we may get to try again tomorrow.

Take a simple thing as your diet if you want to lose weight.

What you do is, today you have the temptation,

and you give in to the temptation,

as we've always done, that's why we're in need of the diet, right?

And as soon as we've given in to the temptation, we count today as lost.

Is that not what we do?

we say well I've already eaten this I've already been over my goal of my caloric intake

so I might as well

just eat even more today because today is lost I will try again tomorrow

but today is lost so I might as well indulge

but again as our Roman Emperor Stoic philosopher friend Marcus Aurelius says it's about making the best move possible.

Yes, you have eaten.

Yes, you have made a mistake.

Yes, you have given given into something

that you no longer want to give in give into

but this there's still the best move you can make from now on for the rest of the day

and that way yes maybe you've failed your challenge but you have advanced towards advancement

So the one mentality that keeps us from achieving our goals is this,

giving up on today and hoping to be able to start again, to live finally tomorrow.

But another one is the past and the future.

When the challenge arises, and notice how the challenge always arises within the present moment,

nothing is ever asked of you in the past because that would be impossible.

The past is gone and the future is yet to come.

So the challenge, the achievement of all of your goals,

the path that leads to becoming the person that you want to become, the challenge for that, the test for that,

and the point at which you make yourself that person, is always the present, never the past, and never the future.

But, what weighs on us in the present, is always the past or the future.

What weighs on us in the present, is never the present.

it's the past or the future

again Marcus Aurelius says

tell me what in this present moment is so unbearable and you will be ashamed of your answer and it's true

whenever the challenge arises whenever the temptation comes whenever that happens what always happens and what finally needs to stop happening

ask yourself what in this present moment is

so unbearable what's wrong and you will realize it's not the present moment

that weighs on you it's the past or the future

it's your past what you regard as traumas the things that happened beforehand that you think

has made your identity has shaped your identity and all the regrets

and the shame and the resentment that you have from the past is what is making you act

in the way that you don't want to be acting in the present

or like we said it's the future that makes us do these things in the present

future worries future anxieties things that you anticipate will happen

but that have obviously not have happened yet is what makes you now in the present shape that future

everything you ever wanted to achieve ever could possibly want to

achieve ever could possibly dream for anyone else to achieve is

always achieved in the present moment the only time we live is now life is lived by one present moment

after another

we cannot live in the past we cannot live in the future we all know this

but when it comes to it in the exact moment we're always weighed down by the past or the future

you have to realize that the present is literally all

that anyone ever has we all have 24 hours

that consists of many many little moments in the present in the now

and all we can all we ever have at our disposal

to do anything whatsoever with our lives is the material of the present moment that's all

that we have that's all

that anyone has ever had to do anything is the present moment this one

and this one and this one and the next one

so we must get rid of all the things

that prevent us from using the present moment isn't that clear enough

if all that we have is the present moment

and clearly something is in the way of us being able to use this one and only material of life

then we must get rid of whatever that is

and we just had a hint of what that might be

100

when we talked about the past weighing on us

101

or the future weighing on us either with past regrets

102

or with future worries but we also have to make sure that our goals

103

for which we only have the present moment to achieve them, are the right ones.

104

Because it's also possible that our own being is trying to tell us that it's not right for us, that this goal we've set for ourselves,

105

and that we keep trying to achieve, keep failing and spiraling into this, that this might not be right.

106

There's a simple, a perfect way of finding that out.

107

And as to go inside to examine our own beliefs and to ask the simple question, how many of my goals,

108

how much of me and how much of what I want to be is determined by my identity?

109

how much of this and what of this am I trying to do because I'm trying to be a good husband, a good wife, a good brother, a good sister, a good friend,

110

a good worker, because I'm trying to impress this or that person?

111

or what of this is me trying to live up to the fantasies that I've built up as a child?

112

How much of this adult me is going around in the world trying to satisfy the fantasies of the 15-year-old me?

113

how much of my life am I trying to make look

114

like what I had imagined it would be as a child it's amazing

115

with how many preconceived notions and goals and ambitions we walk around

116

that we have formed when we were a child essentially and how we as adults

117

try to live up to the fantasies of a teenager of a child

118

we need to drop all of that we almost literally many times

119

have rocks in our pockets and we're trying to swim those possessions that you're trying to get are rocks

120

that are weighing you down in every possible sense

121

you regret not having them you worry never having them and you spend every single present moment

122

on somehow trying to attain them we only have this present

123

moment to live what we spend this present moment on is literally everything our entire life is in the now

124

we think

125

that the present is such a small sliver the present moment is such a small sliver of our life

126

because there's there are decades of our past and decades in our future

127

and it's just this one moment right now that seems

128

so small but all of life is contained in

129

that one moment we do not have another space another time

130

to live in all of life takes place in this exact present moment

131

and everything that gets us to not be present in this present moment is everything

132

that keeps us from living because

133

if we're not living in this present moment now we're not

134

living at all to spend the present moment on regrets in the past

135

or worries in the future is to not spend it on

136

life on living go through all your ambitions all your goals

137

and your entire identity what you think your achievements are what

138

you think your traumas are what you think in the external world has been holding you back all these years

139

and will hold you back in the coming years and realize all of of it is self-imposed.

140

Look around you.

141

The world requires nothing of you.

142

Not a single thing that you do is required by the universe, by God, whatever you want to call it.

143

These are all self-imposed requirements.

144

Your deadlines are self-imposed.

145

your worries are self-imposed most of your regrets are self-imposed they don't have to be there all the things

146

that you need to do and all the certain ways in

147

which you have to do them and all the certain times in

148

which you have to do them by our self-imposed requirements and obligations that come from our identity.

149

I just said recently in a video,

150

yes, all those bad things that happened to you in the past did happen.

