🧠 Barack Obama’s Most Iconic Speech "YES, WE CAN"| English Speech with Meanings and Lessons

Описание: 🧠 Improve Your English While Getting Inspired by Obama’s Famous YES WE CAN Speech!
In this video, we’ll practice English dictation using 10 powerful and historic sentences from Barack Obama’s Yes We Can speech. You’ll get:
✅ Dictation with blanks (write what you hear)
✅ Vocabulary + expression breakdown
✅ Real-life examples for daily English use
✅ A quiz and reflection prompts to connect English with life

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Sentence 1: The road ahead will be long...
01:38 - Sentence 2: We may not get there in one year...
02:40 - Sentence 3: It’s the answer spoken by young and old...
04:10 - Sentence 4: This victory is not the change...
05:12 - Sentence 5: To those who would tear the world down...
06:33 - Sentence 6: Our strength comes from our ideals...
07:57 - Sentence 7: This is our moment
08:38 - Sentence 8: Yes we can
09:58 - Closing Message



📄 DICTATION QUIZ
✍️ PART 1: Fill in the Blanks
Listen to the sentences and fill in the missing words. Use the hints to guide you.
1.The road ahead will be ______. Our climb will be ______.
Hints: (1) not short, (2) difficult, high

2.We may not get there in one _____ or even in one ______, but America — I have never been more _____ than I am tonight.
Hints: (1) year, (2) presidential period, (3) full of hope

3.It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and ______, Black, White, Latino, Asian, Native ______...
Hints: (1) opposite party, (2) original people of a country

4.This victory alone is not the change we _____ — it is only the _____ for us to make that change.
Hints: (1) are looking for, (2) opportunity

5.To those who would ______ the world down: we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and ______: we support you.
Hints: (1) destroy, pull apart, (2) safety

6.The true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our ______ or the scale of our ______, but from the enduring power of our ______.
Hints: (1) weapons, (2) money/resources, (3) beliefs, values

7.This is our ______.
Hint: (1) important opportunity in time

8.And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
Yes we ______.
Hint: (1) opposite of "can’t"


💬 PART 2: Reflective Questions
Answer in your own words. Think honestly and deeply.
1.What is your “steep climb” right now in life or learning?

2.What goal are you working toward that may take time — maybe more than a year?

3.In what ways have people from different backgrounds helped you grow?

4.How do you respond to negative voices in your life — do they stop you or push you harder?

5.What “healing” does your life or the world need — and what step can you take to help?

6.Have you ever achieved something, then realized the real work was just beginning?

7.How can you personally support peace — in your family, school, workplace, or online?

8.What “ideals” or values are most important to you?

9.What is one thing you’ve been delaying that you can start today?

10.Finish the sentence: “Yes I can ______.”

✅ ANSWER KEY
1. long, steep
2. year, term, hopeful
3. Republican, American
4. seek, chance
5. tear, security
6. arms, wealth, ideals
7. moment
8. can



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This video and worksheet are created for educational purposes under the Fair Use Act. Excerpts from Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech are used to support English language learning through commentary, analysis, and practice.
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