Life is Not About Being Happy – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.We typically assume that the ultimate aim of all our efforts is to have a happy life
2.And judged on this basis, many of us have to admit - in the silence of our minds - that we are not really doing very well
3.There is so much that - every year, and perhaps almost every day - comes along to spoil our : there is a power at the office, there’s a in our , our friends feel superficial or disengaged, our anxieties don’t abate and our relationships are scratchy or distant
4.Our difficulties generate a basic layer of misery, but a secondary layer is then swiftly added to it - caused by an underlying sense that our unhappiness represents a fundamental violation of life’s true purpose
5.Not only are we unhappy, we are unhappy that we are unhappy - in the light of our tightly-held belief in the possibility of a state of enduring satisfaction
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Schlüsselvokabular (CEFR C2)
ambitions
A2Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
Example:
"to spoil our ambitions: there is a power struggle at the office, there’s a problem in our families, "
single-most
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"we have failed at the single-most important goal open to all sane and ambitious humans."
important
A2Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"we have failed at the single-most important goal open to all sane and ambitious humans."
ambitious
B2(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
Example:
"we have failed at the single-most important goal open to all sane and ambitious humans."
situations
A2The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
Example:
"situations with a new rueful kind of pride. We belong to a distinctive and in its way estimable "
psychological
B2Of or pertaining to psychology.
Example:
"psychological understanding, and striving rather than settled certainty and equilibrium. What we "
consequences
B1That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
Example:
"consequences of our stubborn and subtle natures interacting with the complexities of existence."
struggle
A2A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Example:
"to spoil our ambitions: there is a power struggle at the office, there’s a problem in our families, "
problem
A2A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
Example:
"to spoil our ambitions: there is a power struggle at the office, there’s a problem in our families, "
families
A2A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
Example:
"to spoil our ambitions: there is a power struggle at the office, there’s a problem in our families, "
| Wort | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ambitions | A2 | Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. |
| single-most | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| important | A2 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| ambitious | B2 | (of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction. |
| situations | A2 | The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs. |
| psychological | B2 | Of or pertaining to psychology. |
| consequences | B1 | That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause. |
| struggle | A2 | A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task. |
| problem | A2 | A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with. |
| families | A2 | A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. |
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