Bouquinistes of Paris Seek UNESCO Recognition

Bouquinistes is the French word to call sellers of old books along the Seine River in Paris. The tradition has existed for over 400 years. However, modern technology like electronic book readers and sellers of books online are now hurting their profi

TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(7)

The children came rushing, said, What's all this? 孩子们涌了过来问：这些都是什么？ So I said, It's very topical, very important. But it's all in English. 我说：这些都是热门的，重要的东西。但都是英文写的。 So t

TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(3)

Well, I bumped into this whole thing completely by accident. 一个偶然的机会让我想到这一切。 I used to teach people how to write computer programs in New Delhi, 14 years ago. 我从前教人写电脑程序，那是14年前在新德里的时

TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(1)

What is going to be the future of learning? 未来学习是什么样子的？ I do have a plan, but in order for me to tell you what that plan is, I need to tell you a little story, which kind of sets the stage. 我有个计划，但是为了向你们介

TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(2)

So that's a pretty strong comment there. I said schools as we know them now, they're obsolete. 这里会引来热烈的讨论。我是说我们所知道的学校已经过时了。 I'm not saying they're broken. It's quite fashionable to say that the

TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(6)

But I was curious to know, what else would they do if they could do this much? 但我好奇地是，他们既已达到如此水平还能干些别的什么？ I started experimenting with other subjects, among them, for example, pronunciation. 我开始

TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(4)

The children came running in. It was three feet off the ground, and they said, What is this? 孩子们跑了进来。电脑离地面有3英尺，他们问：这是什么？ And I said, Yeah, it's, I don't know. So... 我说：唔，这是我不知道。

TED演讲：气味背后的科学(1)

The fragrance that you will smell, you will never be able to smell this way again. 一会你们将闻到一款香水，它会带给你们绝无仅有的体验。 It's a fragrance called Beyond Paradise, which you can find in any store in the nation. 这

TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(8)

So I tested them. I got an educational impossibility, zero to 30 percent in two months in the tropical heat with a computer under the tree in a language they didn't know doing something that's a decade ahead of their time. 跟着我测试了他们。我

TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(9)

I got the camera angle wrong. 我把相机角度弄错了。 That one is just amateur stuff, but what she was saying, as you could make out, was about neurons, with her hands were like that, 那是张业余作品，但是她说话的内容，你们能听

TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(10)

I came back to England looking for British grandmothers. 我回到英国找当地的老太太们。 I put out notices in papers saying, if you are a British grandmother, if you have broadband and a web camera, can you give me one hour of your time pe

TED公开课:重释机器 22 Guy Hoffman:有"灵魂"的机器人

一个动画制作者、爵士音乐家、机器人专家会造出什么样的机器人呢？好玩的、会互动的、有好奇心的机器人。盖伊霍夫曼给我们展示了他的机器人家族的一些特殊机器人的影像片段，其中包

TED公开课:百字不如一数字 09 斯托加茨谈"同步"

数学家斯托加茨展示群居动物（如鸟、萤火虫和鱼）是如何在没有人发布命令的情况下同步行动的。这种强大的倾向在物质世界也有显现。

TED公开课:重释机器 02 霍德·利普森:建造的"自我感知"机器人

霍德利普森演示了他的几个神奇的小机器人。它们不仅有学习能力，理解自己，甚至还能进行自我复制！

"Brave" wins Oscar Aminated Feature Film

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Brave won the Oscar Award of Animated Feature Film Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards Ceremony. The animated film of Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman featured a high-spirited Scottish princess named Merida who res

TED演讲视频:拯救"舞蹈"熊

长久以来，印度的卡拉海尔人以捕捉幼熊，通过极为残忍的方式训练其跳舞 的方式而谋生。Kartick Satyanarayan终于找到了方法使人们停止了这有着上百年历史的陋习。更为意义深远的是，他发现

【英文短篇小说】The Coming of Mr. Quin（1）

It was New Year's Eve. The elder members of the house party at Royston were assembled in the big hall. Mr. Satterthwaite was glad that the young people had gone to bed. He was not fond of young people in herds. He thought them uninteresting and crude

【英文短篇小说】The Coming of Mr. Quin（2）

Sitting well back in his chair, secure in his role of audience, Mr. Satterthwaite watched the drama unfold before his eyes Quietly and naturally, Mr. Quin was pulling the strings, setting his puppets in motion. A woman--yes, he murmured thoughtfully.

TED演讲视频:概述"看不见"的含义

演讲简介：大自然的神秘和人类敏捷的智慧在这十分钟妙趣横生的演讲中相得益彰。喜剧演员，作家和电视记者John Lloyd为我们剖析了几样看不见的东西的实质。 分集介绍：大自然的神秘和人类

TED演讲视频:当心网上"过滤气泡"

当网络公司努力为迎合个人喜好而调整其服务（包括新闻和搜索结果）时，会出现一种意外的危险结果：我们会深陷在过滤泡沫中，不能得到能挑战或拓展我们世界观的信息。伊莱帕里泽认为