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Good morning everybody.
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Today I want to get started with the main topic of this course, happiness.
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First I want to talk about how psychologists like myself measure happiness.
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Then we'll look at some common characteristics of happy people.
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And finally we'll look at whether or not we can change our level of happiness.
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In other words, whether we can learn to be happier.
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Okay, so we all know what it's like to feel happy, right?
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But how do we measure happiness?
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One common method psychologists use is interviewing people.
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First, we ask them questions to find out how happy they are, how happy they feel in general.
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Then we gather information about them, like their age, health, income, and so on.
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We use all of this data to determine the most common characteristics of happy people.
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So what have psychologists learned?
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Well, there are a few characteristics we know are not relevant to happiness.
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One of them is having a lot of money.
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As long as people have enough money for a home,
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food, and clothing, having more money doesn't make people happier.
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So money doesn't buy happiness.
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Are you surprised?
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Another thing that is not connected to happiness is having more education.
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People with a lot of education are no happier than people with little education.
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So now maybe you're questioning your decision to take this class, huh?
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Finally, a third characteristic that is not a requirement for happiness is youth, being young.
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In fact, the opposite is true.
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One study found that 60 to 64 year olds are actually happier than 20 to 24 year olds.
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So we know that money, education, and youth are not important to happiness.
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Then what is?
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Well, there's no one way to achieve happiness,
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but there are a few specific characteristics that happy people have in common.
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One very important characteristic is family and friends.
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A study of students at the University of Illinois found
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that the happiest students had strong connections to family and friends and that they made time to spend with them.
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Another common feature of happy people is that they have religious beliefs or a belief in something bigger than themselves.
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This helps them feel that life has significance or meaning.
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A third important thing about happy people is that they set goals for themselves.
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In the workplace or in their personal lives, they establish goals around things they find interesting or things that allow them to use their strengths.
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Now, another question psychologists have tried to resolve is, can we change how happy we are?
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Can we learn to be happier?
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Some psychologists think the answer is no, we can't.
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This is because research shows that happiness depends a lot on our personality the kind of person we are.
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Some people just have more positive attitudes about life than others.
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We've all noticed this, right?
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And because it's difficult for people to change their personalities,
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some psychologists think that we stay at about the same level of happiness throughout our lives.
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But many of us in the field of positive psychology believe we can change,
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that we can consciously learn to be happier.
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Positive psychologists have developed some exercises that people can do to feel happier.
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One of these is called the gratitude visit.
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In this exercise, people write a letter to someone they want to thank.
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For example, a parent, a friend, a teacher.
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Someone they feel has helped them in their life.
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But they don't send the letter.
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Instead, they visit the person and read the letter to them.
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Now, research shows this really works to make the person who wrote the letter feel happier.
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Why?
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First, it helps them feel more connected to others.
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And remember, that is very important for happiness.
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Second, the people are giving something, in this case, their thanks to someone else.
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And giving or helping others makes us feel better about ourselves.
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It helps us feel that our lives have meaning.
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In addition to the gratitude visit,
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psychologists have developed other exercises that help people focus on the positive things in their lives
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and help them use their strength to achieve goals.
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And studies have shown that these exercises can help people feel better.
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However, they do have limits.
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For one thing, each exercise only works for a certain amount of time.
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For example, the gratitude visit only makes people happier for about three months.
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And of course, we can't become a lot happier.
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Remember, we can't totally change our personalities.
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You can't take a really unhappy, negative person and make him or her feel super happy all the time.
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But I do believe that if we really want to, we can all learn ways to feel better, to feel the best that we can.
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And you're going to find this out for yourselves.
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For the next time, I'd like you to look into choosing your own happiness exercise.
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I think this class is going to be really fun.
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I mean, we're studying happiness.
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Yeah, I know what you mean.
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This is a cool topic.
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Maybe the ideas from this course can completely change people's lives.
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Like, maybe I'll become happier.
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Really?
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I don't think so.
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I don't think these ideas can really work.
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I mean, we're either happy people or we're not, like she said.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Like, did you guys get the gratitude visit?
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I mean, is that really going to make you happier for how long did she say?
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Three months.
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I doubt it.
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Maybe like a week.
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But then you're yourself again.
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I'm sorry, I don't agree.
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I think a really positive experience can stay with you a long time.
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Like I said, it can change your life.
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But don't forget, not all psychologists believe you can learn to be happier.
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Do you have that in your notes?
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Yeah, I guess so.
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I guess I'm just a positive thinker.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Contemporary Topics 1 Unit 1 PSYCHOLOGY Happiness”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: happiness, happier, psychologists, characteristic, exercise. Questo video contiene 97 frasi e 981 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:15. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 119 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 87% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| happiness sostantivo | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | felicità, gioia |
| psychologist sostantivo | /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ | psicologo, psicologa |
| characteristic sostantivo | /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/ | caratteristica |
| gratitude sostantivo | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | gratitudine, riconoscenza |
| litter sostantivo | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | lettiera |
| topic sostantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, categoria |
| belief sostantivo | /bɪˈliːf/ | credito, credenza |
| connect verbo | /kəˈnɛkt/ | connettere, connettersi |
| clothing sostantivo | /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ | abbigliamento, vestiti |
| establish verbo | /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ | stabilire, confermare |
| psychology sostantivo | /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | psicologia |
| requirement sostantivo | /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/ | requisito |
| gather verbo | /ˈɡæðɚ/ | raccogliere, bottinare |
| depend verbo | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | dipendere |
| significance sostantivo | /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/ | significanza, significatività |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| find out verbo | scoprire |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- Can we learn to be happier?
- Some psychologists think the answer is no, we can't.
- We've all noticed this, right?
- Remember, we can't totally change our personalities.
- Do you have that in your notes?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | have tried · have developed · has helped |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is not connected · is called |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 24 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, can't, we're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, thinker /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, significance /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, topic /ˈtɑpɪk/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come happiness, psychologist, characteristic.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.