Shadowing Practice: Show up! POWERFUL English Speaking Practice Repeat After Me Shadowing - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Are you ready for a powerful English speaking practice session?
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Let's do this.
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You can repeat after me if you want.
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Repeat chunks of speech.
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You can try to shadow me.
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You can try to say it with me.
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Or you can just listen carefully.
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It's up to you depending on your level.
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Let's do this.
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Show up today even when you don't feel ready.
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If you want to improve every day,
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first you need to understand this.
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The progress you're looking for doesn't wait for the perfect moment.
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It doesn't care how you feel this morning.
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It doesn't ask if you're motivated.
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It doesn't ask if you're in the mood.
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Growth begins the second you decide to show up. To show up.
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When you show up, you come ready to try your best.
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You arrive to do your best, to try your best.
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Not when you feel good.
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Not when everything's easy, but when you decide to step forward.
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Step forward means to do something, to take action.
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Even when it's uncomfortable.
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Even when it's heavy.
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Even when your mind is dragging you backward.
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That's what separates the winners from the rest.
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They don't wait to feel ready.
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They move anyway.
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They show up to their commitments.
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They show up to their workouts.
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They show up to their plans.
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And they do it without needing applause,
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without needing comfort, and without needing every condition to be perfect.
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You don't get better by thinking about being better.
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You get better by showing up when it counts.
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When it counts, that means when it's important. And it always counts.
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It always counts most when it's hardest.
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Most people wait.
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They wait for clarity.
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They wait for motivation.
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They wait for everything to feel aligned, in order.
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And in the process of waiting, life keeps moving.
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Time keeps passing.
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Opportunities keep fading.
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Fading, going away, disappearing, fading away.
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You don't need perfect clarity.
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You need movement.
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You don't need motivation.
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You need to get started.
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That's the hard truth.
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And until you face it,
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you'll stay stuck in the same place.
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Now, ask yourself this.
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How many days have you lost waiting for the right mood?
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How many goals have you delayed because you didn't feel ready?
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Think about that and be honest.
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Because that's the starting point of growth.
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The moment you stop lying to yourself,
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the moment you realize readiness is not a feeling,
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it's a decision, that's the turning point.
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A turning point is when things start to change.
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That's the moment things begin to change.
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That's the turning point.
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You have to get to a place where your feelings don't control your actions.
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You wake up tired, but you still show up.
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You're nervous, but you still take the next step.
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You're unsure, but you still move forward.
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That's called being serious.
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That's becoming a person who takes ownership.
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And the more you do it, the easier it becomes.
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There's something powerful that happens when you show up.
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Even when you don't feel ready, you start building confidence.
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not the fake kind that comes from compliments.
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I'm talking about the real kind of confidence,
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the kind that comes from doing the hard thing,
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the kind that comes from keeping your word to yourself.
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Keep your word.
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That means to do what you said you would do.
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Keep your promise.
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You look in the mirror and you know, I showed up today.
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I didn't hide.
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I didn't quit.
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I didn't run.
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That's a powerful feeling.
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And that feeling builds momentum.
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It builds trust.
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It builds identity.
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You don't rise by accident.
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You rise by choice.
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And the first choice is to act right now, today, not later.
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Because there is no perfect later.
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There's only now.
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This is where growth happens.
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Not in theory, not in planning, but in doing.
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In showing up when you don't feel like it.
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Growth happens when you push past the fog and do what's needed.
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You want real progress?
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than show up when your mind says, stay in bed.
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Show up when your friends say,
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it's time to take a break.
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Show up when your body says, you're tired.
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That's the moment that matters.
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That's the moment that shapes you.
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that's the moment that forges real strength.
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Not just physical strength, mental strength, character.
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You're not here to live soft.
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You're not here to float through life.
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You're here to grow.
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You're here to lead yourself.
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You're here to rise.
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But it doesn't happen by accident.
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You've got to earn it.
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And every day you skip showing up.
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You fall behind.
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You lose touch with the standard you promised yourself.
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You become someone who waits.
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someone who breaks promises.
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And deep down, you know it.
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But when you show up,
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even when it's rough, you start rewriting that story.
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You prove to yourself that you're not fragile.
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You're not soft.
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But you're not controlled by how you feel.
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You become someone reliable, someone with drive,
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someone who is building something with their own two hands.
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That's what it's all about.
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And listen, you don't need to move mountains every day.
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that's not what I'm saying.
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But you do need to show up.
