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Welcome to Spotlight.
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I'm Liz Waid.
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And I'm Adam Navis.
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Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
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It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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What is happiness?
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Are you happy?
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What makes you happy?
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For thousands of years, people all over the world have discussed these questions,
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and expressed different opinions.
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We begin today's program with some of their thoughts.
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Aristotle was a great thinker who lived in Greece over 2,000 years ago.
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He said, "'Happiness depends on ourselves.'" Thucydides also lived in Greece at about the same time.
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He was a military man who studied history.
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He said, "'The secret of happiness is freedom.
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And the secret of freedom is courage." William Gladstone was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 19th century.
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He said, Be happy with what you have and are.
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Be open-handed with both and you will not have to hunt for happiness."
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Charles Spurgeon also lived in the United Kingdom at about the same time.
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He was a religious speaker.
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And he said, It is not how much we have,
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but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
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Today's Spotlight is on happiness.
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People all around the world think that happiness is important.
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In 2012, the United Nations even passed a resolution about happiness.
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All 193 member states agreed to the resolution.
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They recognized happiness as a global human goal.
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And they decided to make the 20th of March the International Day of Happiness.
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On the 20th of March, 2015, the Secretary General of the United Nations,
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Ban Ki-moon, wrote a special message.
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In it, he said, I wish everyone around the world a very happy International Day of Happiness.
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The search for happiness is a serious business.
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Happiness for the whole human family is one of the main goals of the United Nations.
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Peace, plenty, lives of respect for all, this is what we seek.
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We want all men, women and children to enjoy all their human rights.
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We want all countries to know the joy of peace.
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We want both people and planet to be blessed with lasting development,
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and to be free of the terrible effects of climate change.
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Let us give thanks for what makes us happy.
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And let us give our efforts to filling our world with happiness.
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But what makes people happy?
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Many people think that happiness depends on being rich and beautiful.
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But scientists and experts have studied happiness.
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They know this is not correct.
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Good and bad things happen to everyone.
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Many scientists and experts believe that happiness is something we can choose.
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They believe that happiness is not always about what happens to you.
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They believe that much happiness is about how you choose to react.
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You can choose to react to events in your life in a positive way.
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Dr. Amit Sood is an expert at the Mayo Clinic in the United States.
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He said, Happiness is a habit or custom.
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Some of us are born happy, but most others have to choose it.
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We often, however, do not understand we have that choice.
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We also do not know how to exercise that choice.
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As a result, we push happiness away.
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Do not let that happen to you.
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So, how can we choose to be happy?
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What do we need to do?
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Experts have a lot of different advice.
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But they agree that gratitude, or being thankful, is very important.
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You will learn to be happy, or happier, by being thankful.
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Dr. Robert Emmons is a leading expert on gratitude.
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He suggests many ways to become more thankful.
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One method he suggests is keeping a gratitude journal or book.
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Every day, write down things for which you are thankful.
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These things may be about you, events, or people.
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He also suggests that you use the language of thankful people.
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You can use words like gifts, givers, blessings, and blessed.
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What things are people most grateful for?
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Bupa is a health organization in the United Kingdom.
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Bupa did some research about the things that make people feel happy.
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They found that many small and simple things make people feel good.
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For example, sleeping in a clean, fresh bed.
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Another example, many people enjoy feeling the sun on their faces.
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Other people feel good when someone is kind to them.
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Other people like laughing so hard it hurts.
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or smelling freshly made bread.
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Even the United Nations knows that music can make people happy.
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And in 2015, the United Nations celebrated the International Day of Happiness with music.
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The Secretary General of the United Nations,
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Ban Ki-moon, asked people all over the world to share a song that makes them happy.
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Many famous people shared songs that represented happiness and made them smile.
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They helped to create the world's happiest playlist.
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The actor Michael Douglas chose the song Zippity-Doo-Dah.
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The singer James Blunt chose the song We Are Young. Are you happy?
