Pratica di Shadowing: Doing Hard Things Rewires Your Brain | Mel Robbins #shorts - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
Creazione lezione...
1
That uncomfortable feeling that you feel when you are getting to that vigorous type of exercise, whether it's doing a run or it's,
2
you know, doing some resistance training where you're really doing hard things, that uncomfortableness, there's also a neurochemical reaction going on in your brain.
3
So we have an endogenous, that just means in our body, opioid system, okay?
4
Opioids, we're usually thinking of, you know, maybe exogenous ones that people take to help with pain relief, right?
5
Like morphine, for example.
6
We make our own opioids, endorphins, right?
7
Endorphins are something that we make.
8
Those are the feel-good opioids that we make in our brain.
9
You do make that with exercise, but you also make a type of opioid that makes you feel uncomfortable.
10
It's called dynorphin.
11
It's responsible for that uncomfortable feeling, that feeling that's like, oh, I want to stop.
12
I can't do this.
13
It's hard, right?
14
Dynorphin is is that uncomfortable like neurochemical that's being produced
15
and what that does is when your brain is making that
16
and you don't give up you keep pushing past it it
17
has this feedback loop in your brain where then your brain goes oh this is
18
that bad now it's i don't want to call it bad
19
it's the dysphoric feeling i better figure out a way to deal with
20
that and adapt and make something good so that later
21
when i have that uncomfortable dysphoric feeling i don't feel so uncomfortable
22
And so what happens is your brain starts to make more of these receptors.
23
Receptors are things that neurochemicals and neurotransmitters and things like that bind to to have an effect.
24
So they make more of the receptors that bind endorphins.
25
They're called mu opioid receptors and they become more sensitive to endorphins.
26
This happens only when you're getting that uncomfortable dynorphin you know flooding your brain
27
and so what happens is then later on
28
when anything happens that's a little bit pleasant you're going to feel it better
29
and for a longer period of time and so
30
that just makes everything easier when you have that sensitive
31
that sensitization to these endorphins
32
which we are making all throughout the day little things like
33
yo seeing your friends smile like all these little things they're making you make endorphins
34
And it's just a matter of how powerful are you going to feel that endorphin.
35
And so the uncomfortableness of the dynorphin is what is doing that.
36
But you have to engage in the hard, uncomfortable thing that makes you feel that dysphoric feeling.
37
That makes so much sense.
38
So if you force yourself to do some form of exercise, even just for a minute, even for three minutes, even for 10 minutes,
39
it paves the way for you to now really magnify all of the beautiful
40
and wonderful and comfortable things that follow it because you got the discomfort out of the way.
📺 Stesso Canale
B27
You're Not Responsible for Fixing Other People | Mel Robbins #Shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B21
How to Stop Being Overlooked & Start Getting What You Want With Top Business School Professor
Business EnglishInterview EnglishWorking Adults
B21
Save Money, Spend Less | Mel Robbins #shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B15
Other People's Behavior | Mel Robbins #shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B22
Reinvent Yourself At Any Age: Ina Garten Shares the Secret to Transforming Your Life
Business EnglishDaily ConversationWorking Adults
B2ADHD Is Not A Superpower | Mel Robbins #shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B2Would You Want Your Kids To Have Your Marriage? | Mel Robbins #shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B23
This is why you overcomplicate things | Mel Robbins #Shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B22
The Single Biggest Financial Decision | Mel Robbins #shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B22
The Best Relationship Advice I've Ever Heard | Mel Robbins #shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B216
Let Them Be Who They Are | Mel Robbins #Shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B23
Do You Always Procrastinate? This Trick Will End That Habit Once And For All | Mel Robbins
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
C12
The First Step Back To A Purposeful Life | Mel Robbins #shorts
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B26
The 2 questions you need to ask yourself right now | Mel Robbins #Shorts
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C111
This Is The Type of Job You Should Quit | Mel Robbins "Work It Out"
Business EnglishWorking Adults
C14
Hesitation is ruining your life | Mel Robbins #Shorts
Business EnglishInterview EnglishWorking Adults
C11
Doing Hard Things Rewires Your Brain | Mel Robbins #shorts
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B11
How to recover from rejection | Mel Robbins #shorts
Business EnglishTeensDaily Conversation
C13
How I’m Getting Through This Extremely Scary Moment Right Now | Mel Robbins
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B19
3 truths in life you need to accept | Mel Robbins #Shorts
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
✨ Video consigliato
C14
222 frasi
Rewire Your Brain for Success | Best Motivational Speech | Andrew Huberman
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C165
61 frasi
This Will Make You Quit Social Media - Andrew Huberman
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B24
29 frasi
The part of caregiving no one prepares you for | Mel Robbins #Shorts
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C12
20 frasi
3 Lessons from the hardest year of my life | Mel Robbins #Shorts
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C11
108 frasi
Neuroscientist's Guide To 10X Your Focus & Memory | Dr Sahar Yousef | FO559 Raj Shamani
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C11
161 frasi
Do This Simple Thing… and You Will Immediately Change Your Life! | Mel Robbins
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C12
95 frasi
How Exercise Benefits Your Brain - Exercise and The Brain (animated)
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
C12
128 frasi
How To Force Your Brain To Do Hard Things (Lotus Method)
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B25
248 frasi
The secret to a disciplined life | Pavel Durov and Lex Fridman
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C12
394 frasi
Essentials: Understanding & Treating Addiction | Dr. Anna Lembke
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C130
64 frasi
How our expectations shape what we see, hear, and feel
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C14
49 frasi
A neuroscientist’s guide to reclaiming your brain | Nicole Vignola
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello C1 si basa sul video “Doing Hard Things Rewires Your Brain”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: uncomfortable, endorphin, brain, opioid, feeling. Questo video contiene 40 frasi e 488 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 2:56. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 166 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 85% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 10 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| endorphin sostantivo | /ɛnˈdɔ(ɹ)fɪn/ | endorfina |
| receptor sostantivo | /ɹɪˈsɛp.tə/ | recettore |
| dysphoric aggettivo | disforico | |
| endogenous aggettivo | /ɛnˈdɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/ | endogeno |
| exogenous aggettivo | /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/ | esogeno |
| magnify verbo | /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/ | ingrandire, amplificare |
| morphine sostantivo | /ˈmɔɹˌfin/ | morfina |
| vigorous aggettivo | /ˈvɪɡəɹəs/ | vigoroso |
| discomfort sostantivo | /dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/ | malessere, turbamento |
| adapt verbo | /əˈdæpt/ | adattare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| figure out verbo | scoprire, rendersi conto |
| give up verbo | arrendersi |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 10 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, you're, they're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: endogenous /ɛnˈdɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/, exogenous /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: opioid /ˈəʊpiɔɪd/, bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/, endogenous /ɛnˈdɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/, exogenous /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/, vigorous /ˈvɪɡəɹəs/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: magnify /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/, adapt /əˈdæpt/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come endorphin, receptor, dysphoric.
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.