シャドーイング練習: At the end of the day it's up to you - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

At the end of the day, it's up to you.

I was watching this show and I realized, you know, this guy, he made these mistakes.

It was just this kid in eighth grade and he stole some stuff and something with drugs or whatever.

And then, you know, he was in a real bad position.

And then he was talking to this guy and he said, you know what, you made these mistakes.

This is up to you.

I mean, you have to be a man now.

You made some man mistakes or you did some things that were like very adult and you can't go back on it.

And he really emphasized you, you know, like you made these mistakes.

I didn't tell you to do this.

Or even if he did tell him, you know, you were the one that decided.

No one forced you.

And I realize now that, you know, it really is up to me.

And although, you know, certain things are out of my control, a lot of it is in my control.

And it's not about trying to figure out, okay, this is in my control, this isn't.

but it's about realizing that my fate is in my own hands.

And although, yes, a lot of it goes up to God, I don't think that's God saying, you know what, do nothing.

It's not like he gives us, you know, clear instructions.

We don't know the whole path, and we make mistakes.

So then clearly there's some agency here that I have, and I have the choice to make a wrong or right choice.

And sometimes you don't know which one it is, but you have to make a choice.

And you can get into free will, that whole argument, whether it exists or not, but I think at the end of the day, consciously, whether you think it exists as a law of reality or not,

consciously, we do have it, I think.

And it's something that, you know, it's both terrifying and also inspiring at the same time.

Because when I was watching that scene, I realized, you know, for me, it's like, wow, I'm at this point where it really is up to me.

God has given me everything I could possibly need.

And he's given me the opportunity.

And he's put it out in front of me.

And now he's just saying, what are you going to do with it?

What are you going to do with it?

And it's your choice.

It's your choice to go here and do something with the opportunity or the material that I've provided you.

And it's also your choice to waste it.

And ultimately, I do think God's will will happen no matter what.

But it's like there's big things and there's small things.

And maybe there's certain things that I choose to do that don't necessarily mess with his plan or what he's doing.

and there's certain things that I do that would.

So it's like I could never truly know for sure.

So that's not necessarily what this is about.

But it's about realizing that I have to take responsibility.

At the end of the day, no one is going to save me.

No one's going to say, yeah, this was this person's fault.

So you know what?

Forget it.

Like you didn't, he didn't have a choice.

It wasn't your fault or whatever.

and maybe in some situations it's like that

but at least for me in the position I'm in it's

all on me all of it whether I make the mistake

or I make the right choice I would bear the full

consequence where I would bear the full success of it

and like I said it's both terrifying and inspiring

because it gives you a sense of I don't know I don't know

if I it's a purpose but a sense of duty as

if there's something to be done and you're able to do it

and it's just you it's just you getting up

and doing the thing whatever

that thing is it's not waiting on someone else to let

you it's not asking someone for permission it's just saying am I willing to do it am I you You know,

do I have the guts to make something happen?

And I don't know how to describe this feeling.

Like I said, it's like duty.

But it's like something that rises up within you.

I don't know if it's this motivation or what, but you could call it like this fire.

This fire that, you know, ignites and burns.

And I'm not sure, you know, I mean, obviously, like, the fire inside of you, it calms and it goes up and it changes.

but when I was watching that scene, I felt it.

I felt something, just very interesting.

And I wonder where it will take me because

It's like when you see someone successful You don't you don't immediately just say like oh They were lucky or there.

I mean some people might say that a personally me if you see someone who's consistently successful

Consistently then you can't just say it's luck you get you say like some that person has something something special about them, whatever it is that allows them to do that.

And then you see someone who fails and if they fail constantly or they just don't try then you blame the person.

You know ultimately it comes down to the person

and our environment it can definitely change things

and it can definitely make things difficult or easier but it's like it really is up to you because look at it.

I mean we've seen success stories from all different I guess walks of life.

There's people who came from nothing and got everything.

There's people who came from everything and became nothing.

So then what is it?

Maybe there's an average, and yes, obviously, like there's advantages and everything, but there's no guarantees.

That's for sure.

There's no guarantee.

And that is what the risk is.

That is what brings, you know, the game into play, this game of life,

of success or failure or everything in between that.

And I don't know if I want to play that game.

I'm not sure if I'm into games like that, where there's only, you know, it seems like there's only two outcomes.

But in some sense, we're all participating in some way, shape, or form.

And don't let that change you.

Don't let that make you do something wrong for the sake of that.

But also realize that success is something that, I don't even know why I'm speaking about success, I haven't really had it.

But to me and my idea, it's something that is achieved.

And a lot of people who are successful, they talk about it as if they're never quite satisfied.

As if they're always chasing, building, doing something.

And it's like doing that is the success.

The next opportunity to build or to create or to be something is what success is.

And just getting to that end point, that checkpoint, is just what enables the next journey.

So maybe that's what true success is.

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It's not the dollar sign.

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It's not some number on a screen or whatever, But it's what it means for your future It's what it means for future opportunities.

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It what it's what it means for your ability to perform for the next thing

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because if if it was a number like Like let's say ten million dollars.

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Okay, you get that you quit.

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Maybe some people are like that Right, and there's nothing wrong with that.

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Like that's that's an insane number But i'm just like coming up with that but it's like, okay, you get that but then what do you do?

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You do nothing?

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like still even someone who has all the money they need they retire

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or whatever a lot of people say okay i'm successful now

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or i have the money i need now what that's what

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people like that's what i see like in videos they say now what now what do i do

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so then it's like hmm maybe it's not the you know people say it's not the destination

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but it's the journey so it's like the work it's the feeling it's all these things

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that fuel that innovation that fuel the work

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and I don't know where I'm going with this I'm kind of lost it

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but I guess really what I'm trying to say is

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that there's so many different paths there's so many different things

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that I could do and it's up to me to choose it's up to me to build

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and nothing is stopping me ultimately nothing is stopping me

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so that's the case

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if nothing is stopping me then why not why not go for it why not do it

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because it's all up to you and

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when you can sort of inhabit realize

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that in yourself then you can truly you can become much more than you initially thought

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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