Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.What keeps us healthy and happy as we go through life
2.If you were going to invest now in your future best self, where would you put your time and your energy
3.There was a recent survey of millennials asking them what their most life goals were, and over 80 percent said that a major life goal for them was to get rich
4.And another 50 percent of those same young adults said that another major life goal was to become famous
5.(Laughter) And we're constantly told to lean in to work, to push harder and achieve more
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Schlüsselvokabular (CEFR B1)
important
A2Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"asking them what their most important life goals were,"
interesting
B1To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
Example:
""Why do you keep wanting to study me? My life just isn't that interesting.""
development
B1The process of developing; growth, directed change.
Example:
"The Harvard Study of Adult Development"
specifically
B1In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly
Example:
"specifically because they were from some of the most troubled"
generated
A2To bring into being; give rise to.
Example:
"of information that we've generated"
high-conflict
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"High-conflict marriages, for example, without much affection,"
complicated
B1To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
Example:
"Relationships are messy and they're complicated"
retirement
B2An act of retiring; withdrawal.
Example:
"The people in our 75-year study who were the happiest in retirement"
achievement
B2The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment
Example:
"really believed that fame and wealth and high achievement"
leaning
A2A tendency or propensity.
Example:
"What might leaning in to relationships even look like?"
| Wort | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| important | A2 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| interesting | B1 | To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing. |
| development | B1 | The process of developing; growth, directed change. |
| specifically | B1 | In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly |
| generated | A2 | To bring into being; give rise to. |
| high-conflict | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| complicated | B1 | To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult. |
| retirement | B2 | An act of retiring; withdrawal. |
| achievement | B2 | The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment |
| leaning | A2 | A tendency or propensity. |
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