跟读练习: What World of Warcraft Taught Me About Making Money - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Now as you may or may not know, I used to be addicted to a video game called World of Warcraft, which I've been playing on and off for the last like 15 years.
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And there is a guild in World of Warcraft called Team Liquid, which is like the best World of Warcraft team in the world.
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And they compete in like the competitive esports and all of those arenas.
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And the guy that leads this guild is his name is Maximum.
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I don't know his real name is, but that's his like video game name.
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And he also happens to make YouTube videos.
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Now I watch a lot of Liquid Maximum's YouTube videos because as someone who's interested in this video game, and there's always been a part of me that's been like, huh, I wonder what it would be like to be a professional video game player. And
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so I was watching a video from Liquid Maximum where he
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was talking about what the difference is between like top 0.001%
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professional level players in this video game compared to even people who are in the top 1%
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or people in the top 10%.
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And one thing he was saying is
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that it is very hard for normal people like the average
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video gamer to even fathom just how much better someone who's playing in the top guild in the world, just how much better that person is like compared to their own skill level.
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And then there was one thing he said in this video
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that made so many things click into place for me
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And this is where it relates to the art of making money He said
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that if you think about what it takes to get into this guild, Team Liquid, like the top guild in the world for this video game
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It was like basically every single person who is in the
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guild has spent the last 15 to 20 years of their
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life Spending 8 to 12 hours a day every single day
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Purely devoted to the task of trying to get good at this one specific video game You know, he's not saying that that's a good thing or a bad thing
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or like they're morally better than you or morally worse than you
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because they've just spent loads of time devoted to this one thing.
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But the way he put it was like, hey, these guys have spent all this time just doing this one specific thing, and you have spent the last 10 years of your life just doing something else.
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Instead of you spending the last 10 years of your life grinding away on World of Warcraft, you might instead have had a real job you might have
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been playing sports you might have been watching a bunch of TV
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but you were doing something other than just single-minded devotion to this one specific video game
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so what he's basically saying is that
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if you look at the people who are in this top
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guild in the world in World of Warcraft they have just
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sunk way more hours than you can even fathom into this
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video game specifically of course there are other factors like I'm sure there's like skill
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and talent and all that kind of stuff but like
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if you wanted to one of the world's best players at this very specific video game, you would have to sink loads and loads and loads and loads and loads of time into it.
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And then with the time that you're sinking into it, you would have to then actively try
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and actually improve the game rather than just playing the game for playing the game's sake.
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Now what does any of that have to do with making money?
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Well, there is a pattern that I've seen amongst people that I know who make a lot of money, and people in my audience, and people who come up to me and ask questions in workshops and stuff,
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and friends of mine even who want to make money but are not really making as much money as they would like.
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The pattern is this.
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In general, all else being equal, the people who make more money are spending way more of their time actively trying to make money.
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The people who make less money are probably spending less of their discretionary time actively trying to make money.
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Now in this video I'm not going to get into the conversation about privilege
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and about like unfair advantages and about like all of that kind of stuff.
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All of that stuff is definitely important in terms of how rich you can get
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and also how easy it is for you to get rich.
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But the key point I want to make in this video is
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if you are trying to make more money then you probably need to spend more time actually doing that.
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本課程簡介
在本課程中，學習者將通過分析一段關於《魔獸世界》的視頻來提高他們的英語口語能力。這段視頻不僅提供了對電子競技的洞察，還分享了成功賺錢的關鍵要素。學習者將透過審視關鍵詞彙和短語，培養他們的聽力與口語技巧，進而提升英語自信心。
關鍵詞彙與短語
- 依賴 (depend on) - 指某人或某事物對另一人或事物的依據。
- 專注 (focus on) - 在某一特定事務或目標上集中注意力。
- 投入 (invest time) - 將時間、精力等資源用於某個活動或領域。
- 競技 (competition) - 指在某個領域中進行較量以獲得優勢或獎勵。
- 提升 (improve) - 增加某種技能或能力的過程。
- 成就 (achievement) - 取得的成功或達成的目標。
- 平衡 (balance) - 在不同任務或責任之間保持和諧。
- 策略 (strategy) - 為達到某個目標而採用的計劃或方法。
練習建議
要提升您的英語口語能力，特別是在觀看這段關於《魔獸世界》的視頻時，建議您使用 shadowspeak 和 shadowing site 進行重複練習。您可以按照以下步驟進行：
- 首先，觀看整段視頻，理解內容的整體脈絡與意義。
- 接著，選擇一小段約30秒的視頻，播放後停下，模仿發音和語調。
- 重複這個過程，試著在不同的時間節奏下進行練習。這樣可以幫助您適應不同的語速。
- 同時，注意其中的關鍵詞彙與短語，並在口語中靈活運用。
- 最後，持續記錄您的進步，並找出您在語言使用中需要加強的部分。
透過這樣的 shadow speak 練習，您可以更有效地提高自己的口語流利度和自信心，無論是在學習英語還是在未來的工作中展現出色表現。
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。