Shadowing Practice: Why are you running away from your potential? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Why are you running away from your own potential?
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You know that there are hundreds of things that you can start doing right now, today, to improve yourself and to transform your life and change your life forever.
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But you are not doing those things.
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You are constantly procrastinating and hiding.
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There's a part inside you that is dying to be seen, dying to be expressed and dying to be discovered.
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But you are running away from it.
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In this video, we're going to look at some reasons behind this tendency
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and some practical ways for us to get out of this rut
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and really start building our dream life with our potential
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because you know that you have something inside you that is more than what you are expressing, more than what you are showing to the world.
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Firstly, understand the fact that perfectionism and high expectations are not helping you.
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They are actually hindering you from developing yourself, from reaching your full potential and from creating your dream life.
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A lot of people often use perfectionism as an excuse for not doing the things
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that need to be done and I used to be one of them.
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Actually the moment before I made this video I procrastinated for forever guys.
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I procrastinated for months even when the idea of starting my YouTube channel was something that I always wanted to do.
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I know that I can find my community on YouTube
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and I will be able to develop myself and thrive so much better on YouTube than in other social media platforms
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but I still procrastinated and the idea of starting my YouTube channel seems to be
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so big and like so overwhelming for me at that time
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so that's why i told myself
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that okay i need to wait for the perfect idea to
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come i need to wait until i can sharpen my speaking
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skill to the point where i can speak without making any mistakes
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which is so ridiculous and i always told myself
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that i need to wait for the right moment you know
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so i told myself
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that okay in the last three months of this year 2024 i am going to start my youtube channel
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but then october is gone november is almost gone now
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and then I only have December and I'm still here waiting for the perfect moment.
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That's when I realized that waiting for the perfect moment is just an excuse I made to justify my procrastination.
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Don't wait for perfectionism because it will never come.
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Even experts make mistakes and I don't think that making mistakes
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and being imperfect are the things that we need to be ashamed of.
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You know, it's actually something that we can feel proud of.
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The fact that you are making mistakes means you are trying something new and you are moving forward.
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If you never make any mistakes, it means you are staying in your comfort zone and you are not growing.
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Everyone has to start from somewhere in order for them to sharpen their crafts and improve themselves.
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Think about the best songwriters, the best artists, the best entrepreneurs that you know.
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Do you think that they started when they knew everything?
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Do you think that they started when they had everything figured out for them?
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No, they started even when it was so confusing, even when nothing was clear for them, even when they had no idea where they are going
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but they still began because they know that this is something
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that they want to do and i know that you have the things
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that you really want to do that your heart is calling you to do something
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that is so deep inside you if you are quiet and
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if you pay attention if you spend some time being alone
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that voice that desire will speak up to you
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and you will hear it the perfect moment to start doing something is the moment
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when you hear that voice when you hear that desire when you know that soul calling.
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The perfect moment to start doing something is when you feel passionate about what you want to do.
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That's the best time to begin.
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One of the biggest reasons why you procrastinate on creating your best life is the fear of change.
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Anything that evolves transformation and growth will also come with a lot of changes
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and changes are scary for us human beings because we like comfort and security.
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Even when the things are bringing us so-called comfort and security are also killing us at the same time.
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If you are depressed for a long time, depression becomes your comfort zone and you feel comfortable being with it, even when it is making you feel like you are dying every day.
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If you are in an abusive relationship for a long time, that abusive partner becomes your comfort zone.
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If you have been procrastinating forever with temporary pleasures, those temporary pleasures become your comfort zone.
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That's why it's so hard for us to change because we have familiarized ourselves
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with those toxic patterns and getting out of them becomes so challenging as time passes.
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The more you stay in toxic situations, the harder it is for you to get out of them.
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So really what you need to do is start asking yourself, which one would you choose?
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Staying in this comfort zone that is literally damaging you every day
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and hindering you from developing yourself and living your best life or stepping out of that comfort zone and into the unknown,
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venture into the unknown, trying something new, doing different things to improve yourself and to work on your life,
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staying in this comfort zone and keep creating the same life over
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and over again until you reach 80 or venture into the unknown where limitless possibilities are waiting for you.
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Which one do you choose?
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And also I really need to tell you that the comfort zone that you are staying in, it is like a scam.
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It is not safe.
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The security and the safety that it is creating for you is like a sand castle.
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You're living in a sand castle and it's going to collapse.
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The comfort that you gain from procrastination is temporary and it will cause a lot of consequences.
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You will waste a lot of your time and when you get older, when you look back at your life, all that you are going to feel is regret and regret is the worst feeling ever.
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It makes you feel like you have wasted your youth, you have wasted your entire life.
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So I just want to say that because I don't want anyone to experience that feeling.
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I don't want myself to experience that feeling either.
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That's why I'm making this video as a message for also myself and for all of you who are watching.
