Advanced English Speaking Practice: SHADOWING

hey hey how you doing are you having a great  day i hope you're having a good day now we are  

going to practice speaking English it's  a little bit advanced um we're going to  

do some shadowing and repeat after me it's a  little philosophical and somewhat poetic but  

it's a good message let's take a look at the  text in the middle of winter repeat after me  

in the middle of winter I finally  realized that I finally realized

that I had this unstoppable

summer inside me inside me what's an unstoppable  

summer i'm going to go back  here i had this unstoppable

summer inside me so unstoppable summer that  could be anything because this is kind of  

poetic it could mean um your determination your  will your positivity your spirit who knows what  

does unstoppable summer inside you what does  that mean to you can mean many different things  

right let's say this together two times say  it with me in the middle of winter I finally  

realized that I had this unstoppable summer  inside me in the middle of winter I finally  

realized that I had this unstoppable summer  inside me life really does go through seasons

life really does go through

seasons yeah go ahead and exaggerate those  pronunciations life really does go through  

seasons we can't always feel energized we can't  always feel energized we can't always feel

excited or totally in tune with the good

stuff totally fully in tune with in tune with is  is to have a good understanding of something if  

you are in tune with something you understand it  well you know what it means what they're saying  

things like that so let's let's do this all  together now ready life really does go through  

seasons we can't always feel energized excited or  totally in tune with the good stuff one more time  

life really does go through seasons we can't  always feel energized excited or totally in  

tune with the good stuff totally in tune with  the good stuff are you totally in tune with  

the good stuff what does that mean i don't know  all right sometimes we just can't be warm and

welcoming we just can't be warm and

welcoming yeah a welcoming person is a person  who's like very warm very friendly that's the  

word I'm looking for friendly and and uh  social welcoming very social and and you  

know sometimes we just can't be warm and  welcoming we're not always shining bright  

we're not always shining bright and full  of life no we're not always I'm not always  

shining bright and full of life are you not  me all right let's say this together here we  

go sometimes we just can't be warm and welcoming  we're not always shining bright and full of life  

sometimes we just can't be warm and welcoming  we're not always shining bright and full of

life

welcoming it feel felt like I was saying  it i don't know did I say it right warm  

and welcoming welcoming yeah that's got to  be it that's it see sometimes I I question  

myself when I'm teaching these lessons because  I'm like saying it so slow and and consciously  

and methodically and I start to think did I just  say that right when I'm talking naturally it just  

comes out right but when I'm really thinking  about it sometimes it sounds a little strange  

anyways you know how it is as a learner  of English you're always in that situation  

all right let's move on but  just like the snowcovered

ground but just like the snow covered

ground hiding life

underneath oh okay so the the ground  that's covered with snow is hiding  

life that is underneath that snow just  like the snow covered ground hiding life

underneath we can still grow and nurture new

beginnings as the seasons change

we can still grow and nurture new

beginnings as the seasons

change all right say it together but just  like the snowcovered ground hiding life  

underneath we can still grow and nurture  new beginnings as the seasons change  

say it again but just like the  snow coververed ground hiding  

life underneath we can still grow and  nurture new beginnings as the seasons

change you have what it takes you have  what it takes what does that mean that  

means you possess the ability you have  what it takes you possess the ability  

to cultivate a new life to cultivate a new  life over time over a period of time over

time you have what it takes to  cultivate a new life over time  

you have what it takes to cultivate  a new life over time your internal

world internal inside of you the world inside of  

you your internal world [Music] world  your skills your perspective your

creativity and your ability to

adapt and your ability to

adapt that two can be to or t and  your ability to adapt to adapt to

adapt and keep going are all still

there all of these skills your  perspective your creativity they  

didn't go anywhere it's still there  it's still there didn't go anywhere  

even though the snow is covering it even  though you don't feel good it's there  

your skills your perspective your creativity  your ability to adapt it's all still there all  

right say it with me your internal world your  skills your perspective your creativity and  

your ability to adapt and keep going are all  still there one more time your internal world  

your skills your perspective your creativity and  your ability to adapt and keep going are all still

there you can accept what's going on you  can accept what's going on and do what you

can all right so that's kind  of like saying you can you can  

uh just accept it and say hey this is this is  life say this is life that's that's life and  

you just do what you can do what you can  do that's all you can do is do what you  

can do wise words from English coach chat  that's all you can do is do what you can

do just go with the flow go with the  flow like water adjust adapt and keep  

moving adjust adapt and keep moving yeah  when water's flowing down a river and it  

there's an obstacle what does water do does  it just stop no it finds a way around that  

obstacle it just keeps flowing sometimes it  takes a while sometimes it kind of stops but  

it's finding an a way to get around  it's adjusting it's adapting it keeps

moving and you'll be all right and  you'll you'll be all right you'll be all

right you can accept what's going on and do  what you can just go with the flow adjust adapt  

and keep moving and you'll be all right you can  accept what's going on and do what you can just  

go with the flow adjust adapt and keep moving  and you'll be all right in seasons of struggle  

in seasons of struggle or tough times throughout  your lifelong journey throughout your lifelong

journey you can still find comfort you can  still find comfort meaning warmth meaning  

and warmth warmth from your inner strength  from your inner [Music] strength expressing  

that th at the end there huh for warmth  too huh and warmth warmth from your inner

strength all right let's do all of it  in seasons of struggle or tough times  

throughout your lifelong journey you can  still find comfort meaning and warmth from  

your inner strength again in seasons of  struggle or tough times throughout your  

lifelong journey you can still find comfort  meaning and warmth from your inner strength

maybe life feels like a long

winter but having that unstoppable summer inside

us might just be

enough maybe life feels like a long winter but  having that unstoppable summer inside us might  

just be enough it might just be enough it might  just be enough one more time maybe life feels like  

a long winter but having that unstoppable  summer inside us might just be enough all  

right I think that's it let's speak that full  text together now nonstop shadow me here we go  

in the middle of winter I finally realized  that I had this unstoppable summer inside me  

life really does go through seasons we can't  always feel energized excited or totally in  

tune with the good stuff sometimes  we just can't be warm and welcoming  

we're not always shining bright and full of  life but just like the snowcovered ground  

hiding life underneath we can still grow and  nurture new beginnings as the seasons change  

you have what it takes to cultivate a new life  over time your internal world your skills your  

perspective your creativity and your ability  to adapt and keep going are all still there  

you can accept what's going on and do what  you can just go with the flow adjust adapt  

and keep moving and you'll be all right in  seasons of struggle or tough times throughout  

your lifelong journey you can still find comfort  meaning and warmth from your inner strength maybe  

life feels like a long winter but having that  unstoppable summer inside us might just be enough  

boom good workout keep moving forward one  step at a time i'll see you in the next step