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. 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-athlete race. 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 superstar tri-athlete of the world. Laura succeeded. 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.