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ื‘ื—ืจ ืžืฆื‘ ืชืจื’ื•ืœ

ื›ืœ ืžืฆื‘ ืคื•ืชื— ื—ื“ืจ ืชืจื’ื•ืœ ื‘ืžืกืš ืžืœื.

47 ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื
ืื ื”ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื ืงืฆืจื™ื ืื• ืืจื•ื›ื™ื ืžื“ื™, ืœื—ืฅ ืขืœ ืขืจื•ืš ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืชืื™ื ืื•ืชื.
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A successful young man once climbed a mountain to meet an old Zen master.
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He had come seeking wisdom.
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Or at least, that's what he told himself.
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The moment he sat down, he began talking.
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About his education.
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His success.
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His ideas.
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His understanding of life.
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The master listened quietly.
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He never interrupted.
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After a while, the master smiled.
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Let's have some tea.
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The young man nodded.
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The master placed a small cup in front of him and began to pour.
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The tea reached the middle, then the top, then the edge.
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But the master kept pouring.
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Tea spilled across the table, then onto the floor.
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The young man stared at him.
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Finally, he said, Master, stop.
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The cup is full.
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The master stopped pouring.
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He looked at the young man and asked, Then why did you come to me?
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The young man froze.
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The master gently pointed at the cup.
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You came here asking for wisdom, but you brought no empty space to receive it.
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The room became quiet.
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The young man looked down.
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For the first time, he realized something.
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He had spent years trying to fill his mind with opinions, with pride, with old beliefs, with the need to be right.
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And perhaps that was why he had stopped growing.
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The master said, a full cup cannot receive anything new.
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You may be right about many things, but if you are never willing to question what you know, you will never discover what you don't.
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The young man slowly looked at the spilled tea.
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The master continued, Sometimes, wisdom does not begin with learning something new.
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It begins with letting something go.
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That day, the young man left the mountain with no new answers.
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And strangely, he felt wiser than when he arrived, because he had finally understood.
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You don't always need more knowledge.
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Sometimes, you simply need more room.
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Years later, whenever he felt certain that he already knew the answer, he remembered that overflowing cup, and he would ask himself,
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is my cup full, or am I still willing to learn?
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So, ask yourself the same question today.
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What is one belief, one opinion, or one piece of the past you need to let go of?
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To make room for something better?
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Share this story with someone who may need to hear it.
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If it made you think, like the video and subscribe for more stories that can change the way you see life.
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And tell us in the comments, what do you need to empty from your cup?

ื”ื•ืจื“ ืืคืœื™ืงืฆื™ื”

ื›ืœ ืžื” ืฉืืชื” ืฆืจื™ืš ื›ื“ื™ ืœื“ื‘ืจ ื‘ืฉื˜ืฃ

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video โ€œSometimes, You Just Need to Do Nothingโ€. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: master, cup, tea, wisdom, looked. This video has 47 sentences and 424 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:02. The speaker talks at a steady 140 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 92% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
wisdom noun/หˆwษชzdษ™m/An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
pour verb/poษน/To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
belief noun/bษชหˆliหf/Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
spill verb/spษชl/To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
discover verb/dษชหˆskสŒvษ™/To find or learn something for the first time.
arrive verb/ษ™หˆษนaษชv/To reach; to get to a certain place.
climb verb/หˆklaษชฬฏm/To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
quietly adverb/หˆkwaษช.ษชt.li/Producing little or no noise.
freeze verb/หˆfษนiหz/Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
gently adverb/หˆdอกส’ษ›ntli/Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
subscribe verb/sษ™bหˆskษนaษชb/To write (oneโ€™s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
stare verb/stษ›ษš/To look fixedly (at something).
nod verb/nษ‘d/To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
strangely adverb/หˆstษนeษชndอกส’li/In a strange or coincidental manner.
interrupt verb/หŒษชntษ™หˆษนสŒpt/To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
look down verbTo lower one's eyes; to direct one's look downwards.
sit down verbTo assume a sitting position from a standing position.

