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1.[Music] [Applause] Welcome to Learn English with Podcast
2.Today, our amazing hosts, Luca and Maria, are here to take you through another exciting episode
3.Luca Maria, over to you
4.Do you ever get that feeling that um relentless sense that life is just moving way too fast
5.Like you're constantly running, you know, trying to keep up, but you never actually feel like you're arriving anywhere
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C2)
profoundly
B1(manner) With depth, meaningfully.
Example:
"your companion on this journey. And does this slowing down affect our relationships too? Profoundly. When we slow down, we can"
naturally
B1In a natural manner.
Example:
"Then your actions naturally start to align with that identity. How does consistency play into that?"
physiologically
B2In accordance with the science of physiology.
Example:
"this impossible ideal of perfection or constant productivity. Right? And physiologically what's"
low-level
B1Relatively unimportant
Example:
"for that chronic low-level activation. That's supposed to be for like escaping tigers, right? Not endless emails."
activation
B2Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
Example:
"for that chronic low-level activation. That's supposed to be for like escaping tigers, right? Not endless emails."
fulfilled
B1To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
Example:
"productive or um fulfilled. Have you ever had one of those days? Your calendar's packed back to back. You're"
calendar's
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
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"productive or um fulfilled. Have you ever had one of those days? Your calendar's packed back to back. You're"
multitask
B1To schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts.
Example:
"constantly context switching, multitasking, right? The myth of multitasking, we create what's called attentional"
attentional
B2Of or pertaining to attention
Example:
"constantly context switching, multitasking, right? The myth of multitasking, we create what's called attentional"
expecting
B1To predict or believe that something will happen
Example:
"crying out for us to slow down, too. How so? We treat our bodies like machines sometimes, expecting constant output,"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| profoundly | B1 | (manner) With depth, meaningfully. |
| naturally | B1 | In a natural manner. |
| physiologically | B2 | In accordance with the science of physiology. |
| low-level | B1 | Relatively unimportant |
| activation | B2 | Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity. |
| fulfilled | B1 | To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). |
| calendar's | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| multitask | B1 | To schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts. |
| attentional | B2 | Of or pertaining to attention |
| expecting | B1 | To predict or believe that something will happen |
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