쉐도잉 연습: When More Choices Make Life Harder | A2 English Shadowing - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
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Have you ever had so many choices that you did not know what to choose?
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Maybe you want to order dinner, so you open an app and see hundreds of meals.
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You look at pizza, noodles, rice, chicken, burgers, and many other things.
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You think, what should I eat?
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Ten minutes later, you're still looking.
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Or maybe you want to watch a movie.
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You open a streaming app and see so many movies that you cannot choose one.
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You watch a few minutes of one movie, then look at another one.
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After 20 minutes, you still have not watched anything.
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We often think more choices are better.
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If we have more choices, we can find exactly what we want.
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But sometimes, more choices make simple things harder.
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We have more things to look at, more things to think about, and more chances to ask, what if I choose the wrong one?
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Sometimes having fewer choices can actually make life easier.
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Imagine that you are hungry after work.
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You are tired and you just want dinner.
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You open a food app and see a very long list of restaurants.
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You see pizza, noodles, rice, soup, sandwiches, burgers, and many more choices.
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At first, you feel happy because there is so much food.
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You think, great, I can choose anything I want.
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But then you start looking at the details.
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One restaurant has good food, but it is expensive.
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Another is cheaper, but the food may take a long time to arrive.
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One has many good reviews.
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Another has a special meal you want to try.
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You look at one restaurant, then another, and then you go back to the first one.
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After 20 minutes, you are still hungry.
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The problem is not that you have no food.
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You have too much choice.
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When we have two or three choices, it can be easy to choose.
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But when we have 20 or 50 choices, we have to think about everyone.
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This can make a small decision feel like hard work.
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The same thing can happen when you choose clothes, food, movies, or a place to go.
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More choices can be helpful, but we do not always need more.
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Sometimes three good choices are enough.
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We do not need to look at everything before we choose something.
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If you already see something you like, you can simply choose it and move on.
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Too many choices can also make us worry about making a bad choice.
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Imagine that you want to buy a pair of shoes.
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You find a pair that you like.
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The shoes look good, they feel comfortable, and the price is okay.
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You could buy them and go home.
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But then you see another pair
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They're a little cheaper
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Then you see another pair
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With a different color
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Then you find another pair
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With many good reviews
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Now you start thinking
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Maybe I should look at a few more
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So you keep looking
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You find ten more pairs
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But now you have a new problem
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You do not know which pair to choose
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Before You only had one question
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Do I like these shoes?
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Now you have many questions.
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Is another pair better?
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Is another pair cheaper?
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Should I wait?
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Should I look again?
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A simple shopping trip can become stressful.
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This can happen with bigger choices, too.
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Maybe you want to choose a new job or a new place to live.
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You may look at many options and hope to find the perfect one.
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But sometimes there is no perfect choice.
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One job may have better pay, while another may have better hours.
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One apartment may be closer to work, while another may have more space.
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Every choice can have good things and bad things.
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If you keep looking for the perfect answer, you may spend a very long time choosing.
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Sometimes you need to say, this is good enough for me, and make your choice.
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There is another problem with having too many choices.
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Even after we choose something, we may keep thinking about the things we did not choose.
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Imagine that you go to a restaurant and order a burger.
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The burger looks good and you are hungry, but then you see a pizza come to another table.
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It looks very good too.
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You start thinking, maybe I should have ordered the pizza.
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Now you are eating your burger, but you are thinking about the pizza.
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The burger has not changed.
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It is still the same burger, but you are enjoying it less because you are thinking about another choice.
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This can happen in many parts of life.
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You buy a phone, but later you see another phone online and think, maybe that one is better.
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You choose a holiday, but then you see pictures of another place and think, maybe we should have gone there.
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You choose one shirt, but then you see another shirt and start thinking about it
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When we keep looking at other choices, it can become hard to enjoy what we already have
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Sometimes, the problem is not the choice we made
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The problem is that we do not stop looking after we choose
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We keep asking, what if?
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But we cannot choose everything
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If you choose pizza, you cannot also eat the burger.
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If you choose one holiday, you cannot take every holiday at the same time.
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That is normal.
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A choice means saying yes to one thing and no to another.
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Once you make a good choice, it can help to stop looking at all the other choices and enjoy what you have.
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So, how can we make choices easier?
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First, think about what you really need.
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If you want to choose a restaurant, maybe you only need three things.
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Good food, a good price, and a place near you.
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If a restaurant has these things, you do not need to check 50 other restaurants.
