शैडोइंग अभ्यास: English Podcast for Learning English | How to Change Your Life | Daily English Conversation - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें
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Peak English Podcast.
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From Peak English with Class.
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you Hey hey English learners!
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Welcome back to Easy English Podcast for Conversation,
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your cozy place to learn easy English through real -life conversations and improve your life at the same time.
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I'm Sarah.
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And I'm Alex, and as always, we're really happy you decided to spend a little bit of your day with us.
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Before we start, I want to share a quick reminder: This is a B1 to B2 level episode.
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If you don't understand every word, just relax.
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You can always listen again.
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Exactly.
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Just let the English flow over you, maybe grab a cup of coffee, and relax with us.
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So, Sarah, Today we are tackling a pretty huge topic.
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How to change your life and why you need to start right now.
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Oh, wow.
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That is a very heavy topic for a normal weekday. But...
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Honestly, I think we all need to hear it.
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Yeah, we really do.
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But before we get deep into the psychology, I want to play a tiny game with you and with everyone listening.
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Ooh, a game already?
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Okay, I am ready.
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What are the rules?
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It is very simple.
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Think about your life right now in this exact moment.
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From 1 to 10, how is your life going?
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Hmm, from 1 to 10… Well, let me think about my job.
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my health wait wait wait i forgot the most important rule
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you cannot choose the number seven oh come on you always do this why can't i choose seven
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because seven is the safe number it means your life is not great
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but it is not terrible either you are just complacent complacent
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that is a great vocabulary word it means you are too comfortable and satisfied so complacent.
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Like when a sports team wins one game and then they stop practicing because they feel too comfortable.
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Ah, I see.
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So saying seven is like saying, "My life is fine.
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Please leave me alone." Right.
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It is a way to hide from the truth.
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When you take away seven, you really have to look at your life clearly.
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That makes total sense.
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Without seven, you realize if you are actually happy.
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or just kind of surviving day by day.
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So, Sarah, no hiding.
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What is your number right now?
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I knew this was a trap.
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Honestly, I think I am at a six right now.
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Mm -hmm.
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A six.
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That is very honest of you.
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Why a six?
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Well...
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My days are okay.
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I go to work, I pay my bills, But I feel like if I keep living exactly like this, I will fall short.
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Fall short.
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That is a very useful phrase.
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To fall short means you do not reach the goal you expected or wanted.
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Yes, exactly.
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Like if you want to save a thousand dollars, but you only save five hundred, you fall short.
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Yeah, and if you fall short of your life goals, that can really hurt.
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It is so easy to just drift into a boring routine.
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Drift into… That means moving slowly into a situation without really planning it, right?
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like a boat floating slowly on a river without a motor.
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Perfect example.
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You do not plan to be stuck at a six.
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You just drift into it.
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One small, easy choice at a time.
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Okay, Mr. Guide.
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What about you?
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What is your number?
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Hmm, I think I am at a 5 .5.
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A 5 .5?
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That is so specific!
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Why not just a 5?
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Well, I am doing some good things.
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But I know I am still playing it too safe.
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I am definitely not using my full potential yet.
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I really appreciate your honesty, Alex. And now?
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We want to turn it over to you our listeners.
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Yes, we love hearing from you.
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We want to know your honest number and how you are really feeling today.
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So here is your challenge.
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Go down to the comment section right now and tell us your number.
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Use this exact format.
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Type I'm name from country, and today I feel and then share your number and a short reason.
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For example, you could write: I'm Sarah from Canada, and today I feel like a six because I am a little bit stuck.
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Don't be shy.
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This is a completely safe space and reading your comments helps other learners feel much less alone.
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So pause the podcast for just a second.
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write your comment, and then come right back!
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We will be waiting for you.
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Okay, are you back?
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Let's dive into the core of today's conversation.
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Let's figure out how to break out of our old patterns.
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Honestly, Alex?
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Looking at my number six, It makes me think about my biggest struggle lately.
