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Fight on.
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Thank you so much, Jonathan.
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And a particular thanks to you for emphasizing the fact
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that in a world of the disruptions and opportunities created by globalization and technology,
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the most important thing for us all to remember is that being human is the best thing we can do.
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And the best way to be human is to have lots of interpersonal connections.
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So Jonathan, thanks for those very wise words of wisdom.
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Okay, we only have one last speaker.
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I'm afraid I don't see him, so maybe I'll have to do an introduction that otherwise would not be necessary.
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So let me start by saying our speaker today is someone who needs no introduction, but I'm going to introduce him anyway.
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an entertainment industry mogul who has reigned for nearly three decades,
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an unparalleled force consistently raising the bar,
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a globally recognised innovator nobody is going to be looking at me within five seconds,
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a multi-platinum rapper, a singer,
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a songwriter, an actor, a record producer,
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producer, a DJ, a media personality, a businessman, an icon.
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One of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world for 2025.
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Over the course of his storied music career he has released 22 studio albums sold more than 40 million albums worldwide,
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reached number one countless times on the Billboard charts in the US and internationally and received 20 Grammy Award nominations.
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His career also spans television where he He recently
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served as a coach on NBC's four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series,
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The Voice, claiming his red chair for the first time for season 26.
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With an incredible life story that's just made for the big screen,
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Universal is currently developing his biopic.
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And I think we all know that he was a breakout star on NBC's coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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In addition to hosting on the screen, he was seen throughout the Games, attending competitions, visiting with athletes and exploring that incredible city.
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He's also a philanthropist, launching a youth football league 17 years ago
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that has now sent more than 40 players to the NFL.
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As part of the league, he ensures kids with physical, mental, developmental disabilities get the chance to participate and thrive.
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He is constantly, strategically growing and leveraging his brand.
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He has long been involved in numerous innovative entrepreneurial endeavors in tech,
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entertainment, lifestyle and global consumer brands.
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And last but not least, or maybe this will be penultimate for me, in 2024 he had the honor
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and we had the honor of of awarding him the Entrepreneur
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of the Year Award at the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial
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Studies where he generously gave his time to share advice with students.
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He told me before we came here that he first came to the Coliseum a long time ago.
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Am I allowed to say how long ago it was?
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1978. He's back here now and we are thrilled to welcome him to campus.
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Snoop D-O-double-G
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The End
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The End
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The End
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I'm sorry.
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Yeah!
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Yes, sir.
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Yes, sir.
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Somebody say, fight on.
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Y'all can say it louder than that.
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Say, fight on.
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I've been saying this for a long time, man.
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I want to talk to the graduates today.
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How y'all doing out there?
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From underdog to boss dog.
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Yes, that's what's happening.
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So, graduates, today I just want to say congratulations.
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Y'all made it.
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You climbed that mountain.
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You did that work.
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You stayed strong even when the odds were stacked against you.
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And let me tell you something.
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All my life, I was the underdog.
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They told me I wasn't good enough.
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They told me I was dreaming too big.
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They said a kid from the LBC couldn't make it. But guess what?
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I didn't let none of that stop me.
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I stayed true to myself.
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I stayed focused on the vision.
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And I turned them no's into yes's.
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See, adversity is like the gem for your soul.
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It hurts.
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It's heavy.
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but it builds you up.
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Every time you wanted to quit, every time life tried to break you, you chose to stand tall.
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That's what makes you great.
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Today ain't just about a piece of paper.
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It's about the grind, the sleepless nights, the sacrifices, the prayers you whispered when nobody was watching.
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It's all about those moments when you could have folded, but you didn't.
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You see, the underdog story is the realest story there is.
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Because when you come from nothing, you appreciate everything.
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You hustle different.
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You love different.
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And you lead different.
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So today, I want you to do three things.
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Stay humble.
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Never forget where you came from.
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Stay hungry.
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Keep that fire in your soul. And stay true.
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Always be real with yourself and the world.
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Because the world don't need no more copies.
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It need originals, and trust me, ain't nobody else who can do what you do like you do.
