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Our great intelligence causes great anxiety.
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There's a burden to our cognitive enlightenment.
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As existential organisms, there's all sorts of supernatural beliefs that we invest in.
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There's the common ones that most people are familiar with related to the religious traditions that we're part of,
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but there's also all sorts of other types of supernatural beliefs such as the belief in ghosts, a belief in other types of spirits,
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a belief in psychic powers, a belief in almost superhuman abilities like mind reading.
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We also invest in things that aren't necessarily hardcore beliefs but that we might refer to as supernatural light, things like UFOs and aliens.
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Our interest in the supernatural is probably a story as old as our species.
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There's something about wanting to not be confined by earthly parameters.
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The story of supernatural thinking is a complex one.
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That is, there's not just one source or one cause of our supernatural interest, but a big one is the realization of our mortality.
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Supernatural beliefs give us some sense that even though life on this planet is short, even though it's uncertain.
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There's a part of me that is more than that.
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There's a part of me that's beyond my material existence.
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I have some spiritual essence that transcends mortality.
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We also have to deal with the loss of loved ones.
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And supernatural beliefs help us deal with loss.
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When a loved one passes, we gain some sense of comfort and our sadness that we still remain connected to them in some way.
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In some way, the relationship persists, even though they're not physically with us anymore.
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All animals at some level need to make sense of the external world.
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It helps to have some basic understanding of cause and effect.
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But what makes humans unique is not only do we need to make sense of our external world
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so we can navigate it, but we also have an internal world.
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We're very introspective.
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We're highly self -aware, and so we want to make sense of our own lives.
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And supernatural beliefs can help us make sense of the external world by helping make it more orderly and predictable,
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but it also plays a critical role in helping us make sense of our own existence.
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At some level, all humans are aware of the fact that we're tiny.
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We're tiny in a lot of ways, right?
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If you think about our relative size in the universe,
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we're just a tiny speck on a planet that's just a tiny part of a much larger universe.
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In addition to that, if you think about the concept of time, that also makes us feel small.
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We know that our time on this planet is very brief in the grand scheme of things.
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Supernatural beliefs help us connect ourselves to something that solves that problem of smallness.
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Even though I'm only here for a brief moment in time, I'm connected to others who have been here for a long time
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and hopefully connected to others that will be here for a long time in the future.
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As humans who are highly introspective, we have all sorts of insecurities and personal struggles that we have to deal with.
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Supernatural beliefs in a lot of ways help us.
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They help offer guidance.
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They help us feel like there's some sense of order or purpose in our lives.
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They're part of that dialogue with the self.
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That's one of the reasons people pray, for instance, is they want to have a conversation
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or connection with the divine as a way to help resolve some of their personal challenges and struggles.
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So there seems to be a lot of evidence that supernatural thinking is natural to humans.
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It's part of what it means to be a human, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's good.
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Critics of supernatural beliefs would think that they can make us believe in things that are just scientifically false.
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Supernatural beliefs can make people dogmatic, which can and contribute to serious conflict, even war.
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At the same time, they are actually also quite good for us.
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That anxiety inspires us.
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It's part of the story of what makes us want to advance society
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and to help others because we look beyond the mortal self.
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Supernatural beliefs help us feel like we're part of a meaningful cosmic drama.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale s’appuie sur la vidéo « Supernatural thinking: Your brain’s anti-anxiety mode ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : supernatural, belief, sense, tiny, sorts. Cette vidéo contient 36 phrases et 724 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 4:34. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 158 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. 82 % 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
15 mots de la vidéo à retenir, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :
| Mot | Prononciation | Sens |
|---|---|---|
| belief nom | /bɪˈliːf/ | croyance |
| supernatural adjectif | /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/ | surnaturel, surnaturelle |
| connect verbe | /kəˈnɛkt/ | accoupler, connecter |
| necessarily adverbe | /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ | absolument, nécessairement |
| anxiety nom | /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ | anxiété, inquiétude |
| invest verbe | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | investir, consacrer |
| mortality nom | /mɔɹˈtælɪti/ | mortalité, condition mortelle |
| relative nom | /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ | parent |
| refer verbe | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | référer |
| ghost nom | /ɡoʊst/ | fantôme, spectre |
| solve verbe | /sɒlv/ | résoudre, régler |
| comfort nom | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | confort |
| pray verbe | /pɹeɪ/ | prier |
| spiritual adjectif | /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ | spirituel |
| contribute verbe | /kənˈtɹɪb.jut/ | contribuer |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 13 contractions et formes réduites, comme we're, they're, aren't. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: speculation /ˌspɛk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, existential /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃl̩/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: supernatural /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, mortality /mɔɹˈtælɪti/, speculation /ˌspɛk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: supernatural /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, spiritual /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: supernatural /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, mortality /mɔɹˈtælɪti/, relative /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/, refer /ɹɪˈfɜː/
Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo
- Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
- Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
- Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme belief, supernatural, connect.
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.