Practice your American accent with Ivanka Trump through a shadowing exercise. Listen carefully to Ivanka's speech and repeat after her to improve your pronunciation and fluency. Shadowing is a powerful technique to develop a natural-sounding accent, and this video is designed to help you master the rhythm and intonation of American English. Perfect for English learners of all levels who want to sound more confident and clear in their spoken English. Repeat 3 times: 00:00 Shadowing full speech: 7:06
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This speech acknowledges the achievements of graduates during an unconventional and challenging time. While mourning the loss of traditional commencement celebrations, the speaker emphasizes that the hardships faced do not signal failure but instead serve as a powerful catalyst for future success and resilience.
This is also a proud day for all the parents, spouses, mentors, teachers, and employers.
Who came alongside of you.
Believed in you and pushed you to new bounds.
believed in you and pushed you to new bounds.
We thank them all.
Many of you have worked for this achievement.
Many of you have worked for this achievement
and waited for this day for years
and waited for this day for years.
Now it is finally here and of course it is very different.
Now it is finally here and of course it is very different
than any of us had ever imagined.
So I want to say what I know we are all thinking.
I wish we could be together in person.
I wish that you could walk across the stage.
Take hands and hold your diploma high to cheering crowds.
Sometimes it's easy to think we have to be tough.
That we have to keep going and we do.
But that doesn't mean we can't stop to acknowledge the truth.
The hardships and the disappointments that come our way.
My heart goes out to you on this day.
And this time in our history.
Because they're very different.
From what you had envisioned or planned.
Yet now more than ever
We remember that changes and hardships do not predict failure.
In fact, they can be the greatest impetus for success.
This is also a proud day for all the parents, spouses, mentors, teachers, and employers
who came alongside of you, believed in you, and pushed you to new bounds.
We thank them all.
Many of you have worked for this achievement and waited for this day for years.
Now it is finally here and, of course, it is very different than any of us had ever imagined.
So I want to say what I know we are all thinking.
I wish we could be together in person.
I wish that you could walk across the stage, shake hands, and hold your diploma high to cheering crowds.
Sometimes it's easy to think we have to be tough, that we have to keep going, and we do.
But that doesn't mean we can't stop to acknowledge the truth, the hardships, and the disappointments that come our way.
My heart goes out to you on this day and this time in our history
because they are very different from what you had envisioned or planned.
Yet now more than ever, we remember that changes and hardships do not predict failure.
In fact, they can be the greatest impetus for success.
