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I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.
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Nothing.
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Nelson Mandela said, there is no passion to be found playing small
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and settling for a life that's less than the one you're capable of living.
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I'm sure people have told you to make sure you have something to fall back on.
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Make sure you got something to fall back on, honey.
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But I never understood that concept having something to fall back on
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if I'm going to fall I want to fall forward
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I figure at least this way
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I'll see what I'm going to hit Reggie Jackson struck out
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2 ,600 times in his career the most in the history of baseball
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but you don't hear about the strikeouts people remember the home runs
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fall forward Thomas Edison conducted 1 ,000 failed experiments did you know that?
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I didn't know that.
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Because the 1 ,001st was the light bulb.
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Fall forward.
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Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.
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There's an old saying, you hang around the barbershop long enough sooner or later you're gonna get a haircut.
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So you will catch a break and I did catch a break.
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Last year I did a play called Fences on Broadway.
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But here's the kicker.
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It was at the Court Theatre.
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It was at the same theatre that I failed that first audition 30 years prior.
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Here's my second point about failure.
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If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
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I'll say it again.
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If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
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My wife told me this great expression.
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To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
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Les Brown's a motivational speaker, he made an analogy about this.
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He says, imagine you're on your deathbed and standing around your deathbed are the ghosts representing your unfulfilled potential.
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The ghost of the ideas you never acted on.
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The ghost of the talents you didn't use.
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And they're standing around your bed angry, disappointed and upset.
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They say we came to you
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because you could have brought us to life they say and now we have to go to the grave together.
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So I ask you today how many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes?
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So have dreams but have goals.
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Life goals, yearly goals, monthly goals, daily goals.
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I try to give myself a goal every day and understand
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that to achieve these goals you must apply discipline
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and consistency in order to achieve your goals you must apply discipline
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which you were already done and consistency every day not just on Tuesday
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and miss a few days you have to work at it every day
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you have to plan every day you've heard the saying we don't plan to fail we fail to plan
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hard work works working really hard is what successful people do and in this text tweet
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twerk world that you've grown up in.
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Remember, just because you're doing a lot more doesn't mean you're getting a lot more done.
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Remember that.
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Just because you're doing a lot more doesn't mean you're getting a lot more done.
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Don't confuse movement with progress.
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My mother told me, she said, yeah, because you can run in place all the time and never get anywhere.
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So continue to strive, continue to have goals, continue to progress.
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Number three, you'll never see a U -Haul behind a hearse.
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I'll say it again.
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You'll never see a U -Haul behind a hearse.
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I don't care how much money you make, you can't take it with you.
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The Egyptians tried it.
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They got robbed.
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That's all they got.
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You can't take it with you, with you.
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And it's not how much you have.
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It's what you do with what you have.
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The most selfish thing you can do in this world is help someone else.
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Why is it selfish?
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Because the gratification, the goodness that comes to you, the good feeling, the good feeling that I get from helping others.
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Nothing's better than that.
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Well, one or two things, but nothing's better than that.
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Not jewelry, not big house I have, not the cars, but it's the joy.
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That's where the joy is in helping others.
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That's where the success is in helping others.
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You'll see everything I'm talking about today.
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You'll see what I mean about taking risk or being willing to fail.
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Because taking risk is not just about going for a job.
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It's also about knowing what you know and what you don't know.
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It's about being open to people and to ideas.
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In the course of the film, the character I play begins to take small steps, small risks he very,
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very, very slowly begins to overcome his fears.
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And I feel ultimately his heart becomes flooded with love.
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And I can't think of a better message as we send you off today.
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To not only take risks, but to be open to life, to accept new views, and to be open to new opinions.
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While it may be frightening, it will also be rewarding.
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Because the chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith that you have,
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that's what's going to define you.
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Never be discouraged.
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Never hold back.
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Give everything you've got.
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And when you fall throughout life, and maybe even tonight after a few mini glasses of champagne, remember this.
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fall forward.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “You Will Never Be Ready”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: goal, fall, fail, risk, ghost. Deze video bevat 89 zinnen en 902 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:48. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 133 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 87% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ghost zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɡoʊst/ | geest, spook |
| experiment zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | experiment, proef |
| discipline zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ | discipline, (zelf)beheersing |
| selfish bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/ | egoïstisch, zelfzuchtig |
| passion zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpæʃən/ | passie, hartstocht |
| disappointed bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ | teleurgesteld |
| honey zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhʌni/ | honing |
| rob werkwoord | /ɹɑb/ | beroven, bestelen |
| flood zelfstandig naamwoord | /flʌd/ | overstroming, vloed |
| reward zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ | beloning, prijs |
| define werkwoord | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | bepalen, determineren |
| grave zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɡɹeɪv/ | graf |
| overcome werkwoord | /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/ | overwinnen |
| tweet zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtwiːt/ | twiet |
| goodness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | goedheid |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| hang around werkwoord | rondhangen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Here's my second point about failure.
- If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
- The ghost of the talents you didn't use.
- You can't take it with you, with you.
- It's what you do with what you have.
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 | have told · you've heard · you've grown |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be found · be discouraged |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 39 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, don't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/, deathbed /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/, gratification /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, gratification /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, rob /ɹɑb/, flood /flʌd/, reward /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/, grave /ɡɹeɪv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: passion /ˈpæʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, gratification /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, strikeout /stɹaɪːkæʊt/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: ghost /ɡoʊst/, grave /ɡɹeɪv/, goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/, gratification /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als ghost, experiment, discipline.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.