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Welcome to the Listening Time Podcast.
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Hey everybody, this is Connor and you're listening to episode 138 of the Listening Time Podcast.
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Thank you all for listening.
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I want to encourage you and motivate you to keep on practicing with your English listening
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and just know that you are improving,
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maybe slowly, but you're improving if you're practicing.
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So great job.
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I want to congratulate you on being here today and listening and practicing your English.
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Today, in this episode, I'm going to talk about the topic of deep thinking, thinking deeply.
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The reason why I chose this topic is because I was inspired by my last advanced episode that I recorded.
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I think that episode will be released in February for all of you listening time family members and VIPs.
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So it probably won't be released until after this normal episode.
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But I recorded an advanced episode about solitude, about being alone.
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And it got me thinking about thinking.
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When I was recording that episode,
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one of the things that I was thinking about is about how when I'm in solitude,
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when I'm alone, I can often think deeply and think about things in a more profound way,
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not just a superficial way.
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And I think that it's important to think deeply in general about different things.
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And so I want to talk about that today.
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It's kind of a deep topic, but I'm sure you'll like it.
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And before we start, remember that if you want to practice with my advanced episodes, where I speak at normal speed,
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then make sure to sign up to become a Listening Time family member.
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The link is down below in the episode description. And
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if you feel ready to start practicing with conversations where I speak to other native speakers from different parts of the U.S.,
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then make sure to sign up for my U.S.
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Conversations podcast.
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That link is also down below in the description.
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And of course, if you need the transcript for this episode, That's also down below as well.
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All right, let's get started.
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Are your ears ready?
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You know what time it is.
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It's listening time.
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Okay, let's talk about deep thinking.
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So first of all, why is it important to be a deep thinker?
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Why is it important to practice thinking deeply about different things?
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Well, I think there are many reasons.
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One of them is that when you start to think more deeply about things, you understand more.
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And you don't just understand the what, you start to understand the why.
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I think you get my point.
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You don't just know some information and say this information is correct.
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You might figure out why that information is correct or why something is the way it is.
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And I think that discovering the why is very useful.
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It's very beneficial for us, for our brains.
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It sparks a certain curiosity in English when we say that something sparks something else,
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we're saying that it causes that other thing to happen.
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It triggers that other thing.
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So when I say that it sparks a sense of curiosity,
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I'm saying that it causes you to be curious.
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And being curious is often, usually, a good thing, right?
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We want to know more, explore, discover, etc. That's part of being human, right?
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So I think that thinking deeply helps to highlight this part of ourselves as humans.
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So that's really cool.
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Another reason why it's important to try to think more deeply about things
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is that you can correct and refine your own ideas.
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The word refine refers to improving something little by little,
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maybe correcting the small deficiencies in something.
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You're perfecting it.
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So you can refine your ideas or you can simply correct ideas that you had before that were wrong,
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maybe, or that weren't as accurate as they could have been.
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So you can correct and refine your own ideas and reconsider things.
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You can revisit old ideas or opinions or whatever,
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and you can change them if you need to.
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And this is something that many people struggle with.
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Many people struggle with correcting themselves when they have some idea that is challenged
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and then there's a contradiction there
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but they just maintain their old idea even though they are presented with something new
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that makes them reconsider if they're not willing to think a little bit deeper and examine their own thoughts,
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then they might just maintain all of the ideas that they always had and they don't change anything for the better.
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So we don't want to be like that.
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We want to be able to reconsider things and correct and refine our ideas,
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our thoughts, etc. So that's another important thing.
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And another reason why it's important to think deeply is because it can help you make better decisions in life.
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You can actually start to understand causes and effects, right?
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When you actually think deeply about certain actions or behaviors or choices,
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you can start to predict the consequences before they happen because you actually think deeply about that thing.
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You don't just do it without thinking.
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You reconsider the thing.
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You try to explore the causes and effects, the pros and cons.
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You try to discover the why.
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and that can help you make better choices and have more satisfactory consequences or benefits from the decisions that you make.
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So that's another one.
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And one other reason why you should think more deeply about things is because it makes you more creative and more interesting.
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It's more interesting to talk to people
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that are deep thinkers than it is to talk to people who don't really think very deeply
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and their thoughts are just shallow or superficial.
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So that's another reason.
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And how do we become deeper thinkers?
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What are some ways we can expand our capacity for thinking
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and start to practice deep thinking in our daily lives and get those benefits?
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Well, I wrote down a few tips here.
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The first one is to have a healthy amount of skepticism.
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What is skepticism?
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Well, this simply means that you don't just believe everything that you're told or everything that you hear or read.
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You question what you're told or what you're taught.
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And notice that I said a healthy amount of skepticism.
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Of course, you don't want to go overboard here and just not believe anything that anyone tells you at any point.
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By the way, the phrase go overboard means that you go to an unhealthy extreme.
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You're taking it too far, right?
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So you don't want to go overboard.
