每日口說挑戰童年的影響有多大？ (Good and Bad Childhoods)

Jenny's transcript!
Intro:

Hi guys, it’s Monday again. Welcome back to the Pronunciation Challenge. Needless to say, there is a strong connection between the experiences of our childhoods and our current attitudes and decisions. Exposure to positive factors, especially stable and responsive relationships with parents and other adults, and safe and supportive environments promote positive development. Whereas childhood trauma has been strongly linked to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health disorders that are present in adulthood.

Our early experiences shape our beliefs about ourselves, others and the world. I often reflect back on my childhood and I try to understand why I react to things the way I do. Let’s talk more about this topic after we go over our pronunciation challenge. Here is our sentence.

Sentence:
It's at the root of the chance to form satisfying relationships, to accept one's sexuality, to have ambition without perfectionism and to approach adversity with resilience.

Pronunciation Tips:
at-the (connecting words)
root-of-the (connecting words)
accept (two syllables)
sexuality (five syllables)
perfectionism (five syllables)
and-to (connecting words)
resilience (four syllables)

Please read after me as I break the sentence up into sections.

Now, let’s check out our vocabulary words.

Vocabulary:
perfectionism (n) 完美主義 KK[pɚˋfɛkʃənɪzm] IPA /pɚˈfek.ʃən.ɪ.zəm/
Def: the wish for everything to be correct or perfect

Example sentence:
Nancy’s perfectionism is evident at work and at home.
Nancy的完美主義在工作和家庭中都很明顯。

adversity (n) 逆境;不幸 KK[ədˋvɝsətɪ] IPA /ədˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/
Def: a difficult or unlucky situation or event

Example sentence:
In the midst of adversity, he realized who his true friends are.
在逆境中，他意識到自己真正的朋友是誰。

resilience (n) 彈性 KK[rɪˋzɪlɪəns] IPA /rɪˈzɪl.jəns/
Def: the ability of a substance to return to its usual shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed

Example sentence:
I really recommend this facial cream; it provides deep hydration and increases your skin's resilience.
我非常推薦這款面霜；它提供深層保濕並增加皮膚的彈性

Outro:

Perhaps your childhood has shaped you into someone who has trust issues, perhaps you have anger management issues, or perhaps you always doubt yourself and think you are not good enough. No matter if you’ve had a good childhood or a bad childhood, it’s all in the past and we cannot change or fix what has already happened. What we can do, though, is to validate our emotions and try to understand the mess inside us. After acknowledging where these negative feelings stem from, try and understand how it impacts your daily thoughts and actions and be patient while you figure out a way to cope. If you need professional help, you can also seek a therapist. Accept yourself and your past and help others to understand you, too. For example, during my childhood my father made me feel no matter what I do, I was never good enough. I became very hard on myself and strived for perfectionism. In my adulthood, I get told often that I am also too hard on other people close to me and that I cause a lot of unnecessary stress. It’s a habit hard to break, but after acknowledging this problem, I will keep reminding myself to not use my own emotional pain to control others.

We can’t fix bad childhoods, but we can be responsible for our own behaviors and actions and strive to become a better person. This brings me to the end of our episode. Thanks for listening and I hope you’ll be back next week. Until then, have a great week and bye-bye for now.

It's at the root of the chance to form satisfying relationships, to accept one's sexuality, to have ambition without perfectionism and to approach adversity with resilience. 有了它(好的童年經驗)可能可以讓人擁有滿足的人際關係、接受某人的性相、追求目標但不吹毛求疵，並且面對逆境時能展現順應力。
◆ at the root of : 根本原因,根源
◆ sexuality [͵sɛkʃʊˋælətɪ] (n.) 性徵,性慾,性行為,性角色,性心理,性功能,性道德,性愛
◆ chance [tʃæns] 
(n.) 可能性,希望;偶然,運氣,僥倖,意外;機會,良機,際遇;冒險,賭博
(vt.)冒…的險,賭(錢)
(vi.)碰巧,偶然被發現(或找到)
(adj.)偶然的,碰巧的,意想不到的
◆ perfectionism [pɚˋfɛkʃənɪzm] (n.)至善論,圓滿論,盡善盡美主義,完美主義
◆ adversity [ədˋvɝsətɪ] (n.)逆境,厄運,(經濟方面的)窘境;災禍,災難,不幸的事
◆ resilience [rɪˋzɪlɪəns] (n.)彈回,彈性,恢復力(= resiliency)

Thank you, Jenny. Have a good day, everyone.
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It's at the root of the chance to form satisfying relationships, to accept one's sexuality, to have ambition without perfectionism and to approach adversity with resilience.
它可以從根本上塑造讓人滿意的人際關係、接受別人的性別、擁有野心但不吹毛求疵，並且面對逆境時能樂觀面對。

It's at the root of the chance to form satisfying relationships, to accept one's sexuality, to have ambition without perfectionism and to approach adversity with resilience.

It's at the root of the chance to form satisfying relationships, to accept one's sexuality, to have ambition without perfectionism and to approach adversity with resilience.

It's at the root of the chance to form satisfying relationships, to accept one's sexuality, to have ambition without perfectionism and to approach adversity with resilience.

We can't change our background. But we can change the way people think about us.