每日口說挑戰你所有朋友中只有一半是真正喜歡你的 (Only half of your friends actually like you, according to science)

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Intro:

G’day VoiceTubers, it’s time for your daily Pronunciation Challenge! According to our video of the day, only half of your friends actually like you, according to science. W..wait, what!??? I thought that most of my so-called friends who I’m fond of liked me back as well. This is rather disappointing, isn’t it? Watch the video if you’d like to find out the scientific explanation behind this. But first, let’s have a listen to our sentence of the day.

Sentence:
But I think that actually prevented us from becoming more emotionally intimate with our people because our attention and our social circles were so fragmented and spread apart.

Pronunciation Tips:
You should emphasize the word ‘that’, because it is referring to the explanation of why half of your friends don’t actually like you.

I would also stress on the word ‘so’, because it means very much.

Let me read the whole sentence again in sections and you can try and follow along, ok? Here we go.

Now, let’s check out our vocabulary words.

Vocabulary:
intimate (adj) 親密的 KK [ˋɪntəmɪt] IPA /ˈɪn.t̬ə.mət/
Def: having, or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or sexual relationship

She was enjoying the intimate moment with her crush on the sofa but her little brother barged into the living room.

她正在沙發上享受與暗戀對象的親密時刻，但她的弟弟突然闖進了客廳。

fragmented (adj) 支離破碎的 KK [ˋfrægməntɪd] IPA /fræɡˈmen.t̬ɪd/
Def: consisting of several separate parts

She was planning on finishing marking her students’ papers, but her day was fragmented by many phone calls.

她原本計劃要完成批改學生的考券，但她的一天一直被許多電話打斷了。

spread (v) （使）擴散KK [sprɛd] IPA /spred/
Def: to (cause to) cover, reach, or have an effect on a wider or increasing area

I didn’t have a knife, so I used the back of my spoon to spread the peanut butter on my toast.
我沒有刀子，所以我拿湯匙的背面來塗花生醬在我的土司上。

Outro:

So, many of us have the illusion that the number of friends you have on social media is equivalent to how popular you are. In the end, you realize that you’ve spent way too much time interacting via social media than actually hanging out in person!

A theory brought about by studies done by the British psychologist and anthropologist Robin Dunbar reveals that the maximum number of social relationships an average person can maintain is approximately 150. Out of those 150 relationships, we can only manage five close, meaningful, high-quality friendships at a time.

Just how many friends do you need to be happy? When you really give this some thought, it’s definitely quality over quantity, right? I think I’d be happy with only a couple of really close friends. What about you? Let us know if you agree.

Thanks for listening and don’t forget to record your pronunciation challenge. Bye bye for now and have a great week!

有一半這麼多嗎？

But I think that actually prevented us from becoming more emotionally intimate with our people because our attention and our social circles were so fragmented and spread apart.

裝熟的世界。 ฅ⁠^⁠•⁠ﻌ⁠•⁠^⁠ฅ

☺But I think that actually prevented us from becoming more emotionally intimate with our people because our attention and our social circles were so fragmented and spread apart.
但我認為這其實阻止了我們與朋友之間在情感上變得更加親密，因為我們的注意力和我們的社交圈是如此的分散。

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But I think that actually prevented us from becoming more emotionally intimate with our people because our attention and our social circles were so fragmented and spread apart.

但我認為這其實阻止我們與朋友在情感上更加的親密，因為我們的注意力以及社交圈是如此的脆弱和分散。

But I think that actually prevented us from becoming more emotionally intimate with our people because our attention and our social circles were so fragmented and spread apart.