跟讀練習: What We Get WRONG About Business | Simon Sinek - 通過影片學習英語口語
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So in a finite game, baseball, the other players are competitors.
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The goal is actually to beat them, that your score is higher, and at the end of the game, you will be declared winner, right?
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In business, there's not really such thing, and so to view each other's competitors is kind of silly, because two companies can sell the same thing for about the same price,
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about the same quality, and both be wildly successful simultaneously.
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Instead of thinking of each other's competitors, because then all you do is focus on reacting to what they do, Instead, you want to find the players who are as good
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or better than you on one or many things and have respect for them because their strengths reveal to you your weaknesses.
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The point is you're not trying to beat them.
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You're trying to outdo yourself.
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I'll give you a real-life example that happened to me.
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I spoke at an education summit for Microsoft, and by sheer weird coincidence, a few months later, I spoke at an education summit for Apple.
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At the Microsoft Summit, most of the executives spent most of their presentations talking about how to beat Apple.
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That's actually the language they used.
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Whereas the Apple Summit, 100% of the executives spent 100% of their presentations talking about how to help teachers teach
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and how to help students learn.
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One was obsessed with their mission, the other one was obsessed with trying to beat their competition.
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After my talk at Microsoft, they gave me a gift.
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They gave me the new Zune when it was a thing.
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Some people remember what that was.
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This was Microsoft's response to the iPod MP3 player and Balmer's intention was to beat Apple and make the product better, and by the way, they did a great job.
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It was a good product.
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They gave me the newest Zune at the time.
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And it was great.
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I was finished with my talk at Apple and I was sharing a taxi with a senior executive.
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And I have this character flaw where I have to stir the pot like you telling me not to mention, don't hit the button.
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And I'm like, ugh.
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So I'm sitting in the back of this taxi just like, I've got to do it.
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And I turn to him and I say, you know, Microsoft gave me their new Zune.
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It is so much better than my iPod.
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And he looked at me and said, I have no doubt.
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And the conversation was over.
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Because companies playing with an infinite mindset understand that there's no such thing as a winner or a loser.
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There's no such thing as winning or losing.
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There's no such thing as beating or competition.
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You're either ahead or behind.
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And the goal is not to compete against your competitor.
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The goal is to compete against yourself.
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How do I outdo ourselves?
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How do we make our culture better this year than it was last year?
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How do we make our leaders better this year than they were last year?
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How do we make our marketing better this year than it was last year?
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Learn from your worthy rivals, those who are better than you.
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Have their strengths reveal to you where you have to improve.
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It's worth noting that a year or two after this conversation, Apple introduced the iPod, which rendered both the iPhone, which rendered both the iPod and the Zoom obsolete,
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because they weren't competing against to make a better iPod.
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They were competing against themselves.
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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“What We Get WRONG About Business”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：Apple, ipod, beat, competitor, summit。 這段影片共有 46 個句子、595 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 2:53。 說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 207 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 84% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| competitor 名詞 | /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/ | 競爭者 /競爭者, 比賽者 /比賽者 |
| obsess 動詞 | /əbˈsɛs/ | 迷住, 著魔 |
| outdo 動詞 | /aʊtˈdu/ | 超過 /超過, 勝過 /勝過 |
| taxi 名詞 | /ˈtæksi/ | 出租汽車 /出租汽車, 出租車 /計程車 |
| flaw 名詞 | /flɔ/ | 疵 |
| obsolete 形容詞 | /ˈɑbsəlit/ | 淘汰, 過時 /過時 |
| finite 形容詞 | /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/ | 有限的 |
| mindset 名詞 | /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/ | 心態 /心態, 思維模式 /思維模式 |
| stir 動詞 | /stɝ/ | 攪拌 /攪拌, 攪 /攪 |
| coincidence 名詞 | /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ | 巧合 |
| sheer 形容詞 | /ʃɪɚ/ | 透明 |
| loser 名詞 | /luzɚ/ | 輸家 /輸家 |
| declare 動詞 | /dɪˈklɛɚ/ | 宣佈 |
| infinite 形容詞 | /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/ | 無窮 /無窮, 無限 /無限 |
| simultaneously 副詞 | /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/ | 同時地 /同時地 |
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：
- The point is you're not trying to beat them.
- You're trying to outdo yourself.
- You're either ahead or behind.
- How do I outdo ourselves?
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 9 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you're, I'm, don't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: competitor /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/, coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: obsess /əbˈsɛs/, obsolete /ˈɑbsəlit/, finite /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/, mindset /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/, coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
- /æ/ — 嘴張大，不要讀成 /e/: taxi /ˈtæksi/, react /ɹiːˈækt/
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 competitor, obsess, outdo 這類單詞。
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。