Hello, welcome to the mini‑story for “Models.” Are you ready to begin? Big smile! Shoulders
back, breathing deeply, moving your body? Let’s go.
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Laura wanted to be a tri-athlete.
Who wanted to be a tri-athlete?
Laura, Laura wanted to be
a tri-athlete.
What is a tri-athlete?
Well, a tri-athlete is a person who does three different
sports, swimming, cycling…riding a bicycle, and running, right? So tri means
three, T-R-I, tri means three so three sports, a
three‑sport athlete, swimming,
cycling and running.
Did Laura want to swim,
cycle and run?
Yes she did. She wanted to
swim, she wanted to cycle and she wanted to run. She wanted to be a tri-athlete.
Who wanted to be a tri-athlete?
Laura, Laura wanted to be
a tri-athlete.
Did she want to be a
normal tri-athlete?
Not Laura.
Laura wanted to be a
superstar tri-athlete. In fact, she wanted to be the number
one tri-athlete in the world.
What kind of tri-athlete did she want to be?
A superstar tri-athlete, Laura wanted to be a superstar tri-athlete.
She wanted to win the
Ironman race in Hawaii.
Which race did she want to
win?
The Ironman race, she
wanted to win the Ironman race in Hawaii, the Ironman tri-athleterace.
Did she want to be a
superstar tri-athlete or a pretty good tri-athlete?
Well, of course,
superstar, she wanted to be a superstar tri-athlete. Laura always wants to be the best. So
Laura wanted to be a superstar tri-athlete. She wanted to win the Ironman race.
How long is the Ironman
race?
Hm, well, the Ironman race
is a swim that is 2.5 miles, 2.5 miles swimming, and 212 miles cycling, and
26.4 miles running.
Is it a long race or a
short race?
Oh, it’s a long race, it’s
a super long race. 2.5 miles swimming, 212 miles cycling and basically 26 miles
running, that’s the Ironman race.
Who wanted to win the
Ironman race?
Laura, Laura wanted to be
a superstar tri-athlete. She wanted to win the biggest race.
She wanted to win the Ironman tri-athlete race.
But she had a problem, of
course. Oh there’s always a problem.
What was Laura’s problem?
Her problem was her peer
group were all lazy losers.
Did she have a positive,
strong, superstar peer group?
No, no she did not. She
had a peer group of lazy losers.
Were her friends
superstars?
No they weren’t. They were
lazy losers. Her peer group was full of lazy losers.
What about her job? Were
they superstars? Were they athletes?
No they weren’t.
Her coworkers complained
constantly and they were lazy.
What were her coworkers
like?
Well, they were lazy and
they complained constantly.
Who were lazy and
complained constantly?
Her coworkers, her
coworkers complained constantly and they were lazy.
Were they superstar
athletes?
No, they weren’t. They
were lazy. They were lazy and they always complained.
And they stole from their
company.
What did they do?
They stole money from
their company. They were thieves. They were complainers and they were lazy.
Was this a good peer
group?
No, it was a terrible peer
group. Terrible coworkers for Laura, her coworkers were complainers. They were
lazy and they were thieves. They stole from the company.
How did Laura feel about
her coworkers?
Oh, she hated them.
She hated her coworkers.
Did she love them?
No, of course not, she
hated them. She hated her coworkers, they were a terrible peer group. They complained.
They were lazy. They stole from the company.
Did her coworkers
encourage her and inspire her?
No, they didn’t encourage
her. They didn’t inspire her. She hated them. They were terrible.
How about her friends?
Well, they were nice but
they were lazy.
Her friends slept all day
and watched TV and ate french fries.
What did her friends eat?
French fries, 20 pounds of
french fries every day.
All her friends ate 20
pounds of french fries every single day, each!
How much did they eat?
20 pounds, 20 pounds of
french fries every day.
Were they healthy?
No, they weren’t healthy.
They were very unhealthy.
Were they in good shape?
They were not in good
shape, they were not healthy. In good shape means healthy or strong physically.
So they were not in good shape. They were not healthy.
Did Laura want to be in
good shape?
Yes, she did. She wanted
to be in great shape. She wanted to be super healthy.
What did she want to be?
A superstar tri-athlete, she wanted to be a superstar tri-athlete.
Were her friends superstar tri-athletes?
No, they weren’t. They
were lazy french fry eaters. They ate 20 pounds of french fries every day while
watching TV.
Was this a good peer group
for Laura, who wanted to be a superstar tri-athlete?
Of course not, it was not
a good peer group for Laura.
So Laura said “I want a
new peer group.”
What did she want?
A new peer group.
Who wanted a new peer
group?
Laura did. Laura wanted a
new peer group.
Who wanted a new peer
group?
Yeah, that’s right, Laura.
Laura wanted a new peer group.
Did she want new
coworkers?
Yes, she did.
Did she want new friends?
Yes, she did.
What did she want?
A new peer group.
So she got a new job.
Was it a better job?
Oh yes it was.
It was a better job with
great coworkers, super enthusiastic coworkers.
What kind of coworkers did
she have?
Super enthusiastic, she
had super enthusiastic coworkers.
Did they have a lot of
energy?
Of course, they did. They
had a lot of energy, they were super enthusiastic, of course they did.
Who had a lot of energy?
Her new coworkers.
She also found new
friends.
What kind of friends did
she find?
Well, she found super
athletes, super athletes.
Her new friends were all
super athletes. They all loved to run. They all loved to swim. They all loved
to cycle. They went to the gym every day. They ate healthy. They were super
healthy.
What kind of new friends
did she find?
Super athletes, superstar
athletes, her new friends were all superstar athletes.
Were they superstar
athletes?
Of course they were. They
loved to exercise.
So she had new coworkers.
She had new friends. She had a new peer group, a great peer group, an inspiring
peer group. Now she felt great so she trained every day. She practiced every
day. Every day she ran. Every day she swam. Every day she rode her bike.
Did she ride her bike
every day or sometimes?
Every day.
How often did she swim and
run and cycle?
Every day.
Who swam? Who ran? Who
cycled every day?
Laura, of course, Laura
swam every day. Laura cycled every day. She ran every day. She exercised every
day.
Finally the day came, the
Ironman race. First the swimming, she jumped into the ocean and she swam and
she swam.
Was she fast or slow?
She was fast.
She was a superstar
swimmer. She came out of the water number one! And next she got on her bicycle
and she rode and she rode and she rode and she rode. Faster, faster, faster,
she was a superstar cyclist. Finally, after 212 miles she jumped off her bike
and began to run. She ran faster and faster and faster and faster. She felt
stronger and stronger and stronger. She was a superstar athlete at last. Of
course, she won the Ironman race. She became the number one
superstartri-athlete of the
world. Laura succeeded.
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Okay, that is the end of
the mini-story for “Models.” As always, listen to it
many times, deep learning, deep learning, deep learning. I’ll say it one more
time…deep learning. I know this seems like repetitive points, but I’m going to
keep saying it every time because you need to learn deeply. Most of these
stories are in the past tense because most students need more practice with the
past tense. And there are some other tenses mixed in there too sometimes. You
don’t need to know the names, it’s not important. Don’t think about it. The
important thing is to listen, listen, listen. And if you want to answer the
questions quickly, quickly, quickly. It’s okay to just listen. You don’t need
to answer if you don’t want to, if you’re on a train or you’re around other
people, you can just listen quietly. But if you want to you can pause and
answer the questions, pause and answer the questions. Try to do it quickly. But
the important part is repetitive listening, deep, deep learning. You don’t want
to just learn these things, you need to master them.
Okay I will see you next
time.
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