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Time is the only constant in our lives,
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or at least, that is what the laws of physics would have us believe.
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A second is always a second,
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whether you are trapped in a suffocating traffic jam or living out the best moments of your life.
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But why does your brain perceive it differently?
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Why does a dull lecture feel like an eternity,
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while hours watching your favorite team play pass in a fleeting flash?
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It is the mind at work where time is not just numbers on a screen,
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but a complex chemical illusion crafted by our consciousness.
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Deep within the brain, there are no ticking hands,
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only a complex neural network.
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The key player here is dopamine.
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Recent studies in neuroscience suggest that dopamine acts as a,
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quote, modulator for the internal pulse rate.
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When you are enjoying yourself,
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your brain releases large amounts of dopamine,
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speeding up the pace of information processing.
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Imagine your internal clock begins to pulse faster than the clock on the wall.
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When your brain compares these rapid pulses to real-time,
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you are tricked into feeling that external time has shrunk and sped by.
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Dopamine doesn't just grant you happiness,
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it recalibrates the very rhythm of your temporal reality.
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Beyond chemistry, there is the attentional gate.
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Our brains have a limited capacity for processing data.
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When you feel bored, your mind finds nothing to occupy it,
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so it begins to monitor the passage of time itself as a primary event.
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You are essentially consuming your mental energy counting seconds,
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making them feel heavy and painfully slow.
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But when you are having fun or entering a flow state,
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the brain directs all its resources to the activity at hand.
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In that moment, the mind closes the window of time monitoring entirely.
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You don't notice time because you are effectively outside of it through your focus.
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That's why when you finally look at the clock,
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you are shocked, where did the past few hours go?
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Here lies the paradox known as the holiday paradox.
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During moments of fun, time flies in the present.
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But when you recall that memory a week later,
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it feels as though it lasted a very long time.
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Why?
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Because during new and exciting experiences,
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the brain records a massive amount of detail and dense memories.
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When your mind reviews the footage of the past,
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it finds rich material and concludes that the event was long.
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This This is the exact opposite of a mundane, routine day.
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It passes slowly in the moment but vanishes from memory as if it never happened,
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because it left no distinct neural footprint.
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In physics time is constant,
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but in the biology of the mind it is remarkably elastic.
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Perhaps the secret isn't in trying to stop time,
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but in filling it with things worth remembering.
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Time doesn't fly just because you are enjoying yourself.
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It flies because your brain decided the moment was too precious to waste on watching the clock.
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Thank you.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “Why Do You Lose Track of Time When You’re Having Fun?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: brain, moment, dopamine, clock, pulse. Deze video bevat 53 zinnen en 500 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:39. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 188 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
dopamine zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈdoʊ.pəˌmin/dopamine
pulse zelfstandig naamwoord/pʌls/pols
paradox zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/paradox, tegenspraak
neural bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈnʊɹəl/neuraal
excite werkwoord/ɪkˈsaɪt/prikkelen, opwinden
neuroscience zelfstandig naamwoordneurowetenschap
vanish werkwoord/ˈvænɪʃ/verdwijnen
footprint zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfʊtpɹɪnt/voetafdruk
elastic bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ə-/elastieken
temporal bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/tijdelijk
perceive werkwoord/pɚˈsiv/waarnemen
remarkably bijwoord/ɹɪˈmɑɹkəbli/opmerkelijk
tick zelfstandig naamwoord/tɪk/teek
eternity zelfstandig naamwoord/əˈtɜɹnəti/eeuwigheid
consume werkwoord/kənˈsum/consumeren, verbruiken

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals doesn't, don't, isn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/, illusion /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: recalibrate /ˌɹiˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/, remarkably /ɹɪˈmɑɹkəbli/, eternity /əˈtɜɹnəti/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: perceive /pɚˈsiv/, conclude /kənˈkluːd/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: paradox /ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/, recalibrate /ˌɹiˈkæl.ə.bɹeɪt/, vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als dopamine, pulse, paradox.

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