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You do need to do one real thing that moves your life forward.
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Even a small step.
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If it's real, if it's honest,
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if it's consistent, that will take you farther than any big plan that never gets touched.
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You just have to stop breaking momentum.
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Show up even if it's not perfect, even if it's slow.
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Just don't stay still.
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The real battle is always in your mind.
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That's the battlefield.
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The voice that says you're tired,
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you can do it later.
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That voice that tells you it's okay to skip just this one time.
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Just this one time, it's okay to skip it.
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You don't need to do it this one time.
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You have to fight that voice,
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because if you don't, that voice becomes your identity.
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And once that happens, it gets harder to climb out.
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But here's the good news.
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Every time you act, that voice loses power.
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Every time you take a step,
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even a small one, you get stronger.
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You don't need to feel like doing it.
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You just need to do it.
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And once you do it enough times,
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it starts becoming who you are.
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It becomes normal.
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It becomes your new standard.
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And when that happens, life changes.
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It's not luck.
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It's not timing.
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It's not motivation.
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It's repetition.
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It's habits.
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It's discipline.
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And all of that starts with showing up.
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Show up when it's cold.
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Show up when it's early.
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Show up when no one is watching.
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Show up when your motivation is at zero.
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And that's when it counts.
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That's when it counts.
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That's when you build your future.
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You've got to take this seriously.
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because every day you waste is a day you don't get back.
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And most people don't lose their life in one big moment.
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They lose it slowly by skipping the things that matter.
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One skipped day turns into three.
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One excuse turns into a lifestyle.
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That's how average is built.
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Quietly, slowly, without noticing.
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Until one day you wake up and you're nowhere near who you wanted to become.
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Don't let that happen.
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You're better than that.
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You've got something inside you.
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You just have to act like it.
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You have to move like it.
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You have to show up as if your life depends on it, because it does.
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Your job is to become consistent.
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Not when it's easy, but when it's hard.
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Not just when it feels good, but when it's uncomfortable.
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That's how you earn real results.
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That's how you get better every single day.
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Stop chasing perfect days.
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Start building strong days.
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Stop waiting for signs.
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Start acting like you mean it.
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Show up today, even if it's messy,
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even if it's slow, even if you're tired,
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even if nobody sees it, do it anyway.
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because the person who shows up every day becomes unstoppable.
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Not because they had everything figured out,
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but because they refused to give up on themselves.
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And that's who you need to become.
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Start now, not later.
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Show up.
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Do the work. Do it today.
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Because today is the only day that matters.
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Because today is the only day that matters.
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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Keep moving forward one step at a time.
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And I'll see you in the next English speaking practice video.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Show up! POWERFUL English Speaking Practice Repeat After Me Shadowing”. Las palabras que más se repiten: moment, happen, counts, step, perfect. Este vídeo tiene 211 frases y 1416 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 16:30. El hablante habla despacio, unas 86 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 92 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
skip verbo/skɪp/saltar
motivation sustantivo/ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/motivación
fade verbo/feɪd/desteñir, desvaírse
clarity sustantivo/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/claridad
workout sustantivo/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/entrenamiento
momentum sustantivo/ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/moméntum, viada
uncomfortable adjetivo/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/incómodo
depend verbo/dɪˈpɛnd/depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de)
repetition sustantivo/ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/repetición
rewrite verbo/ɹiˈɹaɪt/reescribir
unstoppable adjetivo/ʌnˈstɔ.pə.bəl/imparable, irrefrenable
readiness sustantivo/ˈɹɛdinəs/listeza
motivate verbo/ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/motivar
align verbo/əˈlaɪn/alinearse, alinear
chunk sustantivo/t͡ʃʌŋk/trozo, pedazo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
show up verbocomparecer, personarse
move forward verboir adelante, adelantar
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar
fall behind verboatrasar
figure out verboaveriguar, captar
get back verboregresar
go away verboirse, marcharse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • It's up to you depending on your level.
  • Show up today even when you don't feel ready.
  • It doesn't care how you feel this morning.
  • It doesn't ask if you're motivated.
  • How many goals have you delayed because you didn't feel ready?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaperson who takes · someone who waits · someone who breaks
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingkeeps moving · keeps passing · keep fading
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosasfarther than · better than
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesarioneed to understand · need to get · have to get

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 51 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, unstoppable /ʌnˈstɔ.pə.bəl/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, motivate /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: forge /fɔɹd͡ʒ/, fragile /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como skip, motivation, fade.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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