跟读练习: Marcus Aurelius - Stop Caring What People Think - 通过视频学习英语口语
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In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius said, “don’t waste the rest of your time here worrying about other people—unless it affects the common good.
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It will keep you from doing anything useful.
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You’ll be too preoccupied with what so-and-so is doing, and why, and what they’re saying, and what they’re thinking, and what they’re up to, and all the other things that throw you off and keep you from focusing on your own mind.” In my opinion, Marcus touches on the main issue that holds people back in life: being attached to what other people think of them.
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So I’m gonna explore this idea through a dialogue.
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--- In Shinjuku, when the clock strikes midnight, a small bar opens up for a few hours.
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Few people visit it, but the one’s who go know what they’re looking for.
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Tonight, Himari takes a seat alone, and after a few drinks, she has the following conversation with the bartender.
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B: “If you’re attached to what other people think of you, you’ll never do anything truly useful.” H: “What do you mean?” B: “If you’re attached to what other people think of you, you’ll never be yourself.
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And if life has taught me anything, it’s that being yourself is the only truly useful thing someone can do.” H: “I don’t get it.
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How is being myself useful?” B: “True usefulness comes from being what you are.
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Think about a tree: its fruits and oxygen are a byproduct of it being itself.
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The same holds true for us.
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We do useful things by being ourselves.” H: “But aren’t I always myself?” B: “You’re getting stuck in language.
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Let’s look at the tree again.
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Several things can stop the tree from being itself such as a lack of sunlight, a lack of water, and lots of competition in the environment.
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There are obstacles stopping the tree from being.
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So being yourself is the same as overcoming your own obstacles.
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And one of the greatest obstacles to being yourself is being attached to what other people think of you.” H: “How does being attached to what other people think of me stop me from being myself?” B: “When you are being yourself, you have to be willing to violate people’s expectations of you.
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You have to be willing to disappoint them.
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You have to be willing for them to react negatively.
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But someone who’s attached to what other people think of them is not willing to take that risk, so they end up being who others want them to be rather than being themselves.” H: “I guess you’re right.
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But what can I do?
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I depend on what people think of me to survive.” B: “So you’re attached to what people think of you because you’re dependent on their opinion for security.
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But if your relationship depends on satisfying someone’s expectations, it’s not a real relationship.
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You are a prisoner to someone’s idea of you.” H: “That’s true, but there’s still security in a prison.” B: “Yes, but you’re in a prison.
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You’ve traded the whole of your life for security.
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What is there left to secure?” H: “Hmm I guess that’s true.
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I never thought about it.
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But no matter what I do, or where I go, I’ll always depend on people’s opinions for security!
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That’s how the world is, isn’t it.” B: “If you sell water in a desert, does it matter what people think of you?
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If you can truly produce something of value, their opinions do not matter.” H: “I guess you’re right.
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But how do I make something of value?” B: “That’s like asking how the tree makes its fruit.
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I’ll put it like this: a tree is imprisoned by a lack of water, sunlight, and competition.
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When the tree breaks out of these prisons, when it becomes completely free, the fruit is the natural outcome.
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It’s not about how you can produce something of value, but how you can become free.
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When you break free of all your prisons, your fruit comes of its own accord.” --- Marcus Aurelius said that caring about what other people think would prevent you from doing anything useful, and I explored the meaning behind this idea through a dialogue.
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The most useful thing someone can do is be themselves.
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And what we truly are can never be put into words.
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Whether we think we are good, bad, an artist, or a lawyer, what we are can never be boiled down to a single word.
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When we say, “I am a wife,” or “a mother,” or “a musician,” or “a lawyer,” we’re taking one tiny sliver of our memory and identifying ourselves with it.
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We’re more than our memories.
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Being yourself is the same as overcoming your own problems, and truly overcoming your own problems is what allows you to help others overcome theirs—which is why true value lies in being oneself.
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But as long as we’re attached to what other people think of us, we will always be what people want us to be rather than being ourselves.
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And if we abandon ourselves, we abandon our ability to be truly useful to the world.
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And if we abandon our ability to be truly useful to the world, we abandon what is perhaps the only form of true security.
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On the other hand, when we be what other people want us to be, we have the security of a prisoner, which is security in exchange for life—and that’s really not any security at all.
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But at the end of the day, this is just my opinion and understanding of Marcus’ words, not advice.
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Feel free to use this information however you like, and if you have a different take on Marcus’ words, I’d love to hear your perspective in the comments.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“Marcus Aurelius - Stop Caring What People Think”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：useful, attached, security, tree, truly。 这段视频共有 48 个句子、967 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 5:28。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 177 个词，接近日常对话。 86% 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
视频中最难的 15 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| attach 动词 | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | 附上, 附 |
| abandon 动词 | /əˈbæn.dən/ | 放棄 /放弃 |
| obstacle 名词 | /ˈɑbstəkəl/ | 障礙 /障碍, 妨礙 /妨碍 |
| depend 动词 | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | 信任, 信賴 /信赖 |
| sunlight 名词 | /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ | 陽光 /阳光, 日光 |
| expectation 名词 | /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ | 等待 |
| prisoner 名词 | /ˈpɹɪzənə/ | 囚犯 |
| imprison 动词 | /ɪmˈpɹɪzən/ | 關押 /关押, 監禁 /监禁 |
| sliver 名词 | /ˈslɪvɚ/ | 裂片 |
| usefulness 名词 | /ˈjuːsfəlnəs/ | 效用, 用處 /用处 |
| bartender 名词 | /ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ/ | 酒吧服務人員 /酒吧服务人员, 酒保 |
| disappoint 动词 | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ | 使…失望, 辜負 /辜负 |
| violate 动词 | /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/ | 違反 /违反, 違犯 /违犯 |
| boil 动词 | /bɔɪ(ə)l/ | 煮沸, 煮 |
| theirs | /ðɛɚz/ | 他們的 /他们的, 她們的 /她们的 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| end up 动词 | 到达 |
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 |
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| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | being attached · is imprisoned · be put |
| 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 | has taught · You've traded |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 28 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 you're, they're, we're。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, musician /mjuˈzɪʃən/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: sliver /ˈslɪvɚ/, violate /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, sunlight /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/, usefulness /ˈjuːsfəlnəs/, disappoint /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/
- /æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, abandon /əˈbæn.dən/, satisfy /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/, react /ɹiːˈækt/
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 attach, abandon, obstacle 这类单词。
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。