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[B] The School of Life: Should I Choose Passion or Duty?

LET'S UNLOCK WORDS AND PHRASES 🔐

penury

[ 'pen-yuh-ree ]

noun

- the state of being extremely poor

He was brought up in penury, without education.

muster

[ 'muhs-ter ]

verb

- to gather, assemble or summon up

Wilson embarked on a nationwide speaking tour to muster support for the league.

onerous

[ 'on-er-uhs ]

adjective

- difficult to do or needing a lot of effort; troublesome

He wants less onerous regulations to bring back jobs and improve the economy.

masochism

[ 'maz-uh-kiz-uhm ]

noun

- the enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation

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

- used to refer to a situation that involves a lot of risk

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

  1. "By contrast, what we love is what we are anyway, we'd do it for free"

  2. "which decisively increases our chances of mastery while reducing the

  3. "A decade of mixed results on a passion-project is than unspectacular returns for a whole career in a hateful field.

  4. "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."

  5. This It's masochism.

LET'S DO THE CHALLENGE - FULL CLIP Direction: Answer the following questions by giving your opinion.

⏱ 0:05 - 2:37

  1. According to the video, what is the main dilemma individuals often face when deciding what to do with their lives?

  2. What disadvantage might arise from choosing the safe path out of fear?

  3. According to the video, why is it important to heed the call of our passions if we are fortunate enough to have them?

  4. What is considered "masochism" based on the video?

  5. 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!

Active Listening_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

- the state of being extremely poor

He was brought up in penury, without education.

muster

[ 'muhs-ter ]

verb

- to gather, assemble or summon up

Wilson embarked on a nationwide speaking tour to muster support for the league.

onerous

[ 'aa-nr-uhs ]

adjective

- difficult to do or needing a lot of effort; troublesome

He wants less onerous regulations to bring back jobs and improve the economy.

masochism

[ 'maz-uh-kiz-uhm ]

noun

- the enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation

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

- used to refer to a situation that involves a lot of risk

The business has been on a high wire for the past few months.