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I had my first kiss when I was 26, which is unfathomable for some people.
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And I felt insecure about this a long time, and I'm setting the record straight on camera now.
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And my lies of, oh yeah, my first kiss when I was 15, those were lies.
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I was 26 actually.
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I always had these thoughts from I'm very insecure about myself.
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Like the way I look, the way I speak.
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I will never know how people react the moment I take my shirt off, whether they will be repulsed by it as much as I am.
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The first thing people say is like, oh, it's not that bad.
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It's not that big a deal.
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Like, you know, I don't even see it.
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I don't even notice it.
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But I feel like that's kind of where the importance is, is that it is not about them noticing, it's about you noticing it.
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And so I just felt like I was unattractive.
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And then I felt really awkward in my later teen years.
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I went out of my way very drastically to avoid getting close to someone.
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Would you mind taking off your shirt?
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Yeah, sure.
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Hopefully nobody sees me.
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You see immediately.
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Hopefully nobody sees me right silly but yeah would you mind taking off your shirt no it's okay yeah
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sure that's fine
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What does that feel like?
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I think this might have been the most scariest thing that I've done in years.
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Horrible.
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Every time in a public space, immediately...
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Everything you're looking at, and you know...
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It's a lot of...
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Bad memories, I feel and I've been inhaling my stomach every day since I turned like eight.
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Like it's been a big thing and I hope my insides are still doing okay, you know.
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But yeah, it's just been really, really bad.
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And I feel it even now, like it's like I'm in my head, I'm hoping nobody will see me, you know.
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So yeah, that is the thing.
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The parts I feel really insecure about is my belly.
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And I tried to hide those parts by tucking it in my underwear, actually.
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Even now, right now I'm hiding it unconsciously because I don't want to show it.
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Like a bear cub with a bunch of hair on his face, hair on his body and stuff like that.
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I think a lot of people see me in my face like, oh yeah, this mustache, nothing, no beard, nothing else like that.
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Like, oh, surprise, I have a forest.
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And a lot of people don't really like that or find it very crazy.
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In the beginning I'm really insecure about the fact that I'm shorter.
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Or when I was dating with girls I was really insecure that once a girl was longer than I was, she wouldn't see me.
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And it's also because there's a kind of trend going on that,
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in my opinion, I have the idea that a kind of trend is going on.
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That a guy needs to be at least 1 meter and 85 centimeters.
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I love taking my shirt off now and it didn't used to be like that before.
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The moment I saw the scars I knew that it was right and it was mine.
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I love touching it.
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I feel like it's something that I'm really proud of and it feels really nice.
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And on a really bad day I see the same kid
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that I was when I was 13 or 14
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and getting maybe bullied for being a bit overweight
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and not feeling good about myself or not feeling worthy of being in places
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and having experiences in life that I never felt like I should be worthy of.
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So it depends on the day.
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When I stand up straight you can see my bones, my ribcage and then people say, do you eat enough or stuff like that
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and then yeah i don't know that just brings me down
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and then i look at myself in the mirror and i'm like maybe they're right
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Like no matter what, this is like the first instinct when I see a mirror, to just see if I look okay.
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And even though I'm aware of all of those things, I don't know why I can't let go.
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I would really love to.
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I don't think I've ever particularly been happy with how I look or who I am as a person, I think.
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And I don't know if it's something that's gotten necessarily better or worse with time.
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but it's something I try to not think about as much even if I haven't necessarily accepted it
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do you really think I'm beautiful like why did you fall in love with me am I
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that beautiful and then she says yes you are look at yourself and then somewhere I do believe her but then
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And that part again of my brain tells me that I'm not.
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So, you know, it's a battle.
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It's a constant battle in my head.
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And I know, like I'm saying now, I know I'm beautiful, but I just got to believe that.
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But now it's something that I really carry as a token.
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It's something that I really did for myself and I'm really proud of that.
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I think it looks really sexy now. So, yeah.
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It's mine, so I can't really spend too much time...
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...not liking it.
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Because someone has to.
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That has to be me.
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First, at least.
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We all feel this way.
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And it's okay to talk about these things.
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Because it's only by talking that you feel more comfortable about them
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and if you struggle with these things by yourself in your room at night at 2 a .m
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the only thing you're gonna find is videos on tiktok that's gonna help you
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and a lot of the times they won't help you
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and i feel like talking with your friends about it talking with the people around you about it
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and those you feel comfortable enough to talk about with them i think with them
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you should talk about it and you should find that time to talk about it
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She reassures me a lot like I don't look at those other people
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I like you just the way you are and
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then you know that makes me happy like last time
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when we were going to swim she she told me that
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because I said I told her the same thing I don't want to swim
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because I don't want to take off my shirt
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or swimming with a shirt is you know
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so then she told me you know I really love
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you just the way you are it doesn't matter what you look like I love you for who you are
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and then yes she convinced me and I went for a swim with her
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and yeah I don't know it it made me feel like hey maybe
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I am crossing this bridge like you are beautiful so stop telling yourself you're not are you beautiful Are you beautiful?
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Yeah Yeah?
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Yeah Yeah, I am Thanks for asking I am Nice Are you beautiful?
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Yeah, I think so
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You think so?
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Yeah Nice, I'm glad
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That's true Thank you Same.
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Thanks man.

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Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “I asked men why they are insecure”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: beautiful, shirt, insecure. Questo video contiene 105 frasi e 1209 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:49. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 137 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
insecure aggettivo/ɪnsəˈkjʊɹ/insicuro, malsicuro
swim verbo/swɪm/nuotare, natare
necessarily avverbio/ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/necessariamente, a tutti i costi
mirror sostantivo/ˈmiɹɚ/specchio
worthy aggettivo/ˈwɝ.ði/degno
bone sostantivo/boʊn/osso
horrible aggettivo/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/orribile, terribile
sexy aggettivo/ˈsɛksi/sexy
stomach sostantivo/ˈstʌmək/stomaco
silly aggettivo/ˈsɪl.i/sciocco
scary aggettivo/ˈskɛə.ɹi/pauroso
awkward aggettivo/ˈɔk.wɚd/maldestro, impacciato
convince verbo/kənˈvɪns/convincere
depend verbo/dɪˈpɛnd/dipendere
react verbo/ɹiːˈækt/reagire

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
take off verbotogliere
stand up verboalzarsi in piedi

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • I don't even notice it.
  • Would you mind taking off your shirt?
  • Everything you're looking at, and you know...
  • It's a constant battle in my head.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoI've done · it's been · it's just been
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingavoid getting · mind taking · love taking
Consigli con “should” should + verbo — dire che cosa è meglio fareshould be · should talk
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodoI'm setting · you're looking · are still doing

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 44 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/, unfathomable /ˌʌnˈfæð(ə)məb(ə)l/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: moustache /ˈmʌstæʃ/, reassure /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/, unfathomable /ˌʌnˈfæð(ə)məb(ə)l/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/, inhale /ɪnˈheɪl/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: stomach /ˈstʌmək/, awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/, convince /kənˈvɪns/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, react /ɹiːˈækt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: react /ɹiːˈækt/, moustache /ˈmʌstæʃ/, unfathomable /ˌʌnˈfæð(ə)məb(ə)l/

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