跟读练习: Epictetus - LIFE CHANGING Quotes - STOICISM - 通过视频学习英语口语

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If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you,
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but answer, he was ignorant to my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.
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Only the educated are free.
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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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We have two ears and one mouth, so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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Truth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
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First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
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There is only one way to happiness and
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that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.
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Other people's views and troubles can be contagious.
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Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life.
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It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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To accuse others for one's own misfortune is a sign of want of education.
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To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun.
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To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
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You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me.
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They do not know who I am.
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They do not know what I think.
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They cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do.
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Hold to your true aspirations, no matter what is going on around you.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.
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Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Seek not the good in external things, seek it in yourselves.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Know first who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
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If you would be a reader, read.
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If a writer, write.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Just who is the rich man?
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Epictetus replied, he who is content.
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Either God wants to abolish evil and cannot, or he can but does not want to.
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We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, and to live with a troubled spirit amid abundance.
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Small-minded people blame others.
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Average people blame themselves.
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The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life Instead of one that is longer but of less count
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No great thing is created suddenly Men are not afraid of things but of how they view them
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If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply, you obviously don't know about my other vices,
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otherwise you would have mentioned these as well.
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On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
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You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
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If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time.
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Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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Keep the prospect of death, exile, and all such apparent tragedies before you every day,
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especially death, and you will never have an abject thought or desire anything to excess.
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A pictotus being asked how a man should give pain to his enemy
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answered by preparing himself to live the best life that he can.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but the way people think things are.
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Don't live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live
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that his happiness shall depend as as little as possible on external things.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality whose example you determine to follow in private as well as in public.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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If you would cure anger, do not feed it.
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Say to yourself, I used to be angry every day, then every other day, now only every third or fourth day.
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When you reach 30 days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things.
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Don't wish to be thought to know anything, and even if you appear to be somebody important to others, distrust yourself.
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For it is difficult to both keep your faculty of choice in a state comfortable to nature, and at the same time acquire external things.
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But while you are careful about one, you must of necessity neglect the other.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
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He can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you,
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but answer, he was ignorant to my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.
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Only the educated are free.
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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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We have two ears and one mouth, so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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Love consists not in having great possessions, but in having few ones.
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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
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First, say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
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There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

本课的词汇与口语要点

这段视频共有 98 个句子、1347 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 14:10。 说话人语速较慢,每分钟约 95 个词,你有足够的时间模仿每一个音。 87% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,词汇容易理解。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 15 个不太常见的单词,附发音和释义:

  • disturb /dɪˈstɜːb/ (动词) — 打擾 /打扰. to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
  • happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/ (名词) — 幸福, 快樂 /快乐. The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
  • anger /ˈæŋɡə/ (名词) — 發怒 /发怒, 忿怒. A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm…
  • cease /sis/ (动词) — 停止, 停. To stop.
  • foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/ (形容词) — 笨, 傻. Lacking good sense or judgement as a general trait; unwise; stupid.
  • accuse /əˈkjuz/ (动词) — 指責 /指责, 控告. To find fault with, blame, censure.
  • ear /ˈɪə̯/ (名词) — 耳朵, 耳. The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
  • possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/ (名词) — 所有物, 財產 /财产. A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
  • difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ (名词) — 困難 /困难. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
  • ignorant /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹənt/ (形容词) — 無知 /无知. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
  • consist /kənˈsɪst/ (名词) — 編組 /编组. A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
  • defend /dɪˈfɪnd/ (动词) — 保衛 /保卫, 守衛 /守卫. To ward off attacks against (something or someone).
  • reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ (名词) — 名譽 /名誉, 聲譽 /声誉. What somebody or something is known for.
  • superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/ (形容词) — 優越 /优越. Higher in rank, status, or quality.
  • anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ (名词) — 焦慮 /焦虑, 担心. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 6 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 don't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • “th” 音: worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/, thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/
  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/, possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, sabotage /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/
  • 长单词——注意重音位置: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, considerable /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/

如何用这段视频练习

  1. 先完整听一遍视频,不要开口,记下不认识的单词。
  2. 用正常速度逐句跟读,每句重复到你的节奏与说话人一致为止。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 disturb, happiness, anger 这类单词。

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is said · are disturbed · be thought
定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物things which are · man who does · people who uplift

什么是跟读法?

跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧,最初开发用于专业口译员的培训,并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大:您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同,跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性,语调,节奏,连读,听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。

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