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For some of us, happiness and excitement never seem to last for very long.
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Every time we finally take pride in ourselves and develop a confidence about the future, something adverse seems to happen within a relatively short order.
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It might be something that we find ourselves actively doing that collapses our spirits, or we start to worry acutely about a matter that suddenly enters our minds,
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or an incident occurs from out of the blue that unsettles us.
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Maybe we read something online that seems mean-minded and worrying.
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Or we catch sight of ourselves in the mirror and feel repulsed.
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Or we suddenly think of something we said or did seven
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and a half years ago that may have been misinterpreted and misconstrued and start to panic.
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Or by some odd impulse that we really don't understand and so can't resist, we do something foolish and contrary to our normal values, which brings on guilt and shame.
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And as a result, we are brought back down to earth fairly sharply.
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We end up, only hours or days after the good mood began, in a familiar place of fear, anxiety and disappointment.
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It can be as if, without quite realising it, we are operating under some sort of secret law.
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Thou shalt never be exuberant.
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Thou shalt never live life too much to the full.
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Thou shalt never be too happy, thou shalt not believe in yourself, thou shalt worry a lot.
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Where might such perverse and sad edicts have come from?
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It may be the result of growing up in an environment where our flourishing was somehow deemed unwelcome and provocative.
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Had we ever been too conspicuously happy, we might have upset a parent who was battling a sense of despair
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or resignation and was furious at the deprivations they had once had to endure.
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We may have grown up to associate a low, fearful mood with safety.
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Sadness means you don't get attacked, it doesn't provoke envy, it keeps you out of trouble.
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Whenever happiness does seem on the cards, a part of us will hence be very keen to return us to a lower altitude as soon as possible.
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To achieve our ends, there may be some favourite websites we like to go to
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that confirm that we are unattractive or strange or in danger.
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We may provoke arguments, insults or offence.
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We've got a repertoire of secret skills to wipe the smile off our own faces.
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Were any of this to ring bells, we should ask ourselves what incentives against happiness and self-satisfaction might there have been in our early lives?
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Who might we have upset with our joy?
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Was there a conflict between our flourishing and someone else's sense of well-being?
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Then we need to reassure the frightened child in us
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that the person who demanded our sadness as a price for their protection is no longer in authority over us.
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We don't have to apologise for being attractive or intelligent or gifted or within reach of stability, sanity, potency and good spirits.
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We are, whatever we once believed, allowed to live without continuous sadness and fear.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello C1 si basa sul video “Why We Sabotage Our Own Happiness”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: shalt, thou, ourselves, seem, sadness. Questo video contiene 33 frasi e 525 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:05. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 170 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| sadness sostantivo | /ˈsædnəs/ | tristezza |
| provoke verbo | /pɹəˈvəʊk/ | provocare |
| flourish verbo | /ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/ | fiorire, crescere |
| acutely avverbio | /əˈkjuːtli/ | profondamente, intensamente |
| deprivation sostantivo | /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/ | privazione |
| frighten verbo | /ˈfɹaɪ.tən/ | spaurire, spaventare |
| potency sostantivo | /ˈpəʊtənsi/ | potenza |
| provocative aggettivo | /pɹəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/ | procace, attraente |
| reassure verbo | /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/ | rassicurare, tranquillizzare |
| repertoire sostantivo | /ˈɹɛp.əɹ.twɑɹ/ | repertorio |
| sanity sostantivo | /ˈsæn.əˌti/ | sanità |
| unattractive aggettivo | sconveniente | |
| fearful aggettivo | /ˈfɪəfəl/ | timido |
| impulse sostantivo | /ˈɪmpʌls/ | impulso, aire |
| endure verbo | /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/ | durare, restare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| end up verbo | andare a finire, finire |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | have come · have been |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | have been misinterpreted · are brought |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 6 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, can't, doesn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: flourish /ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/, deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, reassure /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/, sharply /ˈʃɑɹpli/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, exuberant /ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/, misinterpret /ˌmɪs.ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/, provocative /pɹəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/, disappointment /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come sadness, provoke, flourish.
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.