Pratica di Shadowing: i’m 47… and i finally understand why women do things to their face | Jeannie Mai - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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I had a couple of days free.
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I had a couple of days free.
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I looked in the mirror and felt like I was looking a little old.
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So I booked a trip to Korea.
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And within an hour of being here,
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I already have two plastic surgery consultations booked.
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Okay, so I know it sounds crazy when you say it out loud, right?
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I can't believe I'm actually at this place where I'm considering plastic surgery.
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And honestly, it's crazy because I don't feel old.
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I just do notice some things
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that come with age make me want to be honest about what are the options out there.
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And I think this is a conversation that more women are having than we admit,
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especially women my age.
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I'm 47, and I don't think anybody prepares you for the moment
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that your face starts changing before you actually feel old inside.
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Because mentally, she's lit.
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But sometimes I'll catch myself on camera or under certain lighting after a long week even maybe,
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and I'll be like, okay, this bitch looks different.
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So I wanna take off my makeup and I wanna take a shower.
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I have a thing with airports.
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As soon as I get in,
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I have to take a bath.
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It's a weird experience to age publicly as a woman,
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especially when your face has been attached to your career for decades.
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Like people don't even realize they're doing it,
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but they compare you to older versions of yourself constantly.
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I mean, sometimes I do it to myself too.
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Your face just becomes part of people's memory, you know?
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And there are versions of me in my 20s and my 30s
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and when I meet people and they mention certain shows that they remember me from,
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like, oh my God, I remember you from How Do I Look?
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You know, you look so different.
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And I'm like, that stings.
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I know I shouldn't be internalizing every compliment so much,
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but I'm a I'm going to be doing it.
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It's just natural.
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Whether we admit it or not,
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there's something psychologically strange about constantly seeing yourself compared to former versions of yourself while you're still actively living your life.
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And I think that Beyonce's internet is so strange about this conversation.
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Women either completely deny doing anything or they become weirdly morally superior about aging naturally.
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But also most people are doing something.
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Lasers, tightening, injectables, skincare.
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Everybody is in some form of maintenance.
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And honestly, I think dishonesty around beauty has become more exhausting than beauty itself.
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For me personally, I don't even think this is about wanting to look younger.
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I think it's about more of wanting to look alive on the outside as I still feel on the inside.
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And that shouldn't automatically mean self-hate.
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That's the part I've been thinking about lately.
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Like, can you love yourself deeply and still wanna tweak something?
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I think the answer is yes.
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And it's interesting because when I really look at my face now,
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I don't see ugliness.
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I see life.
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Those changes are undeniable.
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I've got lashes on now,
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but sometimes I feel like my eyes look more tired than I actually feel.
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I notice that there's heaviness now,
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and there's little lines that say even when I'm not smiling anymore.
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These lines that I have around my eyes right here,
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these are my dad's laugh lines.
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I love my dad's face.
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I think my dad is...
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My mom calls him Vietnamese Montel Williams because he's bald and handsome,
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but I love my dad's laugh lines and I'm noticing I'm exactly inheriting them here.
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And I don't ever want to do anything to them because I don't know,
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they're like the way I smile, you know?
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But I do notice that I have heavy frown lines.
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You know, I do notice that.
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And I have severely dry skin.
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So that doesn't help, you know,
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the elasticity in my face look a little bit fresher.
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You know what?
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Let me pop a light on so you can really see this.
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Also, there are parts of my face that I love more now than I did in my twenties.
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I actually think confidence changes your face.
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And I think that's what catches me off guard isn't aging itself.
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It's when I look tired when I don't feel tired.
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That's what I really want to I think also in your 40s,
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your under eyes and you should have a deep conversation because nobody tells you in your 20s about collagen,
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sleep, hormones, hydration, therapy, Jesus, electrolytes.
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But something needs support.
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Okay, so let's get over to my bath now.
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Just make sure I'm gonna give you a little more censorship.
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So I'm not the type of girl who just looks for plastic surgery, okay?
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I'm surrounded with beauty products that are constantly trying to de-puff,
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de-stress, anti-age, refresh, hydrate my life away.
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There's one thing I'm already noticing about people here in Korea.
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They're so open about beauty conversations.
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Like in LA, some people are telling you the truth, some people aren't.
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But in Korea, they'll casually analyze your forehead over teeth.
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That's refreshing to me.
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I love that.
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I was born in a Vietnamese household where you were told
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if you were too fat or too skinny and it didn't matter if you agreed with it or not,
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you were going to hear it.
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And I think it's very dope to be vulnerable.
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Sitting in a consultation while somebody studies my face under fluorescent lighting is a humbling experience.
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Because even if you're confident,
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there's something very emotionally weird about hearing somebody point out the things that you've never noticed before.
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But I think that's the line that I'm trying to understand for myself right now.
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What's intentional?
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What's insecurity?
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What's maintenance?
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What would I regret?
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I know for sure that I do not want to stop looking like myself.
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That's actually my biggest fear.
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I think fear is looking in the mirror one day and feeling emotionally disconnected from my old face.
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We can't have that happen.
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Especially now when beauty standards change every five seconds.
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Because last year it was pop-sized.
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Then now it's dissolving filler.
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Then aging naturally.
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It's exhausting.
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One thing I know all women are agreeing on is how to still feel good in their own skin
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while moving through the different chapters of your life.
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I'm not chasing perfection anymore.
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Honestly, perfection almost looks weird to me.
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I just want harmony, freshness to still recognize myself when I look in the mirror.
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So I kind of wanted to open up this conversation with my YouTube community.
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Ask me anything.
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Seriously.
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Because I came to Korea to explore consultations,
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treatments, skincare, all of it.
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And I'm curious if this is even interesting for you guys to see me share.
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Not as some dramatic transformation thing,
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but as a real conversation about beauty,
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aging, identity, confidence, maintenance, womanhood.
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All of it.
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And if you guys want,
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maybe I'll actually take you guys through this Korean journey with me in another video.
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Because I just want to know if you're interested and is anybody out there thinking like me?
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You love the way you look.
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You love the honor of aging.
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But you also just want to age well.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.

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Nel video "I’m 47… and I finally understand why women do things to their face", Jeannie Mai condivide le sue riflessioni sulla percezione dell'invecchiamento e le pressioni sociali che molte donne affrontano riguardo all'aspetto fisico. A 47 anni, Mai esprime il suo disagio nell'osservare i cambiamenti del suo volto, confrontandosi con le aspettative della società e le memorie delle versioni più giovani di se stessa. Questo tema è particolarmente rilevante per gli apprendisti di inglese che vogliono migliorare la loro comunicazione quotidiana e comprendere le sfide legate all'età e all'immagine.

Le 5 Frasi Chiave per una Comunicazione Quotidiana

  • "I looked in the mirror and felt like I was looking a little old." - Questa frase illustra l'idea di auto-percezione.
  • "I'm considering plastic surgery." - Esprime un pensiero comune che può suscitare discussioni.
  • "I don't feel old." - Un'affermazione potente che enfatizza la differenza tra percezione interna ed esterna.
  • "Your face just becomes part of people's memory." - Un'osservazione interessante sulla memoria e l'aspetto fisico.
  • "Can you love yourself deeply and still wanna tweak something?" - Una domanda provocatoria che invita a riflettere sull'amore per se stessi.

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