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I have what I call an idea graveyard inside my head.
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An idea graveyard?
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Well, that is a very dark picture, Sarah.
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What exactly do you mean by that?
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You know, a graveyard is where dead things are buried.
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So, an idea graveyard is inside my mind.
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It is where all my great ideas just sit and die because I never take action.
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Ah, I see.
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Like when you have a big dream to start a new project or learn a skill, but you just never do it.
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Exactly.
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For example, I really want to start a second YouTube channel.
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Something fun, where I review historical stories with a humorous twist.
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Oh wow!
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That sounds like an amazing idea, Sarah.
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I would definitely watch that.
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Yeah, but the problem is… I keep waiting for the perfect time.
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The ideas are just sitting in the waiting room of my brain, like, Excuse me.
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Is it my turn yet?
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That is so relatable.
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But the sad part is, many people will die with most of their best ideas still sitting in that waiting room.
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That completely terrifies me.
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I do not want to be that person.
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but I just feel paralyzed.
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I keep repeating the same cycle of doing nothing.
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Right.
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To change your life, you have to break out of a pattern.
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You cannot live the exact same year on repeat forever.
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Break out of a pattern.
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That means to escape from a habit or a cycle that you keep doing over and over again, right?
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Yes, exactly.
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What does your pattern look like when you think about your history channel, Sarah?
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Well, my pattern is: big idea, big excitement, no plan, no action, and then a lot of guilt.
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Oh yes, that pattern is very popular.
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But to break out of it, you have to accept one uncomfortable truth: You are going to fail.
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Wow, thank you, Alex.
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What a super positive and happy podcast we are having today.
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You are going to fail.
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I know, I know.
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It sounds terrible when I say it like that.
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But it is actually very good news.
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How is that good news?
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Failing hurts.
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Sometimes it feels like a failure can completely devastate you.
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Let's pause there.
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Devastate.
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That is a very strong word.
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To devastate means to hurt someone very deeply, emotionally.
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It is much stronger than just making them sad.
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Yes, like if you spend money to buy a camera, and you record a video,
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but everyone hates it, that news would devastate you you would feel totally empty.
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Right.
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It hits you hard.
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But here is the psychology behind our fear.
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The problem is not the failure itself.
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The problem is how we talk to ourselves when we fail.
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So you mean when we make a bad video, we tell ourselves, I am useless.
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I am not creative.
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Exactly!
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Making one bad video only means you made one bad video.
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It does not mean you are a stupid person.
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Wow.
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I always let my small failures define who I am.
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And then I get scared and just go back to my small, safe life.
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We all do it, Sarah.
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When life gets scary, it is so easy to go back to low battery mode, where everything works just very slowly.
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Low battery mode.
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That describes my motivation perfectly.
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And sometimes, It gets so bad that I feel like I have hit rock bottom.
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Hit rock bottom.
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That is a very visual idiom.
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Could you explain what that means for our listeners?
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Sure.
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To hit rock bottom means to reach the absolute lowest point in your life.
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You feel like you cannot go any deeper or get any worse.
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Yes, like losing your job, running out of money, and feeling completely alone, all at the same exact time.
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Exactly.
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And when you were there, You do not need someone to say,
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"Just smile and be positive." That kind of fake advice actually hurts more.
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Yeah, fake smiles do not help when you are at rock bottom.
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You need a real solid plan to claw your way back.
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Claw your way back.
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I really love that picture because it is not soft or easy.
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It sounds very tough.
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Right.
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To claw your way back means you return to a better place, slowly, and with a lot of physical or mental effort.
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It is like you are trapped in a deep, dark hole.
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and you have to climb out using only your bare hands.
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Grabbing the dirt.
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Exactly, Sarah.
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It is a messy comeback.
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It is not pretty or aesthetic for Instagram.
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It is made of small, tiny steps, like sending one email.
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Mm -hmm.
