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Hi, this is AJ with your next lesson.

The rest of the lessons are going to be a little bit different than what you've had up till now.

In the rest of these lessons, I'm going to talk about some book or article or idea.

I'll probably read a little bit of it just

so you can get the general idea of the topic and then I'll talk about that topic.

And of course we'll have our same mini-stories.

We're going to have our vocabulary lessons and we're going to add one more kind of lesson, the point of view lesson.

The point of view lesson is really great for learning grammar in an intuitive way.

Alright, so let's get started.

This lesson is called The Kaizen Way.

We're going to talk about a book.

The book is called The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer.

Now, kaizen is a Japanese word, although we use it in English now a little bit.

Especially in business, you find it a lot, kaizen.

Kaizen, as our Japanese students already know, means small improvements over time.

It really means constant and never-ending improvement.

But it has this idea of making little tiny improvements again and again and again and again for one week,

for one month, for one year, forever.

So Kaizen is kind of the opposite of innovation.

Innovation means a sudden big change, a sudden big improvement.

And that's a great way to learn and improve.

For example, you could study English very intensely for one month or two months and you would make a big, sudden improvement.

That's the innovation idea.

But there's another way you can improve and that is the Kaizen way.

And the Kaizen way means maybe you just listen to English or read English or study English.

Maybe you just do it 20 minutes every day.

And every day you improve just a little bit.

But the key, the secret is you do it every single day.

Every day you make one little improvement.

Well, after one week, one month, one year, two years, five years,

you will make a huge change just by making little tiny improvements over time.

That's the idea of Kaizen.

So I'm going to read a little bit from the Kaizen way, this book, just a couple paragraphs and then I'll talk about it more.

Okay, so here's a section.

It's called Kaizen Tip and this is from Robert Maurer, M-A-U-R-E-R.

That's his last name.

Okay, Kaizen Tip.

You want to do something creative.

Write a story or a song.

Paint a picture.

Time up your perfect career, learn something, or come up with a zinger of a solution to an office problem.

But you have no idea where to start.

Your mind keeps coming up empty.

During times like these, Kaizen can help you summon your powers of inspiration.

Although you can't force your brain to cough up creative ideas on demand,

you can program it to launch the imaginative process simply by asking yourself a small question.

Here are some of the most popular small questions my clients use for creativity.

Feel free to come up with your own.

Whatever question you use, your challenge is to ask it with a gentle and patient spirit.

When you use harsh or urgent tones with yourself, fear will clog the creative process.

So here are some questions you can ask yourself.

Number one, what's one thing I wish to contribute to the world with my project or idea?

Number two, whom could I ask for help or inspiration?

Number three, what is special about my creative process, about my talents, about my team?

Number four, what type of work would excite and fulfill me?

Number five, what small, tiny change could I make now, today, to improve?

Remember, if you repeat the question for several days or weeks, or however long it takes,

the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain that stores information, will have no choice but to address it.

And in its own way, on its own timetable, the brain will begin giving you answers.

Okay, that's the section from the Kaizen way.

So this is very interesting from Robert Morrow here.

This technique of asking small questions to yourself is very powerful.

You can use it for anything.

You could use it for learning English, of course.

You could ask yourself small questions every day.

For example, how could I improve today just a little bit?

Or, how could I improve my pronunciation 2% this week?

The important part of asking these questions, they must be small questions.

So don't say, how could I be totally perfect with English in one month?

That's a huge question and often you'll feel stress or worry or fear if you ask this gigantic huge question.

You think, oh my god, I don't know, can I do it?

But if you ask a very small question, it seems so small, so easy, your brain will say, oh, I can do that, that's easy.

And then you will start to take action.

And of course, action is the most important part.

Action is what we need.

So if you try to ask big questions, you're trying to improve very fast and you're feeling stress, maybe you can change your strategy.

Try the Kaizen way.

Instead, ask yourself little small questions.

