跟读练习: WATCH THIS EVERYDAY AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE - Denzel Washington Motivational Speech - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.
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I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.
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Nothing.
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Nelson Mandela said, there is no passion to be found playing small
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and settling for a life that's less than the one you're capable of living.
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Now I'm sure in your experiences in school and applying to college
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and picking your major and deciding what you want to do with life,
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I'm sure people have told you to make sure you have something to fall back on.
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Make sure you got something to fall back on, honey.
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But I never understood that concept,
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having something to fall back on.
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If I'm going to fall,
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I don't want to fall back on anything.
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I want to fall forward.
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I figure at least this way I'll see what I'm going to hit.
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Without consistency, you'll never finish.
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So do what you feel passionate about.
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Take chances.
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Don't be afraid to fail.
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There's an old IQ test that was nine dots
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and you had to draw five lines with a pencil within these nine dots without lifting the pencil.
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The only way to do it was to go outside the box.
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Don't be afraid to think outside the box.
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Don't be afraid to fail big, to dream big.
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But remember, dreams without goals are just dreams.
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Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career,
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the most in the history of baseball.
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But you don't hear about the strikeouts.
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People remember the home runs.
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Fall forward.
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Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments.
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Did you know that?
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I didn't know that.
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Because the 1,001st was the light bulb.
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Fall forward.
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Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.
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You've got to take risks,
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and I'm sure you've probably heard that before,
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but I want to talk to you about why that's so important.
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You will fail at some point in your life.
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Accept it.
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You will lose.
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You will embarrass yourself.
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You will suck at something.
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There's no doubt about it.
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And I know that's probably not a traditional message for a graduation ceremony,
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but hey, I'm telling you,
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embrace it because it's inevitable.
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In the acting business, you fail all the time.
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Early on in my career,
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I auditioned for a part in a Broadway musical.
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Perfect role for me, I thought,
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except for the fact that I can't sing.
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I didn't get the job.
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But here's the thing.
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I didn't quit.
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I didn't fall back.
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I walked out of there to prepare for the next audition and the next audition and the next audition.
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I prayed.
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I prayed.
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And I prayed.
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But I continued to fail and fail and fail.
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But it didn't matter because you know what?
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There's an old saying.
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You hang around the barbershop long enough,
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sooner or later you're going to get a haircut.
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So you will catch a break and I did catch a break.
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Last year I did a play called Fences on Broadway.
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But here's the kicker.
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It was at the Court Theatre.
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It was at the same theatre that I failed that first audition 30 years prior.
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The point is every graduate here today has the training and the talent to succeed.
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But do you have the guts to fail?
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If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
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I'll say it again.
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If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
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To get something you never had,
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you have to do something you never did.
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Imagine you're on your deathbed and standing around your deathbed are the ghosts representing your unfulfilled potential.
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The ghosts of the ideas you never acted on.
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The ghosts of the talents you didn't use.
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And they're standing around your bed, angry, disappointed, and upset.
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They say, we came to you because you could have brought us to life, they say.
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And now we have to go to the grave together.
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So I ask you today.
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How many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes?
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I just got back from South Africa.
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It's a beautiful country.
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But there are places there with terrible poverty that need help.
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And Africa is just the tip of the iceberg.
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The Middle East needs your help.
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Japan needs your help.
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Alabama needs your help, Tennessee needs your help,
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Louisiana needs your help, Philadelphia needs your help.
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The world needs a lot and we need it from you.
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We really do.
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We need it from you young people.
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I mean, I'm not speaking for the rest of us up here,
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but I know I'm getting a little grayer.
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We need it from you,
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the young people, because remember this.
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You got to get out there,
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you got to give it everything you got,
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whether it's your time, your talent,
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your prayers, or your treasures.
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What are you going to do with what you have?
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I'm not talking about how much you have.
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Some of you are business majors.
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Some of you are theologians, nurses, sociologists.
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Some of you have money.
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Some of you have patience.
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Some of you have kindness.
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Some of you have love.
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Some of you have the gift of long-suffering.
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Whatever it is, whatever your gift is what are you going to do with what you have?
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Alright, now here's my last point about failure.
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Sometimes it's the best way to figure out where you're going.
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Your life will never be a straight path.
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I began at Fordham University as a pre-med student.
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I took a course called the cardiac morphogenesis.
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I couldn't read it, I couldn't say it,
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I sure couldn't pass it.
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So then I decided to go into pre-law,
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then journalism, and with no academic focus my grades took off in their own direction.
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I was a 1.8 GPA and the university very politely suggested that it might be better to take some time off.
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I was 20 years old,
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I was at my lowest point,
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and then one day, and I remember the exact day,
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March 27, 1975, I was helping my mother in her beauty shop,
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my mother owned a beauty shop up in Mount Vernon
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and there was this older woman who was considered one of the elders in the town
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and I didn't know her personally but I was looking in the mirror
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and every time I looked at the mirror I could see her behind me and she was staring at me.
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She just kept looking at me.
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Every time I looked at her she kept giving me these strange looks.
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So she finally took the dryer off her head and said something I'll never forget.
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She said, young boy, I have a prophecy, a spiritual prophecy.
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She said, you are going to travel the world and speak to millions of people.
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And in the years that follow,
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just as that woman prophesied,
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I have traveled the world and I have spoken to millions of people through my movies.
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millions who up till this day couldn't see me who up till this day I couldn't see
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while I was talking to them and they couldn't see me,
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they could only see the movie
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they couldn't see the real me but I see you today
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and I'm encouraged by what I see and I'm strengthened by what I see
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Because taking risk is not just about going for a job.
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It's also about knowing what you know and what you don't know.
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It's about being open to people and to ideas.
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The chances you take, the people you meet,
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the people you love, the faith that you have,
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that's what's going to define you.
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Never be discouraged.
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Never hold back.
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Give everything you've got.
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And when you fall throughout life, remember this.
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Fall forward.
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语法与表达的语境
在演讲中，Denzel Washington 使用了几种有效的语法结构，适合学习者参考：
- 虚拟语气：如“I want to fall forward”，这里表达了一种愿望，展示了目标导向。
- 条件句：“If I'm going to fall, I don't want to fall back on anything.”这个句子通过条件构建出可能性，提供了思考深度。
- 动名词使用：“Embrace it because it's inevitable.”在这里，动名词“embracing”强调了动作的持续性，增强了说服力。
这些结构在口语交流中非常常见，有助于提高语言表达的流利度和准确性。通过模仿演讲者的说法，您将可以在自然对话中更加自信地使用这些语法。
常见发音陷阱
在演讲中，Denzel Washington 使用了一些可能对英语学习者构成挑战的发音。例如：
- “passion”的发音容易读错，注意要重音落在首音节上。
- “consistency”的发音需要注意音节划分，学习者常常遗漏某些音。
- “experiment”的发音在声调上需稍作强调，以确保清晰可懂。
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