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For some of us, happiness and excitement never seem to last for very long.

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.

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,

or an incident occurs from out of the blue that unsettles us.

Maybe we read something online that seems mean-minded and worrying.

Or we catch sight of ourselves in the mirror and feel repulsed.

Or we suddenly think of something we said or did seven

and a half years ago that may have been misinterpreted and misconstrued and start to panic.

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.

And as a result, we are brought back down to earth fairly sharply.

We end up, only hours or days after the good mood began, in a familiar place of fear, anxiety and disappointment.

It can be as if, without quite realising it, we are operating under some sort of secret law.

Thou shalt never be exuberant.

Thou shalt never live life too much to the full.

Thou shalt never be too happy, thou shalt not believe in yourself, thou shalt worry a lot.

Where might such perverse and sad edicts have come from?

It may be the result of growing up in an environment where our flourishing was somehow deemed unwelcome and provocative.

Had we ever been too conspicuously happy, we might have upset a parent who was battling a sense of despair

or resignation and was furious at the deprivations they had once had to endure.

We may have grown up to associate a low, fearful mood with safety.

Sadness means you don't get attacked, it doesn't provoke envy, it keeps you out of trouble.

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.

To achieve our ends, there may be some favourite websites we like to go to

that confirm that we are unattractive or strange or in danger.

We may provoke arguments, insults or offence.

We've got a repertoire of secret skills to wipe the smile off our own faces.

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?

Who might we have upset with our joy?

Was there a conflict between our flourishing and someone else's sense of well-being?

Then we need to reassure the frightened child in us

that the person who demanded our sadness as a price for their protection is no longer in authority over us.

We don't have to apologise for being attractive or intelligent or gifted or within reach of stability, sanity, potency and good spirits.

We are, whatever we once believed, allowed to live without continuous sadness and fear.

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このC1レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Why We Sabotage Our Own Happiness」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：shalt, thou, ourselves, seem, sadness。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が33文、単語が525語あります。音声の長さは3:05です。話す速さは1分あたり約170語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は80%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

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
sadness 名詞	/ˈsædnəs/	悲しみ
provoke 動詞	/pɹəˈvəʊk/	怒らせる, 立腹させる
flourish 動詞	/ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/	繁茂する, 繁栄する
frighten 動詞	/ˈfɹaɪ.tən/	怖がらせる
perverse 形容詞	/pɚˈvɝs/	天邪鬼, 意地悪
repertoire 名詞	/ˈɹɛp.əɹ.twɑɹ/	レパートリー
sanity 名詞	/ˈsæn.əˌti/	正気
impulse 名詞	/ˈɪmpʌls/	衝動, 衝撃
endure 動詞	/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/	耐える
despair 名詞	/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/	絶望, 失望
envy 名詞	/ˈɛnvi/	嫉妬, ねたみ
foolish 形容詞	/ˈfuː.lɪʃ/	愚かな, 馬鹿げた
incentive 名詞	/ɪnˈsɛntɪv/	動機, 誘因
insult 名詞	/ɪnˈsʌlt/	侮辱
wipe 動詞	/waɪp/	拭く

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
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	have come · have been
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	have been misinterpreted · are brought

注意したい発音

話し手はdon't, can't, doesn'tなど、短縮形や弱形を6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: flourish /ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/, deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, reassure /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/, sharply /ˈʃɑɹpli/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, exuberant /ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/, misinterpret /ˌmɪs.ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/, provocative /pɹəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/, disappointment /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/

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。sadness, provoke, flourish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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