Shadowing Practice: Jack Ma Motivational Speech | I Never Give UP | AliBaba - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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I advise to the young people 25 years old make enough mistakes don't worry
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I advise to the young people 25 years old make enough mistakes don't worry
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You fall you stand up you fall you step enjoy it I'm 25 years old enjoy the show enjoy the show You are 20 to 30 years old you should follow a Good boss join a good company to learn how to do
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Things properly when you're 30 to 40 years old If you want to do something yourself just do it
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You still can't afford to lose to fail But when you're 40 to 50 years old
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My suggestion is that you should do things that you are good at right and not do things That oh that's very interesting I want to try something new it's been dangerous more when
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You're 50 to 60 years old spending time training and developing young people the next generation
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When you're over 60 years old better stay with your grandchildren I think globalization cannot Be stopped nobody can stop globalization nobody can stop trade I think globalization did fantastic
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Jobs in the past 30 years enrich a lot of countries but of course caused a lot of problems
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Right young people do not have opportunities small businesses have not opportunities Developed developing countries were neglected but it's only 30 years it's a baby today we have
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A better technology we have a better knowledge about globalization and it's our generation's
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Responsibility or opportunity to improve it tell me how can you stop globalization I was the first
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I know nothing about technology i know that nothing about management i know nothing but But the only thing is that you don't have to know a lot of things you have to find The people who smart you are for so many years I always try to find people smarter than i am
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And when you find so many smart people my job is to make sure the smart people can work it together
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And then if smart people can work it together it's easy the vision you believe Because if stupid people can working together easily smart people can never work together
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Education it's a good big challenge now if we do not change the way we teach
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30 years later we'll be in trouble because the way we teach the things we teach our kids are the Things in the past 200 years is knowledge based and we cannot teach our kids to compete with
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Machine who is smarter we have to teach something unique that is machine can never catch up with us
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You know i'm not good at learning schools I failed for three times for entering university I have a Lot of terrible experience made a lot of mistakes when I was young and child I think if you succeed
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Every mistakes become a legendary if you fail that's just a garbage you know what I'm saying
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I think everybody has great stories everybody had a lot of mistakes everybody have a lot of problems
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But very few people listen to you one day when you become successful people listen to you say wow
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You're great I'm not that great I was born in a normal family
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And I'm not good at schooling Of course I tried to study hard but as a boy you know my school was not that good at that time so
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I failed looking for jobs looking for joining university joining good schools
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But I never give up and I think there's one thing I learned is that
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Why why you should have a chance to be successful everybody should get used to be get used to Fail but not get used to be accepted by other people why other people should help you
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You should earn the right to be helped so the thing I learned is that don't give up my
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Opportunity has not come yet when everybody complained that is the opportunity I always Thought when I was young when I was graduating in high school or university I thought bill gates
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Took up my job you know bill gates did all the successful things larry eriksen from oracle they
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They took all the wonderful opportunities Ibm benefit we people have no opportunity
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And I think I aim too high I should aim to support and help the people around me do tiny things
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I never thought I could be today after 18 years alibaba become today's size
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Not because I'm smart I don't think i'm a smart person
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But I have I work with a lot of smart people
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And most smart people they always want to do successful things quick easy things and
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I think it's not easy to be successful
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Quickly every time everything we do we prepare for 10 years I know I'm not smart if we want to Be successful we have to win 10 years later if we want to be successful we have to work with
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Smart people if we want to be successful we should make a lot of mistakes and never give up a lot of People they make mistake their problem they give up we never give up we learn from the mistakes
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And I think what we feel the message the experience that I want to give a device I want to Give you you will judge when this person will be successful or not by when he fail he thinks it's
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His fault or the other thought if he thinks my fail because of the others this guy has no chance
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Those people who fail always think it is my fault i cannot do it properly I should change here or change it there these guys have opportunities
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Using in internet to help young people small business and women will have bright future So it's been 18 years hard working we came here today there are a lot of books about us
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I don't read these books because I think this book's not about us people love to see successful Stories but most of the success stories they succeed because of the mistakes I encouraging
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All the young people entrepreneurs to learn from the mistakes do not study successful studies
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Successful stories in the harvard business school normally you know there are a lot Of things behind you don't know but if you learn from the mistakes if you learn
