Shadowing Practice: It's Hard To Be Human - Learn English Speaking with Video
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It's hard to be human.
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Cats don't have to work very hard to be cats.
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They're really just naturally good at it.
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But we actually have to do a lot of work to be good humans.
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You have to do a lot of work to be good at relationships.
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You have to do a lot of work to be good at friendship.
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You have to do a lot of work to be a good leader.
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You have to do a lot of work to be a good colleague and co -worker.
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It actually takes a lot of work.
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And the people who show up at a company, and the company makes them a promise, which is, and by the way,
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this is the exact promise.
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When people start at my company, they get a phone call from me, and I tell them two things.
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Number one, you're a part of something bigger than yourself.
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And our little team is having an unbalanced impact in the world, and you were a part of it, right?
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So I start with why, and I tell them about the movement that they are now a part of.
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And then I always say the same thing.
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I have one expectation of you, that you take yourself on.
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And whether you stay with us for a short term
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or a long term and whether you love it here
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or whether you hate it here I expect you to leave here a better version of yourself because you worked here.
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We will give you some of those resources and
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Some of those resources are I expect you to do the work by yourself, but that is my expectation of you and
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I think that's really important because what that does for a human being is to know that you know
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So work is sometimes good days and bad days
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and we have personality conflicts and we make good decisions and we make bad decisions.
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But the belief that I'm coming to work and simply because I'm showing up to work, I'm going to be a better parent,
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I'm going to be a better friend, I'm going to be a better spouse.
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Like just because of work.
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One of my favorite companies is a company called Barry Waymiller.
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Led by my dear friend and mentor just passed away a couple months ago, Bob Chapman.
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And Bob, they implemented a listening course at the company.
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And it was all voluntary, and it was meant to help with communication inside the organization.
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Because we're bad listeners, right?
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Most people are bad listeners.
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And it was done for business reasons.
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And a few early adopters took the course and almost to a tee the response they got from the,
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from those who took the course were my relationship with my kids is better, my marriage is better, I'm learning to,
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I'm learning how to resolve conflict better myself.
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They talked about the fact that they were growing and
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that their personal relationships were growing even though it was meant for work.
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And that's because what people forget is that we're the same human beings at work or outside of work.
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You know, the only difference is the clothes I wear, the table I sit at.
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It's me.
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The reason my family and my friends love me is me.
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The reason my colleagues and my co -workers love me is it's me.
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And so if you're acting differently in one of those two places, in one of those two places you're lying.
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And we want to help people to bring their full selves to work.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “It's Hard To Be Human”. Deze video bevat 48 zinnen en 605 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:04. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 197 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| worker zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | arbeider, arbeidster |
| resource zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | bron, hulpbron |
| expectation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ | verwachting, afwachting |
| colleague zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | collega, medewerker |
| listener zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ | luisteraar, toehoorder |
| naturally bijwoord | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | natuurlijk |
| belief zelfstandig naamwoord | /bɪˈliːf/ | geloof |
| friendship zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/ | vriendschap |
| differently bijwoord | /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/ | verschillend, anders |
| implement werkwoord | /ˈɪmpləmənt/ | implementeren, (in de praktijk) toepassen |
| resolve werkwoord | /ɹɪˈzɑlv/ | oplossen |
| cloth zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɒθ/ | doek, kleed |
| voluntary bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/ | vrijwillig |
| spouse zelfstandig naamwoord | /spaʊ̯s/ | echtgenoot, eega |
| mentor zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmɛn.tɔː/ | mentor, leidsman |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| pass away werkwoord | overlijden, ontslapen |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was meant |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | people who show · those who took |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 14 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/, resolve /ɹɪˈzɑlv/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als worker, resource, expectation.
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