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This is the world's first anti-procrastination cafe.
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And of course it's in Japan.
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All of the coolest stuff is in Japan.
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In this cafe, once you enter, you aren't allowed to leave until all your work is done.
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You write out all of your goals for the evening and choose one of three difficulty levels.
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Level 1 is a verbal confirmation with the staff upon leaving that you completed everything you set out to do.
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So, it's pretty simple and honestly it seems quite easy to get out of doing the work in this one.
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You can just lie whenever you're leaving, just lie to the staff like, yeah, I got my work done.
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That's by design though, this is the easiest difficulty.
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Level 2, which is normal difficulty, sees a staff member check in on you every hour.
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And finally level 3, the hardest difficulty, has staff members frequently standing directly behind you and applying pressure.
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That one seems a little excessive, but hey, I mean, if you've got a deadline for tomorrow and you work well under pressure, you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Customers pay around about 85p or a little over a dollar every 30 minutes, and with that they get Wi-Fi and charging ports for their laptops.
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Interestingly though, there are no food products to buy at all.
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The only beverages are self-served tea and coffee that come at no extra charge.
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Which you might really need, because the owner is so committed to you finishing your work, that he will keep you there even if it means staying past cafe opening hours.
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But apparently the people of Tokyo really love this place, and is incredibly effective at helping them achieve their goals.
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Could this really be the answer to the world's procrastination problem?
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I'll just have to see for myself.
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Okay, so maybe I don't have the budget to just go to Japan and go to one of these actual anti-procrastination cafes, but what I'm going to do is experiment to see how this actually works.
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I went to my local cafe with an excessively long to-do list
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and I was not going to leave until I completed everything.
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Let's see just how effective these anti-procrastination cafes really are.
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Okay, so I just got out of there, I actually got everything I wanted to get done, done, to a really high quality, much faster than I thought I would.
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So I got it done faster than I thought I would, and to a higher quality than I thought I would.
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Now at this point these cafes probably seem amazing, and you're probably wishing you had these in your local area, but there is a caveat here.
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You see, I've tried sitting down for other big work sessions before in other cafes
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and libraries as I'm sure most of you watching have as well, but I wasn't nearly as productive.
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With the difference being, every time I've done it before, I was doing work that I just didn't care about, I just didn't naturally enjoy.
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Whereas this time it was something I was genuinely passionate about, YouTube.
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People are always looking for a quick fix and a hack for procrastination, and sure those things can work in the short term,
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but in the long term you're always going to struggle if you don't actually enjoy your work at all.
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But hey, even the most passionate workers procrastinate sometimes, so these cafes are perfect if you're just looking for that little bit of extra incentive to meet the deadline.
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And who knows, maybe one day Tokyo won't be the only city to have their local anti-procrastination cafe.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節 B1 級別的口語課以影片“Japan's Anti-Procrastination Café”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：cafe, procrastination, difficulty, anti, staff。 這段影片共有 34 個句子、615 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 3:18。 說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 187 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 84% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中最難的 14 個單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| procrastination 名詞 | /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | 耽擱 /耽擱, 拖延 |
| café 名詞 | /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ | 咖啡屋, 咖啡店 |
| passionate 形容詞 | /ˈpæʃənɪt/ | 多情, 熾熱 /熾熱 |
| deadline 名詞 | /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/ | 截止日期, 限期 |
| caveat 名詞 | /ˈkæviɑt/ | 警示 |
| excessively 副詞 | /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/ | 過分地 /過分地, 過度地 /過度地 |
| procrastinate 動詞 | /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/ | 耽擱 /耽擱, 拖延 |
| beverage 名詞 | /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | 飲料 /飲料, 飲品 /飲品 |
| verbal 形容詞 | /ˈvɜː.bəl/ | 詞的 /詞的 |
| incentive 名詞 | /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/ | 刺激, 誘因 /誘因 |
| confirmation 名詞 | /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/ | 確認 /確認 |
| excessive 形容詞 | /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/ | 過度 /過度, 過分 /過分 |
| productive 形容詞 | /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ | 生產的 /生產的 |
| laptop 名詞 | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | 手提電腦 /手提電腦, 手提計算機 /手提計算機 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | I've tried · I've done |
| 最高階 the -est / the most … — 一組中最高或最低的 | the coolest · the easiest · the hardest |
| 比較級 -er than / more … than — 比較兩個事物 | faster than |
| 現在進行時 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在發生的事 | you're leaving · you're probably wishing · are always looking |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 19 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you're, didn't, don't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: procrastination /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: procrastination /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, excessively /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: caveat /ˈkæviɑt/, excessively /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/, beverage /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, verbal /ˈvɜː.bəl/, incentive /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, caveat /ˈkæviɑt/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/, beverage /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, incentive /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/
- /æ/ — 嘴張大，不要讀成 /e/: procrastination /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, café /ˌkæˈfeɪ/, cafe /ˌkæˈfeɪ/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, caveat /ˈkæviɑt/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 procrastination, café, passionate 這類單詞。
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