跟讀練習: Stop Playing Small. Go All In. - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Fortune favors the brave.
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Playing small is not modesty.
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It's insurance.
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It's a way of living where you never give everything.
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So you never have to find out what everything would get you.
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And it works.
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It protects you from failure.
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But it also protects you from every result that would have changed your life.
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Going all in is the opposite decision.
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It means giving full effort, cutting off the easy exits, and aiming at something big enough to demand all of you.
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Here's why most men hold back, what it costs them, and how to stop.
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Start with why.
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In 1978, the psychologists Stephen Berglis and Edward Jones gave students a set of puzzles.
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Some got puzzles that could be solved.
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Others got puzzles that were impossible.
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Then everyone was told they had done very well.
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Think about how the second group felt.
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They'd been praised for something they knew they hadn't really earned.
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They had no idea how they'd succeeded and no confidence they could do it again.
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Before a second test, every student was offered a choice between two drugs.
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One, they were told, would improve their performance.
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The other would make it worse.
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Among the men who had been praised for the impossible puzzles, 70 % chose the drug that would make them perform worse.
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Among the men who had solved real puzzles, only 13 % did.
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Why would anyone choose to be worse?
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Because if you fail under the influence of a drug, the failure isn't about you.
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It's about the drug.
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Psychologists call this self -handicapping.
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When a man isn't sure he can succeed, he'll often build his own excuse in advance, so that if he fails,
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his ability is never put on trial.
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Most men don't do it with drugs.
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They do it with half effort.
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They start the business but don't really commit.
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They train but not seriously.
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They apply for the job at the last minute.
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They hold something back so that if it goes wrong, they can tell themselves, I wasn't really trying.
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That's what playing small actually is.
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It's not a lack of talent.
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It's a way of protecting your self -image from the truth.
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And the price is enormous because the man who never gives full effort never learns what full effort would have done.
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He trades his potential for an excuse.
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The second way men play small is the backup plan.
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It sounds responsible.
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Always have a plan B.
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But in 2016, the researchers Jihei Shin and Catherine Milkman tested what a backup plan does to the person making it.
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Participants worked on a task, and if they performed well, they earned a reward.
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Some were first asked to think about how they could get that reward another way if they failed.
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The ones who made a backup plan performed worse.
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A follow -up study pointed to why.
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Simply making the backup plan reduced how much they wanted to succeed at the main goal.
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The exit made the mission feel less urgent.
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That's the hidden cost.
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When part of your mind is planning the retreat, it's not fighting the battle.
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The researchers were careful about what this means.
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They didn't say never have a backup plan.
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They found the effect applies to goals that depend on effort.
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And they suggested waiting until you've done everything you can for the main goal before turning to the alternative.
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Your backup plan is not the problem.
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Thinking about it while you're supposed to be giving everything is.
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There's a famous story about this.
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In 1519, Hernán Cortés landed on the coast of Mexico.
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Some of his men wanted to sail back to Cuba.
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So he had his ships stripped and wrecked so they could never sail again.
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People usually say he burned them.
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He didn't.
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But the effect was the same.
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Retreat was no longer an option.
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And the only direction left was forward.
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You don't need to sink ships.
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But you need to know which exits are draining your commitment.
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The phone number you keep for when it gets hard.
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The excuse you've already prepared.
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The voice that says, if this doesn't work, I'll just go back.
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Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is close the door behind you.
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The third way men play small is by aiming low.
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The psychologists Edwin Locke and Gary Latham spent decades studying goals.
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One major review by Locke and his colleagues found that in about 90 % of studies, specific, challenging goals led to better performance than easy goals
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or no goals at all and they consistently beat the vague instruction to just do your best.
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The reason is simple.
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A small goal asks for a small part of you.
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You can reach it while holding back.
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But a goal that's genuinely hard forces you to use.. everything you have.
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It demands more focus, more persistence, and better strategy.
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It pulls out a level of effort you would never have volunteered.
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So the size of your goal isn't just about the result.
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It determines who you become trying to reach it.
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A man aiming at something small will become exactly as strong as that thing requires.
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Nothing more.
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Now, be careful.
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Going all in does not mean being reckless. In 2014,
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the researchers Joseph Rafi and Ji Feng followed thousands of Americans over more than a decade
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and looked at the ones who started businesses.
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Those who built their business while keeping their day job
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and only went full -time later were about a third less likely to exit the business than those who quit
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and jumped straight in.
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That surprises people, but it teaches something important.
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All in is not about how dramatic the leap looks.
