How to speak so that people want to listen Advanced shadowing lesson
Julian Treasure starts his TED talk with the human voice, the instrument we all play, and asks why many people find that others do not listen to them. He names seven deadly sins of speaking, from gossip to dogmatism, then four cornerstones that spell hail: honesty, authenticity, integrity and love.
What you practise by shadowing it
- Counting his points on an even beat: First gossip. Second judging. Third negativity.
- Stress on the words he sets against each other: I don't mean romantic love, but I do mean wishing people well.
- A date in an everyday exchange: I said to her, "It's October 1 today," and she said, "I know, isn't it dreadful?"
- Advanced
- Video
- 4:00
- 61 sentences
Practise it in the app
Free, no account needed. The app plays one sentence and waits for you to say it.
First sentences
The human voice: It's the instrument we all play.
It's the most powerful sound in the world, probably.
It's the only one that can start a war or say "I love you."
And yet many people have the experience that when they speak, people don't listen to them. And why is that?
How can we speak powerfully to make change in the world?
The video has 61 sentences. The rest are in the app. Practise them all
Words and phrases
- seven deadly sins
- here, seven bad habits of speaking
- habit
- something you do often, without thinking
- fall into
- start doing something without meaning to
- gossip
- talking about people who are not there
- speaking ill of
- saying bad things about someone
- judging
- deciding that someone is bad or wrong
- negativity
- always seeing the bad side
- complaining
- saying you are unhappy about things
- move away from
- slowly stop doing something
- found wanting
- judged as not good enough
- pass it on
- here, put the blame on someone else
How to practise this clip
- Listen for the rhythm: which words are strong and where the speaker breathes.
- Say each sentence at the speaker's speed, as one smooth phrase.
- Score your tries to see which words did not come through, then practise those sentences again.
Want to practise every day? See the 15-minute routine.
Source
Julian Treasure at TED, on YouTube