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Procrastination is a poison that you are drinking yourself but you can also save yourself from it.
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When you do not live with your full potential, when you do not allow yourself the chance to grow, you will never truly feel satisfied with your life.
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You know that feeling when you're on bed at the end of the day
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and you think about your day and there's just this feeling of hollowness and emptiness that you feel inside you.
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That feeling of emptiness and dissatisfaction is the cry of your potential because it has not been discovered.
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It has been unnoticed and it has been neglected by you and it will keep haunting you.
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It will keep bothering you until you take action to seek it and to allow it a chance to shine.
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Of course, we cannot talk about procrastination without mentioning the fear of failure.
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A lot of us are scared of failing.
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We are scared of looking stupid in front of other people's eyes.
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And we're scared of disappointing ourselves.
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That's why we never do anything.
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Because when we don't do anything, we don't know when we are failing.
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And that is even more dangerous than clear failure because you are failing all the time.
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I also think that one of the biggest reasons for the fear of failure
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is because we exaggerate the significance of the things that we want to do.
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When we want to do something, we often see that thing or that dream or that goal as the only way for us to become successful.
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And we put so much pressure on ourselves.
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And I used to think the same way too.
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I told myself
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that this is the only way for me to go this
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is the only way for me to grow that's why i felt
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so scared i felt so anxious and it prevented me from taking action
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because i feel that if i fail at this i will not have other ways to go
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but it's so wrong guys life is full of possibilities even
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when you fail at something there will be new doors opening for you you are never running out of chances
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when you are ready to welcome them into your life.
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But if you are clinging to something so hard, you will not be able to welcome any new change.
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Before I started making videos on YouTube and TikTok, I spent four years pursuing something that finally turned out to be one of my biggest failures.
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And when I felt at that endeavor, I was so hopeless because I thought that that was the only way for me to go.
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And I would never find anything that I feel passionate about anymore
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but it's so wrong guys because I am doing this
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and I truly feel passionate about what I'm doing right now I feel
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so much more alive and like so satisfied and fulfilled every day
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because I'm doing something that speaks from my heart
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so you see the universe will keep giving you chances to build up new things for yourself
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and for your life as long as you are still here new possibilities
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and new opportunities are awaiting you so even
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when you feel it's something just see it as a chance for you to accumulate new experiences
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and sharpen your skills and develop yourself and strengthen your character and then move on to the next venture.
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Just know that when you feel at something, better things are waiting for you.
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There's a limitless source of power and strength inside you, but you can only discover it when you start doing something new, something different from the things that you have been doing.
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There is an amazing future waiting for you on the other side of fear
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when you have overcome your fear and start taking action and start embracing your power and your potential.
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Nothing can stop you and you can achieve anything.
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Just because you haven't given yourself the chance to discover who you really are
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and how good you can become does not mean that you cannot be good at something.
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I believe that there are always rewards for people who are courageous enough to change themselves.
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When you have decided to change yourself, just know that there are good things coming to you.
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Life is a venture on which you accumulate new experiences and discover new pieces of yourself every day.
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That's how life is.
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So yeah, stop running away from your full potential and start working towards it because I know that you can do it.
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I know that you are so strong.
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You're so powerful.
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You're so amazing.
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I wish you all the best and I'll see you in my next video.
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Bye bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 136 sentences and 1954 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:58. The speaker talks fast, about 196 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 89% 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:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| comfort noun | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | Contentment, ease. |
| discover verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | To find or learn something for the first time. |
| venture verb | /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/ | To undertake a risky or daring journey. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| temporary adjective | /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/ | Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time. |
| passionate adjective | /ˈpæʃənɪt/ | Fired with intense feeling. |
| castle noun | /ˈkɑːsəl/ | A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or… |
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| regret verb | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. |
| toxic adjective | /ˈtɒk.sɪk/ | Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. |
| satisfy verb | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | To be enough (for) |
| abusive adjective | /əˈbju.sɪv/ | Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. |
| practical adjective | /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ | Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis. |
| ridiculous adjective | /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ | Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| run away from verb | To avoid or shirk a problem or consequences; to rush to back away from or disclaim responsibility for something. |
| build up verb | To erect; to construct. |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
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| הווה מושלם ממושך (Present perfect continuous) have/has been + -ing — פעולה שהתחילה בעבר ועדיין נמשכת עכשיו | have been procrastinating · have been doing |
| משפטי תנאי (Conditional sentences) if + clause, will/would + verb — תנאי ותוצאה שלו | if i fail at this i will not |
| “Used to” used to + verb — הרגל או מצב שהיה נכון בעבר וכבר לא קיים | used to be · used to think |
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | have familiarized · have wasted · has not been discovered |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/, thrive /θɹajv/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, shine /ʃaɪn/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/
- Long words — get the stress right: temporary /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, significance /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/, entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like comfort, discover, venture.
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