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Welcome to Spotlight.
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I'm Liz Waid.
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And I'm Adam Navis.
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Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
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It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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What is happiness?
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Are you happy?
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What makes you happy?
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For thousands of years, people all over the world have discussed these questions,
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and expressed different opinions.
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We begin today's program with some of their thoughts.
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Aristotle was a great thinker who lived in Greece over 2,000 years ago.
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He said, "'Happiness depends on ourselves.'" Thucydides also lived in Greece at about the same time.
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He was a military man who studied history.
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He said, "'The secret of happiness is freedom.
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And the secret of freedom is courage." William Gladstone was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 19th century.
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He said, Be happy with what you have and are.
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Be open-handed with both and you will not have to hunt for happiness."
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Charles Spurgeon also lived in the United Kingdom at about the same time.
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He was a religious speaker.
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And he said, It is not how much we have,
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but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
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Today's Spotlight is on happiness.
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People all around the world think that happiness is important.
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In 2012, the United Nations even passed a resolution about happiness.
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All 193 member states agreed to the resolution.
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They recognized happiness as a global human goal.
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And they decided to make the 20th of March the International Day of Happiness.
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On the 20th of March, 2015, the Secretary General of the United Nations,
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Ban Ki-moon, wrote a special message.
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In it, he said, I wish everyone around the world a very happy International Day of Happiness.
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The search for happiness is a serious business.
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Happiness for the whole human family is one of the main goals of the United Nations.
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Peace, plenty, lives of respect for all, this is what we seek.
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We want all men, women and children to enjoy all their human rights.
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We want all countries to know the joy of peace.
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We want both people and planet to be blessed with lasting development,
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and to be free of the terrible effects of climate change.
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Let us give thanks for what makes us happy.
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And let us give our efforts to filling our world with happiness.
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But what makes people happy?
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Many people think that happiness depends on being rich and beautiful.
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But scientists and experts have studied happiness.
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They know this is not correct.
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Good and bad things happen to everyone.
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Many scientists and experts believe that happiness is something we can choose.
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They believe that happiness is not always about what happens to you.
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They believe that much happiness is about how you choose to react.
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You can choose to react to events in your life in a positive way.
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Dr. Amit Sood is an expert at the Mayo Clinic in the United States.
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He said, Happiness is a habit or custom.
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Some of us are born happy, but most others have to choose it.
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We often, however, do not understand we have that choice.
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We also do not know how to exercise that choice.
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As a result, we push happiness away.
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Do not let that happen to you.
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So, how can we choose to be happy?
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What do we need to do?
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Experts have a lot of different advice.
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But they agree that gratitude, or being thankful, is very important.
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You will learn to be happy, or happier, by being thankful.
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Dr. Robert Emmons is a leading expert on gratitude.
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He suggests many ways to become more thankful.
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One method he suggests is keeping a gratitude journal or book.
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Every day, write down things for which you are thankful.
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These things may be about you, events, or people.
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He also suggests that you use the language of thankful people.
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You can use words like gifts, givers, blessings, and blessed.
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What things are people most grateful for?
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Bupa is a health organization in the United Kingdom.
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Bupa did some research about the things that make people feel happy.
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They found that many small and simple things make people feel good.
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For example, sleeping in a clean, fresh bed.
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Another example, many people enjoy feeling the sun on their faces.
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Other people feel good when someone is kind to them.
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Other people like laughing so hard it hurts.
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or smelling freshly made bread.
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Even the United Nations knows that music can make people happy.
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And in 2015, the United Nations celebrated the International Day of Happiness with music.
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The Secretary General of the United Nations,
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Ban Ki-moon, asked people all over the world to share a song that makes them happy.
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Many famous people shared songs that represented happiness and made them smile.
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They helped to create the world's happiest playlist.
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The actor Michael Douglas chose the song Zippity-Doo-Dah.
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The singer James Blunt chose the song We Are Young. Are you happy?
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What makes you happy?
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What are you thankful for?
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Does a particular song make you happy?
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Tell us about it.
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You can leave a comment on our website.
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You can also comment on Facebook at Facebook.com slash Spotlight Radio. Be happy!
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The writer of this program was Katie Blake.
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The producer was Michio Ozaki.
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The voices you heard were from the United Kingdom and the United States.
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All quotes were adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight.
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You can listen to this program again and read it on the internet at www.radioenglish.net.
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This program is called, Be Happy.
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We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program.
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Goodbye!
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: happiness, Spotlight, thankful, Nations, program. Deze video bevat 99 zinnen en 941 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:26. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 82 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| thankful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈθæŋkfəl/ | dankbaar |
| gratitude zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | dankbaarheid |
| react werkwoord | /ɹiːˈækt/ | reageren |
| depend werkwoord | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | afhangen |
| scientist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | wetenschapper, wetenschapster |
| thinker zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/ | denker |
| playlist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpleɪˌlɪst/ | afspeellijst, playlist |
| adapt werkwoord | /əˈdæpt/ | aanpassen |
| blessing zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ | zegen |
| habit zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | gewoonte |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | tot ziens, tot weerziens |
| courage zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | moed, dapperheid |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| write down werkwoord | opschrijven, neerschrijven |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- What makes you happy?
- We begin today's program with some of their thoughts.
- What do we need to do?
- What are you thankful for?
- Does a particular song make you happy?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be blessed · are born · were adapted |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have discussed · have studied |
| Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig is | have to hunt · have to choose · need to do |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | will not have · will learn |
Uitspraak om op te letten
- De “th”-klanken: thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, thinker /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, courage /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, react /ɹiːˈækt/, adapt /əˈdæpt/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gratitude /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als thankful, gratitude, react.
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