SHADOWING English: Who started Nike? Speaking Practice

all right we are going to practice speaking  English using the shadowing method work on  

your fluency and pronunciation and all that  good stuff who started Nike the the shoe  

company Nike let's see Phil a talented runner  from the University of Oregon was fortunate  

to be coached by the legendary Bill Bowerman all  right so Bill Bowerman was the track coach track  

and field at the University of Oregon Phil  was one of his students one of his Runners  

at the University Phil a talented runner from  the University of Oregon was fortunate to be  

coached by the legendary Bill Bowerman can you  say that with me try it Phil a talented runner  

from the University of Oregon was fortunate to be  coached by the legendary Bill Bowerman Bowman Bill

Bowerman Bill a talented runner from the  University of Oregon was fortunate to be  

coached by the legendary Bill Bowman one more  time Phil a talented runner from the University  

of Oregon was fortunate to be coached by the  legendary Bill Bowerman their partnership led to  

the creation of Nike they they made a partnership  they were Partners in creating the company Niki  

their partnership led to the creation of Nike  their partnership led to the creation of Nike  

their partnership led to the creation of Nike in  addition to his running achievements Phil also  

earned an MBA from Stanford Stanford University  so he earned an MBA Master's of business asso  

assoc oh I don't I don't know masters of business  associates degree I don't know actually this is  

interesting though an MBA but that's not a vowel  is it so should it be a MBA no it's and because  

NBA the sound is a it's a it's a vowel sound so if  it's a vow sound use an an MBA it's it's the same  

for um an NBA player a a player in the National  Basketball Association he's an NBA player all  

right anyways let let's shadow that a bit in  addition to his running achievements Bill also  

earned an NBA from Stanford in addition to his  running achievements Phil also earned an MBA from

Stanford during an entrepreneurship class  entrepreneurship class he developed a  

groundbreaking business plan centered around  importing Japanese shoes to challenge the  

dominant German brand Adidas all right sop he  had an entrepreneurship class he was studying  

to be an entrepreneur and he had an assignment  a project and in that project he developed a  

groundbreaking business plan a plan that was  very groundbreaking it was new a new idea and  

it centered around the idea was that he would  import Japanese shoes they they were lightweight  

Japanese running shoes and he wanted to challenge  the dominant German brand called Adidas we all  

know Adidas right here's something interesting  what does Adidas stand for a d d a s all day  

I dream about sports no just kidding it doesn't  mean that but that's what we used to say when we  

were when we were in school we thought it meant  all day I dream about sports or all day I dream  

about sex ah it's a joke okay let's practice  say it with me during an entrepreneurship class  

he developed a groundbreaking business  plan centered around importing Japanese  

shoes to challenge the dominant German brand  Adidas again during an entrepreneurship class  

class he developed a groundbreaking business  plan centered around importing Japanese shoes  

to challenge the dominant German brand Adidas  all right can you do it like me do it together  

here we go during an entrepreneurship class  he developed a groundbreaking business plan  

centered around importing Japanese shoes  to challenge the dominant German brand

Adidas despite an IAL skepticism initial at  first people were skeptical I don't know about  

that initial skepticism from his classmates Phil's  teacher recognized the potential and gave him an a  

ah he got a good grade his teacher said good idea  so despite the initial skepticism despite the at  

first people didn't believe in him from where his  classmates thought it was not good not a good idea  

initial skepticism initial skepticism despite  initial skepticism from his classmates Phil's  

teacher recognized the potential and gave him an  a despite initial skepticism from his classmates  

Phil's teacher recognized the potential and gave  him an a one more time despite initial skepticism  

from his classmates ph's teacher recognized the  potential and gave him an a despite many people  

thinking his idea was crazy he became obsessed  with it believing it could be huge it could be

huge despite many people thinking his idea was  

crazy he became obsessed with it  believing it could be huge despite  

many people thinking his idea was crazy he  became obsessed with it believing it could  

be huge driven by his vision he persisted in  making Nike a worldwide brand a worldwide brand

worldwide known throughout the world it's  it's a worldwide brand it's everyone in  

the world world knows Nike right it's  a worldwide brand driven by his vision  

his vision made him keep going keep moving  forward it drove him his vision drove him he  

was driven by his vision and he persisted  he kept going in making Nike a worldwide  

brand driven by his vision he persisted in  making Nike a worldwide brand again driven  

by his vision he persisted in making Nike a  worldwide brand all right way to go Phil that's  

it now we're going to do it non-stop no stopping  I'm going to say it as smooth and clear as I can  

try to join me say it with me ready here we go  Phil a talented runner from the University of  

Oregon was fortunate to be coached by the legend  legendary Bill Bowerman their partnership led to  

the creation of Nike in addition to his  running achievements Phil also earned an  

MBA from Stanford during an entrepreneurship  class he developed a groundbreaking business  

plan centered around importing Japanese shoes  to challenge the dominant German brand Adidas  

despite initial skepticism from his classmates  Phil's teacher recognized the potential and gave  

him an a despite many people thinking his  idea was crazy he became obsessed with it  

believing it could be huge driven by his vision  he persisted in making Nike a worldwide brand but  

good workout guys way to go keep moving  forward one step at a time get all the  

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