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or telling one close friend, "Honestly, I am not okay." Or even just cleaning your desk when your mind feels chaotic.
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Yes, those things look very small from the outside, but inside they are huge.
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They are victory.
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So if someone listening feels stuck at a five, or feels like they hit rock bottom, How do they start?
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What are the tiny habits?
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Let's give them three practical steps.
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Habit number one: Anticipate your weak moments.
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Stop pretending you are a perfect robot.
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Anticipate.
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That means to expect something before it happens and to prepare for it, right?
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You got it!
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For example, if you know you are always exhausted after work, Anticipate that.
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Do not plan a three -hour English study session at 8 p .m.
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Oh, I see.
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or if I know that Sunday evening is my time to feel sad about the week, I can anticipate it.
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Right!
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You can plan a nice walk, or call your mom, instead of just scrolling on your phone and feeling worse.
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That is so smart, and so gentle on ourselves.
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Okay, so habit one is anticipate weak moments.
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What is habit number two?
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Habit number two is learning how to fall forward.
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We talked about failing earlier, but falling forward is a bit different.
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Fall forward.
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Hmm.
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Does that mean you still hit the ground and you still feel the pain, but you land a little closer to your goal?
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Yes, what a perfect summary.
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For example, maybe you try speaking English in a meeting and you make a huge grammar mistake.
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You feel so embarrassed.
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You could fall backward.
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and never speak English at work again.
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or you could fall forward and think okay Now I know how that sentence really works.
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Beautifully said.
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But remember, when you are doing these small things, fear and comparison can really obscure your progress.
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Let's break that down.
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Obscure.
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That means to hide something or to make it less clear.
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like when a thick cloud obscures the sun.
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Exactly.
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Your English might be much better than last year, but because you only look at people above you, your own growth is obscure to you.
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So, to see clearly, we should look backward.
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Look at old journal pages or old audio recordings to prove to ourselves that we are growing.
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Yes!
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Looking back gives you fuel to keep going.
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And that brings us to the final step.
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Habit number three.
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Find a purpose.
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A purpose.
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Yeah, if your comeback is only about making more money or looking good, you will get tired very fast.
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Exactly.
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But if you think, "If I heal, if I learn this new skill, I can help my family have a better life," that thought gives you endless energy.
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Even just leaving a comment on this YouTube video can be a purpose.
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When you write, I was scared, but I tried.
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You give courage to the next person reading.
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I see that in our community all the time.
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People helping people.
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And when you practice these three habits, slowly you rise from the ashes.
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Rise from the ashes.
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Oh, I absolutely love that phrase.
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It sounds so magical and powerful.
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It comes from the ancient story of the Phoenix, a mythical bird that burns in a fire and then is born again, brand new, from its own ashes.
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So to rise from the ashes means to become strong again after a very bad time after everything looked completely destroyed.
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Yes, maybe your old plans burned down, but from those ashes a different, braver version of you can stand up right now.
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I really needed to hear that today, Alex.
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A comeback does not need to look perfect like a Hollywood movie.
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It just needs to feel honest.
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Exactly, Sarah.
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Honest, quiet, and brave choices, day after day.
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That is how you truly change your life.
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Okay, before we jump into our word tour today, let's take a quick breath and review what we talked about.
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Yes, please!
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We shared a lot of deep ideas and I need a quick summary to keep it all straight in my head.
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Right.
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We talked about three tiny habits to build your 2026 comeback.
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Habit number one is anticipate your weak moments.
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Mm -hmm.
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That means do not pretend you are a superhero.
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Expect to be tired and plan an easy English habit for those tough days.
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Exactly.
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And habit number two is learn to fall forward.
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When you fail or make a mistake, do not run away.
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Yeah, you use that failure as a lesson.
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You land a little bit closer to your goal, instead of falling backward into your old story.
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And finally, habit number three: find a purpose.
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You need a why that is bigger than just yourself to give you extra energy.