151

All the things that you feel like are holding you back yes they did happen

152

but they don't have to define you they don't have to be your identity

153

when you think of yourself as that person

154

when you think of yourself as that victim

155

and you think of yourself as this disadvantaged person that's being held back by the entire world outside of them.

156

You do nothing other than give the present moment over to the past or to the future.

157

And that's something that you do.

158

No one else does that.

159

Again, no one's denying that these things have happened, that people treat people unfairly, that people lie, that people cheat,

160

that people aim to hurt others.

161

No one's denying any of that.

162

But we must not add to it by making it our identity.

163

If someone came in here right now and insulted me, it's not like I would say that didn't happen.

164

Yes, this person came in and they said what they said.

165

But it is on me to go around offended by that, resenting that, hating it, regretting it,

166

getting angry at it, telling others about it, having that anger in me and that resentment and that

167

just fury about how a person could act like this and how this is unjust and unfair and improper.

168

I could go around the rest of my entire life doing that.

169

And at some point, the vast majority of our regrets, of everything that we resent,

170

is our own regret and our own misery.

171

It's not the event itself at that point.

172

We have regretted it, resented it, been angry at it so much, both in time and intensity,

173

then most of what we are angry about most of what we resent is actually our own anger our own resentment

174

we've added so much to it

175

that the thing has become mostly what we added to it and so from this day on

176

and this new year stop always beginning new

177

today is not lost tomorrow is no different than today really it's the present moment any challenge anything

178

that you ever need to face you will face with the

179

same mindset with the same tools in this present moment

180

if you can't do it now

181

if you feel like you can't do it now you won't be able to do tomorrow either

182

and the only way to be able to do it tomorrow

183

is to do it in this present moment as well it's

184

always going to be the same challenge is always going to

185

feel the same there's always going to be just as much

186

as difficult tomorrow as it feels like it is right this present moment

187

the challenger is here the challenge is now

188

and it's only this present moment

189

that you need to deal with there is no past there

190

is no future it's this one little slice of time

191

that is all that is ever asked of you to deal with it's only

192

that slice of temptation only that slice of challenge only

193

that slice of difficulty

194

that you need to deal with nothing else nothing else even

195

exists let go of the past let go the future the slice

196

that is in front of you now is all

197

that you have to deal with and so stop beginning to live anew every single time the challenge presents itself

198

and simply make the very best move you can in this present moment.

📺 Gleicher Kanal

What you are seeking is seeking you

Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults

If you suffer for love you are a silly person

Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults

✨ Empfohlenes Video

327 Sätze

Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion

Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau C1 basiert auf dem Video „This will find you at the right time, always“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: present, moment, challenge. Dieses Video enthält 198 Sätze und 2527 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 21:24. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 118 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. 92 % 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
weigh Verb	/weɪ/	wiegen, wägen
temptation Substantiv	/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/	Versuchung, Verführung
slice Substantiv	/slaɪs/	Scheibe
resent Verb	/ɹiˈzɛnt/	grollen, böse sein
resentment Substantiv	/ɹɪˈzɛnt.mənt/	Ressentiment, Groll
advancement Substantiv	/ædˈvæns.mənt/	Fortschritt
arise Verb	/əˈɹaɪz/	entstehen, auftreten
foolishness Substantiv	/ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/	Torheit, Dummheit
sliver Substantiv	/ˈslɪvɚ/	Splitter, kleiner Teil
unbearable Adjektiv		unerträglich
philosopher Substantiv	/fəˈlɑsəfɚ/	Philosoph, Philosophin
ambition Substantiv	/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/	Ehrgeiz
unjust Adjektiv	/ʌnˈd͡ʒʌst/	ungerecht
indulge Verb	/ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒ/	nachgeben, erliegen
offend Verb	/əˈfɛnd/	beleidigen

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

Wort	Aussprache	Bedeutung
build up Verb		sich ansammeln, sich türmen
give up Verb		aufgeben, sich ergeben
hold back Verb		sich zügeln, sich zurückhalten
look around Verb		sich umsehen, sich umschauen
wake up Verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	aufwachen, erwachen

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 failing · has been holding
Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist	I've always wanted · i've failed · i've always needed
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut	is done · is overcome · is lost

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

Der Sprecher verwendet 41 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel I've, don't, I'm. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.

Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: temptation /ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/, foolishness /ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/, ambition /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/, continuation /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/
Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: philosopher /fəˈlɑsəfɚ/, disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, continuation /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, mentality /mɛnˈtæləti/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

/w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): weigh /weɪ/, whatsoever /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/
Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: arise /əˈɹaɪz/, preconceived /ˌpɹiːkənˈsiːvd/, indulge /ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒ/, offend /əˈfɛnd/, beforehand /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/
/æ/ — offener als „ä“: advancement /ædˈvæns.mənt/, ambition /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/, beforehand /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/, disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/

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 weigh, temptation, slice.

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.

Shadowing-Technik: die vollständige Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung lesen →

Shadowing-Übung: This will find you at the right time, always - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

What you are seeking is seeking you

If you suffer for love you are a silly person

How to start over - resetting your life and routine from scratch

THERE'S STILL TIME | It's Not Too Late you Can Fix Things

Why You Feel Like You’re Stuck in Bad Luck But It’s Actually The Nova Effect!

Motivational English Speaking and British Accent Podcast

How to Be Strong and Resilient

If This Reached You, God Is Trying to Get Your Attention

Choose Your Life: The Secret to Living Your Truth & Finding Meaning

a warning for high achievers

It's time for your Comeback.

BEFORE YOU WASTE ANOTHER YEAR WATCH THIS ||Jim Rohn

Principles for Success: "The Call to Adventure" | Episode 1