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So I want you to walk across these stages today like the champion you are.
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Smile wide, hold your head high, and when they ask you how you made it, you tell them, I believed in myself and nobody else did.
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Keep pushing, keep winning, and remember, it's always the underdogs who end up running the game.
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Trust me, that's why I'm running the game.
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So to all of my graduates and undergraduates, congratulations on this feat for 2025,
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and I look forward to seeing some of y'all in the real world in the next few days or two,
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because I feel like this experience is going to take you off into another realm of life.
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Something about these graduates from SC, they're going to be special people in life.
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And as I look through the crowd right now, I see a bunch of special people.
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So do some great things and make your family proud.
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Make the people who trusted in you and believed in you, make them proud.
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How many people out here are the first time graduating from their family?
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Raise your hand.
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See, that's what I like to see right there.
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Change the narrative.
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Be the first but not the last.
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So all of you legends out there, you know the road.
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Fight on!
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Let's get this party started.
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Bang out!
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The End
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The End
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Oh, oh, oh, oh!
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Please join me in welcoming back,
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leaving the stage, the one, the only Snoop D-O-double-G.
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It's going to be a challenge for us all, but let's see if we can keep all the energy in in the stadium as everybody else now gets to graduate.
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So let's get this graduation party started.
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Thank you, Snoop.
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Thanks everybody.
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Congratulations to the class of 2024, 2025.
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2025. I was just checking to see if anybody was listening.
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Let's go. That was...
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Snoop Dogg - USC Marshall 2025 Commencement Guest Speaker”. Questo video contiene 126 frasi e 1136 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 13:45. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 83 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| underdog sostantivo | /ˈʌndɚˌdɔɡ/ | perdente, outsider |
| entrepreneurial aggettivo | /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.i.əl/ | imprenditoriale |
| adversity sostantivo | /ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/ | avversità |
| breakout sostantivo | fuga, evasione | |
| innovator sostantivo | /ˈɪnəˌveɪtəɹ/ | innovatore |
| penultimate aggettivo | /pɪˈnʌl.tɪ.mɪt/ | penultimo |
| philanthropist sostantivo | filantropo | |
| strategically avverbio | strategicamente | |
| endeavor sostantivo | /ɛnˈdɛv.ɚ/ | tentativo, impegno |
| emphasize verbo | /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/ | enfatizzare, sottolineare |
| hustle verbo | /ˈhʌsəl/ | affrettarsi, darsi da fare |
| disruption sostantivo | /dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/ | disruzione, rottura |
| thrill verbo | /θɹɪl/ | elettrizzare |
| thrive verbo | /θɹajv/ | prosperare |
| globally avverbio | /ˈɡloʊbəli/ | globalmente |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| end up verbo | andare a finire, finire |
| look forward to verbo | non vedere l'ora |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- Am I allowed to say how long ago it was?
- I've been saying this for a long time, man.
- They told me I wasn't good enough.
- I didn't let none of that stop me.
- That's what makes you great.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has reigned · has released · has now sent |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was seen · been involved · were stacked |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | someone who needs · people who trusted |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 15 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, ain't, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thrill /θɹɪl/, thrive /θɹajv/, athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: globalization /ˌɡloʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, disruption /dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/, nomination /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, influential /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: entrepreneurial /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.i.əl/, adversity /ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/, globalization /ˌɡloʊ.bə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, innovator /ˈɪnəˌveɪtəɹ/, penultimate /pɪˈnʌl.tɪ.mɪt/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hustle /ˈhʌsəl/, whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/, humble /ˈhʌmbəl/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: underdog /ˈʌndɚˌdɔɡ/, biopic /ˈbaɪ.oʊ.pɪk/, penultimate /pɪˈnʌl.tɪ.mɪt/, sleepless /ˈsliːpləs/, emphasize /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: adversity /ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/, businessman /ˈbɪznəsmæn/, rapper /ˈɹæpɚ/, platinum /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/, stack /stæk/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come underdog, entrepreneurial, adversity.
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.