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Knowing that our perception is an illusion, our sense of self is illusion, All of it is an illusion in the sense that it's a construct of our brain.
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Our brain is creating this for us.
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And given that, That's an opportunity because we can have some control over how our brain perceives the world.
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And that's where the power lies.
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Thank you.
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you Our perceptions are basically formed from a combination of what we expect,
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so that's coming internally from our past experiences, and then what's coming into our brain externally.
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And when those two things meet, it creates this perception which is what we actually experience.
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Your inner voice is your ability to silently use language to reflect on your life provides us with a survival advantage.
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It's an incredible problem -solving device.
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I realize that we have this ability to change our trajectory and change our thoughts.
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and we can explore band the box that we're in.
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We can expand our perception of who we are in the world.
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Our minds are shaped by our prior experience.
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So as these neurons start forming connections, and as you go through life and have experiences, it's a pruning process.
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So it's actually strengthening the important connections
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and allowing the other unimportant connections to kind of wither away and then you start to develop a more defined structure.
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There's this constant interplay between things that our brain processes unconsciously that informs our behavior.
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So what you're conscious of at any moment can affect what you perceive.
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and what you remember as well so
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if you're in a negative headspace you're gonna start receiving more negative things in your environment If you're in a positive headspace, you're going to perceive more positive things,
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even though the environment may be exactly the same.
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So being mindful is your brain controlling what you're attending to.
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and also controlling what you're taking in.
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and how you're reacting to the world.
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the more you can understand, and also knowing that you live within a certain kind of perceptual box
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can create potentially the impetus for you to develop
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or try to work on developing more empathy for others who are living inside their own perception boxes.
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We're all a work in progress until our very last breath and there's always room for change Nothing is set in stone.
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- Oh.
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Many of us turn our attention inward to come up with some narrative
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that explains our experiences in ways that give shape to our understanding of who we are.
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our identity.
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Our inner voice is part of what we call our verbal working memory system.
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Our inner voice also lets us simulate and plan control ourselves.
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And then finally, the inner voice helps us storify our lives.
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Chatter refers to the dark side of the inner voice.
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When we turn our attention inward to make sense of our problems, We don't end up finding solutions.
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We end up ruminating, worrying, catastrophizing.
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we get stuck in a negative cycle that takes this remarkable tool that we possess, this inner voice, and it turns it into a curse rather than a blessing.
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The good news is there is a science -based toolkit that you can use to regain control of your inner voice.
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Rituals are one way to do that by engaging in the same sequence of behaviors every time the same way.
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That's giving you a sense of order and control that can feel really good when you're mired in chatter.
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The real challenge is to figure out What are the unique combinations of tools that work best for you
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given the unique kinds of chatter that you're experiencing.
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So the stories that we tell ourselves about ourselves have been shaped by our environment, our upbringing, We have something called observational knowledge,
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and that means that we learn about how the world is by observing those around us in our formative years.
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But observational knowledge has A flip side.
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Sometimes we observe our peers or parents being highly critical of themselves, and so we learn to do that as well.
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or perhaps your parents will exacerbate a particular narrative.
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And then that boxes us into this kind of fixed mindset in our adult life, where we don't want to step outside the realms of what's been defined for us.
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So as humans, we do have a negativity bias
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So we perceive negative information more greatly than positive
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and the negativity bias can really highlight those things that we say to ourselves, those negative stories.
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If left unchecked, It will basically form a template to how you see the world.
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So you will carry that into every aspect of your life.
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and your brain will perceive that as normal.
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Whilst our thoughts are extremely powerful, we can use that to our advantage to really pull out the positive narratives that we want for ourselves.
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by pulling out the small winds It will start to shine a light on a different outcome, not the one that you have usually perpetuated,
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and it's not until you bring conscious attention to it
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that you can start to make a change because the brain is just doing what it knows best.
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It's going to optimize energy for other things, and just repeat what has been ingrained.
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So when we break those automatic patterns, we take control of that steering wheel and we start to say, "Hey, This is how things have usually been,
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this is the box that I put myself in, that parents put me in, but I want to change that.
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And we start to essentially rewire and reshape our perception box and how we see ourselves and how we think.
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other people interpret us as well.
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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon
Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau C1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « The strange science of your ever-changing identity ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : brain, inner, voice, perception, ourselves. Cette vidéo contient 67 phrases et 958 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 6:28. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 148 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. 85 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| perceive verbe | /pɚˈsiv/ | percevoir |
| chatter verbe | /ˈt͡ʃætɚ/ | bavarder, blablater |
| illusion nom | /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/ | illusion |
| inward adjectif | /ˈɪnwəd/ | intérieur |
| observe verbe | /əbˈzɜːv/ | respecter, observer |
| exacerbate verbe | /ɪɡˈzæsɚˌbeɪt/ | exacerber, aggraver |
| impetus nom | /ˈɪm.pə.təs/ | élan |
| mindful adjectif | /ˈmaɪnd.fl̩/ | conscient |
| neuron nom | /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/ | neurone, cellule nerveuse |
| optimize verbe | /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/ | agir en optimiste |
| perpetuate verbe | /pɚˈpɛt͡ʃəˌweɪt/ | perpétuer, pérenniser |
| rewire verbe | /ɹiːˈwaɪə(ɹ)/ | recâbler |
| ruminate verbe | /ˈɹumənət/ | ruminer |
| simulate verbe | /ˈsɪm.jə.lət/ | simuler |
| toolkit nom | /ˈtulˌkɪt/ | toolkit |
Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez
| Mot | Sens |
|---|---|
| end up verbe | se terminer, se finir |
| pull out verbe | se retirer |
| come up with verbe | inventer, imaginer |
| figure out verbe | cerner |
| go through verbe | traverser |
La grammaire de cette vidéo
Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :
| Structure | Dans la vidéo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenant | have been shaped · what's been defined · have usually perpetuated |
| Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait | are shaped · is set · have been shaped |
Prononciation à surveiller
Le locuteur utilise 15 contractions et formes réduites, comme you're, don't, we're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.
- Les sons « th »: wither /ˈwɪðɚ/, empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
- Les sons « sh » et « zh »: illusion /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/, observational /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃənəl/, reshape /ɹiːˈʃeɪ̯p/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/, combinations /kɑmbɪˈneɪʃənz/
- Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: negativity /ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/, observational /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃənəl/, catastrophize /kəˈtæstɹəfaɪz/, exacerbate /ɪɡˈzæsɚˌbeɪt/, perceptual /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛp.tʃ(u)əl/
Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :
- /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: chatter /ˈt͡ʃætɚ/, perceptual /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛp.tʃ(u)əl/, perpetuate /pɚˈpɛt͡ʃəˌweɪt/, unchecked /ʌnˈt͡ʃɛkt/, trajectory /tɹəˈd͡ʒɛktəɹi/
- /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: catastrophize /kəˈtæstɹəfaɪz/, ingrain /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/, interplay /ˈɪn.tə(ɹ)ˌpleɪ/, neuron /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/, perceptual /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛp.tʃ(u)əl/
- /ŋ/ final — sans prononcer de /g/ après: upbringing /ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ/, blessing /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/
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 perceive, chatter, illusion.
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.