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Honestly, just reviewing those three tiny steps makes me feel so much more in control of my own comeback.
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I am so glad to hear that, Sarah.
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And now it is time for everyone's favorite part of the show: the Word Tour!
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Yay, the Word Tour!
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This is where we grab all the heavy, confusing vocabulary from today's chat and make it super easy.
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Exactly!
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We selected seven powerful phrases we use today.
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We will explain them slowly and give you brand new examples.
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And please, speak out loud with us!
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When we tell you to repeat, actually say the words It helps your brain remember them.
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All right, let's start.
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Our first word today is...
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Complacent.
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Complacent means you feel too comfortable and too satisfied with how things are, so you completely stop trying to improve.
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For example, you could say, after the company had a very successful year, they became complacent and stopped inventing new products.
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Or in daily life, I do not want to feel complacent in my relationship.
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I always want to show my partner that I care.
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Now it is your turn.
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Please repeat after me.
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Complacent.
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Complacent.
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Come.
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Ple -cent.
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Great job!
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Our second phrase is fall short.
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To fall short means to fail to reach an amount, a standard, or a goal that you really wanted to achieve.
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For example, I wanted to run 5 kilometers today, but I got too tired and fell short of my goal.
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Or the new action movie had a huge budget, but it fell short of my expectations.
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It was actually quite boring.
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Now say it with us.
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Repeat after me.
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Fall short.
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Fall short.
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Fall short.
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Our third expression is drift into.
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To drift into something means to slowly, gradually move into a situation without making a conscious choice or a clear plan.
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For example, he did not plan to become a manager, he just drifted into the role over five years of working there.
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Another example, if you do not set an alarm, it is so easy to drift into an afternoon nap and ruin your sleeping schedule.
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Your turn.
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Repeat after me.
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Drift into.
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in Moving on, our fourth phrase is very strong.
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Hit rock bottom.
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To hit rock bottom means to reach the absolute lowest, worst possible level in a situation or in your life.
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For example: After he lost his apartment and his car broke down on the same day, he felt he had finally hit rock bottom.
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Or sometimes hitting rock bottom is exactly the motivation a person needs to completely change their life.
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Let's practice.
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Repeat after me.
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Hit rock bottom.
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Rock.
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Our fifth phrase goes perfectly with the last one: claw your way back.
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To claw your way back means to return to a successful or healthy state after a very bad situation, using a lot of hard effort.
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Here is an example: The soccer team was losing by three goals, but they clawed their way back to win the game.
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Or, after her terrible illness, she had to claw her way back to good health by eating right and exercising slowly.
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your way back.
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Claw your way back.
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Claw Your Way.
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back you are doing great Our sixth word is obscure.
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We used obscure as a verb today.
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To obscure means to cover, hide, or make something very difficult to see or understand.
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For example: The tall trees in the front yard completely obscured the beautiful view of the ocean.
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Or his terrible anger obscured the fact that he was actually just very sad and hurt inside.
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Let's try it.
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Repeat after me.
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Obscure.
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Obscure.
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Ob...
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"Skeur."
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And our final phrase for today's Word Tour is "rise from the ashes." To rise from the ashes means to become strong,
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successful, or whole again after being completely broken or destroyed.
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For example, after the hurricane destroyed the town, the community rose from the ashes and built stronger, safer houses.
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Or even when your plans completely fail, you can always rise from the ashes and start a brand new chapter.
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Make it strong.
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Repeat after me.
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Rise from the ashes.
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Rise from the ashes.
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Rise. from Thee.
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Ashes.
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And that brings us to the very end of today's episode.
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Thank you so much for hanging out with us today.
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Whether you are cooking dinner, commuting on the train, or just lying in bed right now, we appreciate your time.
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We know changing your life is not easy.
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but you took a great first step just by listening and learning with us today.
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If you enjoyed this conversation and felt understood, please give this video a like and subscribe to the channel.