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You don't want to just say that everything that everyone teaches you is a lie.
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A lot of things are lies.
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A lot of things are worthy of being examined further and you can maybe develop a better idea upon further examination.
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but of course not everything is a lie.
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Not everything needs to be rejected when you hear someone say it
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but it's important to have a healthy amount of skepticism
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because many people don't have this and when they're told something they automatically believe it or when they hear about something,
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they don't actually try to go further and understand the why.
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They just hear about that thing and then they just repeat it to other people.
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And that's not a characteristic of a deep thinker.
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So you want to be able to hear things or learn things and then research them for yourself.
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Actually learn to do your own research, learn to learn things on your own,
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and learn to develop maybe a more complete perspective regarding different things.
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So you don't just want to read a news headline and then think that you know all about that topic
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or that event.
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By the way, the word headline refers to the title of some article, some news article.
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So many people, probably most people, will read a lot of news headlines,
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just the title of an article and then they just repeat that and tell other people about it,
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but they don't actually read the article.
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And they definitely don't read the article and then do further research
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to try to confirm or maybe add to their knowledge of that thing.
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So most people don't do that.
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They just read the headline and then they think they know what happened or what's going on about whatever subject.
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So we don't want to do that.
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We want to be deeper thinkers and actually take the time to learn,
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read, and do all that to research certain things.
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And one last point about this is that deep thinkers know that everyone has an agenda.
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And you too.
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Me too.
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That's not necessarily a problem.
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But it's important to understand this.
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That everyone has an agenda.
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Everyone has a reason for doing or saying certain things.
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and they want to convince you of certain things, everyone has an agenda.
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And that's not a problem, but it's important to understand that so that we can be more objective
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and we can do more research on our own and not let other people's agendas interfere with that.
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So all of this will help you have a healthy amount of skepticism.
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And another tip that I have is that you shouldn't force yourself to have an opinion about everything.
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So nowadays, I think that it's expected of you to have an opinion about everything.
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if someone says, what do you think about blah, blah, blah, they're not expecting you to say, I don't have an opinion.
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They don't normally accept that answer.
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They might even get frustrated with you and say something like, how is it possible that you don't care about this?
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Or How is it possible that you don't have an opinion about that?
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Because people expect you to have an opinion about everything.
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But in my opinion, that's not good.
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Because if you don't know about something, if you've never researched something before,
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if you don't have any interest in a certain subject,
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you shouldn't really have an opinion about it
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because you just simply don't care enough or haven't learned enough to have your own opinion.
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And most people nowadays, they will force themselves to have an opinion about everything.
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Even if they really don't, they'll try to force themselves to have one.
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And when they do that, they're simply adopting another person's opinion.
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You're just adopting the quote unquote right opinion that you think you're supposed to have.
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So that's not a characteristic of a deep thinker.
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A deep thinker is able to acknowledge when they simply don't know about something,
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or they don't have an interest in something and haven't learned about it,
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and they don't need to force themselves to have an opinion just to please other people, okay?
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So be content with not always having an opinion about something
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so that you don't just rush into opinions and adopt other people's thinking, right?
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That's not what a deep thinker does.
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And another tip that I have that will help you become a deeper thinker is to read.
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I talk a lot about reading.
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I love reading.
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I think it's a really beneficial activity.
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And one of the benefits is that it helps you think more deeply, in my opinion.
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When you read, you see other people's thoughts.
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You can compare your own ideas to the ideas presented to you in that book.
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And of course, you learn about a lot of different things.
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Even if you read fiction, like me, I read mostly fiction.
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However, I learn a ton when I read, even though it's not a nonfiction book.
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It's not meant to teach me.
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I still learn a lot.
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And when you read a lot,
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you start to make connections between different ideas and different things in different books.
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You start to compare things.
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You can see how this starts to get your brain moving, right?
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when you read one book and you say, oh, that reminds me of something I read in this other book,
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or, oh, that's different from what this other author said, etc. You start to question things,
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compare things, you start to shape your own opinions about things.
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And of course, a lot of that is related to nonfiction, right?
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But like I said, even with fiction, this happens.
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So for example, recently, I've been reading a lot of books from the 1800s,
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a lot of novels from that century, just for pleasure, just for fun,
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because I really like reading books that we might consider classic.
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And when I read these books from the 1800s,
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my mind starts to connect different things from the different books, the different stories.
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I start to notice things about the society that is described in these different books.
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And kind of subconsciously, I've started to compare society then to society now,
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and to learn a lot about how things used to be,
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what used to be acceptable and not acceptable.
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And I've also seen a lot of my own faults reflected in these different characters in these stories.
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By the way, the word fault refers to something wrong, right?
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Something not good.
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So my faults refers to the things about me that aren't good.
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So I even see my own faults reflected in some of these characters,
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and it makes me think more deeply about my own personality,
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my own behavior, and this is all from reading fiction for pleasure.
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I'm not even trying to.
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learn things.
