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Reza Ghaz-Kahar Reviewer Good afternoon,
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and thank you, and wow, I am so privileged and so honored to be sharing this afternoon with all of you
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and these incredibly amazing women that are being honored today.
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I'd like to extend my congratulations to each one of you.
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Octavia, Michelle, Kelly, Patty and all 50 women that have been included in the impact report.
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Your achievements not just inspire me but also so many others to work harder,
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to be better and to make a dent wherever we can.
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So I'm very very proud to be standing alongside of you.
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So in life you know there are moments when you stop and ask yourself, how did I get here?
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Like, why am I standing here?
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Well, this is definitely one of those moments for me.
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And I find myself going back to the beginning, back to my roots.
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I was born to incredible parents, amazing parents who served as doctors in the Indian Army.
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I was the firstborn.
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And as far back as I can remember, I made my parents very proud and happy 99% of the time.
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Okay, slight exaggerations of personal achievements are allowed from time to time, don't you think?
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My brother was born a few years later, and even then, nothing changed for me.
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We were both given equal opportunities, and I want to emphasize this.
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I want to really emphasize this for you, because I don't think a lot of people might understand that being equal might seem very normal, but where I come from,
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India, and a lot of developing countries around the world, more often than not, this is an exception.
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It's actually a privilege.
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My first experience of the glaring disparity between boys and girls came at a very, very young age.
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I grew up in a middle-class family with extremely philanthropic parents who constantly reminded me
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and my brother how lucky we were
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and how giving back to those who were less fortunate was
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not a choice it was a way of life simple i was seven
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or eight years old
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when um my parents started taking me on these visits in a traveling clinic to developing communities around
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and villages around the city
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that we lived in called bareli we were packed into this ambulance
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and would my parents would provide free medical care to people who couldn't afford it.
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My job at the age of eight was assistant pharmacist.
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So I would count all the medicines, put them in an envelope and give it out to patients.
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And I really took my job very seriously.
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Very seriously.
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But the more I went on these expeditions,
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the more I began to notice the simplest things that distinguished a boy from a girl or a man from a woman.
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For example, girls were pulled out of school when they hit puberty because they were considered ready for marriage and babies.
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That's 12 and 13, while boys still enjoyed their childhood.
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Or basic human rights, such as health care, were denied just because they were women.
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Let's call this whole experience trigger number one for me.
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Fast forward a few years and many, many triggers in between.
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Like a producer-director, for example, early on in my career, I must have been about 18 or 19,
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telling me that if I didn't agree to the ridiculous terms or painfully low salary in his movie, that he would just replace me.
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Because girls are replaceable in the entertainment business.
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That was a memorable one.
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Made me decide to make myself irreplaceable.
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But I think what really moved the needle for me
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and ultimately led me to create the Priyanka Chopra Foundation for Health
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and Education and around the same time partner with UNICEF was an encounter with my housekeeper's daughter.
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About 12 years ago, I came home from set early one day and she was sitting in my library reading a book.
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And she must have been eight or nine years old and I knew she loved reading.
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So I asked her, I was like, this is, I mean, it's a weekday, why aren't you in school?
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And she said, oh, I don't go to school anymore.
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So I went and asked her mother, and I said, you know, why isn't she in school?
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And her mom said that her family couldn't afford to send her and her brothers to school, so they chose the boys.
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The reason, she would eventually get married and it would be a waste of money.
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I was completely blown, and it shook me to my core.
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Eventually, I decided to cover the cost of her education so that she could continue to learn, because education is a basic human right.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 59 sentences and 787 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:58. The speaker talks at a natural 158 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| achievement noun | /əˈt͡ʃiːv.mənt/ | The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment. |
| trigger noun | /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/ | A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. |
| privilege noun | /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/ | A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. |
| emphasize verb | /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/ | To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something). |
| ridiculous adjective | /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ | Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd. |
| alongside | /əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/ | Side by side with. |
| producer noun | /pɹəˈdjuːsə/ | An individual or organization that creates goods and services. |
| congratulations | /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ | Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. |
| incredibly adverb | /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/ | In an incredible manner; not to be believed. |
| remind verb | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person). |
| salary noun | /ˈsæləɹi/ | A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or… |
| exception noun | /əkˈsɛpʃən/ | The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule. |
| deny verb | /dəˈnaɪ/ | To disallow or reject. |
| extend verb | /ɛkˈstɛnd/ | To increase in extent. |
| shake verb | /ˈʃeɪk/ | To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being honored · have been included · was born |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who were · people who couldn |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, couldn't, aren't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, exception /əkˈsɛpʃən/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, distinguish /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, disparity /dɪˈspæɹɪti/
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 achievement, trigger, privilege.
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.