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It's not about quitting in a rage and posting about it.
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It's about total commitment to the outcome and total effort every day you work on it.
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The man building at night after his shift, giving every spare hour, is more all in than the man who quit his job loudly
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and then spends half his day distracted.
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Burn your excuses, not your safety net.
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Close the mental exits, not every financial one.
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The goal is to remove the doubt from your effort, not to put your family at risk to prove a point.
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So how do you go all in?
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First, name the thing you've been half doing.
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Every man has one.
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The project, the skill, the body, the business you keep circling without committing.
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Be honest about it.
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Second, find your handicap.
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Ask yourself, what excuse am I building in advance?
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Not enough time?
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Not the right moment?
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Not really trying yet?
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Write it down.
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An excuse you can see loses most of its power.
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Third, set a goal that scares you a little.
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Specific, measurable, hard enough that you can't reach it while holding back.
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Not do my best.
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A number, a date.
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Fourth, deal with the exits.
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Make your backup plan once if you need one.
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Then put it away and stop rehearsing it.
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Every time your mind drifts to plan B, bring it back to plan A.
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And fifth, make it public or make it costly.
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Tell someone who will hold you to it.
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Pay for the coach.
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Book the competition.
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Put something on the line so that walking away has a price.
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Here's the truth most men never face.
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If you give half effort and fail, you'll always wonder.
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But if you give everything and fail, you'll know exactly where you stand.
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And you'll have grown more in that attempt than in years of playing it safe.
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And if you give everything and succeed, you'll finally see what you were capable of all along.
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Fortune favors the brave.
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Not because the brave are lucky, because they're the only ones who show up with everything, often enough, for fortune to find them.
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So stop protecting yourself from your own potential.
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Stop playing small.
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Go all in.
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Thank you.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節口語課以影片“Stop Playing Small. Go All In”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：goal, effort, backup, exit, excuse。 這段影片共有 140 個句子、1322 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 8:08。 說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 163 個詞，接近日常對話。 87% 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 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| backup 名詞 | /ˈbækˌʌp/ | 備份 /備份 |
| exit 名詞 | /ˈɛɡzət/ | 離開 /離開, 退場 /退場 |
| puzzle 名詞 | /ˈpʌzəl/ | 謎 /謎, 難題 /難題 |
| brave 形容詞 | /bɹeɪv/ | 勇敢 |
| fortune 名詞 | /ˈfɔːtjuːn/ | 命運 /命運, 氣數 /氣數 |
| researcher 名詞 | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | 研究員 /研究員, 研究者 |
| psychologist 名詞 | /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ | 心理學家 /心理學家 |
| earn 動詞 | /ɝn/ | 掙 /掙, 賺 /賺 |
| commitment 名詞 | /kəˈmɪtmənt/ | 承諾 /承諾 |
| solve 動詞 | /sɒlv/ | 解決 /解決 |
| reward 名詞 | /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ | 報酬 /報酬, 獎勵 /獎勵 |
| praise 動詞 | /pɹeɪz/ | 讚揚 /讚揚, 稱讚 /稱讚 |
| retreat 名詞 | /ɹɪˈtɹiːt/ | 後退 /後退, 退卻 /退卻 |
| sail 名詞 | /seɪl/ | 帆, 風帆 /風帆 |
| handicap 名詞 | /ˈhændikæp/ | 障礙 /障礙 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| cut off 動詞 | /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] | 切下, 割下 |
| find out 動詞 | 找出, 查明 | |
| follow up 動詞 | 跟進 /跟進 | |
| go back 動詞 | 回去, 返回 |
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：
- You don't need to sink ships.
- The excuse you've already prepared.
- First, name the thing you've been half doing.
- Ask yourself, what excuse am I building in advance?
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 條件句 if + 從句，will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果 | if this doesn't work, I'll just · if you give everything and fail, you'll know · if you give everything and succeed, you'll finally |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | men who had · man who never · ones who made |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | could be solved · was told · been praised |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | you've done · you've already prepared · you've been |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 25 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you'll, don't, isn't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, measurable /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, consistently /kənˈsɪstəntli/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, participant /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/, measurable /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: brave /bɹeɪv/, solve /sɒlv/, volunteer /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/, vague /veɪɡ/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: backup /ˈbækˌʌp/, exit /ˈɛɡzət/, succeed /səkˈsiːd/, brave /bɹeɪv/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: volunteer /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/, reckless /ˈɹɛkləs/, measurable /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/
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。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 backup, exit, puzzle 這類單詞。
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