Pratica di Shadowing: Learn English While You Relax—Stress Is Not Your Enemy | Easy English Conversation for Beginners - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Enjoy English Talks, where every conversation helps you learn.
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I'm Judy.
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Hello, Judy.
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Hello, everyone.
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I'm Jake.
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How are you today, Judy?
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I'm feeling peaceful today.
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Thank you.
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I made some green tea this morning and sat by the window.
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Very quiet, very nice.
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And you, Jake?
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I'm not great today, Judy.
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Oh, no. What happened?
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I had so many things to do this week.
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Work, English practice, cleaning my apartment, calling my sister.
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My head feels full, like a computer with too many programs open.
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Too many programs open.
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I love that picture, Jake.
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Your brain is like a slow computer.
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Yes, and right now my computer needs to restart.
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I think many of our listeners feel the same way sometimes.
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really it's not just me it's not just you
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and that's actually our topic today oh what are we talking about today we're talking about stress s-t-r-e-s-s stress
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and how to manage it manage means to handle something to
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deal with it stress that's a perfect topic for me today i really need this.
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Okay, now let's start.
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So, Jake, tell me, what does stress feel like for you?
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Um, it feels like pressure, like something is pushing on my chest my head hurts i can't think clearly
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and i feel tired
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but i can't sleep that's a very good description stress is the feeling you get
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when there's too much to do or when something is difficult
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or when you're worried about something i feel it almost every week is
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that normal very normal everyone feels stress students teachers parents workers everyone
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but here's something important i want you to remember stress isn't your enemy not my enemy
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but it feels terrible judy i know it does
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but stress is actually a signal s-i-g-n-a-l a signal is a
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message a sign like a red light on your car the
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red light isn't the problem it's telling you something needs attention So, stress is like a red light in my brain?
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Exactly.
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Stress doesn't mean you're weak.
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Stress doesn't mean you're failing.
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It means something in your life needs your attention.
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And today, I want to show you three secrets to listen to that signal.
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Three ways to manage your stress.
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Three secrets?
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I need all of them.
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But first, let me show you something.
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Stress happens in many parts of life.
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Let me give you three examples, and you'll see what I mean.
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Okay, I'm ready.
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Our first example, English learning.
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Oh, I know this one very well.
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Imagine this.
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You study English all week.
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You learn new words, you practice grammar, you listen to podcasts.
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Then, on Friday, someone speaks to you in English and you can't understand them.
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That happens to me all the time.
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I study so hard.
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And then in real life, my brain just stops.
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The words disappear.
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And how does that make you feel?
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Stressed.
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Frustrated.
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I want to throw my notebook in the trash and say, I quit.
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That feeling is real.
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But here's what stress is really telling you.
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It's saying you care about this.
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English is important to you.
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If you didn't care, you wouldn't feel stressed at all.
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I never thought about it that way.
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So stress means I care?
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Yes.
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The problem isn't the stress.
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The problem is when you listen to stress and say, I'm not good enough.
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I should quit.
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That's the wrong answer.
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The right answer is I need to try a different way.
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I need to be patient with myself.
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A different way.
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Not quit. Be patient.
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Never quit.
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Stress isn't your enemy.
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Stress is your teacher.
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Stress is my teacher.
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Like you, Judy.
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Now, let me talk about exercise.
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Exercise makes me stress too?
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Sometimes, yes.
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Imagine you start running.
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Your first week, you run one kilometer.
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It feels great.
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Your second week, you run two.
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Still good.
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Your third week, you try five kilometers.
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Five?
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That's too much too fast.
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Exactly.
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After three kilometers, your legs hurt, your chest burns, you feel terrible, and you think, I'm not a runner, my body isn't strong enough.
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My body says those things all the time.
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Stop, you're too slow.
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But what is your body really saying?
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It's saying, slow down, take care of me, you're going too fast.
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That's the signal.
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Slow down.
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That's the signal.
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Yes.
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Your body isn't telling you to stop forever.
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It's telling you to rest, to recover.
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Recover means to get your strength back.
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R-E-C-O-V-E-R.
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Recover.
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So when my body is stressed from exercise, I should listen, not push harder.
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Right.
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Rest isn't laziness.
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Rest is part of growing stronger.
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Even the best runners in the world take rest days.
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Stress isn't your enemy, even in exercise.
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And our third example, daily life.
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Ah, this is the big one for me.
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Imagine this.
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It's Sunday evening.
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You look around your apartment, dirty dishes in the kitchen, laundry on the floor, emails you haven't answered, and tomorrow is Monday.
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That's my apartment right now.
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I can see it in my mind.
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And what do you feel?
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Overwhelmed.
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There's too much.
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I can't handle it.
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Overwhelmed.
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O-V-E-R-W-H-E-L-M-E-D.
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Overwhelmed.
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It means there's too much and you feel like you can't do it all.
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When you feel overwhelmed, what do you do, Jake?
