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Stop comparing yourself to other people.
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You're only on this planet to be you, not someone else's imitation of you.
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There really is a solution.
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And the solution is each and every one of you.
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Because you will become the new editorial gatekeepers,
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an ambitious army of truth seekers who will arm yourselves with the intelligence,
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with the insight and the facts necessary to strike down deceit.
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You're in a position to keep all of those who now disparage real news, you all are the ones who are going to keep those people in check.
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Why?
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Because you can push back and you can answer false narratives with real information and you can set the record straight.
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And you also have the ability and the power to give voice, as Dean Bae was saying,
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to people who desperately now need to tell their stories and have their stories told.
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And this is what I do know for sure because I've been doing it a long time.
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If you can capture the humanity of people, if you could just capture the humanity of the people, the stories that you're telling,
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you then get that much closer to your own humanity.
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And you can confront your bias and you can build your credibility and hone your instincts and compound your compassion.
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You can use your gifts, that's what you're really here to do, to illuminate the darkness in our world.
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We're supposed to see this moment in time for what it is.
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We're supposed to see through it and then transcend it.
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That is how you overcome hysteria.
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That is how you overcome the sniping at one another, the trolling, the mean-spirited partisanship on both sides of the aisle,
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the divisiveness, the injustices, and the out-and-out hatred.
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You use it.
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Use this moment to encourage you,
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to embolden you, and to literally push you into the rising of your life.
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And to borrow a phrase from my beloved mentor Maya Angelou, just like moons and like suns, with the certainty of tides,
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just like the hopes springing high, you will rise.
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You make the choice every day, every single day to exemplify honesty because the truth,
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let me tell you something about the truth, the truth exonerates and it convicts.
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It disinfects and it galvanizes.
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The truth has always been and will always be our shield against corruption, our shield against greed and despair.
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The truth is our saving grace.
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The question is, what are you willing to stand for?
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That question is going to follow you throughout your life.
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And here's how you answer it.
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You put your honor where your mouth is.
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Put your honor where your mouth is.
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When you give your word, keep it.
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Show up.
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Do the work.
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Get your hands dirty.
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And then you'll begin to draw strength from the understanding, the true knowing that history is still being written.
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You're writing it every day.
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The will's still in spin.
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And what you do or what you don't do will be a part of it.
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A couple other thoughts before I go.
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Eat a good breakfast.
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It really pays off.
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Pay your bills on time.
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Recycle.
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Make your bed.
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Aim high.
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Say thank you to people and actually really mean it.
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Ask for help when you need it.
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And put your phone away at the dinner table.
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Just sit on it.
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Really.
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And know that what you tweet
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and post in Instagram today might be asked about in a job interview tomorrow or 20 years from tomorrow.
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Be nice to little kids.
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Be nice to your elders.
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Be nice to animals and know that it's better to be interested than interesting.
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Invest in a quality mattress.
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I'm telling you Your back will thank you later.
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And don't cheap out on your shoes.
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You need to know this.
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Your job is not always going to fulfill you.
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There will be some days that you just might be bored.
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Other days you may not feel like going to work at all.
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Go anyway.
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And remember that your job is not who you are.
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It's just what you're doing on the way to who you will become.
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Every remedial chore, every boss who takes credit for your ideas, that is going to happen.
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Look for the lessons because the lessons are always there.
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And the number one lesson I can offer you where your work is concerned is this.
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so skilled, so vigilant, so flat out fantastic at what you do,
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that your talent cannot be dismissed.
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Stop comparing yourself to other people.
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You're only on this planet to be you, not someone else's imitation of you you.
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So I hold you in the light and I wish you curiosity and confidence and I wish you ethics and enlightenment.
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I wish you guts.
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Every great decision I've ever made I trust in my gut and goodness.
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I wish you purpose and the passion that goes along with that purpose.
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And here's what I really hope.
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I hope that every one of you contributes to the conversation of our culture
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and our time and to some genuine communication
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which means you have to connect to people exactly where they are not where you are
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but where they are and I hope you shake things up
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and when the time comes to bet on yourself I hope you double down Bet on yourself.

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Esta aula de conversação de nível B2 usa o vídeo “How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others -Oprah Winfrey”. Este vídeo tem 89 frases e 904 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 7:06. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 127 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 87% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é fácil de acompanhar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

As 15 palavras mais avançadas do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
imitation substantivo/ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/imitação, arremedo
deceit substantivo/dɪˈsiːt/velhacaria, fraude
disinfect verbo/dɪs.ɪnˈfɛkt/desinfetar
disparage verbo/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/denegrir
exemplify verbo/ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/exemplificar
exonerate verbo/ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/exonerar
galvanize verbo/ˈɡælvənaɪ̯z/galvanizar
gatekeeper substantivo/ˈɡeɪtˌki.pɚ/porteiro, porteira
hysteria substantivo/hɪˈstɛɹiə/histeria
illuminate verbo/ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/iluminar
partisanship substantivo/ˌpɑːtɪˈzænʃɪp/partidarismo, partidismo
recycle verbo/ɹəˈsaɪkəl/reciclar
seeker substantivo/ˈsikəɹ/buscante
transcend verbo/tɹæn(t)ˈsɛnd/transcender
vigilant adjetivo/ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlənt/vigilante

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraSignificado
pay off verbocompensar
see through verboenxergar através de

Gramática neste vídeo

As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:

EstruturaNo vídeo
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem fazbeing written · might be asked · cannot be dismissed
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agorahas always been · I've ever made
Orações relativas who / which + oração — informação extra sobre uma pessoa ou coisathose who now · people who desperately

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 15 contrações e formas reduzidas, como you're, don't, I've. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/, partisanship /ˌpɑːtɪˈzænʃɪp/, compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/, exemplify /ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/, exonerate /ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/, illuminate /ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/, partisanship /ˌpɑːtɪˈzænʃɪp/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: deceit /dɪˈsiːt/, disinfect /dɪs.ɪnˈfɛkt/, exonerate /ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/, illuminate /ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/, partisanship /ˌpɑːtɪˈzænʃɪp/
  • /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: recycle /ɹəˈsaɪkəl/, remedial /ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/, aisle /aɪ̯l/, fulfill /fʊlˈfɪl/, editorial /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/
  • /h/ — um sopro suave, diferente do “r”: hysteria /hɪˈstɛɹiə/, hatred /ˈheɪtɹɪd/

Como praticar com este vídeo

  1. Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
  2. Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
  3. Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como imitation, deceit, disinfect.

O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.

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