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I think a lot of anxiety and pain actually come from the fact
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that we all want the benefits of a choice without accepting the downside that comes with it.
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You know, trade -offs are unavoidable.
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A few months ago, I delivered a lecture at a local college
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and a student came up to me and asked a question.
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She said, are there any high paying jobs that are close to home
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that don't offer too much work and that offer me less stress and give me some control over my free time?
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well i think you are a perfectionist
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and i said that's an impossible triangle you know high paying
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jobs are usually associated with greater responsibility longer hours more stress
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and of course a lot of complexities of human nature
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if you move up a corporate ladder become a senior manager
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you will face a lot of headaches you probably see lawyers working about 15 hours every day in the office
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and investment bankers work about 100 hours every week in order to generate revenues, right?
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But if you prefer slower life and live close to your parents in a small town, you have to tolerate the trade -offs like fewer job opportunities,
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fewer professional connections, and slower income growth.
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That's the cost you have to pay for that choice, right?
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Another example is being a civil servant.
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Some young people pass the fierce competition to become a civil
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servant in china working for the bureaucratic organization like governments your
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family probably want you to become part of the system in
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order to get stability right you don't need to worry about your pension funds
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but once they get into the system they complain about hierarchical structures
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and strict rules
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and lack of personal flexibility you have to be really careful about the things you say
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and sometimes you have to deal with politics power struggles that's the price you have to pay for a stable job.
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This also reminded me of a private message I received from a follower.
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She wanted to have a gap year by staying at home with her parents, but her parents were always criticizing her for not getting a job,
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relying on family's financial support.
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So my response would be, if you know that your parents are not satisfied with your choice and you want to stay at home,
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you probably have to tolerate their behaviors, right?
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You have to tolerate their criticisms.
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If you don't want to confront your complaints and you want them to shut up and respect you, then try to find a way to move out and become financially independent.
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So the choices in front of you are quite clear.
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You cannot have both loving parents and easy financial support at the same time?
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This is unrealistic, right?
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We have to remember that every lifestyle has a price.
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In economics, it's often called an opportunity cost.
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If you want to gain something, you have to give up something else.
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You cannot optimize everything at the same time.
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And a decision with no downsides cannot be defined as a decision.
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It's just pure wish or hope.
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Only scammers will offer you perfect choices that are too perfect to be true.
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I think young people can combine idealism and realism.
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We can call ourselves idealistic realists.
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So mature thinking is not about getting all the benefits without giving anything up.
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It's about asking yourself a deep fundamental question.
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What matters most to me?
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And what am I willing to give up for it?
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And you know, there's no perfect choice no perfect path you always have to analyze your cost of benefits
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and the prices you have to pay for a particular choice
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so ask yourself which price is worth paying for the life I want.

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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Esta aula de conversação de nível B2 usa o vídeo “Every Choice Has a Cost: The Truth About Freedom｜全英Talk：人生主体性：既享受选择的红利，也承担对应的代价”. As palavras que mais se repetem: choice, parents, perfect, price, tolerate. Este vídeo tem 52 frases e 634 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 3:47. O falante fala em ritmo natural, cerca de 168 palavras por minuto, próximo de uma conversa do dia a dia. 84% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar. 8 das 52 frases são perguntas, por isso é um bom treino para a entonação de perguntas e respostas curtas.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

As 15 palavras mais avançadas do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
tolerate verbo/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/tolerar, aguentar
distress substantivo/dɪˈstɹɛs/desconforto
servant substantivo/ˈsɝvənt/empregado, criado
bureaucratic adjetivo/ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/burocrático
hierarchical adjetivo/ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/hierárquico
idealism substantivo/ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/idealismo
idealistic adjetivo/ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/idealista, idealístico
optimize verbo/ˈɑptɪmaɪz/otimizar
perfectionist substantivo/pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/perfeccionista
realist substantivo/ˈɹɪəlɪst/realista
unavoidable adjetivo/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/inevitável, incontornável
unrealistic adjetivoirrealista
follower substantivo/ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/seguidor
criticize verbo/ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/criticar, culpar
realism substantivo/ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/realismo

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
give up verborender-se
move out verbose mudar
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/cala a boca, cale-se

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 3 contrações e formas reduzidas, como don't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: bureaucratic /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/, hierarchical /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/, idealism /ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/, idealistic /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/, perfectionist /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: tolerate /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/, downside /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/, servant /ˈsɝvənt/, bureaucratic /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/, idealistic /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/
  • /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: hierarchical /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/, unavoidable /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/, triangle /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/
  • /h/ — um sopro suave, diferente do “r”: hierarchical /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/, headache /ˈhɛdeɪk/

Como praticar com este vídeo

  1. Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
  2. Comece na velocidade 0,75×, faça shadowing frase por frase e volte à velocidade normal quando ficar fácil.
  3. Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como tolerate, distress, servant.

O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.

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