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Welcome back to Mike's English Podcast.
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Real English, real conversations for every level.
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Here's something strange.
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You get a raise at work, more money every single month, and somehow you still feel broke.
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Sound familiar?
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Today I want to talk about why that happens, and by the end of this episode,
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you'll understand something about your own brain that most people never actually figure out.
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I'll be honest with you this happened to me I got a raise a
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while back more money coming in every month
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and six months later I somehow had less in savings than before made no sense to me at the time
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so let's break it down together and
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while we do you'll pick up some really natural English expressions people use
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when talking about money way beyond just I don't have enough so let's start with the basic idea.
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Psychologists call this lifestyle inflation when your spending increases at the same speed as your income.
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You earn more so you upgrade everything.
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A bigger apartment, a nicer car, more expensive restaurants.
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And here's the tricky part.
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It happens so gradually you don't even notice it happening.
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In a few minutes I'll tell you about a specific trick your brain plays on you
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that makes this almost impossible to avoid without a plan.
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It actually has a name, and once you hear it, you'll recognize it instantly in your own life.
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One really useful phrase here is to live beyond your means.
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It means spending more money than you actually earn.
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For example, after his promotion, he started living beyond his means.
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Quick tip, you'll hear beyond your means a lot in financial conversations.
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You can also flip it around.
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Living within your means means spending less than or equal to what you earn.
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Keep both of those in your pocket.
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Now, here's that trick I promised you.
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It's called hedonic adaptation, a strange psychological name for a pretty simple idea.
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Humans quickly get used to good things, and then those things just stop making them happy.
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Think about it.
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The first time you eat at a fancy restaurant, it feels amazing.
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The tenth time, it just feels normal.
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Your brain resets its idea of normal every single time your situation improves.
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And that's exactly why more money doesn't automatically mean more happiness or more savings.
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So when people say money can't buy happiness, this is actually part of why.
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Not because money is bad, but because we adapt to it so fast that the happiness just quietly disappears.
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Here's a useful expression for this.
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The thrill wears off.
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It means the excitement fades over time.
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For example, the thrill of the new car wore off after just a few weeks.
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Now, there's a social side to this too, and honestly, it's a bit uncomfortable to talk about.
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It's called social comparison, comparing your lifestyle to the people around you.
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This one is huge.
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When your friends upgrade their lifestyle, you unconsciously feel pressure to match it, even if nobody says a single word about it directly.
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And in a moment, I'll give you the exact phrase people use in English when they're trying to impress others with money.
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It's more common than you'd think.
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The phrase is, peeping up with the Joneses.
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It means trying to match the lifestyle of your neighbors or friends, especially by spending money you don't really need to spend.
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It actually comes from an old comic strip, but people still use it constantly today.
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For example, they bought a bigger house just to keep up with the Joneses.
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It's a great phrase, honestly, because it captures something everyone secretly understands.
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So, if this happens to almost everyone naturally, is there actually a way to avoid it?
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because I definitely wish someone had told me this a year before it happened to me.
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There is a way, and it's simpler than you'd think.
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Stick with me for one more minute, because this is honestly the most useful part of the whole episode.
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The trick financial experts recommend is called paying yourself first.
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Before you spend anything from your new income, you automatically move a percentage of it straight into savings as if it doesn't exist.
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Your lifestyle simply adjusts to the income you see, not the income you actually have.
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It's such a simple shift in thinking when you really sit with it.
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You're not fighting your brain's natural behavior, you're just working around it.
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You can't stop lifestyle inflation completely, and honestly, you probably shouldn't.
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Enjoying more of your money is a...
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Okay, let's do a quick scenario before we wrap up.
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Imagine your salary just increased by 20%.
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What would you actually do?
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And more importantly, how would you say it in English?
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Would you say, I'm going to treat myself, meaning buying something nice for yourself as a reward?
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Or would you say, I'm going to pay myself first, meaning saving before spending anything?
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Both are completely normal, natural English expressions, but now you understand exactly what's happening in your brain behind each choice.
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Try it right now.
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Say one sentence out loud describing what you would actually do with extra money using at least one expression from today's episode.
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Thanks so much for listening today.
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If this episode changed how you think, even a little, follow the podcast, and I'll see you in the next one.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B2 s’appuie sur la vidéo « More Money, Same Problems — Here's Why ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : lifestyle, English, spending, phrase, expression. Cette vidéo contient 75 phrases et 899 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 6:20. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 142 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 86 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais ; le reste mérite d’être vu avant de commencer.
Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo
Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| thrill verbe | /θɹɪl/ | exciter, émoustiller |
| inflation nom | /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/ | inflation |
| podcast nom | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, balado |
| unconsciously adverbe | /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/ | inconsciemment |
| psychologist nom | /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ | psychologue |
| reset verbe | /ɹiːˈsɛt/ | remettre à zéro, réinitialiser |
| fade verbe | /feɪd/ | s'affadir, faner |
| tenth adjectif | /tɛnθ/ | dixième, dix |
| impress verbe | /ɪmˈpɹɛs/ | impressionner |
| tricky adjectif | /ˈtɹɪk.i/ | épineux, compliqué |
| adapt verbe | /əˈdæpt/ | adapter |
| secretly adverbe | /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/ | secrètement, en cachette |
| adaptation nom | /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/ | adaptation |
| adjust verbe | /əˈd͡ʒʌst/ | ajuster |
| disappear verbe | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | disparaître |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| wear off verbe | s'atténuer, s'estomper |
| figure out verbe | cerner |
| keep up with verbe | aller de pair avec |
| pick up verbe | soulever |
| wrap up verbe | emballer |
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Comparatifs -er than / more … than — comparer deux éléments | more money than · more common than · simpler than |
| Verbe + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — les verbes suivis de la forme en -ing | started living · stop making |
| Futur avec « will » will + verbe — une décision, une promesse ou une prédiction | you'll understand · I'll be · you'll pick |
| Présent continu am/is/are + -ing — ce qui se passe en ce moment | they're trying · You're not fighting |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 23 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'll, you'll, don't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « th »: thrill /θɹɪl/, tenth /tɛnθ/
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: inflation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/, adaptation /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, adaptation /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, adjust /əˈd͡ʒʌst/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: thrill /θɹɪl/, reset /ɹiːˈsɛt/, impress /ɪmˈpɹɛs/, tricky /ˈtɹɪk.i/, secretly /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme thrill, inflation, podcast.
Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?
Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.