跟讀練習: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT? Fighting low self-esteem - 通過影片學習英語口語
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hello guys and welcome to my channel I want you to imagine this situation
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when you're applying to a foreign university or applying for a job
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or maybe dreaming to date that girl or whatever immigrating in a new country
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and then you think I'm probably not worth it and you think
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that other people who are actually in that university or working in
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that company they're so different from you they have this amazing education
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or they have this amazing parents who helped them get whatever they've got in their lives basically
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i had the same feeling i want to tell you my story
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when i was applying to those american universities who gave me full financial assistance
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and i was really scared to apply to the top universities although my gpa in russia
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that's where i'm from was high and i was like uh
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but nobody cares about me those guys in america they're
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so talented and they're so different and why should i apply to stanford
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or harvard they wouldn't even consider me because i'm different uh
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because they wouldn't be able to assess uh my success in russia
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because basically doesn't mean anything for them and
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so i didn't i didn't apply to those universities
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and I should tell you that I later regretted it
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so basically now I would never know whether they would have accepted me
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or not like I I've always had this problem with believing in myself
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and I'm very thankful to my parents who always told me like you're the best
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you're the best you're gonna do that but I always thought when I especially when I met
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Americans it's not just about you know
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Americans
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but I think people from the states are the best marketers ever
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they can market themselves like no one else in the world they would be able to highlight their success
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and to present their failure as a win
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and i actually met this company they are all the company was founded by american guys
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and they received investment from an accelerator
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and they were like flying in private jets to fundraise in different parts of the world
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and they were like showing off how well they're doing they haven't actually had a product
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but they said they're going to launch it like next week
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and then the next thing
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and the next week they would say they're going to launch it next week
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but they presented themselves so well
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and I thought wow this company is amazing I don't know what they're doing
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but they're doing the presentations the pictures they're doing that
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so well so I'm not even going to compete with them
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but later when they raised a lot of money yes they did it
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because as I said they're good sellers they hired like 20 people
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they shut down the shop in three months they were broke
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because they haven't had any products yes they were good sellers
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and this is what i'm telling you guys like
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if you see somebody bragging about their success maybe
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if you learn them a little better you would realize you're actually doing much better than they are um
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and like when i'm talking to people sometimes here in san francisco they would say
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so many awesome things about their startup but uh
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if you continue talking to them like three
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or four weeks you would realize their app
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or their product they're building it's not working they they just have this idea of it working
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and it happens everywhere uh the purpose of this video is to make
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you believe in yourself what we like russians
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and other nations i think lack is believing in yourself uh
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because for example if your country used to be communist like mine
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or you have this culture when
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if your father worked for some particular company then you would work for this particular company
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and any deviation would be seen as a failure so
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when i tried to start my own company my grandparents didn't really understand what i was doing
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because entrepreneurship in soviet countries was equal to crime because people thought
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that entrepreneurs actually um you know steal other people's money
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because they buy cheaper goods
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and they sell it for high prices sell them for high prices it was kind of non -standard path
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because many people would do what their parents used to do like go to work for the same company
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and everybody would tell me like hey are you sure you want to do
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that and my friends would be like are you sure you don't want to go
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and work for a bank and
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so just make sure you're doing what your heart tells you today I know this sounds
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so cliche or whatever what I don't know the exact word for
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that but don't think that you are worse than others don't think
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that you should do what others tell you to do
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because you would never be in a place where you want to be
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and it's always important to shoot higher there's another story from my life when we were building the start -up LinguaTrip.
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And my founder would always tell me, hey, we're going to be the biggest company in the industry.
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We're going to raise from the best investors in the world.
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And I was like, why do you think so?
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Because you see, I still have the Soviet, I still have it.
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And I thought, well, what are we here in America compared to other American people building startups?
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They are from here.
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They have education from Stanford.
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Why would the best investors ever invest in us?
