ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: You are NOT a failure.

กำลังสร้างบทเรียน...
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I don't look at failure as failure.
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I look at failure as attempts at what I'm trying to accomplish.
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So, let's say I failed the first time.
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That's just my first attempt.
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Failure is a big word, but if you're failing at something that's extremely difficult, to me it's not really failure.
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I was not always this strong guy, you see.
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I went through a lot of hard times in my life to get here today.
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So I came home one day from working at a job called Ecolab where I sprayed for cockroaches.
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I made a thousand dollars a month weighing 300 pounds.
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I watched a show on Discovery Channel of guys carrying boats and logs, Navy SEAL training.
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I decided to make a change in my life.
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I was 6 foot 1 and 300 pounds.
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He laughed at me.
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Seven other recruiters laughed at me.
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I walked in the recruiter's office and he looked at me and he said, You're fat and you're black.
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He said I basically had to lose 106 pounds in less than three months.
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I came back three months later, 106 pounds lighter.
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I uh...
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Thank you.
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The best advice I can give anybody suffering from mental health or just going through a bad time,
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you are just as tough as all the other people that have endured what you are doing right now.
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So always stay in the fight.
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Build belief, build confidence to the point where Nothing can hurt you because you know exactly who you are.
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You've faced your demons.
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I'm no longer embarrassed.
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I'm no longer ashamed.
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Being ashamed is one of the biggest things that kill people nowadays.
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In their minds, kill them for moving forward.
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I'm ashamed of myself.
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Don't ever be ashamed of anything you've done in your life.
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Face it, fix it, make it better.
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Believe in yourself and don't rely on anybody to believe in you.
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Don't rely on anybody to push you or make you better believe in yourself
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and only yourself and allow that human being to make you a better person.
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If you live that way I guarantee that your goals and dreams will get accomplished.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 35 sentences and 358 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:10. The speaker talks at a natural 165 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% 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

14 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

  • pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ (noun) — A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
  • ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/ (adjective) — Feeling shame or guilt.
  • rely /ɹɪˈlaɪ/ (verb) — To trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
  • accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ (verb) — To finish successfully.
  • belief /bɪˈliːf/ (noun) — Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
  • suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (verb) — To undergo hardship.
  • guarantee /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ (noun) — Anything that assures a certain outcome.
  • log /lɔɡ/ (noun) — The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
  • spray /spɹeɪ/ (noun) — A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
  • nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ (adverb) — At the present time; in the current era.
  • demon /ˈdiː.mən/ (noun) — An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
  • embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ (adjective) — Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
  • weigh /weɪ/ (verb) — To determine the weight of an object.
  • endure /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/ (verb) — To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

  • look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
  • go through (verb) — To travel from one end of something to the other.
  • rely on (verb) — To be confident in.
  • come back (verb) — To return to a place.
  • do in (verb) — To kill or end; to defeat.
  • move forward (verb) — To cause to make progress.
  • stay in (verb) — To remain at home.
  • walk in (verb) — To come without an appointment to a place that would normally require one.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pound, ashamed, rely.

ไวยากรณ์ในวิดีโอนี้

โครงสร้างที่ผู้พูดใช้บ่อยที่สุด พร้อมคำพูดจริงจากวิดีโอ:

โครงสร้างในวิดีโอ
Present perfect have/has + กริยาช่อง 3 — เหตุการณ์ในอดีตที่ยังเกี่ยวข้องกับปัจจุบันhave endured · You've faced · you've done
ขั้นสุด the -est / the most … — มากที่สุดหรือน้อยที่สุดในกลุ่มThe best · the biggest
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — สิ่งที่กำลังเกิดขึ้นตอนนี้หรือช่วงนี้I'm trying · you're failing · are doing

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