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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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關於本課

在本課中，您將有機會通過討論“快樂”的主題來練習英語。我們將探究幸福的定義，以及世界各地的名人和專家對幸福的看法。通過了解這些觀點，您不僅能增強對話能力，還可以提升您的英語發音和口語表達。在練習過程中，強調英語影子跟讀的重要性，將有助於您在真實對話中更自然地表達自己。

關鍵詞彙與短語

  • 幸福 (Happiness) - 一種積極的情感狀態，所有人都希望達到的目標。
  • 自由 (Freedom) - 被認為是幸福的秘密之一。
  • 勇氣 (Courage) - 追求幸福所需的重要品質。
  • 享受 (Enjoy) - 幸福不在於擁有多少，而在於如何享受生活。
  • 人權 (Human rights) - 聯合國倡導的每個人應當享有的權利。
  • 開發與持續發展 (Development and sustainability) - 追求長久幸福的基礎。
  • 選擇反應 (Choose to react) - 強調幸福與個人應對生活事件的選擇有關。

練習技巧

為了有效提升您的英語口語能力，建議您在觀看影片時進行 英語影子跟讀。首先，觀察影片中說話的速度和語調，注意語音的連貫性和感情表達。在模仿時，試著與說話者保持同步，也形成 shadow speak 的能力。可以嘗試在安靜的環境中反覆播放影片，幫助您更好地吸收內容。在每次練習後，錄下自己的聲音，審視發音和節奏，這樣能夠幫助您逐步 提高英語發音，並增強自信心。

同時，您也可以每天專注於不同的短語和句型，通過反覆的 英語口語練習，讓這些表達更加根植於您的記憶中。記得多用正面的態度去看待困難和挑戰，這不僅能幫助您在學習上取得成功，也能讓您的生活中更加充滿幸福感。

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構影片中的用法
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的be blessed · are born · were adapted
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事have discussed · have studied
“will” 表將來 will + 動詞 — 決定、承諾或預測will not have · will learn
義務：must / have to / need to 表示某事是必要的have to hunt · have to choose

什麼是跟讀法？

跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。

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