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Is the door to Iron Man totally closed?
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Because I don't believe it is.
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Every day, the reset button, the space bar gets pressed, and it's like, now what?
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30 years, he has struggled with a dangerous drug addiction that nearly destroyed him.
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And today, he says he's clean, he's in love.
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And so by the time you're in prison, that's not rock bottom for you?
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Nope.
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It's easy to embrace hopelessness when things seem insurmountable.
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And yet, it's actually just a matter of time until all of the elements come together for things to be all right.
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I mean, I believe that, you know, most difficult situations will resolve themselves if you are persistent and if you don't give up entirely.
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And that's what I never did.
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I never gave up.
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Do you still get urges to do drugs?
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I have not even an inkling of a desire.
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It's not that difficult to overcome these seemingly ghastly problems.
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What's hard is to decide. that thing
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that you're wearing around your neck yes being as you are
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obviously known as being iron man are you concerned with wearing
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a large thing in the exact same spot life is funny
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because i was doing this before i ever got fitted for the rt
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so it was more of uh art imitating oddball stuff i was doing anyway even more interesting
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because maybe you were born to be iron man
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because iron man obviously had that loosely pre -arranged destiny
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and what's incredible is how far afield you can go from it
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and still find your way back this concept of things just
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sort of falling into place i'm a big believer in that too what is that though is that you
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getting out of your own way isn't
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that 70 of it yeah yeah i'd say it's 70 maintenance
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of what can i do to do my part to stay out of the way
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and then the other part i always think of it as like this little super thin invisible thread
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but you can feel the tug
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and you just kind of you have to be really gentle you have to pause
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when agitated and you have to go for it
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when you're gonna like there's four walls in here
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which one has the map behind it you it's that one
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and you knock down the wall and it's there you know yeah what is
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that though that's a synchronicity yeah uh intuition
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i don't know right it's the big i don't know
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and i really feel it's so funny at this point in my life
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and being you know kind of middle -aged and all
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that well i know i'm going to fly around the world i'm going to sell some soap
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and i know i have a new project
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and i know i've just retired my jersey on this 12 -year journey i've been on
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and uh and how do i want to start
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and it came up how would you like to go yes
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that's exactly what i'm going to do i'm going to go have the joe rogan experience
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and kick off this year and this season
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and this new chapter by doing what i love i think part of the reason i'm still
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so interested not just in life
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but also you know getting to do what i do is
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i'm a fan i love movies i love creativity i love music i love i love culture
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and the fact that i actually have a place in it
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while i'm observing it and digging it is like it's it's
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it's an honor even though he has a whole lot of
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money even though he's iron man dude here's the deal he's still nice my daughter is four years old
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and she says daddy don't you know iron man can't you
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hook it up it's my birthday can he come to my birthday can you make it happen daddy
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and this is at his height this is when it's everything is going
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and i text him
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and i said listen man uh my daughter you know she loves iron man
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if you got time you know i'm saying you know
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if you'd stop by
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and this is the day before her birth this saturday sunday
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is is the birthday he texts back he said is 12
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o 'clock noon good is the door to iron man totally closed
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because i don't believe it is oh you guys can go through time now let me ask you the question
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if i pick the jersey back up
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and put it on wouldn't you feel a little bit like
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oh no crap no oh i i love you as iron man
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so i would i would if you if they opened up this time machine
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and you popped out i just imagine the moment where everybody
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goes crazy it would be amazing it'd be great i would love
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that but i also love you hanging it up it's just i keep thinking see clearly
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and it's difficult because i i feel like we all just get buffeted by feelings
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and ego or fears or little you know chips of resentments
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or intuitions that are tied to something maybe higher
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but you think is out of your reach or whatever
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so i need to be kept uh right -sized because i can easily fall into
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Self -seeking and depression and self -pity and judgment and all that stuff.
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It's kind of a, it's a bit of a default, but I spend enough energy and I've had enough.
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help over enough years to actually just say oh that's that's
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just awful destructive behavior you're entertaining in your head you know
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if i'm noticing anything now it's that we need to shift
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and we need new challenges and just like society
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and politics things are moving and morphing and the information age is making things
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so everything's learning and growing from everything so quickly and improving or disproving.
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But for me, it's just incredible.
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Our culture never encourages taking a break, never encourages saying, don't chase that thing because you've got it in your hands.
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So confidence, you know, there's been times when I felt I'm in possession of it.
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And then you want to let go a little bit
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because it's only ever the moment and life guiding you the wind is
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so at your back
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that you're like wow are you just are you just you know jumping over the waves
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and all that by yourself and you're like you bet i am
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but there's a physics to the moment and the winds at your back
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and then the wind does what the fucking wind does
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and it changes and if you're left there thinking what you know
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so i think it's great to be in full possession of what you would call supreme confidence
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and then see what happens if you don't hold on to it so hard because it's great, but it is a bit of an illusion because like everything else, it's always changing.
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Always know what your action is because then
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when you come in in the morning confident or
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when you come in in the morning and you can't hit your ass with both hands, you know what to do.
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Just boil down what it is you're doing, whether there's a camera around or just what am I doing today?
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Today, I'm showing up and I'm trying to be honest
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and also to listen and learn but really my action today is I'm beginning a process of promotion.
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You actually take comfort in the fact that your eyesight is starting to dwindle?
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You want to chase it
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but what I appreciate is you know where you're at by what you're able to retain
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if you fight for it and the things that are going no matter what you do.
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Sometimes it's about I don't need to try to use something to hold on to everything.
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I want to pick the five or seven things
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that I definitely want to hold on to
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and I want to watch the rest of it go in and out with the tides.
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Smile, though your heart is aching.
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Smile, even though it's breaking.
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When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Robert Downey Jr's Speech Will Leave You SPEECHLESS — Best Life Advice”. Deze video bevat 117 zinnen en 1391 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:53. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 177 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| encourage werkwoord | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | bemoedigen, aanmoedigen |
| chase werkwoord | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | achtervolgen, achternazitten |
| possession zelfstandig naamwoord | /pəˈzɛʃn̩/ | bezetenheid |
| daddy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdædi/ | papa, pappa |
| intuition zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/ | intuïtie |
| thin bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈθɪn/ | dun |
| awful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | verschrikkelijk, vreselijk |
| cloud zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | wolk |
| element zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛləmənt/ | element |
| thread zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθɹɛd/ | draad, garen |
| clock zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɑk/ | teller, kilometerteller |
| comfort zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | comfort, gemak |
| promotion zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/ | promotie, bevordering |
| physics zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɪz.ɪks/ | natuurkunde, fysica |
| hook zelfstandig naamwoord | /hʊk/ | haak |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| give up werkwoord | zich overgeven |
| back up werkwoord | teruggaan |
| show up werkwoord | tentoonstellen |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has struggled · i've just retired · I've had |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | were born · be kept |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 46 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: thin /ˈθɪn/, thread /ˈθɹɛd/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/, intuition /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/, promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, addiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/, illusion /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: intuition /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/, cloud /ˈklaʊ̯d/, thread /ˈθɹɛd/, dig /dɪɡ/, resolve /ɹɪˈzɑlv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: daddy /ˈdædi/, agitate /ˈæ.d͡ʒɪ.teɪt/, ghastly /ˈɡæs(t).li/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: dig /dɪɡ/, ghastly /ˈɡæs(t).li/
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 encourage, chase, possession.
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