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Nothing.
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My brain freezes.
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I sit on the sofa and watch my phone for two hours, and then I feel even worse.
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Because stress is sending you a signal.
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It's saying, pick one thing.
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Start small.
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You don't need to do everything.
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But instead, you run away.
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You hide on the sofa.
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The sofa is very good at hiding me.
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It is.
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But it doesn't solve anything.
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The dishes are still there when you stand up.
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They never wash themselves.
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I've waited.
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They don't.
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So stress isn't the problem.
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Ignoring stress is the problem.
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Stress isn't your enemy.
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Running away from it, that's the real enemy.
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Okay, I understand the idea now.
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Stress is a signal.
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I need to listen. But how?
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What do I actually do when I feel stressed?
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Great question.
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Let me share three secrets with you.
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Three secrets.
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Tell me everything, Judy.
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Our first secret, stop and breathe.
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Stop and breathe?
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That sounds too simple.
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It sounds simple, but most people don't do it.
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When you feel stressed, your body goes fast, your heart beats fast, your thoughts go fast, everything speeds up.
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That's true.
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When I'm stressed, my brain feels like a race car with no brakes.
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And what happens when a car goes too fast with no brakes?
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It crashes.
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Right.
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So you need to slow down.
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And the fastest way to slow down is breathing.
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Breathe.
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B-R-E-A-T-H-E.
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Breathe.
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Take a deep breath in through your nose.
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Hold it for three seconds.
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Then breathe out slowly through your mouth.
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In through the nose.
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Hold.
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Out through the mouth.
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Let's try it together.
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Ready?
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Breathe in.
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One, two, three, four.
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Hold.
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One, two, three.
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And breathe out slowly.
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One, two, three, four, five.
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Wow.
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I actually feel a little calmer already.
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My shoulders went down.
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See?
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Your body responded.
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That's because breathing sends a message to your brain.
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It says, you're safe.
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Slow down.
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Everything is okay.
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My brain listens to my breathing?
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Yes.
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When you breathe slowly, your brain thinks, oh, we're safe.
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No danger here.
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And it calms down.
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Calm.
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C-A-L-M.
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Calm.
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It means quiet and peaceful.
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No worry.
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So my body can tell my brain to relax.
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Exactly.
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Your body and your brain are connected.
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Fast breathing tells your brain, danger, run.
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Slow breathing tells your brain, we're safe.
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Everything is fine.
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You control the message.
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I control the message.
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That's powerful.
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It is.
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So next time you feel stressed, before you do anything, just breathe.
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Five deep breaths.
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That's all you need.
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You can do it anywhere.
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At your desk, on the bus, in bed.
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Nobody even needs to know.
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Five breaths before I react.
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I can do that.
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It's free and it takes 30 seconds.
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Here comes our next secret.
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Move your body.
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Move?
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Like go to the gym?
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No, not big exercise.
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Small movement.
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When you're stressed, your body stores that stress inside.
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Your shoulders go up, your neck gets tight, your hands squeeze.
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All that tension sits in your muscles.
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That's why my shoulders hurt when I'm stressed.
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I always thought I slept wrong.
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Sometimes it's stress, so you need to move.
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Stand up from your chair, stretch your arms above your head, roll your neck slowly in a circle, or take a short walk outside.
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Even five minutes can change everything.
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Just five minutes outside?
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Just five.
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Walk around the block.
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Look at the sky.
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Feel the air on your face.
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When you move, your brain makes tiny helpers, little chemicals that make you feel better.
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Tiny helpers in my brain.
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I like that picture.
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You don't need to run a marathon.
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Just move.
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Go to the kitchen, make some tea, water your plants, walk to the window and look outside.
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Any movement is good movement.
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So if I'm stressed at my desk, I should just stand up, walk around?
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Yes.
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Change your place.
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Change your view.
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Your stress will start to go down.
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I promise.
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Movement is medicine.
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Free medicine.
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Beautiful words, Jake.
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And you know what?
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It works for English stress, too.
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If you're stressed about a test or a conversation, stand up, walk around the room, shake your hands, then sit down and try again.
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Your brain works better after movement.
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So movement helps my body and my brain?
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Both.
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Always both.
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Okay.
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Breathe and move.
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Two secrets down.
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What's the last one?
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And our last secret?
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Talk about it talk to who to anyone you trust a
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friend a family member your sister Anna even your dog Max
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Max is a great listener he never interrupts me I'm sure he is
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but here's why talking helps
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when stress lives only inside your head it gets bigger it grows
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and grows like a dark cloud that gets heavier
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and heavier every hour a dark cloud in my head that's exactly how it feels
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but when you open your mouth
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and say i'm stressed something amazing happens the cloud gets smaller
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just by saying the words out loud really just saying i'm stressed helps yes
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because words give feelings a shape
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when stress is only in your head it has no shape it's everywhere it's everything
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but when you say it out loud it becomes one clear thing
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and one clear thing is much easier to handle than a big dark cloud.
