Name: 练习英文（Practise Speaking With Me! [English Imitation lesson]）
Uploaded: 2022-08-04T03:14:13.000Z
Duration: 16 min 7 s
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It's the start of a new year, I've got new hair

and I'm really excited about all of the new English lessons

that I have in store for you and what I want most for you this year

is that this is the year where you start to feel more confident

like you can finally be yourself in English.

I'll be here all year to help you and we're kicking off

with some speaking practice so you're going to practise speaking

We're going to work on your pronunciation, connected speech,

your tone and facial expressions to help you be more expressive

We're going to be talking about goals and intentions

for the year ahead and there's lots of useful

phrases and expressions. You'll get to hear them being used

By the way, what are your goals or your plans for the year ahead?

If you want to, go and grab the PDF download that I've created

for you, it's got the script that we're going to use through this

whole lesson so you can practise easily at home

and you'll also have all of the really natural expressions,

the phrases that are helpful to talk about this topic.

If you're already on the mmmEnglish mailing list

then don't worry, I've already sent this to you, it's in your inbox.

We are using the imitation technique today and that's going to help

you to develop your speaking and your listening skills.

Both of them are really important if you want to speak clearly

and be understood. The focus is on natural pronunciation,

word stress, connected speech and tone that's going to help you

If you've done one of my imitation lessons before you probably

already know how this works, it's pretty simple once you know it.

So if you've done it before, jump straight ahead to this time stamp

If this is your first time, then I'll explain the three simple steps

The first one is you'll just need to listen to me.

You can read the words on screen, it's just to get

Step two is where things get interesting, you'll listen to the same

story again but there'll be a pause after each clause or sentence

And the last step is where you'll shadow me. You'll be speaking

Now pronunciation is important here but it's not the only thing

that we're focusing on. I also want you to pay attention to my

facial expressions, my body language, all of these things

are part of confident and effective communication.

All things that you can work on with me through this video

to help you feel and to sound more relaxed when you speak.

Throughout my twenties, I regularly made New Year's

But I hardly ever kept them for longer than a few weeks.

I'd reach the end of January and feel disappointed

or annoyed that I'd let my bad habits creep back in.

And then year after year I'd get more and more disappointed

with myself and eventually, I just stopped making resolutions.

It seemed pointless but I think that's a shame!

I love the optimism and the hope that a new year brings.

So, I've been listening to podcasts and talking to my friends

about their plans and their goals for the year ahead,

and I've decided to try a new strategy this year.

Instead of setting goals and setting intentions for myself

and there's an important difference between the two,

instead of focusing on the endpoint, the result,

So, for example, one intention I have for myself this year

what do I need to do to make this happen?

Ah! I know, I'll set a goal to meditate for 10 minutes every morning

But these goals really just set me up for failure.

If I accidentally sleep in or skip a morning meditation,

Instead, I can use my intentions to help make good decisions

that are going to lead me towards the outcome I want.

Like, would someone who's taking care of themselves

say "yes" to a late-night meeting just because it was more

convenient for the other person in their time zone?

I'm hoping that being intentional with the decisions that I make

can help me to take better care of myself this year.

It's your turn to speak so you're going to follow along with me,

There's going to be a little pause where you can imitate exactly

When you're listening, pay attention to word stress,

to the tone and to the pronunciation the way that words link

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练习英文（Practise Speaking With Me! [English Imitation lesson]）

pronunciation

meditation

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rhythm