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I spend a lot of time alone and I prefer it that way.
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Hey guys, it's Leah.
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I'm an American living in China for the time being
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and I like to share parts of my life with you guys on this channel
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and recently I've been getting a lot of comments and questions asking if I miss home,
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if I'm homesick, or if I feel lonely because I spend most of my time alone.
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These are all valid questions.
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So I thought I would give you guys some advice on how to be alone without being lonely
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and also give some advice for those who are curious about moving abroad no matter what the country is
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but feel a little bit nervous.
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The first thing is to get rid of outside voices.
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You need to stop caring about how you think other people are going to perceive you
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or how you think other people think about you
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because honestly other people don't think about you that much
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if at all so you don't really need to worry about what other people think
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if you go out to a restaurant alone
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if you go to watch a movie alone nobody is thinking
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about you you are the only person thinking about yourself second you really need some hobbies you need things
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that you can work on alone personally
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I have a lot of hobbies for example I like to read I like to do puzzles
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while I listen to podcasts I like to draw
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and paint all of these things are things I can do alone
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and it also helps me to recharge third
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you have to get comfortable in your own skin like you basically need to learn how to love yourself
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and that sounds really cheesy like I'm sure you've heard
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that a million times by now and it's kind of lost its meaning
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but what mean by this is that you have to learn how to accept yourself instead of trying to constantly change yourself.
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For me, I'm very introverted.
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I'm not very social.
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I don't have many friends, which is why I spend most of my time alone.
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There was a point of time where I felt pretty insecure about this because I would see other people going out,
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going to parties, being really social, and having this huge group of friends.
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And I just was wondering what was wrong with me like why don't I have
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that kind of lifestyle but the truth is I'm just like not
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that kind of person so when I accepted who I was
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and stopped trying to force myself to become someone else
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I felt a lot more happier my next tip is you can focus on a mindset shift
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so instead of thinking oh my god I'm
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so embarrassed to be here alone this is so awkward and
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so embarrassing you can think wow
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it's really such a privilege for me to have the opportunity to do this all on my own.
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This is something I realized after years of experience of feeling down about myself
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or feeling sad in different moments where I was alone.
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I just realized if I changed my outlook
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and changed my mindset on how I perceive myself and how I perceive that moment,
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I can actually make myself feel happier and I can actually appreciate my own company a lot more.
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Another tip I have is that you should keep a journal
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and I know a lot of people talk about journaling
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but I don't think it has to necessarily be writing things down on paper or a traditional kind of journal or diary.
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I just think that
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if you're spending a lot of time alone then you should still be practicing the way that you express your thoughts.
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So it could be writing things on paper, but it could also be, you know, setting up your phone and talking for a few minutes
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or doing something else to kind of log your thought processes and,
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you know, get out all of the emotions that are just pent up inside of you.
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It's just one way of expressing yourself without an audience.
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Now, if you're thinking about moving abroad but feel nervous
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and you have this fear of the unknown
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then i'm gonna share some of my own advice based on my own experience
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i've gone abroad a few times totally on my own
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and at first it can be very daunting it can feel scary
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but once you do it the first time it gets a lot easier the more
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that you do it and this leads to my first tip for this segment which is just do it.
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Don't let fear get in the way of your dreams and your ambitions.
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I know so many people who really want to go abroad,
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and they really have this life imagined in their head that they would like to live,
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but they stay in their hometown because they're afraid of not knowing anybody.
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They're afraid of learning a new language, afraid of making new connections and starting over, but it's really not as scary as you think.
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I actually think it's more scary to not do something you really want to do because you're afraid.
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Similarly, don't let other people make decisions for you.
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If you're young and you haven't settled down yet and you're not married, you don't have kids yet,
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and you have the opportunity and the finances to go abroad for even a short period of time,
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there really shouldn't be anything that stops you if you really want to do this.
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You shouldn't let other people's opinions stop you from doing what you want to do.
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I know some people really care about how their parents think of them
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or their parents have a huge say in what they do we can respect our parents
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and value their opinions while still chasing our dreams it's really possible
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and sometimes you just have to do it regardless of what they say personally
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i have people in my family who were really worried about me
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when i said i wanted to go abroad or
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when i told them
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that i was going i wasn't asking permission I was saying hey I'm going to China
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and some of them were worried just because it's so far away
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or I don't know many people here
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but I'm okay I've been here for a
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while now like everything gets sorted out you just have to trust yourself
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and that also brings us to our next point
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which is you should do some groundwork first before jumping into an opportunity to go abroad
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and this also connects to how to be okay with being alone
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because you should be okay with spending time on your own.
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If you go abroad, there are going to be
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so many times where you're totally alone and you have to trust yourself
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and gain experience in doing things alone and relying on yourself so that when you go abroad,
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you're not frantically running around like a chicken with their head chopped off.
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You can still figure things out.
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You have the ability to solve problems because you've done it before.
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Lastly if you want to go abroad I would say trust your intuition but also push yourself out of your comfort zone.
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So you want to be aware of your surroundings you know don't put yourself into dangerous situations
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and be aware of the people and the environments around you
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but also don't let the fear of the unknown stop you from trying new things.
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You know you still want to put yourself out there talk to new people
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and do things that make you a little bit uncomfortable.
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And the more that you do these things, the easier it's going to get for you later on.
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These are just some of the tips
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that I have been thinking of recently as I've been spending a lot of time alone and a lot of time abroad.
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So let me know if you guys have any related tips, anything that I didn't mention in this video,
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leave them in the comments and we can help each other out.

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このスピーキングレッスンは、動画「How to be Alone Without Feeling Lonely + Tips for Moving Abroad」を教材にしています。 この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が106文、単語が1378語あります。 音声の長さは7:38です。 話す速さは速く、1分あたり約181語です。音のつながりや弱く発音される音が多くなります。 単語の87%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
abroad 副詞/əˈbɹɔːd/国外に, 海外に
scary 形容詞/ˈskɛə.ɹi/怖い
perceive 動詞/pɚˈsiv/知覚する, 認める
lonely 形容詞/ˈloʊnli/寂しい
hobby 名詞/ˈhɑ.bi/趣味
mindset 名詞/ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/考え方, 心理
curious 形容詞/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/好奇心の強い, 知りたがる
chase 動詞/t͡ʃeɪs/追いかける, 追跡する
solve 動詞/sɒlv/解決する
comfort 名詞/ˈkʌm.fət/快適さ
connect 動詞/kəˈnɛkt/繋げる
pen 名詞/pɪn/ペン, ボールペン
valid 形容詞/ˈvælɪd/有効な
settle 動詞/ˈsɛtəl/解決する
similarly 副詞/ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/同様に

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語意味
get out 動詞出て行く
go out 動詞出る
settle down 動詞落ち着く

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
現在完了進行形 have/has been + -ing — 以前に始まり今も続いている動作I've been getting · have been thinking
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you've heard · i've gone · haven't settled
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるthose who are · friends, which is · segment which is
「should」による助言 should + 動詞 — したほうがよいことを伝えるshould keep · should still be · shouldn't be

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, I'm, you'reなど、短縮形や弱形を42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。

  • 「sh」と「zh」の音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, ambition /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/, intuition /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/
  • 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, similarly /ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, intuition /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/, introverted /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/

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: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, regardless /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/, rely /ɹɪˈlaɪ/, privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/, frantically /ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/
  • /v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: perceive /pɚˈsiv/, solve /sɒlv/, valid /ˈvælɪd/, privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/, introverted /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/
  • /f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: comfort /ˈkʌm.fət/, lifestyle /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, frantically /ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/

この動画での練習方法

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。abroad, scary, perceiveなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

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