跟读练习: Deliver Hard News with Compassion - 通过视频学习英语口语

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One of the hardest parts about leadership is giving people hard news.

I've been a CEO, I know.

Sometimes you have to say that your job isn't here anymore.

Sometimes you have to tell whole organizations that there's going to be a new structure to things.

And hard news is, well, it's hard.

It's very important that leaders understand that that is not a good argument for avoiding hard things.

now one of the biggest problems that we have is is misunderstanding empathy

and compassion they're not the same thing empathy is to feel somebody else's pain

and when you're motivated entirely by empathy it becomes a really hard thing to do to do these difficult things

and and you might even be handcuffed and unable to do them

and you'll wait too long when it gets even more damaging to other people compassion is different the greatest leaders are compassionate

Compassion has four parts to it.

Understanding a problem, feeling enough of the pain such that you can actually be in the place of the person affected,

being able to be rational about what needs to be done, and then having the courage to do it.

That's what it comes down to.

Being a truly compassionate leader is what people need.

Their greatest bosses are compassionate, not empathetic.

And why are they compassionate?

Because they love people enough to do what actually needs to get done.

You know what that is?

That's just leadership at the end of the day.

Let's say you're in a situation where you need to downsize your employee base by about 20%.

And that means a bunch of people, including people that you've worked with for years, are actually going to lose their jobs.

If the only tool in your arsenal is empathy,

that's going to be overwhelmingly hard and maybe something you're going to put off and that's going to make things worse.

Compassion is one in which you understand exactly why this needs to be done.

You put yourself in the place of other people such

that you can understand what they're going through You have a plan for how you're going to transmit this information

And actually what you're going to suggest to people who are affected

And you have the courage to get it done quickly because that's in everybody's interests

That's fundamentally superior in every way

Now one quick aside on this

How do you grease the skids a little bit?

The Buddhists talk about having a loving -kindness meditation

I'm a religious person and one of the things

that I've done is I pray for people before I have to do a hard thing.

I pray for the people that I'm actually going to affect in this particular way, and I pray for the courage.

And so whatever your technique is, meditation, visualization, prayer, I would recommend doing that actually before you have the interactions with people as well.

So don't misunderstand what I've said here.

I'm not saying not to have empathy.

I'm saying not to have unaccompanied empathy.

Empathy is only step number two of four steps.

And when you shear it off from an understanding of the problem, an understanding of what needs to be done and the courage to do it,

then it becomes problematic because it's on its own.

It's an unaccompanied virtue, and as a virtue, it can quickly turn into a vice.

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节口语课以视频“Deliver Hard News with Compassion”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：empathy, compassionate, compassion, courage, pray。这段视频共有 45 个句子、570 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 2:58。说话人语速较快，每分钟约 192 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 85% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
empathy 名词	/ˈɛmpəθi/	移情, 同感
courage 名词	/ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/	勇氣 /勇气, 膽量 /胆量
compassion 名词	/kəmˈpæʃ.ən/	同情, 愛心 /爱心
compassionate 形容词	/kəmˈpæʃənət/	有爱心
pray 动词	/pɹeɪ/	祈禱 /祈祷, 禱告 /祷告
meditation 名词	/mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/	沉思
technique 名词	/tɛkˈniːk/	技術 /技术, 技巧
superior 形容词	/sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/	優越 /优越
prayer 名词	/pɹɛɚ/	дўвар, 祈禱 /祈祷
arsenal 名词	/ˈɑːsənəl/	兵工廠 /兵工厂
interaction 名词	/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/	相互作用
rational 形容词	/ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/	合理的, 理性的
kindness 名词	/ˈkaɪnd.nəs/	恩惠, 仁慈
fundamentally 副词		根本地, 从根本上
grease 名词	/ɡɹis/	油脂, 脂肪

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	释义
go through 动词	通過 /通过
put off 动词	推遲 /推迟, 順延 /顺延

值得反复跟读的句子

视频中简短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常对话里：

You know what that is?
How do you grease the skids a little bit?
I'm not saying not to have empathy.
I'm saying not to have unaccompanied empathy.

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：

结构	视频中的用法
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的	be handcuffed · be done · are affected
现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事	I've been · you've worked · I've done

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 18 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 you're, I'm, I've。请按听到的简短形式来说。

“th” 音: empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
“sh” 和 “zh” 音: compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/, compassionate /kəmˈpæʃənət/, meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, rational /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/
长单词——注意重音位置: compassionate /kəmˈpæʃənət/, superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, problematic /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/, overwhelmingly /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

/v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: virtue /ˈvɝt͡ʃu/, motivate /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/, overwhelmingly /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/, visualization /ˌvɪʒ.ʊ.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: courage /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, compassionate /kəmˈpæʃənət/, technique /tɛkˈniːk/, kindness /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/, problematic /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: rational /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/, problematic /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/

如何用这段视频练习

先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 empathy, courage, compassion 这类单词。

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