This speaking lesson is built on the video “David Goggins explaining why he works out at 3am!!”. This video has 15 sentences and 173 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:55. The speaker talks fast, about 188 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

11 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
clock noun	/klɑk/	A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
swim verb	/swɪm/	To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
couch noun	/ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/	An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
weaker adjective	/ˈwikɚ/	Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter.
mentality noun	/mɛnˈtæləti/	A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
dread noun	/dɹɛd/	Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
sight noun	/saɪt/	The ability to see.
stronger adjective	/stɹɔŋɡɚ/	Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former.
strength noun	/ˈstɹɛŋθ/	The quality or degree of being strong.
everybody	/ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/	All people.
push verb	/pʊʃ/	To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Where everybody's getting weaker, I'm getting stronger.
It's about what those things do for your mentality.
You don't get better on the daggone couch.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, wanna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

Long words — get the stress right: mentality /mɛnˈtæləti/, everybody /ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/

How to practise with this video

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

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