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My name is Sophie and I live on the island of Maui.
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The perfect place to go surfing, hiking, go to the beach every day.
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And that's exactly how I should be spending my time, right?
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Actually, my day-to-day looks quite different.
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I'm a proud homebody, and it brings me
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so much joy to have a whole day to get lost in a good book, tend to my little patio garden,
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or dive into one of my hobbies.
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Every day looks more or less the same.
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Nevertheless, it's full of meaning and made of little moments of happiness.
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importantly, this ordinary boring life is what fulfills me.
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I mean, I'm the first to admit that I feel
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so blessed to live in this beautiful place and I can go see the ocean whenever I want to, but for the majority of us,
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including myself, we spend a lot of our times at home in some kind of a routine,
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whether it's eating, sleeping or working and I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying the ordinary side of our day-to-day lives.
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Just reflecting back on some of my happiest moments, I can really say with certainty that it doesn't take that much for me to be happy.
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I mean I look forward to walking my dogs every single
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day as much as I look forward to going out on the weekends with my friends.
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Trying out new recipe at home is just as exciting as going out and dining out at some resort.
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And maybe this is because I am an introvert and I am a homebody, but I can't deny
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that I feel the same kind of joy from these activities as those activities that society would label as fun and exciting.
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And I think I've resisted admitting this for the longest time
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because there is so much pressure to stand out and also to live our best lives, whatever that means.
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We're so often told to dream big, be bold, live large, and to stand out from the crowd.
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And everything else falls under this category of being boring or just being average, like that is the worst thing to be.
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We look to our friends and peers on social media
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and feel like we have to constantly do cool things or upgrade in lifestyles to be validated in some way,
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or just to look like we're also having a great time.
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Not only social media, but the constant noise of advertisements telling us to buy this, go on that trip, drive this car,
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and only then we can live this extraordinary life.
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Our society pushes this narrative that happiness is something to be pursued,
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that we have to spend our time and money to acquire happiness.
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Maybe there's some truth to that, but I just don't think it tells the full story.
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Definitely does not tell the other side of the story.
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As a very impressionable 20-year-old something girl, I was very influenced by social media, but also advertisements.
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Even if I knew that social media was just a highlight reel of
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and marketing was just big companies trying to do their jobs.
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I guess the constant exposure to it really changes the way
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that we think and can have an influence on how we define happiness for ourselves.
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So I bought those outfits.
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I went on those trips.
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I had a very full social calendar, but these things didn't make me any happier as a person.
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And I think it's because these were not my dreams.
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It felt like I was living someone else's life.
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And in fact, it actually distracted me from being satisfied with everything that I already had.
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Now living an ordinary or a boring life does not mean that I can never dream or have aspirations.
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I mean, I still dream of being able to move to the coast of Portugal or Spain one day.
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I dream of having a huge lot where my dogs can run around freely
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and maybe even live on an orchard with big mango trees and fruit trees.
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Yeah, I think I will always be a dreamer.
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But my dreams now don't interfere with what's happening right in front of me, my real life.
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And to be honest, if I can't find contentment in my day-to-day now, there's no way that I'll be able to feel it, no matter where I am or what I'm doing,
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even on my orchard with all my mango trees.
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This ordinary and simple life is what appeals to me,
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but I also notice that I gravitate towards others who share more real and authentic moments of their lives.
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In a world where it's becoming so easy to fabricate things,
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I think seeing life and people in the rawest forms is such a nice change.
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I love seeing what people eat for breakfast instead of what you ate at a Michelin star restaurant.
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I'm more interested in seeing what your home looks like instead of what your vacation looks like.
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I notice myself paying more attention to the person and their story because that is truly what makes you unique and interesting.
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Maybe you really enjoy living a fast-paced or eccentric life and there's nothing wrong with that.
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But there's also nothing wrong with not wanting that.
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In fact, I think there's so much value in embracing living an ordinary life.
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It really focuses on the deep and meaningful relationships, being rooted in our communities, getting to know the people that shape our lives.
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This is a life where we have the time and energy to be fully present with our families, friends, and partners, being able to celebrate the little wins
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and enjoying the getting there instead of but always wanting to skip to the result.
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Instead of meeting society's standard of good time, it encourages us to explore and figure out what we enjoy as individuals,
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no matter how lame it might be to others.
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And instead of putting so much emphasis on having a story to retell, it lets us focus on what's happening in the moment.
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I'm not claiming that everything ordinary is impressive in any way,
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but I am putting the message out there that we might be ignoring what's really beautiful about living an ordinary life.
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Thank you guys so much for watching today's video.
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I hope you enjoyed it, and until next time, take care, and I'll talk to you soon.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Why I Choose to Live a "Boring" Life”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: ordinary, dream, instead, happiness, moment. Questo video contiene 74 frasi e 1087 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:44. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 140 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
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| bore verbo | /boɹ/ | annoiare, tediare |
| excite verbo | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | stimolare, eccitare |
| homebody sostantivo | pantofolaio | |
| mango sostantivo | /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/ | mango |
| orchard sostantivo | /ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/ | frutteto |
| advertisement sostantivo | /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ | pubblicità, annuncio |
| dreamer sostantivo | /ˈdɹimɚ/ | sognatore |
| fabricate verbo | /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/ | fabbricare |
| impressionable aggettivo | /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/ | impressionabile |
| introverted aggettivo | /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/ | introverso |
| validate verbo | /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/ | validare |
| eccentric aggettivo | /ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/ | eccentrico |
| distract verbo | /dɪˈstɹækt/ | distrarre |
| certainty sostantivo | /ˈsɝtn̩ti/ | certezza |
| surf verbo | /sɝf/ | surfare, fare surf |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| look forward to verbo | non vedere l'ora |
| figure out verbo | scoprire, rendersi conto |
| go out verbo | uscire, andare fuori |
| try out verbo | saggiare, collaudare |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 16 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, can't, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, impressionable /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, impressionable /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/, introverted /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, hike /haɪk/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: excite /ɪkˈsaɪt/, orchard /ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/, advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, contentment /kənˈtɛntmənt/, fabricate /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: mango /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/, advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, fabricate /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/, gravitate /ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/
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 bore, excite, homebody.
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.