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So I don't need to solve the problem, I just need to say it?
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Sometimes, yes.
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You can say, I'm tired, or I have too much to do, or I'm worried.
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That's enough.
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You don't always need an answer.
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Sometimes you just need to be heard.
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That makes me feel better already.
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Actually, I want to share something.
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Last month, I called my sister, Anna.
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I told her, Anna, I'm so tired.
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I have too much to do.
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I feel like I can't keep up.
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And what did she say?
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She said, me too, Jake.
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And we both started laughing.
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Just knowing she felt the same way made my cloud smaller, much smaller.
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That's a perfect example.
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You didn't solve any problems on that call, but you felt lighter.
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Much lighter.
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The next morning I woke up and cleaned my whole apartment just because the cloud was gone.
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That's the power of talking
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and our listeners are doing something similar right now they're listening to us talk about stress
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and that's a kind of sharing too yes listeners you're not
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alone we all feel stressed sometimes now let me speak to our listeners directly yes this part is for you
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if you're listening right now
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and you feel stressed i want you to know something it's
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okay stress doesn't mean you're failing stress means you're living you're trying you're growing and
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that takes courage a lot of courage every time you press
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play on this podcast you're taking care of yourself you're learning you're growing that's not stressful that's beautiful
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and even when it feels hard you're still here
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that means something it means a lot so don't fight your stress don't run from it Listen to it.
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It's a signal.
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It's trying to help you.
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Stress isn't your enemy.
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Breathe.
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Move.
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Talk.
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Three simple things.
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You don't need to do all three at once.
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Pick one.
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Try it today.
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Just one.
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One is enough to start.
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You're stronger than you think, and you're doing better than you know.
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We believe in you.
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Okay.
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Let's review.
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Yes.
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Let's see what we learned.
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Today we talked about stress and how to manage it.
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Yes, stress is a signal, not our enemy.
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It tells us something needs attention.
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Good.
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And we learned three secrets.
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First, stop and breathe, then move your body, and finally, talk about it.
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Five breaths or a short walk can make a difference.
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Perfect.
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You remembered everything.
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I learned a lot today.
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And I loved sharing this with you.
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Well, that's all the time we have for today.
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Thank you so much for listening to Enjoy English Talks.
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Yes, thank you everyone.
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It was fun.
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Now, we have a question for you today.
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Yes, please leave a comment below.
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Tell us, what do you do when you feel stressed?
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Do you breathe, take a walk, or talk to someone?
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Share one thing that helps you feel calm.
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We would love to read your answers.
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See you next time.
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Bye everyone.
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Keep practicing your English.
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Lo scenario: una conversazione reale sullo stress
Nel video, Judy e Jake si parlano di come si sente lo stress e come gestirlo, in un dialogo semplice e vicino alla vita quotidiana. Jake racconta di sentirsi "come un computer con troppi programmi aperti" per descrivere la sua mente affollata, mentre Judy spiega che lo stress non è un nemico ma un "segnalino" (signal) che ci dice che qualcosa nella vita ha bisogno di attenzione. Questo scenario è perfetto per imparare l'inglese con YouTube, perché riflette situazioni che tutti viviamo, rendendo le frasi facili da ricordare e usare.
Frasi utili e collocazioni da memorizzare
- "My head feels full, like a computer with too many programs open": Una metafora vividissima per descrivere la confusione mentale. Ottima per parlare di stress in modo creativo.
- "Stress isn't your enemy": Un concetto chiave, utile per cambiare la propria percezione dello stress. Facile da ripetere e integrare nelle conversazioni.
- "Manage stress": Collocazione essenziale (gestire lo stress). "Manage" è una parola versatile che si usa anche con "time" (tempo) o "tasks" (compiti).
- "It feels like pressure": Per descrivere la sensazione fisica dello stress. "Feels like" è utile per confrontare sensazioni (es. "It feels like a heavy weight").
La tua sfida: shadowing per migliorare la pronuncia
Ora è il momento di mettere in pratica il shadowspeak! Il shadowing è una tecnica efficace per migliorare la pronuncia e l'intonazione: ascolta un frammento del dialogo (ad esempio, la parte dove Jake dice "My head feels full..."), poi ripetilo immediatamente dopo, cercando di imitare il tono e il ritmo di Jake. Fai questo per 5-10 minuti al giorno: puoi usare un shadowing site o semplicemente riprodurre il video su YouTube. Ricorda: il shadow speech non è about perfezionismo, ma about praticare costantemente. Ogni ripetizione ti aiuterà a sentirti più a tuo agio quando parli inglese!
Non dimenticare: lo stress è un segnale, non un problema. E lo stesso vale per l'apprendimento: le difficoltà sono un segnale che stai crescendo. Continua a praticare, e soon sentirai la differenza!
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.