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I think a lot of anxiety and pain actually come from the fact
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that we all want the benefits of a choice without accepting the downside that comes with it.
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You know, trade -offs are unavoidable.
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A few months ago, I delivered a lecture at a local college
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and a student came up to me and asked a question.
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She said, are there any high paying jobs that are close to home
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that don't offer too much work and that offer me less stress and give me some control over my free time?
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well i think you are a perfectionist
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and i said that's an impossible triangle you know high paying
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jobs are usually associated with greater responsibility longer hours more stress
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and of course a lot of complexities of human nature
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if you move up a corporate ladder become a senior manager
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you will face a lot of headaches you probably see lawyers working about 15 hours every day in the office
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and investment bankers work about 100 hours every week in order to generate revenues, right?
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But if you prefer slower life and live close to your parents in a small town, you have to tolerate the trade -offs like fewer job opportunities,
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fewer professional connections, and slower income growth.
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That's the cost you have to pay for that choice, right?
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Another example is being a civil servant.
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Some young people pass the fierce competition to become a civil
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servant in china working for the bureaucratic organization like governments your
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family probably want you to become part of the system in
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order to get stability right you don't need to worry about your pension funds
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but once they get into the system they complain about hierarchical structures
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and strict rules
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and lack of personal flexibility you have to be really careful about the things you say
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and sometimes you have to deal with politics power struggles that's the price you have to pay for a stable job.
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This also reminded me of a private message I received from a follower.
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She wanted to have a gap year by staying at home with her parents, but her parents were always criticizing her for not getting a job,
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relying on family's financial support.
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So my response would be, if you know that your parents are not satisfied with your choice and you want to stay at home,
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you probably have to tolerate their behaviors, right?
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You have to tolerate their criticisms.
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If you don't want to confront your complaints and you want them to shut up and respect you, then try to find a way to move out and become financially independent.
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So the choices in front of you are quite clear.
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You cannot have both loving parents and easy financial support at the same time?
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This is unrealistic, right?
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We have to remember that every lifestyle has a price.
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In economics, it's often called an opportunity cost.
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If you want to gain something, you have to give up something else.
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You cannot optimize everything at the same time.
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And a decision with no downsides cannot be defined as a decision.
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It's just pure wish or hope.
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Only scammers will offer you perfect choices that are too perfect to be true.
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I think young people can combine idealism and realism.
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We can call ourselves idealistic realists.
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So mature thinking is not about getting all the benefits without giving anything up.
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It's about asking yourself a deep fundamental question.
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What matters most to me?
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And what am I willing to give up for it?
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And you know, there's no perfect choice no perfect path you always have to analyze your cost of benefits
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and the prices you have to pay for a particular choice
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so ask yourself which price is worth paying for the life I want.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Every Choice Has a Cost: The Truth About Freedom｜全英Talk：人生主体性：既享受选择的红利，也承担对应的代价”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: choice, parents, perfect, price, tolerate. Questo video contiene 52 frasi e 634 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:47. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 168 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 8 delle sue 52 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| tolerate verbo | /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/ | tollerare, sopportare |
| downside sostantivo | /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/ | il rovescio della medaglia, lato negativo |
| distress sostantivo | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | angoscia, pena |
| servant sostantivo | /ˈsɝvənt/ | servo, servitore |
| bureaucratic aggettivo | /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/ | burocratico |
| hierarchical aggettivo | /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/ | gerarchico |
| idealism sostantivo | /ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/ | idealismo |
| idealistic aggettivo | /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/ | idealistico |
| optimize verbo | /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/ | ottimizzare |
| perfectionist sostantivo | /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/ | perfezionista |
| unavoidable aggettivo | /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/ | inevitabile |
| unrealistic aggettivo | irrealistico | |
| criticize verbo | /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/ | criticare |
| realism sostantivo | /ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/ | realismo |
| banker sostantivo | /ˈbæŋkəː/ | banchiere, banchiero |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| give up verbo | arrendersi | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | chiudi la bocca, stai zitto |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 3 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: bureaucratic /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/, hierarchical /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/, idealism /ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/, idealistic /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/, perfectionist /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hierarchical /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/, headache /ˈhɛdeɪk/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: tolerate /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/, downside /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/, distress /dɪˈstɹɛs/, servant /ˈsɝvənt/, bureaucratic /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: bureaucratic /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/, banker /ˈbæŋkəː/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, triangle /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/, satisfy /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/
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 tolerate, downside, distress.
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.