ื“ืงื“ื•ืง ื‘ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ ื”ื–ื”

ื”ืžื‘ื ื™ื ืฉื”ื“ื•ื‘ืจ ืžืฉืชืžืฉ ื‘ื”ื ื”ื›ื™ ื”ืจื‘ื”, ืขื ื”ืžื™ืœื™ื ื”ืžื“ื•ื™ืงื•ืช ืžื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ:

ืžื‘ื ื”ื‘ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ
ืคื•ืขืœ + -ing enjoy, keep, stopโ€ฆ + -ing โ€” ืคืขืœื™ื ืฉืžืชื—ื‘ืจื™ื ืœ-ing ืื—ืจื™ื”ืkept pouring ยท stopped pouring ยท stopped growing
ืืคืฉืจื•ืช ืขื โ€œmight / mayโ€ might/may + verb โ€” ืžืฉื”ื• ืฉื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœืงืจื•ืช, ืืš ืœื ื‘ื˜ื•ื—may be ยท may need
ื—ื•ื‘ื”: must / have to / need to ืœื”ื‘ื™ืข ืฉื“ื‘ืจ ืžื” ื”ื•ื ื”ื›ืจื—ื™ ืื• ื—ื•ื‘ื”need to let ยท need to hear

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like wisdom, pour, belief.

ืžื”ื™ ื˜ื›ื ื™ืงืช ื”ืฉืื“ื•ืื™ื ื’?

ืฉืื“ื•ืื™ื ื’ ื”ื™ื ื˜ื›ื ื™ืงืช ืœืžื™ื“ืช ืฉืคื” ืžื‘ื•ืกืกืช ืžื“ืข ืฉืคื•ืชื—ื” ื‘ืžืงื•ืจ ืœื”ื›ืฉืจืช ืžืชื•ืจื’ืžื ื™ื ืžืงืฆื•ืขื™ื™ื ื•ืคื•ืคื•ืœืจื™ืช ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื”ืคื•ืœื™ื’ืœื•ื˜ ื“"ืจ ืืœื›ืกื ื“ืจ ืืจื’ื•ืืœืก. ื”ืฉื™ื˜ื” ืคืฉื•ื˜ื” ืืš ืขื•ืฆืžืชื™ืช: ืืชื” ืžืงืฉื™ื‘ ืœืื•ื“ื™ื• ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื™ืœื™ื“ื™ืช ื•ื—ื•ื–ืจ ืขืœื™ื• ื‘ืงื•ืœ ืจื ืžื™ื“ โ€” ื›ืžื• ืฆืœ ื”ืขื•ืงื‘ ืื—ืจื™ ื”ื“ื•ื‘ืจ ืขื ืขื™ื›ื•ื‘ ืฉืœ 1โ€“2 ืฉื ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืœื‘ื“. ื‘ื ื™ื’ื•ื“ ืœื”ืื–ื ื” ืคืกื™ื‘ื™ืช ืื• ืชืจื’ื™ืœื™ ื“ืงื“ื•ืง, ืฉืื“ื•ืื™ื ื’ ืžื›ืจื™ื— ืืช ื”ืžื•ื— ื•ื”ืฉืจื™ืจื™ื ื‘ืคื” ืœืขื‘ื“ ื•ืœืฉื—ื–ืจ ื“ืคื•ืกื™ ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ืืžื™ืชื™ื™ื ื‘ื• ื–ืžื ื™ืช. ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ืžืจืื™ื ืฉื–ื” ืžืฉืคืจ ืžืฉืžืขื•ืชื™ืช ืืช ื“ื™ื•ืง ื”ื”ื’ื™ื™ื”, ื”ืื™ื ื˜ื•ื ืฆื™ื”, ื”ืงืฆื‘, ื”ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ื”ืžื—ื•ื‘ืจ, ื”ื‘ื ืช ื”ืฉืžื™ืขื” ื•ืฉื˜ืฃ ื”ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ โ€” ืžื” ืฉื”ื•ืคืš ืื•ืชื• ืœืื—ืช ื”ืฉื™ื˜ื•ืช ื”ื™ืขื™ืœื•ืช ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ ืœื”ื›ื ื” ืœIELTS Speaking ื•ืœืชืงืฉื•ืจืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื‘ืขื•ืœื ื”ืืžื™ืชื™.

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