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It really helps our small community grow, and it tells YouTube to recommend this safe space to other English learners around the world.
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This is Sarah.
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And this is Alex.
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You've been listening to the Peak English Podcast.
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Bye!
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परिप्रेक्ष्य और पृष्ठभूमि
इस वीडियो में, साराह और एलेक्स ने जीवन में बदलाव की आवश्यकता पर चर्चा की है। यह बातचीत न केवल अंग्रेजी बोलने में मदद करती है, बल्कि आत्म-प्रवृत्ति पर भी एक नजर डालती है। इस एपिसोड का स्तर B1 से B2 है, जिसका अर्थ है कि यह उन छात्रों के लिए उपयुक्त है जो थोड़ी उन्नत अंग्रेजी सीखना चाह रहे हैं। यदि आप सभी शब्दों को समझ नहीं पाते हैं, तो तनाव न लें, आप हमेशा दोबारा सुन सकते हैं। यह आपको अपने अंग्रेजी कौशल को एक नई ऊंचाई पर ले जाने का मौका देता है।
दैनिक संचार के लिए शीर्ष 5 वाक्यांश
- “How is your life going?” - यह प्रश्न किसी की वर्तमान स्थिति का आकलन करता है।
- “From 1 to 10, how do you feel?” - यह व्यक्तिगत मूल्यांकन को प्रमुखता देता है।
- “You cannot choose the number seven.” - यह किसी स्थिति से बचने के लिए एक खेल के रूप में प्रस्तुत किया गया है।
- “Be complacent.” - यह सुरक्षित और स्थिर रहने की प्रवृत्ति को दर्शाता है।
- “Let the English flow over you.” - यह अंग्रेजी बोलने की प्रक्रिया को सहज बनाता है।
चरण-दर-चरण शैडोइंग गाइड
इस परीक्षण में, आप अच्छी तरह से सीख सकते हैं कि कैसे शैडो स्पीच का उपयोग करते हुए अपने अंग्रेजी कौशल को निखारें। इसका इस्तेमाल करने के लिए, निम्नलिखित चरणों का पालन करें:
- वीडियो को ध्यान से सुनें: पहली बार वीडियो सुनें और बातचीत को समझें।
- शब्दों को नोट करें: conversaciones में महत्वपूर्ण वाक्यांशों को लिखें, जैसे कि ऊपर बताए गए।
- शैडो स्पीच का अभ्यास करें: पुनः वीडियो सुनें और बोलने के साथ साथ शब्दों को दोहराएं।
- उच्चारण पर ध्यान दें: उनकी बोलने की शैली और उच्चारण का अनुकरण करने का प्रयास करें।
- बार-बार दोहराएं: जहाँ तक संभव हो, आप इस प्रक्रिया को दोहराते रहें, ताकि आप अपनी बातचीत की क्षमता में सुधार कर सकें।
याद रखें, यूट्यूब से अंग्रेजी सीखें और अपने कौशल को निखारते रहें। शैडो स्पीकिंग तकनीक का उपयोग करके, आप न केवल अंग्रेजी सीख सकते हैं बल्कि इसे आत्मविश्वास के साथ बोलने में भी मदद मिलेगी।
शैडोइंग तकनीक क्या है?
शैडोइंग (Shadowing) एक विज्ञान-समर्थित भाषा सीखने की तकनीक है जो मूल रूप से पेशेवर दुभाषिया प्रशिक्षण के लिए विकसित की गई थी। विधि सरल लेकिन शक्तिशाली है: आप मूल अंग्रेज़ी ऑडियो सुनते हैं और तुरंत इसे ज़ोर से दोहराते हैं — जैसे वक्ता की छाया 1-2 सेकंड की देरी से। शोध से पता चलता है कि यह उच्चारण सटीकता, स्वर, लय, जुड़ी हुई ध्वनियाँ, सुनने की समझ और बोलने की प्रवाहशीलता में काफ़ी सुधार करता है।