A1 English Listening Practice - Are You Bored? · Listening Time
本视频围绕‘无聊’这一话题，适合A1英语学习者练习听力。内容探讨了无聊对不同年龄段的影响，以及它在思维和休息中的积极作用。
Hey English learners, welcome to this A1 English listening practice video.
嘿，英语学习者们，欢迎来到这个A1级别的英语听力练习视频！
I hope you're doing well.
希望你一切都好。
Today, we're going to talk about a boring topic, which is boredom.
今天，我们要讨论一个有点无聊的话题——那就是“无聊”本身。
Let's talk about being bored.
我们来谈谈“感到无聊”这种情绪吧。
This is not something that people like for many people.
这并不是大多数人会喜欢的东西。
This is a terrible feeling, especially for kids.
这种感觉非常糟糕，尤其是对孩子们来说。
I remember when I was a kid, when I felt bored, it was awful.
我记得小时候，每当感到无聊时，那种感觉真的很糟糕。
I complained, I whined, right, or you complain in that voice that kids make when they're not happy.
我抱怨过，也发过牢骚，对吧？其实你抱怨时的语气，就和孩子们不开心时发出的声音一模一样。
I would tell my parents that I was bored, that I wasn't happy.
我会告诉我的父母，我觉得很无聊，也很不开心。
People don't like being bored, of course.
当然，人们不喜欢感到无聊。
A lot of people hate this feeling, and I think that nowadays kids don't really have many opportunities
很多人讨厌这种感觉；我认为如今的孩子确实没有太多机会（去体验其他事物或实现自己的梦想）。
to be bored like when I was a kid, because nowadays kids have so many different things,
那种无聊的感觉，就像我小时候一样……因为现在的孩子们有太多各种各样的东西可以玩了。
different forms of entertainment.
各种形式的娱乐活动。
They have phones and screens and they can always watch something.
他们有手机和显示屏，可以随时观看各种内容。
If they feel bored, I didn't have that when I was a kid.
如果他们觉得无聊的话……我小时候可从来不会觉得无聊。
Sometimes I was just in my room bored with nothing to do, and I can remember that feeling very well.
有时候，我就只是待在自己的房间里，无所事事，感到非常无聊——那种感觉我至今还记得得很清楚。
Today, I think that kids always have something to do.
今天，我觉得孩子们总是有事情可做。
They can always find something to entertain them.
他们总能找到一些事情来消遣自己。
So it's a little different nowadays.
所以，如今的情况有点不同了。
As an adult, when you're an adult, you don't really have as much time to be bored,
成年后，你真的没有太多时间可以用来感到无聊了。
right?
对吧？
We have many things to do, many responsibilities.
我们有很多事情要做，也有很多责任需要承担。
There are always things that I need to do, places I need to go,
总是有一些事情需要我去做，一些地方需要我去。
people I need to help.
那些我需要帮助的人。
If you have a family, if you have kids, of course, you spend time with them,
如果你有家庭，有孩子，那么你当然会花时间陪伴他们。
you help them, you do things for them.
你帮助他们，为他们做一些事情。
So as an adult, you don't really have as much time to be bored.
因此，作为成年人，你其实没有太多时间去感到无聊。
And honestly, being bored is not always a bad thing, okay?
说实话，感到无聊并不总是坏事，好吗？
I know we don't like being bored, but boredom is actually an important thing.
我知道我们都不喜欢感到无聊，但实际上，无聊其实是一件很重要的事情。
For example, it's important to have some time where you're not doing anything and you don't have stimulation,
例如，拥有一些完全不做事、也没有任何外界刺激的时光是非常重要的。
things that are making your brain and your eyes work.
那些能让你的大脑和眼睛保持活跃、持续运转的事物。
Sometimes it's important to just do nothing.
有时候，什么都不做反而很重要。
This is like rest for your brain.
这就好比给大脑“休息”的机会一样。
It's important for your brain to rest and not always be doing something,
让大脑得到休息、不要总是处于忙碌状态是非常重要的。
right?
对吧？
So boredom can be important for that reason.
因此，无聊在这种情况下其实可以起到重要的作用。
You don't want to always be bored, but sometimes being bored and doing nothing can give you and give your brain the rest that it means,
你当然不想总是感到无聊，但有时候，适度的无聊以及什么都不做，反而能让你和你的大脑得到所需的休息。
right?
对吧？
Being bored can also be a good thing because it gives us time to think and to organize our thoughts and to come up with ideas,
感到无聊其实也是一件好事，因为这能让我们有时间思考、整理思绪，并产生新的想法。
to think of new ideas.
思考新的想法。