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In a recent study participants were placed in a room for between 6 and 15 minutes.

They were given nothing except a button that they knew would shock them if they pressed it.

They were asked to entertain themselves with their thoughts, but they could self administer the shock if they so chose.

So what happened?

Well, 25% of women and 67% of men shocked themselves.

This is despite the fact that they had previously told the experimenters that they would pay money to avoid the shock.

Apparently they'd rather experience physical pain than just be bored; to have nothing to keep them occupied but their thoughts.

But they are not alone.

Around 95% of American adults report participating in some leisure activities over the past 24 hours.

But only 17% say they spent any time at all just relaxing and thinking, because that apparently is boring, and being bored is unpleasant.

So what is boredom? Well contrary to popular belief, it's not when you have absolutely nothing to do.

It's just when none of the options you have available to you appeal to you.

Boredom is characterized by a lack of concentration, restlessness, but also feeling lethargic.

It's really a state of being underwhelmed.

And there are now more ways than ever to avoid boredom.

With Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, not to mention my chronic news I have waiting in line, sitting in a coffee shop, stopped at a traffic light.

Many people reach for their phones to stave off boredom, and nowhere is sacred.

Do you ever just let yourself be bored?

No, no, I generally don't.

But are we losing anything by avoiding boredom?

Well, scientific research says yes, and what we're losing is important.

When you're bored your mind wanders.

That's only natural.

The state of boredom is one where your attention is not focused on anything in particular.

Researchers have shown this mind wandering is useful for creativity.

They gave study participants a random boring task. The most boring one: reading the phone book.

Then, they asked participants to be creative; generate as many ideas as they could for what you could do with a plastic cup.

Those in the most boring read the phone book condition generated the most creative solutions compared to less bored controls.

A major reason many researchers suspect that we experience boredom is because it gives you an indicator of your current state.

I mean, if you find yourself feeling bored, you know something about that situation isn't working for you.

Let me ask you this. When you're in class and you're a bit bored do you ever just pull out your phone and have a look at stuff?

Yeah. All the time.

So the paradox of boredom is that it makes you feel tired, sluggish and just disinterested.

But it may actually spur you to action. It may get you to make changes that would be positive for your life.

And changes like getting this guy's legs out of my face. That would be perfect.

In the absence of boredom, one would remain trapped in unfulfilling situations and miss out on many emotionally, cognitively and socially rewarding experiences.

Boredom is both a warning that we're not doing what we want to be doing, and a push that motivates us to switch goals and projects.

Studies have also shown that boredom may make you more altruistic.

Perhaps the acute sense of aimlessness you experience when you're bored gets out of control, and makes you question what you're doing with your life as a whole.

But the silver lining is that it may trigger you to think about others and what you can do to help them.

And that provides an immediate and concrete purpose to a life that might momentarily feel like it's lacking one.

You know, studies designed to induce boredom have shown that more bored participants are more likely to donate to charity, or to give blood.

Can I ask what led you to donate blood today?

I had free time in my hands. You know, just, waiting for 2 hours, an hour and a half or so.

So apparently the opportunity to do meaningful, even if unpleasant activities have more value if you're bored than if you're not.

Similarly, this aimless state seems to cultivate thoughts about what you want to do with your life.

To think of your life as a story and consider where you want it to go in the future.

This is called autobiographical planning.

When given tasks that only use a fraction of mental capacity, study participants frequently thought of the future and their plans for it.

In this way being bored is essential for goal-setting.

If your brain is always consumed with other stimuli, you'll rarely ponder the bigger picture and set long-term goals for yourself and consider how to achieve them.

Does a phone get rid of your boredom?

Yeah, actually, thinking about it, it does.

So every time you're waiting for something, you have a decision to make which seems like a tiny one.

Pull out your phone for a few seconds or minutes, or just be bored; experience only your thoughts.

It seems like an insignificant decision.

And if you don't give it much thought the obvious action is to see what's new on your app of choice And in making that decision you are alleviating a moment of boredom.

But you are also likely making yourself less creative, less altruistic, less likely to assess your current state and less likely to set goals for your future.

In short, you are the real world example of someone shocking themselves to avoid the unpleasantness of boredom.

Except in your case, the pain goes much deeper to the very nature of who you are, and who you will become.

So think carefully before pressing that button.

So, being bored is apparently something our brains need to do.

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本課簡介

在本課中，學習者將會了解無聊的好處，以及它如何促進創造力和自我反思。通過觀看與“無聊”相關的英語影片，學習者可以提高英語聽力和口語能力，培養思維的流暢性。您將學會如何利用無聊的時刻激發更深層次的創造力，並通過這些內容提升雅思口語練習及英語口語練習的技能。

關鍵詞彙與短語

無聊 (boredom) - 指感覺不愉快且缺乏興趣的狀態。
創造力 (creativity) - 產生新想法和解決問題的能力。
思維遊蕩 (mind wandering) - 當注意力不集中時，思緒自由飄蕩。
自我反思 (self-reflection) - 深入思考個人的生活和未來計劃。
社會責任感 (altruism) - 在無聊狀態下，對他人和社會表現出關心的傾向。
生活計劃 (life planning) - 設定未來目標和方向的過程。
心理狀態 (mental state) - 人在某一時刻的情緒和思維狀況。
閒暇活動 (leisure activities) - 人們用來自我放鬆和娛樂的活動。

練習技巧

在進行英語影子跟讀時，可以利用這段影片的內容進行有效練習。建議您在安靜的環境中觀看影片，慢慢重複說話者的每句話，以提高發音和流暢度。影片的語速適中，適合進行英語口語練習。您可以時而暫停，回放短句以確保準確發音，並嘗試在表述時新增您自己的想法和看法。例如，當影片中提到“無聊”時，您可以思考並描述自己的一次無聊經歷。

此外，利用線上影片平臺看YouTube學英語可以充分利用碎片時間，比如公交上或者等候的時候，進行思維訓練。無聊並不可怕，反而是提升自我的良機。通過這種方式，您不僅能提高您的英語口語能力，還能培養對生活的更深思考。將無聊視為一種積極的訊號，有助於您進行更有意義的自我探究，讓每一次的練習都有所收穫。

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	was sponsored · were placed · were given
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 shown · have also shown
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物	authentication which is · people who may

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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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本課簡介

關鍵詞彙與短語

練習技巧

影片中的語法

什麼是跟讀法？