TED演讲:提高批判性思维的5个窍门(2)

Two: gather your information. 第二：搜集信息。 There's lots of it out there, so having a clear idea of your question will help you determine what's relevant. 信息无所不在，所以明晰问题可以帮你决定哪些信息是有用的。

TED演讲:为什么竞争者要把店开在彼此旁边(2)

Day three of the ice cream wars, you get to the beach early, and set up right in the center of Teddy territory, 在冰淇淋战争的第三天，你更早的来到了海滩并把你的冰淇淋车放在了泰迪地盘的中间， assuming you'll serv

TED演讲:我们应该食用昆虫吗(1)

For centuries, people have consumed bugs, everything from beetles to caterpillars, locusts, grasshoppers, termites, and dragonflies. 几世纪以来，人类都在食用各种虫子，从甲虫到毛毛虫、蝗虫、蚱蜢、白蚁再到蜻蜓。 Th

TED演讲:你怎么知道自己是存在的(1)

How do you know you're real? 你如何意识到自己的真实存在？ It's an obvious question until you try to answer it, but let's take it seriously. 这是个显而易见的问题，但回答起来不容易，让我们严肃地讨论一下。 Ho

TED演讲:你怎么知道自己是存在的(2)

Maybe the body you perceive yourself to have isn't really there. 或许你感知到的自己的身体，其实并不存在。 Maybe all of reality, even its abstract concepts, like time, shape, color and number are false, all just deceptions concocte

TED演讲:婚姻的历史(1)

There have been many different things written and said about marriage. 已经有各种不同文字记录和讨论着关于婚姻的话题。 From the sweetly inspirational to the hilariously cynical. 从甜蜜励志的到诙谐讽刺的。 But what m

TED演讲:语法重要吗(1)

You're telling a friend an amazing story, and you just get to the best part when suddenly he interrupts, 你正给朋友讲一个精彩的故事，刚讲到最精彩的部分时，他突然打断了你说： The alien and I, not Me and the alien. 应该

TED演讲:语法重要吗(2)

Speech patterns that deviated from the written rules were considered corruptions, or signs of low social status, 而那些偏离了书面语语法的口语则被认为是错误的，或者是社会地位低下的表现， and many people who had grow

TED演讲:语法的分界线 牛津逗号(1)

Say you're helping plan a friend's party, and he sends you a text asking you to bring Bob, a DJ and a clown. 假设你准备帮你的朋友组织一个聚会，你朋友给你发了一条短信要你记得叫上鲍勃，一个DJ和一个小丑。 You

TED演讲:语法的分界线 牛津逗号(2)

With the comma, you may think Bob is the DJ, and all you need is him and the puppy. 加了逗号之后你可能会以为鲍勃就是DJ，而你要叫上的是两样事物，DJ鲍勃和狗。 The argument over the Oxford comma has raised such strong p

TED演讲:修饰语滥用对写作的危害(1)

This just in: Thief robs town with world's largest chocolate bunny. 最新消息：窃贼洗劫了城镇（有/用）世界上最大的巧克力兔子。 Wait, so are we talking about this, or this? 等等，我们是在讨论这个，还是这个？

TED演讲:为什么受惊吓那么好玩(1)

Somewhere right now, people are lining up to scare themselves, maybe with a thrill ride or horror movie. 此时此刻，世界上的某个地方，人们正排着队的体验恐惧或许是刺激的游乐设施，或许是恐怖电影。 In fact, in

TED演讲:为什么受惊吓那么好玩(2)

Other normal physical differences explain why some may love the dizziness associated with a loop-de-loop, 另外的一些正常生理现象的区别则解释了为何有些人喜爱转圈带来的眩晕感， while loathing the stomach-drop sensation

TED演讲:婚姻的历史(2)

Mesopotamian prayers included blessings for such couples, 美索不达米亚的祷文中包括了为同性夫妻进行祝福， while Native American Two-Spirit individuals had relationships with both sexes. 而美洲印第安的双灵人与两种性别

TED演讲:你能解开爱因斯坦之谜吗(3)

Now that the only spot in the grid without a cigar and a drink is in the fifth column, 现在只剩下一栋房子的主人还不知道喝什么饮料，抽什么雪茄，也就是第五栋房子， that must be the home of the person in clue twelve.

TED演讲:怎样选择适合你的防晒霜(1)

Sunscreen comes in many forms, each with its own impacts on your body and the environment. 防晒霜有很多种，每种对你的身体和环境影响各有不同。 With so many options, how do you choose which sunscreen is best for you? 有了这么

TED演讲:是什么赋予了钞票价值(1)

If you tried to pay for something with a piece of paper, you might run into some trouble. 如果你想要用一张纸来支付什么东西，你大概会遇到些麻烦。 Unless, of course, the piece of paper was a hundred dollar bill. 当然，除非

TED演讲:时空穿越是可能的吗?(1)

Have you ever daydreamed about traveling through time, perhaps fast forward in the centuries and seeing the distant future? 你曾白日梦过穿越时空吗？或者穿越到几百年之后及看到遥远未来？ Well, time travel is possible, and

TED演讲:时空穿越是可能的吗?(2)

What would Jill, standing on the platform, see through the window as the train whistles through? 这个时候站在月台上的吉尔会透过窗口所看到是什么？ Well, between Jack dropping the ball and catching it again, 在杰克扔下球和接

TED演讲:时空穿越是可能的吗?(3)

But the faster you go, the more time dilates. 但是行驶的速度越快，时间的膨胀越多。 For astronauts orbiting the Earth for 800 days, it starts to add up. 如果宇航员们环绕地球800天，其影响就会明显。 But what affects