LET'S UNLOCK WORDS AND PHRASES 🔐
penury
[ 'pen-yuh-ree ]
noun
He was brought up in penury, without education.
muster
[ 'muhs-ter ]
verb
Wilson embarked on a nationwide speaking tour to muster support for the league.
onerous
[ 'on-er-uhs ]
adjective
He wants less onerous regulations to bring back jobs and improve the economy.
masochism
[ 'maz-uh-kiz-uhm ]
noun
I don't know if it was masochism or shock, but I listened to the tape twice before allowing myself to cry.
high-wire
[ hahy-wahyuhr ]
noun
The business has been on a high wire for the past few months.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK! [ FULL CLIP ]
QUESTION:
1. What is the video all about?
LET'S TRY IT! - FIRST CUT
A. Script Completion
Direction: Watch the first cut of the video and complete the following lines below with the missing words. Write or type down your answers while listening.
⏱ 00:05 - 00:41
When it comes to (1) with our lives, we are (2) with what looks like a very (3) : the passionate path vs the safe path. The latter involves the (4) of a dependable profession; we will be bored - but we know we’ll (5) . Meanwhile, the former is a high-wire act in which we fantasize (6) from what we deeply love and yet we constantly fear (7) .
LET'S PRACTICE - SECOND CUT
A. Script Completion
Direction: Watch the second cut of the video and complete the following lines below with the missing phrases.
⏱ 01:22 - 02:02
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"By contrast, what we love is what we are anyway, we'd do it for free"
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"which decisively increases our chances of mastery while reducing the
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"A decade of mixed results on a passion-project is than unspectacular returns for a whole career in a hateful field.
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"It is in the end not very safe to use the one life we have to do what we know from the outset we won't enjoy - simply in order to keep living."
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This It's masochism.
LET'S DO THE CHALLENGE - FULL CLIP Direction: Answer the following questions by giving your opinion.
⏱ 0:05 - 2:37
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According to the video, what is the main dilemma individuals often face when deciding what to do with their lives?
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What disadvantage might arise from choosing the safe path out of fear?
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According to the video, why is it important to heed the call of our passions if we are fortunate enough to have them?
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What is considered "masochism" based on the video?
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Do you agree with the statement "the former (passionate path) is a high-wire act in which we fantasize generating an income from what we deeply love
and yet we constantly fear penury and humiliation"? Why or why not?
LET'S RECAP!
1. Which new words/phrases were easiest to remember? Give three.
どの語句/文が覚えやすかったですか?3つ挙げてください。
2. Which words/phrases were you having a hard time to speak/understand? Give three.
どの語句/文が話したり理解するのに難しかったですか?3つ挙げてください。
penury
[ 'pen-yuh-ree ]
noun
He was brought up in penury, without education.
muster
[ 'muhs-ter ]
verb
Wilson embarked on a nationwide speaking tour to muster support for the league.
onerous
[ 'aa-nr-uhs ]
adjective
He wants less onerous regulations to bring back jobs and improve the economy.
masochism
[ 'maz-uh-kiz-uhm ]
noun
I don't know if it was masochism or shock, but I listened to the tape twice before allowing myself to cry.
high-wire
[ hahy-wahyuhr ]
noun
The business has been on a high wire for the past few months.