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and he was like no we should try we should do
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that and we should really high so we shot for investors who invested in facebook
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and apple and we were just writing emails to them
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and i was surprised like some people even replied
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but of course they weren't serious so they didn't want to invest
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because they didn't know us we were back in russia you know
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but because we shot so high we were actually able to get higher than our expectations
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so we kind of expected to raise this amount of money from these investors
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but we hope that we might raise from these investors
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and we ended up raising from these investors
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so actually high than what we expected
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and this applies to everything in our life so
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if you're thinking of getting in this particular university like you think you're a good fit go on
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and try some universities that are a little high level or
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if you want to get
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that job try to apply for a little more complicated more well -paying job
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because if you should hire you would get a little higher than you expect
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so yeah basically as I said we were able to raise from the investors
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and we were able to get this company into the States
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but again I had my doubts and I'm very happy
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that I had a co -founder who actually believed and I want you guys to be like my co -founder, believing in yourself and shooting higher
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and not buying those stories from people who are bragging about themselves because actually people who are really successful,
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they don't go and brag around showing off how they sold
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that company and blah blah blah and don't get intimidated by that.
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Just be yourself, believe in yourself and I like to think that
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i should try like i just have one life
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if i don't try i would never know if i would get in
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if i don't get in it's okay like my life doesn't end here
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because if we're talking about universities you're still applying not to just one you're applying to six
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or five which is the best number
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of universities to apply in one round um
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and this is not the last job you're getting
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if you fail during the interview it's okay
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but you would just have this experience
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and you would know what it feels like to be on
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that level you will see those people and maybe
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when you meet them as i said
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i had this amazing um well weird feeling about people who studied in stanford
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because i thought they are some geniuses they're from mars
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so you cannot become like those people but
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when i met those people i realized they just you know
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they're smart they're nice they're ordinary they're just like us basically
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they're just people who believed in their dreams who shot higher and who were a little lucky,
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of course, but luck comes to those who work a lot.
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I hope this video motivates you guys to reach higher than you expect
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and let me know what you think about this topic.
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Have you ever had this feeling that you're not worth it and you will never get what you want?
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And I hope it helps you to make this first step towards your dream
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and believe in yourself and let this video be a kick in the ass.
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If you like it, please put a like, share this video with your friends and please subscribe to my channel.
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Thank you so much for watching this video.
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And I had this puppy sleeping next to me today while shooting this video and he wanted to say bye bye.
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Bye bye guys, believe in yourself, yes?
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節口語課以影片“YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT? Fighting low self-esteem”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:investors, universities, higher。 這段影片共有 133 個句子、1588 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 8:49。 說話人語速較快,每分鐘約 180 個詞,會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 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 15 個值得學習的單詞,附發音和釋義:
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| investor 名詞 | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ | 投資者 /投資者, 投資家 /投資家 |
| founder 名詞 | /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ | 創辦人 /創辦人, 創立者 /創立者 |
| invest 動詞 | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | 耗費 /耗費, 投資 /投資 |
| hire 動詞 | /ˈhaɪɹ/ | 租借, 出租 |
| seller 名詞 | /ˈsɛlɚ/ | 賣方 /賣方, 賣主 /賣主 |
| startup 名詞 | /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ | 初創公司 /初創公司, 新創企業 /新創企業 |
| topic 名詞 | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | 主題 /主題, 話題 /話題 |
| complicated 形容詞 | /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ | 複雜 /複雜 |
| compare 動詞 | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | 比, 比較 /比較 |
| ordinary 形容詞 | /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ | 普通, 平常 |
| steal 動詞 | /stiːl/ | 偷, 盜 /盜 |
| compete 動詞 | /kəmˈpiːt/ | 競爭 /競爭, 高下 |
| regret 動詞 | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | 後悔 /後悔, 遺憾 /遺憾 |
| genius 名詞 | /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/ | 人才, 天才 |
| communist 名詞 | /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/ | 共產主義者 /共產主義者 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| show off 動詞 | 炫耀, 賣弄 /賣弄 |
| end up 動詞 | 到達 |
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 you should hire you would get · if i don't try i would never |
| “used to” used to + 動詞 — 過去的習慣或狀態,現在已不再如此 | used to be · used to do |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | people who are · five which is · people who studied |
| 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 | I've always had · haven't actually had · haven't had |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 64 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 they're, you're, don't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, entrepreneurship /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.ʃɪp/, cliché /kliˈʃeɪ/, deviation /ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, entrepreneurship /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ.ʃɪp/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音:
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/,上齒輕觸下唇: investor /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/, invest /ɪnˈvɛst/, motivate /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/, deviation /ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: invest /ɪnˈvɛst/, startup /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/, topic /ˈtɑpɪk/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, compete /kəmˈpiːt/
- /æ/ — 嘴張大,不要讀成 /e/: talented /ˈtæləntɪd/, thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, brag /bɹæɡ/, grandparent /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/
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 investor, founder, invest 這類單詞。
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