Shadowing Practice: What is a Seeker? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So what does it mean to be a seeker?
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To be a seeker is to be a restless mind.
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To be a seeker is to have a fire in the belly.
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To be a seeker is to be defined, consumed, agitated by curiosity.
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To be a seeker is to want to know the world, to want to map the world, to want to design, refine, and augment the world.
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To be a seeker is to love science, inspiration, transformation, design, creativity.
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To be a seeker is to question dogma.
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To be a seeker is to rage against the darkness.
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To be a seeker is to want to scramble the self and reconstitute, to constantly upgrade.
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To be a seeker is to understand that we are beings made of language.
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We are alphabetic all the way down.
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We are made of code.
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DNA is software.
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DNA is language.
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We are made of language.
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A seeker is one who wants to refine, to augment, to author new languages of being, to disclose new worldhoods.
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That is what it means to be a seeker, to rage, to rage against the dying of delight.
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I've said it before, I'll say it again.
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We will not let go.
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We will not surrender.
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To be a seeker is to never, to never let go.
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What pulls us, what beckons, that's what it means to be a seeker.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “What is a Seeker?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: seeker, language, rage. This video has 23 sentences and 233 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:47. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 74% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| rage noun | /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/ | Violent uncontrolled anger. |
| inspiration noun | /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing. |
| define verb | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. |
| darkness noun | /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/ | The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light. |
| upgrade verb | /əpˈɡɹeɪd/ | To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components. |
| transformation noun | /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/ | The act of transforming or the state of being transformed. |
| belly noun | /ˈbɛli/ | The abdomen (especially a fat one). |
| surrender verb | /səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/ | To give up into the power, control, or possession of another. |
| creativity noun | /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/ | The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product. |
| curiosity noun | /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/ | Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. |
| delight noun | /dəˈlaɪt/ | Joy; pleasure. |
| consume verb | /kənˈsum/ | To use up. |
| disclose verb | /dɪsˈkləʊz/ | To uncover; physically expose to view. |
| restless adjective | /ˈɹɛstlɪs/ | Not allowing or affording rest. |
| seeker noun | /ˈsikəɹ/ | One who seeks. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/, alphabetic /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like rage, inspiration, define.
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