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What makes you happy?
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What are you thankful for?
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Does a particular song make you happy?
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Tell us about it.
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You can leave a comment on our website.
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You can also comment on Facebook at Facebook.com slash Spotlight Radio. Be happy!
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The writer of this program was Katie Blake.
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The producer was Michio Ozaki.
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The voices you heard were from the United Kingdom and the United States.
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All quotes were adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight.
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You can listen to this program again and read it on the internet at www.radioenglish.net.
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This program is called, Be Happy.
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We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program.
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Goodbye!
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אוצר מילים והערות הגייה לשיעור הזה
המילים שחוזרות הכי הרבה: happiness, Spotlight, thankful, Nations, program. בסרטון הזה יש 99 משפטים ו-941 מילים לתרגול Shadowing. הדיבור נמשך 11:26. הדובר מדבר לאט, כ-82 מילים בדקה, כך שיש זמן לחקות כל צליל. 86% מהמילים נמצאות בין 3,000 המילים הנפוצות ביותר באנגלית; כדאי ללמוד את השאר לפני שמתחילים.
אוצר מילים מרכזי בסרטון הזה
10 המילים המתקדמות ביותר בסרטון, עם ההגייה והמשמעות שלהן:
| מילה | הגייה | משמעות |
|---|---|---|
| thankful שם תואר | /ˈθæŋkfəl/ | אסיר תודה |
| gratitude שם עצם | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | תּוֹדָה, הוֹדָיָה |
| depend פועל | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | היה תלוי |
| scientist שם עצם | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | מַדְעָן, מדענית |
| thinker שם עצם | /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/ | אָדָם חוֹשֵׁב |
| playlist שם עצם | /ˈpleɪˌlɪst/ | רְשִׁימַת הַשְׁמָעָה |
| blessing שם עצם | /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ | בְּרָכָה |
| habit שם עצם | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | הֶרְגֵּל, מִנְהָג |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | לְהִתְרָאוֹת, שָׁלוֹם |
| courage שם עצם | /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | אֹמֶץ |
Phrasal verbs שתשמעו
| מילה | משמעות |
|---|---|
| write down פועל | רָשַׁם |
משפטים שכדאי לחזור עליהם
משפטים קצרים ושלמים מהסרטון שאפשר להשתמש בהם בשיחה יומיומית:
- What makes you happy?
- We begin today's program with some of their thoughts.
- What do we need to do?
- What are you thankful for?
- Does a particular song make you happy?
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | be blessed · are born · were adapted |
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | have discussed · have studied |
| עתיד עם “will” will + verb — החלטה, הבטחה או ניבוי לגבי העתיד | will not have · will learn |
| חובה: must / have to / need to להביע שדבר מה הוא הכרחי או חובה | have to hunt · have to choose |
הגייה ששווה לשים לב אליה
- הצלילים של “th”: thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, thinker /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/
צלילים שדוברי עברית מתקשים בהם:
- /æ/ — פתוח יותר מה-“אֶ” העברית, לא כמו “a” ב-“cup”: thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, react /ɹiːˈækt/, adapt /əˈdæpt/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/
- /r/ — הלשון לא נוגעת בשום מקום, לא ה-“ר” הגרונית: gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, react /ɹiːˈækt/, freshly /ˈfɹɛʃli/, courage /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
- /ŋ/ בסוף מילה — צליל אפי בלי “ג” בסוף: smelling /ˈsmɛlɪŋ/, blessing /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/
איך לתרגל עם הסרטון הזה
- הקשיבו לכל הסרטון פעם אחת בלי לדבר, ורשמו את המילים שאתם לא מכירים.
- תרגלו Shadowing משפט אחר משפט במהירות רגילה, וחזרו על כל משפט עד שהקצב שלכם תואם את הדובר.
- הקליטו את עצמכם והשוו למקור, תוך תשומת לב למילים כמו thankful, gratitude, depend.
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