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Good morning everybody.
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Today I want to get started with the main topic of this course, happiness.
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First, I want to talk about how psychologists like myself measure happiness.
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Then, we'll look at some common characteristics of happy people.
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And finally, we'll look at whether or not we can change our level of happiness.
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In other words, whether we can learn to be happier.
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Okay, so we all know what it's like to feel happy, right?
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But how do we measure happiness?
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One common method psychologists use is interviewing people.
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First, we ask them questions to find out how happy they are, how happy they feel in general.
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Then, we gather information about them.
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like their age, health, income, and so on.
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We use all of this data to determine the most common characteristics of happy people.
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So, what have psychologists learned?
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Well, there are a few characteristics we know are not relevant to happiness.
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One of them is having a lot of money.
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As long as people have enough money for a home,
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food, and clothing, having more money doesn't make people happier.
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So money doesn't buy happiness.
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Are you surprised?
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Another thing that is not connected to happiness is having more education.
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People with a lot of education are no happier than people with little education.
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So now maybe you're questioning your decision to take this class, huh?
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Finally, a third characteristic that is not a requirement for happiness is youth, being young.
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In fact, the opposite is true.
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One study found that 60 to 64 year olds are actually happier than 20 to 24 year olds.
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So, we know that money, education, and youth are not important to happiness.
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Then what is?
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Well, there's no one way to achieve happiness, but there are a few specific characteristics that happy people have in common.
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One very important characteristic is family and friends.
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A study of students at the University of Illinois found that the happiest students had strong connections to family and friends,
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and that they made time to spend with them.
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Another common feature of happy people is that they have religious beliefs, or a belief in something bigger than themselves.
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This helps them feel that life has significance or meaning.
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A third important thing about happy people is that they set goals for themselves.
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In the workplace or in their personal lives, they establish goals around things they find interesting or things that allow them to use their strengths.
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Now, another question psychologists have tried to resolve is, can we change how happy we are?
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Can we learn to be happier?
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Some psychologists think the answer is no, we can't.
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This is because research shows that happiness depends a lot on our personality, the kind of person we are.
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Some people just have more positive attitudes about life than others.
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We've all noticed this, right?
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And because it's difficult for people to change their personalities,
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some psychologists think that we stay at about the same level of happiness throughout our lives.
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But many of us in the field of positive psychology believe we can change that we can consciously learn to be happier.
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Positive psychologists have developed some exercises that people can do to feel happier.
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One of these is called the gratitude visit.
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In this exercise, people write a letter to someone they want to thank.
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For example, a parent, a friend, a teacher here.
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Someone they feel has helped them in their life.
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But they don't send the letter.
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Instead, they visit the person and read the letter to them.
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Now, research shows this really works to make the person who wrote the letter feel happier.
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Why?
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First, it helps them feel more connected to others.
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And remember, that is very important for happiness.
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Second, the people are giving something.
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In this case, they're thanks to someone else.
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And giving or helping others makes us feel better about ourselves.
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It helps us feel that our lives have meaning.
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In addition to the gratitude visit,
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psychologists have developed other exercises that help people focus on the positive things in their lives
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and help them use their strength to achieve goals.
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And studies have shown that these exercises can help people feel better.
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However, they do have limits.
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For one thing, each exercise only works for a certain amount of time.
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For example, the gratitude visit only makes people happier for about three months.
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And of course, we can't become a lot happier.
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Remember, we can't totally change our personalities.
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You can't take a really unhappy, negative person and make him or her feel super happy all the time.
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But I do believe that if we really want to, we can all learn ways to feel better, to feel the best that we can.
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And you're going to find this out for yourselves.
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For the next time, I'd like you to look into choosing your own happiness exercise.
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Thank you.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Contemporary Topics 1 Unit 1 Lecture with Powerpoint」を教材にしています。 繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：happiness, happier, psychologists, characteristic, exercise。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が74文、単語が820語あります。 音声の長さは7:13です。 話す速さは1分あたり約114語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の88%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれるため、語彙は分かりやすいです。
この動画の重要語彙
動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| happiness 名詞 | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | 幸福, 幸せ |
| psychologist 名詞 | /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ | 心理学者 |
| characteristic 名詞 | /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/ | 特性, 特徴 |
| litter 名詞 | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | ごみ |
| gratitude 名詞 | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | 感謝 |
| belief 名詞 | /bɪˈliːf/ | 確信 |
| connect 動詞 | /kəˈnɛkt/ | 繋げる |
| topic 名詞 | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | 話題, テーマ |
| clothing 名詞 | /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ | 服, 衣服 |
| psychology 名詞 | /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | 心理学, サイコロジー |
| requirement 名詞 | /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/ | 要求 |
| depend 動詞 | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | 依存する |
| significance 名詞 | /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/ | 重要性 |
| resolve 動詞 | /ɹɪˈzɑlv/ | 解く, 分解する |
| workplace 名詞 | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | 職場, 仕事場 |
動画に出てくる句動詞
| 単語 | 意味 |
|---|---|
| find out 動詞 | 見出す, 調べる |
繰り返し練習したい文
動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。
- Can we learn to be happier?
- Some psychologists think the answer is no, we can't.
- We've all noticed this, right?
- Remember, we can't totally change our personalities.
この動画の文法
話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。
| 文型 | 動画での表現 |
|---|---|
| 現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している | have tried · have developed · has helped |
| 受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる | is not connected · is called |
注意したい発音
話し手はcan't, doesn't, we'llなど、短縮形や弱形を14回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。
- 「th」の音: clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
- 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, significance /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/
日本語話者が苦手な音：
- /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: resolve /ɹɪˈzɑlv/, yourselves /jəˈsɛlvz/
- /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: belief /bɪˈliːf/, significance /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/
- 子音の連続 — 間に母音を入れない: psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, connect /kəˈnɛkt/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, requirement /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/
この動画での練習方法
- まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
- 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。happiness, psychologist, characteristicなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。
シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由
シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。