शैडोइंग अभ्यास: Stop trying to be perfect. - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें

पाठ बनाया जा रहा है...
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You know, something I had to realize is that Being normal or just wanting to be normal is so stupid.
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Because why do you want to be someone that you're not?
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Why do you want to try and be this perfect person?
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There's no reason for you to try and be perfect, because none of us are perfect in the first place.
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We're all not perfect.
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We all have insecurities and we all have problems that we may be going through. But...
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That makes who you are.
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You see, you live your life because of the problems you've gone through.
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You've became who you are because of the stuff that you went through in your life.
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And even though those times, yeah, they might have been hard, but...
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They made you into who you are now.
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They've built you brick by brick.
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Every problem you've had, problem by problem by problem, it is stacked up to become who you are.
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And that's just how life is, you know?
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But wanting to be perfect, isn't who you should be.
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Because not everybody's perfect.
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And if you were perfect, well then if everything was so perfect all the time, you wouldn't know what perfect actually was.
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You wouldn't be able to feel that happiness, that sensation of doing something great if you were always perfect all the time.
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So, you know, it's not great to always be perfect.
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You don't always want to be perfect.
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It's good to have flaws.
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It's good to mess up sometimes.
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It's good to not be this perfect person all the time.
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You know, it builds who you are.
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And, you know, sometimes there's beauty in messing up.
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You know, you mess up, you learn from it, and you get better and better and better.
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And every time you get better, you're happier.
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It brings joy.
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Every time you do something good, you feel the sensation of happiness.
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You feel so happy all the time whenever you do this great thing.
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And if you were perfect, you would never know what that felt like.
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You would never know those happy times.
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So, yeah, it's sometimes it's hard whenever you can't do something or whenever you mess up or whenever you're not perfect. But...
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You shouldn't always want to be perfect.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Stop trying to be perfect”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: perfect, whenever, mess. This video has 34 sentences and 383 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:55. The speaker talks fast, about 200 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 95% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
happiness noun/ˈhæpinɪs/The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
brick noun/ˈbɹɪk/A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
sensation noun/sɛnˈseɪʃən/A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
stack noun/stæk/A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
flaw noun/flɔ/A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
insecurity nounA lack of security; uncertainty.
whenever/wəˈnɛvɚ/At any time that.
mess noun/mɛs/A thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation.
stupid adjective/ˈstjuːpɪd/Lacking in intelligence.
none/noʊn/Not any of a given number or group.
realize verb/ˈɹi(.ə)ˌlaɪz/To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
beauty noun/ˈbjuti/The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
mess up verbTo make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
go through verbTo travel from one end of something to the other.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Because why do you want to be someone that you're not?
  • Why do you want to try and be this perfect person?
  • They've built you brick by brick.
  • You don't always want to be perfect.
  • You shouldn't always want to be perfect.

इस वीडियो का व्याकरण

वक्ता जिन संरचनाओं का सबसे अधिक प्रयोग करता है, वीडियो के असली शब्दों के साथ:

संरचनावीडियो में
शर्त वाले वाक्य if + उपवाक्य, will/would + क्रिया — शर्त और उसका नतीजाif you were perfect, you would never
Present perfect have/has + past participle — बीता हुआ काम जिसका असर अभी भी हैyou've gone · They've built
“should” से सलाह should + क्रिया — बताना कि क्या करना अच्छा हैshould be · shouldn't always want
“might / may” से संभावना might/may + क्रिया — जो हो सकता है पर पक्का नहींmay be · might have

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, you've, wouldn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like happiness, brick, sensation.

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।

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