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It's lunchtime, and the cafeteria is jam -packed.
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You balance your books and your corn dog as you make your way through the crowd when someone bumps into you.
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Okay, you manage to hold on to everything but one of the books.
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And as you bend down to pick up your dog -eared copy of Hunger Games...
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Oh, your pants tear right in the back in front of everybody.
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Welcome to Wellcast.
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We've gotten a lot of suggestions for this one, from viewers like
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Today, we're exploring embarrassment.
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We'll explain exactly what your brain is doing the moment after you trip in front of everyone,
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and give you our three -step method for brushing it off and moving on.
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Are you ready?
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Like many of the emotions you experience daily, embarrassment is a biological reaction.
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drilled into our brains by generation after generation of embarrassed ancestors.
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Embarrassment occurs in a boomerang -shaped region right behind the eyes called, get ready for this, pregenual anterior cingulate cortex.
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Okay, that's a mouthful, but you can just remember it as PAC.
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You know, like, PAC my belongings, I am moving to Canada and never returning, I am so embarrassed.
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Researchers at UC Berkeley discovered that the pack lights up whenever someone's embarrassed.
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They did this in an experiment where they forced subjects to, get this, sing the temptation song,
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My Girl, acapella, and then watch a video of their performances.
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Cruel, right?
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Activity in pack shot up and corresponded with sweaty hands, racing heartbeats, and general expressions of, oh my god, this is horrible.
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That's where we come in.
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It's time for our three tips to getting over embarrassment?
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Step one, force yourself not to be the center of the universe.
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You need to convince yourself that whatever just happened isn't as big a deal as your mind is rapidly making it.
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Odds are it isn't.
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In fact, there's a tested scientific principle called the spotlight effect
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that states that other people don't notice nearly as many of your guffaws as you think they do.
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One experiment that tested this had a bunch of college students wear bright yellow
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Barry Manilow and Blazin t -shirts to an introductory psych course.
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Afterwards the students were asked how many of their classmates they thought noticed the ugly t -shirt.
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Invariably the guest number was much much higher than the actual number.
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So first things first take a deep breath and repeat the mantra.
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Science says it's not as big a deal as my brain thinks it is.
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Step two, don't apologize, deal with it.
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Guys, the worst thing
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you can do after calling a lot of attention to yourself is drawing even more attention by apologizing a lot.
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Instead, downplay the moment.
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If you incessantly apologize after an embarrassing incident, you're only telling others that this is a big deal and they should treat it as such.
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Step 3.
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Don't dwell.
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Change the channel.
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There's a big difference between embarrassment and shame.
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Embarrassment is often a natural and unavoidable reaction to an awkward circumstance.
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But if you continue to fixate on what happened, replaying the moment over and over again in your brain,
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the embarrassment can turn into shame and anxiety.
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You don't want to carry that around with you.
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Instead, imagine your mind as a TV and the embarrassing situation as an obnoxious sitcom that's forever in syndication.
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Change the channel and replace that awful sitcom with something positive.
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A good memory or a joke or a book that you read that you really liked.
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Anything to get rid of that junk.
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Let's recap.
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Embarrassment is a completely healthy reaction to an awkward situation.
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Force yourself to remember that this is a big deal in nobody else's eyes but your own.
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Don't apologize.
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Instead, try to downplay the moment.
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And don't replay what happened over and over again.
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Change the channel!
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Tweet us at WatchWellCast, email us at WatchWellCast at gmail .com, or leave a comment down below.
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We'll see you next time!
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Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “How to Deal with Embarrassment”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: embarrassment, brain, step, moment, embarrassed. Questo video contiene 62 frasi e 676 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:40. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 145 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| embarrassment sostantivo | /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/ | imbarazzo |
| apologize verbo | /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ | scusarsi |
| embarrassed aggettivo | /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ | imbarazzato |
| experiment sostantivo | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | esperimento |
| awkward aggettivo | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | maldestro, impacciato |
| pants sostantivo | /pænts/ | calzoni, pantaloni |
| occur verbo | /əˈkɜː/ | verificarsi |
| awful aggettivo | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | pessimo, terribile |
| anxiety sostantivo | /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ | ansia, ansietà |
| horrible aggettivo | /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ | orribile, terribile |
| ear sostantivo | /ˈɪə̯/ | orecchio, orecchia |
| afterwards avverbio | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | dopo, poi |
| odd aggettivo | /ɑd/ | strano, strambo |
| ugly aggettivo | /ˈʌɡli/ | brutto, laido |
| discover verbo | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | scoprire, trovare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| get over verbo | superare, vincere |
| pick up verbo | tirare su, sollevare |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- That's where we come in.
- It's time for our three tips to getting over embarrassment?
- You don't want to carry that around with you.
- We'll see you next time!
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | we're exploring · is doing · am moving |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione | We'll explain · We'll see |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 13 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, isn't, we'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: breathe /bɹiːð/, mouthful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: brush /bɹʌʃ/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, temptation /ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/, obnoxious /əbˈnɑkʃəs/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, biological /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/, heartbeat /ˈhɑɹtˌbit/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, pants /pænts/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/
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 embarrassment, apologize, embarrassed.
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.