How could I improve just a little bit?

How could I learn just one new word each day?

How could I improve my pronunciation?

Just a tiny bit each week.

Ask yourself these little questions.

And another point from this article, you need to repeat the questions again and again and again.

You have to ask the same question or questions

every day for one week or two weeks or maybe even a couple months.

By asking yourself these questions again, again, every day you're asking the same question.

Your brain must come up with an answer.

Your brain must find an answer.

It will find answers.

Keep asking questions, your brain will give you answers.

It will give you better and better answers the more you ask these small questions.

So anytime you have some big goal,

some big project that seems so difficult, try the Kaizen way.

Try to approach this problem with little, small, tiny improvements.

Ask yourself little, small, easy questions every day again and again and again.

Your brain will get more energy.

It will find the answers.

You'll get momentum.

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You'll start to take action.

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And then after one month, you'll take bigger actions.

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After two, three months, bigger actions, bigger actions.

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Actually, these improvements start to grow.

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The improvements get bigger and faster and faster.

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That's the magic of the Kaizen way.

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It seems so small and tiny, seems so easy, but over time it builds, it grows stronger and stronger.

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So try this.

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Try this method.

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Try the Kaizen way.

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And again the book title is The Kaizen Way, that's K-A-I-Z-E-N, Kaizen.

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The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer.

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All right, and remember, of course, keep your psychology strong, keep your physiology strong.

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I hope you're smiling right now.

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I hope those shoulders are back.

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Chin up!

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Lots of energy.

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Don't forget that.

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Every single lesson.

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You must be smiling.

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You must be moving.

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You must have energy in your body.

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That's how you're going to learn English much, much faster.

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Okay, I will see you next time.

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Bye-bye.

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Thank you.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節 B2 級別的口語課以影片“1 Kaizen MAIN”為素材。影片中反覆出現的詞有：kaizen, improvement, lesson, improve, brain。這段影片共有 125 個句子、1257 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 9:18。說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 135 個詞，很適合跟讀。 88% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙容易理解。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中最難的 15 個單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
pronunciation 名詞	/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/	發音 /發音
excite 動詞	/ɪkˈsaɪt/	激動 /激動
hippocampus 名詞	/ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/	海馬 /海馬
imaginative 形容詞	/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/	富有想像力的, 充滿創意的 /充滿創意的
timetable 名詞	/ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl/	時刻表 /時刻表, 時間表 /時間表
intuitive 形容詞	/ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/	直覺的 /直覺的
physiology 名詞	/ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/	生理, 生理學 /生理學
gigantic 形容詞	/d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/	巨大的
vocabulary 名詞	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	詞匯 /詞彙, 語匯 /語彙
fulfill 動詞	/fʊlˈfɪl/	履行
chin 名詞	/ˈt͡ʃɪn/	下巴, 頷 /頷
creativity 名詞	/kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/	創造力 /創造力, 創造性 /創造性
paragraph 名詞	/ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/	段, 段落
momentum 名詞	/ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/	動量 /動量
harsh 形容詞	/ˈhɑɹʃ/	粗暴

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
come up with 動詞	想出, 提出
come up 動詞	上來 /上來

值得反覆跟讀的句子

影片中簡短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常對話裡：

Alright, so let's get started.
We're going to talk about a book.
You think, oh my god, I don't know, can I do it?
How could I improve just a little bit?
How could I improve my pronunciation?

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 23 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you're, you'll, don't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/
長單詞——注意重音位置: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, hippocampus /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/, imaginative /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/, physiology /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

/v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: imaginative /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: distress /dɪˈstɹɛs/, excite /ɪkˈsaɪt/, hippocampus /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/, imaginative /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/
/æ/ — 嘴張大，不要讀成 /e/: hippocampus /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/, imaginative /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, gigantic /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, paragraph /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/

如何用這段影片練習

先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
用正常速度逐句跟讀，每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 pronunciation, excite, hippocampus 這類單詞。

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