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I always feel really stupid just doing these kind of shots.
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Everyone says living abroad is hard, and it is.
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The bureaucracy, the language gaps, the cultural misfires, ordering four cheese pizzas when you're meant to order one four cheese pizza, you're far from family.
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And making friends as an adult is awkward.
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I moved out at 18, not abroad, but as far from home as I could get.
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Newcastle upon time was my first outpost.
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Then came Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, back to Germany.
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And in between, I lived out of a suitcase in Prague, Dakar, Maputo, New York, Sydney,
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Montreux, Washington, La Paz, everywhere and nowhere.
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And after all that, here's what I've learned.
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There's something about living abroad that no one really tells you.
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You won't read it in travel blogs or visa forums, you only find out by doing it, by living through it, by feeling foreign.
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So today I am in Maastricht.
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I used to call this place home.
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I've come back to visit a friend who is defending his thesis, which is exciting.
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It's always strange being back somewhere isn't it?
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It's like, well even though I know these streets really well and I lived here for five years,
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I basically feel foreign and this isn't a new feeling for me.
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I've lived outside of the UK for almost 20 years.
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I have felt foreign I guess for most of my life at this point.
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But there's something really interesting about feeling foreign
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because yeah sure you have this weird feeling of sadness
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and dislocation but there's also a really really surprising set of benefits that I don't think people talk about enough.
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So look I spent most of my life feeling foreign, feeling like an outsider.
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It's part of my, I guess it's part of my character.
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It's just who I am.
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I've always been like this.
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I've always felt like an outsider and I've always chosen the path,
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I guess, of most friction and that's involved moving abroad quite a lot of the time.
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But all the stuff that I talked about earlier, that stuff starts to, well, it starts to take its toll.
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It starts to grind you down after a while.
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So I keep asking myself the question, why do I do it?
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And it It turns out that, well, after 20 years, it basically has a bunch of really surprising benefits.
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Feeling foreign isn't just vibes, if I'm not too old to use that word.
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Sure, there's friction and there's difficulties, but there's some scientific things behind the sense of feeling foreign
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that enable you to go on and do things that you couldn't otherwise do.
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And I believe if you harness it in the right way, I think it's a kind of gift.
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Psychologists say living abroad can trigger three deep shifts in how we think and feel.
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The first is self -concept clarity.
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Basically, how clearly and confidently you understand who you are.
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When you move abroad, that all gets shaken.
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Language, routines, cultural cues, they all fall away and suddenly you're asking, who am I without all of that?
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You kind of lose your autopilot, but that loss forces you to get intentional.
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I had to decide consciously how to live, relate and respond to the world around me.
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And over time, that made me more resilient.
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I think I made better decisions.
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I think I've built more authentic relationships and I've definitely stopped chasing approval, says the guy with the YouTube channel who responds to every comment.
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But crucially, that clarity doesn't vanish.
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It's helped me in career shifts.
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It's helped me in parenting, in creativity, I think basically any time the ground moves,
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I have self -concept clarity to help me understand who I am.
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The second shift is called cultural frame switching, which is basically changing how you think and behave depending on the cultural context.
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And you see a lot in bilingual people, for instance, and I felt it a bit.
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I'm more direct in German, say.
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I'm more reserved in Dutch and I'm annoyingly polite in English.
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Different parts of me show up depending on where I am.
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It's demanding, but it's kind of powerful in a way.
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It's a bit of a superpower.
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You get better at reading the room and seeing things from different angles.
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And at times, yeah, I mean, it makes you feel in between.
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You're sort of fluent everywhere, but at home nowhere.
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But it also makes you adaptive and flexible.
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And if you use it consciously, it is a strength.
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The third concept is somewhat harder to pin down.
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It's called emotional and existential displacement.
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And it's the feeling that you no longer fully belong anywhere, not to a place or even to your past self.
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I've felt homesick for instance for versions of me that I've outgrown.
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I'm kind of caught between identities, not sure where I fit.
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But over time I've realised that in between space is where something new can form.
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A third identity if you will, like built but not inherited.
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It's uncomfortable but it's honest.
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You're no longer living someone else's story, you're writing your own.
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Living a boat that you can leave is a bit more time.
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Feeling fun and uproar your receiving license, the way of seeing the world, and the fact.
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The fortune of you still is the truth.
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The suspicion of you being a bit mature, that's how you just get feeling.
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Also, it's such a very nice feeling, and it's such a great feeling.
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You're all ready of it when you feel a little tired, feeling a little bit more.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节口语课以视频“How living abroad rewires your brain”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：feeling, foreign, abroad, cultural, felt。 这段视频共有 79 个句子、944 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 5:55。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 160 个词，接近日常对话。 82% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| abroad 副词 | /əˈbɹɔːd/ | 國外 /国外, 海外 |
| clarity 名词 | /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/ | 明晰, 清晰 |
| pizza 名词 | /ˈpi.tsə/ | 比薩 /比萨, 披薩 /披萨 |
| nowhere 副词 | /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ | 無處 /无处 |
| depend 动词 | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | 信任, 信賴 /信赖 |
| friction 名词 | /ˈfɹɪkʃən/ | 摩擦 |
| outsider 名词 | /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/ | 外人, 局外人 |
| defend 动词 | /dɪˈfɪnd/ | 保衛 /保卫, 守衛 /守卫 |
| gap 名词 | /ɡæp/ | 間隙 /间隙 |
| chase 动词 | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | 追逐, 追 |
| angle 名词 | /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ | 角, 角度 |
| belong 动词 | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | 屬於 /属于 |
| forum 名词 | /ˈfɔːɹəm/ | 論壇 /论坛, 座談會 /座谈会 |
| routine 名词 | /ɹuˈtin/ | 常規 /常规, 慣例 /惯例 |
| difficulty 名词 | /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ | 困難 /困难 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| find out 动词 | 找出, 查明 |
| show up 动词 | 露面 |
| turn out 动词 | 原來 /原来 |
值得反复跟读的句子
视频中简短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常对话里：
- It's always strange being back somewhere isn't it?
- It's just who I am.
- I've always been like this.
- It's helped me in career shifts.
- You're sort of fluent everywhere, but at home nowhere.
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | I've learned · I've come · I've lived |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | friend who is · switching, which is |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 30 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 I've, you're, I'm。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: thesis /ˈθisɪs/, authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: friction /ˈfɹɪkʃən/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, suspicion /səˈspɪʃ.ən/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, crucially /ˈkɹuːʃəli/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: visa /ˈviːzə/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, vibe /vaɪb/, adaptive /əˈdæp.tɪv/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: abroad /əˈbɹɔːd/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, defend /dɪˈfɪnd/, gap /ɡæp/, chase /t͡ʃeɪs/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: clarity /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/, relate /ɹɪˈleɪt/, crucially /ˈkɹuːʃəli/, resilient /ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 abroad, clarity, pizza 这类单词。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。