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I think a lot of anxiety and pain actually come from the fact

that we all want the benefits of a choice without accepting the downside that comes with it.

You know, trade -offs are unavoidable.

A few months ago, I delivered a lecture at a local college

and a student came up to me and asked a question.

She said, are there any high paying jobs that are close to home

that don't offer too much work and that offer me less stress and give me some control over my free time?

well i think you are a perfectionist

and i said that's an impossible triangle you know high paying

jobs are usually associated with greater responsibility longer hours more stress

and of course a lot of complexities of human nature

if you move up a corporate ladder become a senior manager

you will face a lot of headaches you probably see lawyers working about 15 hours every day in the office

and investment bankers work about 100 hours every week in order to generate revenues, right?

But if you prefer slower life and live close to your parents in a small town, you have to tolerate the trade -offs like fewer job opportunities,

fewer professional connections, and slower income growth.

That's the cost you have to pay for that choice, right?

Another example is being a civil servant.

Some young people pass the fierce competition to become a civil

servant in china working for the bureaucratic organization like governments your

family probably want you to become part of the system in

order to get stability right you don't need to worry about your pension funds

but once they get into the system they complain about hierarchical structures

and strict rules

and lack of personal flexibility you have to be really careful about the things you say

and sometimes you have to deal with politics power struggles that's the price you have to pay for a stable job.

This also reminded me of a private message I received from a follower.

She wanted to have a gap year by staying at home with her parents, but her parents were always criticizing her for not getting a job,

relying on family's financial support.

So my response would be, if you know that your parents are not satisfied with your choice and you want to stay at home,

you probably have to tolerate their behaviors, right?

You have to tolerate their criticisms.

If you don't want to confront your complaints and you want them to shut up and respect you, then try to find a way to move out and become financially independent.

So the choices in front of you are quite clear.

You cannot have both loving parents and easy financial support at the same time?

This is unrealistic, right?

We have to remember that every lifestyle has a price.

In economics, it's often called an opportunity cost.

If you want to gain something, you have to give up something else.

You cannot optimize everything at the same time.

And a decision with no downsides cannot be defined as a decision.

It's just pure wish or hope.

Only scammers will offer you perfect choices that are too perfect to be true.

I think young people can combine idealism and realism.

We can call ourselves idealistic realists.

So mature thinking is not about getting all the benefits without giving anything up.

It's about asking yourself a deep fundamental question.

What matters most to me?

And what am I willing to give up for it?

And you know, there's no perfect choice no perfect path you always have to analyze your cost of benefits

and the prices you have to pay for a particular choice

so ask yourself which price is worth paying for the life I want.

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このB2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Every Choice Has a Cost: The Truth About Freedom｜全英Talk：人生主体性：既享受选择的红利，也承担对应的代价」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：choice, parents, perfect, price, tolerate。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が52文、単語が634語あります。音声の長さは3:47です。話す速さは1分あたり約168語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。単語の84%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。全52文のうち8文が疑問文なので、疑問文のイントネーションや短い受け答えの練習に向いています。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語	発音	意味
tolerate 動詞	/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/	黙認する
servant 名詞	/ˈsɝvənt/	使用人, 召使い
idealism 名詞	/ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/	理想主義
perfectionist 名詞	/pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/	完全主義者, 完璧主義者
unavoidable 形容詞	/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/	不可避な, やむを得ない
unrealistic 形容詞		非現実的
follower 名詞	/ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/	支持者
criticize 動詞	/ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/	批判する, 非難する
realism 名詞	/ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/	現実主義, 写実主義
banker 名詞	/ˈbæŋkəː/	銀行家, 銀行員
analyze 動詞	/ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/	分析する
fierce 形容詞	/fɪɹs/	激しい
triangle 名詞	/ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/	三角, 三角形
headache 名詞	/ˈhɛdeɪk/	頭痛
satisfy 動詞	/ˈsætɪsfaɪ/	満たす

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語	発音	意味
give up 動詞		降服する
shut up	/ʃʌt ʌp/	だまれ, うるさい

注意したい発音

話し手はdon'tなど、短縮形や弱形を3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。

長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: bureaucratic /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/, hierarchical /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/, idealism /ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/, idealistic /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/, perfectionist /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/

日本語話者が苦手な音：

/r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: tolerate /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/, hierarchical /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/, realist /ˈɹɪəlɪst/, follower /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/, realism /ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: servant /ˈsɝvənt/, unavoidable /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: perfectionist /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/, follower /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/, confront /kənˈfɹʌnt/, fierce /fɪɹs/, satisfy /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/

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。
まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。tolerate, servant, idealism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。

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