每日口說挑戰3 個需要戒除的壞習慣 (3 Bad Habits to Break Up With)

“Breaking bad habits is like training a dog, you got to be consistent.” ― Sanita Belgrave

What’s up VoiceTube world! Welcome to the Pronunciation Challenge. My name is Hugh and I’ll be your host for today’s episode.
So the Christmas season is upon us and I must say, although I come from Canada, it is not my favorite season! It’s actually the Lunar New Year because that’s when I received money and it was one of the only days my dad took time off work. I never really got to spend time with him until the Lunar New Year. Speaking of the New Year, let’s talk about breaking habits! We all have them, if you don’t, you’re a robot. I know it’s hard breaking bad habits but let’s try to break them for the New Year! What are some of my bad habits? I’ll let you know after the featured sentence!

Today’s featured sentence:
Look, it could be nail biting, smoking, perfectionism, not drinking enough water, waking up late, comparing and despairing, failure mindset or impulsive spending.

I’ll say that again.

Look, it could be nail biting, smoking, perfectionism, not drinking enough water, waking up late, comparing and despairing, failure mindset or impulsive spending.

Ok, now time for the Pronunciation Tips.


For the first word, we have
perfectionism
Five syllables.
“Per” has your typical “E R” sound, “er”. “Fec” has a short E sound., “fec”. “Tion” has your typical “T I O N” sound, “Shun”. “I” has a short i sound and “sm” sounds like sim, like a SIM card. Perfectionism.


Next up, we have

despairing
Three syllables
“Des” has a short E sound, “des”. “Pair” sounds exactly like the word, “pair”, like a pair of shoes. “Ing” like all words with the “ing” ending. Despairing.

Lastly, we have,

impulsive
Three syllables
“Im” has a short i sound, “im”. “Pul”, sort of sounds like “pull”, like push and pull, “pul”. “Sive” sounds like the word, “live” but with an S sound in front, “sive”. Impulsive.

Moving onto Vocabulary!

The first word is:


1. perfectionism
Definition
the wish for everything to be correct or perfect
Used in a sentence you could say,
“I have an issue with perfectionism and cannot start anything as a result.
Next word,

2. despairing
Definition
showing or feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation
Used in a sentence, you could say:
“With each passing day, he became even more despairing.”

And lastly,

3. impulsive
Definition:
showing behaviour in which you do things suddenly without any planning and without considering the effects they may have
Used in a sentence, you could say:
“I avoid casinos now because I was an impulsive gambler.”

As promised, here are some of my bad habits. I procrastinate. What does that mean? I leave things until the last minute to do something. I am not good at prioritizing (which means putting in order which things are most important) and get distracted by other smaller tasks I rather do than the big ones I have to do. Another one would be, being too focused. When I focus on a particular task, I shut out the entire world and disappear. I have to learn how to relax sometimes because some people may think I’m ignoring them but I find it hard to focus without shutting everyone out. What are some of your bad habits? If you’re brave enough to share in the comments section, please let us know. The VoiceTube community is here for you and we’ll continue to encourage you. Being aware of your bad habits is already the first step in overcoming them!



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☺Look,Look, it could be nail biting, smoking, perfectionism, not drinking enough water, waking up late, comparing and despairing, failure mindset or impulsive spending.
可能是咬指甲、抽菸、完美主義、水喝不夠、晚起床、跟他人比較後喪失信心、失敗心態或衝動消費。
■despair [dɪˋspɛr] (n.U)絕望；令人絕望的人(或事物)[the S][(+of)]
(vi.)絕望、喪失信心[(+of)]
■impulsive [ɪmˋpʌlsɪv] (adj.)衝動的；易衝動的；由衝動造成的；推進的、有推動力的；{物理}衝力的

有有有，通通算我一份！
喔，不對，我不咬指甲、不抽煙（特不喜煙味）

慢速 中速 快速 ok
句子好長呀(◐‿◑)

Look, it could be nail biting, smoking, perfectionism, not drinking enough water, waking up late, comparing and despairing, failure mindset or impulsive spending.