Pronunciation ChallengeStay hungry, stay foolish. Steve Jobs

Intro:
Hi, guys! Welcome back to this week’s pronunciation challenge. Our video of the day is based on a famous quote which Steve Jobs mentioned in his commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005. I really recommend you to listen to this inspiring speech if you have never heard it before. I’ll post a link to his full speech at the bottom of my recording transcript. 
So our video talks about how we all should try and find our own path in life, and how to make it unique and special. Throughout history, scientists, artists, scholars, politicians, and many others decided to live by their own rules and often they were the ones who made a difference and pushed humanity forward.
In order to invent new things, or to create new paths, there has to be some kind of different behaviour. Sometimes this kind of behaviour is considered ‘crazy’, because many people cannot accept abnormal behaviours. But in fact, breaking the rules and making new ones is the only way to achieve progress. Groundbreaking discoveries were made by people who decided they were not satisfied with the way things were going. So they broke the rules and made new ones.
Let’s have a listen to our sentence of the day -
Sentence:
Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.

Pronunciation Tips:
1. opinion [ uh-pin-yuhn ] (break into four syllables)
2. drown [ droun ] (can open your mouth slightly wider)
3. courage (sound like Kur-ridge)
4. intuition [ in-too-ish-uhn, -tyoo- ] (you may have heard two different pronunciations before)
 
 
Vocabulary:
 
1. inner (adj.)
KK[ˋɪnɚ] IPA /ˈɪn.ɚ/
inside or contained within something else
 
Example:
He told funny jokes to disguise his inner sadness.

 
2. courage (n.)
KK[͵kɝɪdʒ] IPA /ˈkɝː.ɪdʒ/
the ability to control your fear in a dangerous or difficult situation
 
Example:
The front-line soldiers showed great courage in battle.


3. intuition (n.)
KK[͵ɪntjuˋɪʃən] IPA /ˌɪn.tuːˈɪʃ.ən/
(knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts
 
Example:
My intuition tells me that her boyfriend might propose to her at the party tonight.

 
 
Outro:
It is not easy to go against the mainstream. Sometimes you have to fight social norms, or be criticized by others. So no wonder most people decide to live a life that is safe instead of challenging what they know and what they are used to. However, daring to break the rules is the only way to create something new. If we didn’t have brave dreamers in our past, we would never have discovered new continents, invented machines, created inspiring literature, and music, or cured diseases.
But you don’t have to be a great scientist or philosopher in order to make a difference in your life. You don’t need to make radical changes. It’s enough that you listen to your intuition and your heart, and change some aspects of your life. You can start by doing something that you feel passionate about. Just remember to be true to yourself, be courageous and dare to dream!
 
And that’s it for today guys. Thanks for listening and I’ll be back next week. Bye for now!
 


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LINK to Steve Job’s commencement address on June 15th 2005, at Stanford University:
https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/

Day 46 ^^ Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice , and most important , have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.They somehow know what you truly want to become!

Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.

Thanks, Jenny. Have a good one, everyone.

Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.