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If you want to buy a shirt, choose a few colors you like and look at those.
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You do not need to look at every shirt in the store.
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You can also give yourself a time limit.
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For example, you can look for a restaurant for 10 minutes and then choose one.
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You can look at three pairs of shoes and choose one.
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A small limit can stop you from thinking about the same choice again and again.
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Another useful question is, is this good enough?
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We often ask, is this the best?
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But the best can be very hard to find.
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Good enough is much easier.
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If something works well, fits your needs, and makes you happy, maybe you do not need anything else.
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And after you choose, try not to keep checking.
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If you buy a phone, enjoy using it.
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If you choose a restaurant, enjoy your meal.
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If you choose a movie, watch it instead of looking for another movie.
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You do not have to find the perfect choice every time.
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You just need to make a choice that works for you and then give it a chance.
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More choices can sound like more freedom, but sometimes they can make us tired.
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Too many choices can make simple decisions difficult.
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They can make us worry about choosing the wrong thing.
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And even after we choose, they can make us think about what we did not choose.
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So the next time you have too many choices, do not feel that you have to look at everything.
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Ask yourself, what do I really need?
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Choose a few good options.
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Pick one, then stop looking.
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You do not need the perfect meal, the perfect shirt, the perfect movie, or the perfect decision every time.
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Sometimes a good choice is enough.
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And sometimes the best way to enjoy your choice is to stop thinking about all the other choices you could have made.
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You made it to the end.
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Keep listening, keep speaking, and keep practicing.
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You do not need to choose everything.
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Sometimes choosing one good thing and enjoying it is enough.
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이 레슨의 어휘와 말하기 포인트
이 말하기 레슨은 영상 “When More Choices Make Life Harder”을(를) 바탕으로 합니다. 가장 자주 반복되는 단어는 다음과 같습니다: choice, choose, pair, restaurant, burger. 이 영상에는 섀도잉할 문장 131개와 단어 1330개가 있습니다. 말하는 구간의 길이는 9:23입니다. 화자는 분당 약 142단어의 일정한 속도로 말해서 섀도잉하기에 편한 속도입니다. 단어의 91%가 영어에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 3,000단어에 속해 어휘가 쉬운 편입니다.
이 영상의 핵심 어휘
영상에 나오는 익혀 둘 만한 단어 9개를 발음, 뜻과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 단어 | 발음 | 뜻 |
|---|---|---|
| burger 명사 | /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ | 버거 |
| pizza 명사 | /ˈpi.tsə/ | 피자 |
| meal 명사 | /ˈmiːl/ | 끼니, 밥 |
| shoe 명사 | /ˈʃu/ | 신발, 신 |
| hungry 형용사 | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | 배고프다, 굶주리다 |
| arrive 동사 | /əˈɹaɪv/ | 도착하다 |
| soup 명사 | /sup/ | 국, 탕 |
| cloth 명사 | /klɒθ/ | 천 |
| noodle 명사 | /ˈnu.dəl/ | 누들, 국수 |
따라 말해 볼 만한 문장
영상에 나오는 짧고 완결된 문장으로, 일상 대화에서 그대로 쓸 수 있습니다:
- You think, what should I eat?
- Do I like these shoes?
- We keep asking, what if?
- We often ask, is this the best?
- Ask yourself, what do I really need?
이 영상의 문법
화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 문형 | 영상 속 표현 |
|---|---|
| 현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때 | Have you ever had · have not watched · has not changed |
| 동사 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 뒤에 -ing형이 오는 동사 | start looking · start thinking · keep looking |
| “should” 조언 should + 동사 — 하는 것이 좋은 일을 말할 때 | should I eat · should look · Should I wait |
| “might / may” 가능성 might/may + 동사 — 가능하지만 확실하지 않은 일 | may take · may look · may have |
주의할 발음
한국어 화자가 어려워하는 소리:
- /f/ — ㅍ(/p/)으로 바꾸지 말고 윗니를 아랫입술에 대기: helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/, fewer /ˈfjuː.ɚ/, stressful /ˈstɹɛsfəl/
이 영상으로 연습하는 방법
- 먼저 말하지 않고 영상을 끝까지 듣고 모르는 단어를 적어 둡니다.
- 보통 속도로 한 문장씩 섀도잉하고, 화자의 리듬과 맞을 때까지 반복합니다.
- 자신의 목소리를 녹음해 원본과 비교하고, burger, pizza, meal 같은 단어에 특히 주의합니다.
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