TED演讲:石油真正的代价(5)

The tailings ponds are the largest toxic impoundments on the planet. 那些残渣池是世上最大的毒性蓄水池 Oil sands-r rather I should say tar sands-oil sands is a P.R.-created term， 油砂－或者我该称它为沥青砂－油砂是公关

TED演讲:短信是语言杀手(8)

If somebody from 1973 looked at what was on a dormitory message board in 1993, 如果一个1973年的人看着1993年一个学生宿舍信息栏， the slang would have changed a little bit since the era of Love Story, 俚语等习惯用语会跟爱情

TED演讲:昔日纽约(4)

The few surfaces not covered by signs are often clad in a distinctive, dark green-gray, striated aluminum siding. 这仅存的没有被商标遮盖的建筑，一般都被包裹在有特色的阴暗铝灰条纹的铝制外壁板之中。 Take-out san

TED演讲:为什么我们需要与陌生人交流(1)

There are things we say when we catch the eye of a stranger or a neighbor walking by. 当我们看到一个陌生人或者一个邻居走过的时候，我们会寒暄几句。 We say, Hello, how are you? It's a beautiful day. How do you feel? 我们会

TED演讲：身为一个周间素食者(1)

About a year ago, I asked myself a question: Knowing what I know, why am I not a vegetarian? 大概在一年前左右，我问了我自己一个问题：我明明知道这些资讯，为什么我不是个素食者？ After all, I'm one of the green g

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(5)

How annoying would that be? Must try harder. 多么不可思议。你要努力学习。 Being sent to bed by his dad, you know, to Shakespeare, Go to bed, now! And put the pencil down. 你能想象他父亲边说边把他抱上床，现在该睡觉了，

TED演讲 休假的力量(9)

Second insight. So far, until that point I had been mostly involved or used the language of design for promotional purposes, which was fine with me. 第二种体会：在那次长假之前，多数时候，我都使用设计语言帮助促销，那并没

TED演讲:哪个国家对世界最有益(1)

I've been thinking a lot about the world recently and how it's changed over the last 20, 30, 40 years. 最近我常常思考我们的世界以及它在过去的20，30，40年里经历了何等的转变。 Twenty or 30 years ago, if a chicken caught

TED演讲:我无家可归的一年(1)

I'm a writer and a journalist, and I'm also an insanely curious person, 我是一个作家，一个新闻记者，我也是一位具有强烈求知欲的人， so in 22 years as a journalist, I've learned how to do a lot of new things. 所以在做新闻

TED演讲:曝光政府腐败的战斗(3)

Well, that's not exactly the story, because the problem was that Parliament delayed and delayed releasing that data, 呵呵，但我讲述的并不是很完整的故事。因为问题在于，议会不断地拖延公布这些信息， and then they t

TED演讲:我难忘的一次中国行(3)

A few local houses around a local square. 有一些房屋建在当地的一个广场上。 In the middle of the square, a great tree, an oak tree. 广场中央有一棵巨大的橡树。 And beside the oak tree, there was a well. 橡树旁边有一口井

TED演讲视频:回顾过去的限制

行动主义者卡罗琳凯西以披露一个惊人的事实开始，讲述了她非凡的人生（无剧透）。在这一挑战认知的演讲中，凯西要我们所有人超越那些我们也许会认为存在的限制.

TED演讲:漫谈时光流逝(4)

Close encounter three: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 遭遇三:宾夕法尼亚州的费城, 1989. 1989年 In the mid-to-late '80s, 八十世纪末, the novelist Whitley Strieber wrote a book called Communion, 小说家Whitley Strieber写了本自传, i

TED演讲:为什么你应该热爱统计学(8)

This URL contains the words statistics, gov and UK, which are three of people's least favorite words in a URL. 这个网址包含单词统计，gov和UK，这三个是在网址中最不受欢迎的单词。 And the amazing thing about this was that t

TED演讲:如何健康长寿(5)

My editor at Geographic 我地理学的编辑 wanted me to find America's Blue Zone. 想让我找个美国的蓝区。 And for a while we looked on the prairies of Minnesota, 一时间我们观察了明尼苏达草原， where actually there is a ver

TED演讲:如何健康长寿(4)

We found our second Blue Zone 我们找的第二个蓝区 on the other side of the planet, 在地球另一端 about 800 miles south of Tokyo, 离东京南部约800英里 on the archipelago of Okinawa. 在冲绳县的古拉格岛 Okinawa is actually 1

如何成为一个好的演讲者

下面这些演讲技巧对于有社交恐惧症的人群尤其适用。20个简单又奏效的小技巧帮助你成为一个更好的演讲者。 1.Talk about what you know. 讲你所知。 如果可以的话，选择一个你熟悉和喜欢的话题，

英语美文：演讲其实很简单

Speaking easySpeaking in public is most people s least favorite thing. the reason is that we re all afraid of making fools of ourselves. The more important the speech, the more frightened we become. But stop biting your finger-nails. Public speaking

TED演讲 获奖青少年,科技在行动(1)

If you were going to a restaurant and wanted a healthier option, 如果你去饭店，你想吃得健康一点， which would you choose, grilled or fried chicken? 你会选择哪种食品呢，烤鸡还是炸鸡？ Now most people would answer grill

TED演讲视频:走向简单的本质

简单：见到即被理解。但是，它确切地是指什么？在这个幽默而又富含哲理的演讲中，George Whitesides找到了一个答案。