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I'm just reading for pleasure
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and reading a lot helps me to think more deeply about different things
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and this activity really sparks these processes in your brain and it's something that I really like about reading.
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So that's another tip that I have.
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And one last tip that I want to give is to reduce the noise around you.
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So what do I mean?
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Well, allow yourself to be in silence sometimes.
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I know for many people this is really hard,
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but it's beneficial to be able to be in silence for certain periods of time throughout your day,
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throughout your week.
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And for example, one thing I like to do is to drive in silence.
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So if I'm alone in my car,
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I might just not have any music or podcast or anything playing
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and just allow myself to be silent in the car and allow myself to think.
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And when you reduce this noise that we constantly hear all around us,
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you can actually focus on your thoughts and focus on different ideas and develop different ideas.
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Another thing that I do is I take walks by myself.
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I love taking walks.
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And many times when I take walks.
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I listen to podcasts or audiobooks.
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By the way, I pretty much only listen to podcasts in other languages.
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It's for language learning, not for pleasure in my own language.
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So I often listen to podcasts for language learning or listen to my audiobooks.
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However, sometimes I like to walk by myself with nothing else,
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no headphones in, not listening to anything,
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and I find that my brain starts thinking,
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and sometimes I have some deep thoughts when I walk outside by myself with no music,
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no podcasts, no audiobooks or anything like that.
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And it's kind of like when you take a shower and you have a lot of good ideas while you're showering.
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I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about.
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I also experience this when I walk in silence outside in nature or just on the street,
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I also have that same experience.
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So that's really cool.
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And then, of course, one last point about this tip is you should reduce the amount of social media you consume.
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Because when you consume social media,
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you're only consuming other people's ideas and opinions.
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And yes, this can be good, of course, but if you do it too much,
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then you don't really think a lot for yourself.
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You're just consuming things from other people and not really stimulating your own brain to think deeply about different topics, right?
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So social media tends to have that effect on us where it's kind of like just watching Netflix.
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You're not really stimulating your brain in a meaningful way.
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So I've mentioned this before.
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Many of you might not agree with me, but I think that it's important to reduce the amount of time that you spend on social media.
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that will also help your thought processes and you might find more time to think deeply about things.
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All right, that's it for today.
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I hope this episode was interesting for you.
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Remember that if you feel ready to practice with native English at normal speed,
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then make sure to become a listening time family member so
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that you can get my advanced episodes where I speak at normal speed.
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And if you want to practice with conversations between two native speakers, then make sure to sign up for my U.S.
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Conversations podcast.
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You'll really enjoy that.
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It's a lot of fun.
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I talk to people from all over the country about different topics.
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And of course, I provide the transcript for you with the definitions of keywords and phrases as well.
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So the links for those are down below in the episode description.
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And if you like this podcast,
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please share it and please give it a five-star rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and write a review.
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All right.
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Thank you for listening to this episode and I'll talk to you on the next episode of Listening Time.
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Obiettivi di parlato per questo clip
Questo video è perfetto per chi vuole migliorare la comprensione auditiva e la fluency in contesti conversazionali. L'obiettivo principale è esercitarti a seguire un discorso spontaneo, con pause e riflessioni naturali, come quelle che incontri nella vita reale. Ideal per chi cerca di superare la barriera del "solo superficiale" e approfondire la capacità di seguire argomenti complessi, come il "deep thinking" (pensiero profondo), mentre impari a usare espressioni colloquiali.
Banca di frasi utili
- "Sparks a sense of curiosity" (Accende un senso di curiosità): utile per descrivere come qualcosa stimola l'interesse.
- "Figure out why" (Capire il perché): perfetto per esprimere il bisogno di approfondire le cause.
- "Keep on practicing" (Continuare a esercitarsi): frase chiave per motivare e ricordare l'importanza della costanza.
- "Get my point" (Capisci il mio punto): modo colloquiale per chiedere se l'interlocutore ha capito l'idea.
Correggi i tuoi punti deboli
Il video aiuta a migliorare la pronuncia delle pause e della intonazione in un discorso fluido. Molti apprendisti italiani tendono a parlare senza pause, ma in inglese le pause naturali (come quelle dopo "Well, I think..." o "So great job") sono cruciali per la chiarezza. Usa la tecnica del shadowing (ripetizione immediata) con questo clip: ascolta una frase, pausa e ripetila imitando il tono e il ritmo di Connor. Per esercitarti meglio, usa un shadowing site o app come shadowspeaks o shadowspeak, che ti permettono di confrontare la tua pronuncia con l'originale. Ricorda: imparare l'inglese con i video e il shadow speak non è solo about "dire le parole", ma about "sentirle" e "ricrearle" nel modo giusto. Con la pratica, le pause e l'intonazione diventeranno naturali!
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verbo — un’abitudine o uno stato passato che non è più vero | used to be |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was inspired · will be released · won't be released |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | you've never researched · haven't learned · I've started |
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.