Shadowing Kelly McGonigal
How to Make Stress Your Friend — A psychologist explains why stress can be good for you, in friendly, well-articulated American English.
- Level: B1–B2
- Accent: American
- Length: 14 min · 171 lines to practise
- Timing: Sada measures how far behind the speaker you are on every line
Kelly McGonigal — How to Make Stress Your FriendStart from the beginning
The first lines: press any line to practise it
- 0:12 I have a confession to make.
- 0:16 But first, I want you to make a little confession to me.
- 0:23 In the past year, I want you to just raise your hand if you've experienced relatively little stress.
- 0:29 Anyone?
- 0:32 How about a moderate amount of stress?
- 0:35 Who has experienced a lot of stress?
- 0:38 Yeah. Me too.
- 0:40 But that is not my confession.
How to practise this talk
- Press a line from the list; it opens in Sada ready to go.
- Listen once, then press Record and say it with the speaker (Shadow) or after them (Repeat).
- Open Compare to see every word, and go again until they are all green.
- Finish one minute a day, and Sada shows your first try against your latest.