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Dananjaya Hettiarachchi, “I See Something”.
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Dananjaya Hettiarachchi, “I See Something”.
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“I See Something”, Dananjaya Hettiarachchi.
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You and I are not very different from this flower.
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Just like this flower is unique, you are unique.
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All of us have something special that makes us as beautiful.
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Do you know what makes you special?
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Now the answer to that can be a little difficult to find because sometimes life has a cruel way of picking out your petals, breaking you in two and throwing you into the trash.
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And when you’re broken, it’s very difficult to feel special.
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Mr Contest Chair, my fellow flowers.
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I can remember the first time I broke I was seventeen years old.
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I had already flunked high school and managed to get myself arrested.
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Now, I wasn’t afraid of the cops, but there was one person I was very afraid of and that was my mama.
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Raise your hand if you had an emotional mother.
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Let me see.
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Put them all together you get my mama.
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I can hear her scream outside the police station.
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Even the cops were afraid.
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She came up to me held the iron bars looked into my eyes and I saw a tear coming down her face.
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Now I’ve seen my mama crying before, but mothers cry three types of tears tears of joy, tears of sorrow and tears of shame.
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And when a son sees mother cry tears of shame that’s a life changing moment She looked at me and said “Son, I want you to be a better man”.
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That night when I drove home my dad was waiting for me at home.
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Now my dad is a cool dad.
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Raise your hand if you have a cool dad.
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Put them all together you get my dad.
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My dad came up to me and said: “son it’s okay." "You flunked your exams. You already got arrested" "That’s fine" "You get that from your mother's side" "I want you to start working immediately” And I said, okay.
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So my dad took me to meet one his friends called Sam.
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Now, Sam was an accountant who had an accounting firm and had generously decided to make me his personal assistant and there he was He looked like a teddy bear, but this man was special I looked at him and he looked at me and then he said the most amazing thing He said “Son, I see something in you, but I don’t know what it is.
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If you decide to work with me, I can help you find that something” And I was like, wow, that’s the first time in my whole life somebody has ever told they see something in me and I started working for Sam.
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And everyday after work he used to tell me stories about the world, about history, about culture, about philosophy and it was much more interesting than what I learned in school And I discovered I can dream and I started dreaming, ladies and gentleman.
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After one year I went back into high school, completed my exams and went into college.
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After successfully completing college I found a great girl but not a job I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life.
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Have you ever had that problem?
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And when you’re lost it’s difficult to feel special.
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So I went back to my cool dad and I said “Dad, I feel lost” He said, “you are like your mother” So my dad introduced me to this strange club that had a strange name with strange people talking.
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On the first meeting, they told me to do something called 'table topic' I aced it!
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But while I was speaking I see a strange man seated in the back row humble, simple, the unfailing quality of kindness in his eyes.
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As soon I finished he walked up to me looked me dead straight in the eye and said “Son, I see something in you" "but I don’t know what it is" If you come here twice a month maybe we can find that something.” And ladies and gentlemen, I discovered I could speak and I love speaking and that led me to become a teacher I know what it’s like to not have enough money in your bank account I know what it’s like to worry when the bills start coming in And sometimes in the middle of the night I wake up my beautiful wife and ask her “honey, why did you marry me?” She says “I saw something in you" "But I still I don’t know what it is" Ladies and gentleman today I’m a dreamer, I’m a speaker and I learned the unfailing quality of unconditional love from my wife.
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I was broken and I’ve been broken, lost and broke many times in my life but the people in my life were able to reach into the trash can and make me whole again If it was up to me I would have never been able to do that And this is why if you have great people in your life no matter how broke how lost or how broken you become they can piece you back together.
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Ladies and gentleman, when I look at you I see something in you but I don’t know what it is Over to you
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Contesto & Sfondo

Il discorso di Dananjaya Hettiarachchi, campione mondiale di pubbliche relazioni nel 2014, offre una profonda riflessione sulla unicità di ogni individuo e l'importanza del supporto delle persone intorno a noi. Attraverso la sua narrativa, Hettiarachchi esplora temi di rottura personale e rinascita, evidenziando come figure significative possano aiutarci a riconoscere il nostro valore. La sua storia è un invito a scoprire e abbracciare ciò che ci rende speciali nel nostro viaggio di crescita personale.

Top 5 Frasi per la Comunicazione Quotidiana

  • "I see something in you" - Questa frase è un potente riconoscimento del potenziale degli altri.
  • "I want you to be a better man" - Un'espressione di amore e aspirazione al miglioramento personale.
  • "You flunked your exams; that's fine" - Un modo per dimostrare supporto e comprensione in momenti difficili.
  • "If you decide to work with me, I can help you find that something" - Offerta di aiuto che incoraggia la scoperta di sé.
  • "When I look at you, I see something in you." - Un'affermazione che promuove la fiducia e l'autovalutazione.

Guida Passo-Passo al Shadowing

Per affrontare le sfide linguistiche di questo video e migliorare la pronuncia in inglese, puoi seguire questi passaggi utili nella tua pratica di conversazione in inglese:

  1. Ascolta attentamente: Guarda il video e ascolta il discorso di Hettiarachchi. Fai attenzione alla sua intonazione e alla scelta delle parole.
  2. Annota le frasi chiave: Scrivi le frasi che trovi più potenti o significative, specialmente quelle esemplificate nella sezione precedente.
  3. Pratica il shadowing: Ripeti le frasi subito dopo che le hai ascoltate, imitando il più possibile la pronuncia e l'intonazione. Questo metodo, conosciuto come shadowing in inglese, è fondamentale per migliorare la tua fluidità.
  4. Registra te stesso: Usa un registratore per catturare la tua voce mentre replichi le frasi. Ascolta la registrazione per identificare aree di miglioramento nella tua pronuncia.
  5. Condividi con altri: Trova un partner per la pratica, magari attraverso un shadowing site, dove puoi scambiare feedback e consigli, rendendo l'intero processo più interattivo e motivante.

Seguendo questi passaggi, non solo potrai migliorare la pronuncia inglese, ma anche acquisire maggiore sicurezza nel tuo parlare quotidiano. Riconosci te stesso e ciò che ti rende speciale, proprio come il messaggio centrale del discorso di Hettiarachchi.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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