Keep your goals to yourself Intermediate shadowing lesson
This is a short TED talk by Derek Sivers. He explains that when you tell other people your goal, you can feel as if you have already done it, so you are less likely to do the hard work. He speaks clearly and uses everyday phrases like For real and You've got to, which suits intermediate shadowing.
- Intermediate
- Video
- 3:10
- 23 sentences
Practise it in the app
Free, no account needed. The app plays one sentence and waits for you to say it.
The sentences
Everyone, please think of your biggest personal goal.
For real -- you can take a second. You've got to feel this to learn it.
Take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal, okay?
The video has 23 sentences. The rest are in the app. Practise them all
Words and phrases
- personal goal
- something you want to achieve for yourself
- biggest
- the largest or most important
- For real
- seriously, I mean it
- take a second
- use a short moment
- You've got to
- you must
- feel
- notice it inside you
- a few seconds
- a short time
- think of
- bring to your mind
How to practise this clip
Listen for You've got to, which often sounds like you've gotta, and the rising okay at the end of the last sentence.
- Listen to a sentence before you read it.
- Say it right after, at the speaker's pace, with the same pauses.
- After the first round, hide the text and practise from the sound alone.
Source
Derek Sivers at TED, on YouTube