Repeat-After-Me American Accent SHADOWING English Pronunciation Practice

are you ready to practice speaking English let's  do it let's work on our speaking skills with the  

fluency story when I was younger repeat after me  when I was younger I spent countless hours I spent  

countless hours I spent many many hours in the  workshop with my father in the workshop with my

father a mechanic with hands  worn from years of working on

cars so his hands are worn down from  the many years he spent working on cars  

because he was a mechanic with hands  worn worn from years of working on

cars okay let's say all of that here we go when  I was younger I spent countless hours in the  

workshop with my father a mechanic with hands  worn from many years of working on cars all  

right catch that Rhythm let's try one more time  when I was younger I spent countless hours in the  

workshop with my father a mechanic with hands worn  from years of working on cars despite his rough

exterior despite his rough rough

exterior his eyes always held a gentle kindness

his eyes always held had a gentle

kindness let's say it together  despite his rough exterior his  

eyes always held a gentle kindness again  despite his rough exterior his eyes always  

held a gentle kindness one more time  despite his rough exterior his eyes  

eyes always held a gentle kindness one  evening as he wiped the grease from his

hands as he wiped the grease from his

hands he casually remarked

Chad casually remarked Chad  happiness isn't found in having

more it's found in wanting

less let's go back there he  casually remark Chad happiness  

isn't found in having more it's found in wanting

less all right let's say all that together here  we go one evening as he wiped the grease from his  

hands he casually remarked Chad happiness  isn't found in having more it's found in  

wanting less okay one more time one evening as  he wiped the grease from his hands he casually  

remarked Chad happiness isn't found in  having more it's found in wanting less

at the time at that time at the time  his words struck me as a riddle his  

words struck me the way the words I  felt the words seemed like a riddle  

his words struck me like a as  a riddle like a riddle as a

riddle and I couldn't figure out what he meant

and I couldn't figure out what he  meant and I couldn't figure out what he

meant at the time his words struck me as  a riddle and I couldn't figure out what  

he meant at the time his words struck me as a  riddle and I couldn't figure out what he meant

to me happiness was all about  hard work happiness was all  

about hard work making a good salary making a good

salary owning a big house owning a big  house and perhaps driving a flashy car  

and perhaps driving a flashy  car flashy just means fancy or

nice all right let's say it together  to me happiness was all about hard  

work making a good salary owning a big  house and perhaps driving a flashy car  

again to me happiness was all about about  hard work making a good salary owning a  

big house and perhaps driving a flashy car my  father's simple lifestyle my father's simple

lifestyle seemed so small seemed so

small compar compared to the dreams  I had compared to the dreams I

had my father's simple lifestyle seemed so small

period all right let's say all that  together ready my father's simple  

lifestyle seem so small compared to  the dreams I had my father's simple  

lifestyle seem so small compared to  the dream I had as the years rolled by

however as the years went by they rolled  by they passed by as the years rolled  

rolled by however my perspective  began to shift my perspective the  

way I see things began to shift began to  change as the years rolled by however my  

perspective began to shift as the years  rolled by however my perspective began  

to shift I watched people with successful  careers I watched people with success ful

careers and lavish Lifestyles and lavish

Lifestyles who always seemed

unfulfilled who always seemed

unfulfilled there was always  something missing from their lives

there was always something missing from their

lives all right say it together with me I  watched people with successful careers and  

lavish Lifestyles who always seemed unfulfilled  there was always something missing from their  

lives let's do that again I watched people  with successful careers and lavish Lifestyles  

who always seemed unfulfilled there was always  something missing from their lives in contrast in

contrast I encountered those who lived

simply I encountered other people who  had a simple life who lived simply

yet radiated a sense of peace and

contentment yet radiated put out  they radiated a a sense of peace and

contentment yet radiated a  sense of peace and contentment

that no amount of money could

buy no amount of money could  buy that sense of peace and

contentment in contrast I encountered  those who lived simply yet radiated a  

sense of peace and contentment that  no amount of money could buy again  

in contrast I encountered those who  lived simply yet radiated a sense of  

peace and contentment that no amount of  money could buy that's when I started to  

wonder that's when I started to wonder  what if my father had been right all

along what if my father had been  right all along [Music] song that's  

when I started to wonder what if  my father had been right all along  

again that's when I started to wonder  what if my father had been right all

along what if true happiness doesn't  [Music] come from the endless Chase for more

but from embracing the idea of wanting

less what if true happiness doesn't come from  the endless Chase for more but from embracing  

the idea of wanting less what if true happiness  doesn't come from the endless Chase for more  

but from embracing the idea of wanting less one  last time what if true happiness doesn't come  

from the endless Chase for more but from embracing  the idea of wanting less what if abundance really

isn't what if abundance  really isn't about AUM ulating

possessions about accumulating  possessions but about needing very

little to Feel

Complete what if abundance really isn't  about accumulating possessions you

try but about needing very little to fill

complete let's say it all together what if  abundance really isn't about accumulating  

possessions but about needing very little  to Feel Complete what if abundance really  

isn't about accumulating possessions but  about needing very little to feel complete

all right that's our wise words for today  now we're going to say it nonstop try to  

Shadow me say it with me let's say it  together let me take a breath here we

go when I was younger I spent countless hours  in the workshop with my father a mechanic with  

hands worn from years on working on cars  despite his rough exterior his eyes always  

held a gentle kindness one evening as  he wiped the grease from his hands he  

casually remarked Chad happiness isn't found  in having more it's found in wanting less at  

the time his words struck me as a riddle  and I couldn't figure out what he meant  

to me happiness was all about hard work making  a good salary owning a big house and perhaps  

driving a flashy car my father's simple lifestyle  seemed so small compared to the dreams I had as  

the years rolled by however my perspective began  to shift I watched people with successful career  

careers and lavish Lifestyles who always seemed  unfulfilled there was always something missing  

from their lives in contrast I encountered  those who lived simply yet radiated a sense  

of peace and contentment that no amount of money  could buy that's when I started to wonder what  

if my father had been right on along what if  true happiness doesn't come from the endless  

Chase for more but from embracing the idea of  wanting less what if abundance really isn't  

about accumulating possessions but about needing  very little to Feel Complete boom good work out  

wise words from my father not really it's  it's a fictional story sorry to disappoint  

all right keep moving forward one step at  a time and I'll see you in the next step