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Especially the failures casey studies it's going to help you what I will say It's not about you you learn from mistakes I, I try there is examination that young people
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If you want to go to university of the taste take the examinations so i failed three times when I
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Graduated from universities and before I you know for three years I tried to fill in the Universities so I applied jobs for 30 times got rejected I went for a police they said
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No you're not good I went to you know even the uh KFC when KFC came to china come to my city
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24 people went for the job 23 people accepted I was the only one guy
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And we went for police five people four of them accepted I was the only guy that I received Received so to me being turned down rejected oh by the way I told you that I would I applied for
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Harvard for 10 times rejected so many people I talked to at that time for alipay they say This is the stupidest idea you have ever got but I say I don't wear the
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Stupid collab as long as people use it now we have 800 million people using this alipay
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1999 year 2000 and even at the yahoo time a lot of people see this jack is crazy he's he's doing Something that we don't understand a lot of venture capitals give you money because there
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Is such a american model already there but they say alibaba we don't see this kind of model right They say jack's crazy yeah this is crazy guy I mean I remember my first time in time magazine
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They call me crazy jack and I think Chris is good we are crazy but we're not stupid
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We know what we are doing but if everybody agree with me if everybody believe my our idea is good We have no chance so that's the money we raised we're very thankful so when our investors make
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A lot of money I feel proud and honored I at the beginning I never thought I thought when I Was young I said everything is possible now I know not everything is possible when you have something
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You have to think about you have to consider about the others you have to consider the customer
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Society your employees the shareholders so society there are so many things that
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I think if you continue to work hard there's there's possibility it's not amazing if you Don't do it nothing is possible if you try to do it at least you have the hope
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I learned so much about the Hollywood movies especially the forest gum you love forest I love Forest gardens why do you like him simple never give up people people thinking he's
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Dumb but he knows what he's doing and I was very depressed the day a year 2002 or 3 in the states
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I was very depressed when I could not define a way for the internet and I watched the movie in My friend's home forest gum when I see him I think this is the guy we should learn from believe what
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You're doing love it whether people like it don't like it be simple and like the word life is like A box of chocolate you never know what you can get right I never know I would be here talking to you
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I never know but today I made it i told my people in my apartment 18 15 years ago guys We have to work hard not for ourselves if we can be successful eighty percent of the young people
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In china can be successful we don't have a rich father powerful uncle we don't have one dollar From bank one cent from government just work as a team I worry about it today young people
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A lot of young people lose hope lose vision instead of complaining because I we also have The same period because when I got it's not a good feeling being rejected by so many people
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We also depressed but at least later we find that the world has a lot of opportunity how you see The world how you catch the opportunity so in the Hollywood give me a lot of uh inspiration
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Tell them the story and tell them that if jack I don't think in this world a lot of people be rejected more than 30 times if we you know the Only thing we never give up the only thing like we
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Like to fall is the gum we keep on fight we keep on changing ourselves we don't complain whether You were successful not successful I find that one per people when they finish the job if they make
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The mistake if they fail if they always complain the others this guy will never come back if the Guy only checked himself yeah something wrong with me here something with me there this guy has the
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Hope.
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Context & Background
In this motivational speech, Jack Ma shares his life experiences and insights, particularly focusing on the importance of resilience, learning from failure, and the transformative power of globalization. He advises young individuals on their career trajectories and emphasizes that making mistakes is a crucial part of the growth process. His journey—highlighted by repeated failures in his academic and professional endeavors—serves as a testament to the notion that perseverance and a willingness to learn from mistakes can significantly lead to success.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "Don't worry, you fall, you stand up." - A reminder to embrace resilience.
- "Enjoy the show." - A call to appreciate life’s journey.
- "You have to find people smarter than you." - Highlighting the value of collaboration.
- "Learn from the mistakes." - Encouraging a growth mindset in the face of failure.
- "Never give up." - A powerful mantra for perseverance.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
To effectively utilize the shadowing technique with Jack Ma's speech, follow this structured approach which can enhance your English speaking practice:
- Listen Actively: Start by fully listening to the entire speech without interruptions. Pay attention to the tone, context, and overall message.
- Break It Down: Divide the speech into smaller sections or sentences. Focus on a few phrases at a time, especially the highlighted phrases in the previous section.
- Repeat After: Use a shadowing app or simply pause the video after each phrase. Repeat it aloud, trying to mimic the intonation, pace, and pronunciation.
- Record Yourself: Listen to your recording and compare it with the original. Pay attention to areas for improvement. This will help you identify specific areas in your pronunciation and delivery that need practice.
- Consistent Practice: Make this a daily routine. Regularly practicing with motivational speeches like this one will not only improve your fluency but also reinforce the positive messages within.
Combining these steps with the shadow speech technique will significantly boost your command over the English language while instilling motivation through Jack Ma's inspirational words.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.
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