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Shadowing Steve Jobs

Stanford Commencement Address (2005) — Three stories from his life — connecting the dots, love and loss, and death — told slowly and clearly. One of the most shadowed speeches on the internet.

  • Level: B2
  • Accent: American
  • Length: 15 min · 168 lines to practise
  • Timing: Sada measures how far behind the speaker you are on every line
Steve Jobs — Stanford Commencement Address (2005)Start from the beginning

The first lines: press any line to practise it

  1. 0:07 This program is brought to you by Stanford University.
  2. 0:10 Please visit us at stanford.edu
  3. 0:22 Thank You. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement
  4. 0:30 from one of the finest universities in the world.
  5. 0:35 Truth be told I never graduated from college
  6. 0:41 and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.
  7. 0:47 Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it.
  8. 0:52 No big deal. Just three stories.

How to practise this talk

  1. Press a line from the list; it opens in Sada ready to go.
  2. Listen once, then press Record and say it with the speaker (Shadow) or after them (Repeat).
  3. Open Compare to see every word, and go again until they are all green.
  4. Finish one minute a day, and Sada shows your first try against your latest.

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