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- your first name+ your second name in English . better as a Padlet profile name, not anonymous
-the title  + the speaker's name +the hyperlink
- collocations
- annotation+ your opinion+ 3 questions to invite for discussion

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The speaker: Steph Slack

The name of the speech: We need to talk about male suicide

The annotation and my opinion: In my opinion, everyone should watch this Ted Talk, because Steph Slack tells about a very important thing. She tells about suicide. Unfortunately. according to statistics one men dies by suicide every two hours in the UK. How many people die by suicide in the world? I think that it is horrible. 76 % of all suicide are male. We should think that a suicide is wrong. We should try to help people fight with it. We should talk about it with our children, as about 🤬. We mustn't ignore this problem.

New words and collocations:

1) to face a crisis – столкнуться с кризисом

2)to die by suicide-умереть от самоубийства

3) silent killer-тихий убийца

4) claime the live-претендовать на жизнь

5) intentional-намеренный

6) struggle to speak-говорить изо всех сил

7) to perpetuated – увековечить

8) vulnerable – уязвимый

9) to be fully human-быть полноценным человеком

10)courage – мужество

11)judgment – суждение

Questions:

1)What are the mail factors of male suicide?

2) Why did the author talk about this problem?

3)What should we do to help?

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We need to talk about male suicide | Steph Slack | TEDxFolkestone

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The speaker: Celeste Headlee
The name of the speech: 10 ways to have a better conversation (the hyperlink in the name)
The annotation and my opinion:
In the age of the Internet connection, when the normal people conversation become a problem, for me as a person who is interested in language, it is vital to know how to build a proper dialogue. It can be useful both when working as a teacher, and when building relationships with different people. There is the reason for choosing this video.

Therefore, this video can be useful, Celesta Headlee – the speaker - gave the most important advices from her own experience, and the points seems simple but very essential. They are:

1.     Don’t multitask – be present

2.     Don’t pontificate  «Everyone you will ever meet knows something that you don’t» (Bill Nye)

3.     Ask open-ended questions – start with who, what, when, where, why or how

4.     Go with the flow – whatever you think of, let it go

5.     If you don’t know, say that you don’t know

6.     Don’t equate your experience with theirs – all experiences are individual – it is not about you

7.     Try not to repeat yourself – it’s condescending and boring

8.     Stay out of the weeds

9.     LISTEN – the most important one – «If your mouth is open you’re not learning» (Buddha) – «Nobody ever listened his way out of a job» (Calvin Coolidge)

10.  Be brief

The advantages of the speech are the quotes of well-known speakers and figures, some of which you see in the main points, simple words with the intensity in her most important ideas, jokes and life stories, an intriguing beginning and end of a Ted talk. For example, I liked a joke about the husband of the author: «So, my husband wanted to leave me because he said, «I talk too much» but I was able to talk him out of it».

The disadvantage of the words of Celesta Headlee is a small number of new words and collocations for me, but they are all exciting and unusual. For example, the collocation in the joke: to talk (someone) out of something is to convince them to do something different, usually by talking a lot.

In conclusion, I would like to say that the video will help you understand the simple rules which really improve your conversation, what is most important in the speech - the speaker gives the motivation, Celeste really knows what she is talking about and speaks with the incredible passion and professionalism. Therefore, I can strongly recommend it for viewing.

The main quote of the speaker: «I came to realize that conversational competence might be the single most overlooked skill we fail to teach. Kids spend hours each day engaging with ideas and each other through screens, but rarely do they have an opportunity to hone their interpersonal communications skills. It might sound like a funny question, but we have to ask ourselves: Is there any 21st-century skill more important than being able to sustain coherent, confident conversation?»
The new words and collocations:

To enlightened v.[ɪnˈlaɪtnd] – give (someone) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation (просвещать)

Awkward adj. [ˈɔːkwəd] – causing or feeling embarrassment or inconvenience (неловкий, затруднительный)

To equate v.[ɪ'kweɪt] – to connect with something that is equal (приравнивать, считать равным)
To multitask v. [mʌl.tiˈtɑːsk] – to do more than one thing at a time (работать в многозадачном режиме)
To pontificate v.[pɔn'tɪfɪkeɪt] – to speak or write and give your opinion about something as if you knew everything about it and as if only your opinion was correct (говорить или вести себя важно, напыщенно).
To stay out of the weeds - Don't say too much unnecessary things (не говорить много ненужных подробностей)
To be in the weeds [wiːdz] – to be stuck, in a  bad situation that is hard to get out of (вымотаться)
To go with the flow – 1. To not push against prevailing behavior/norms/attitudes, occassionally including bowing to peer pressure. 2. To not attempt to exert a large amount of influence on the course of events, whether a specific series of events or events in general(плыть по течению, принимать вещи такими, какие они есть)

To leave out ph.v. [liːv’aut ] = exclude, not include in a larger group (пропускать, не брать во внимание)

To boil down to [bɔɪl] разг. – to talk about the main essence or idea of something; the principle point (сводиться к (чему-то)).
The questions for discussion:

1.     Which of these skills do you consider the most important? Do you agree with the speaker?

2.     Have you ever had to change your style of communication with people before?

3.     Have you discovered something new in this video? If so, what and how will this help you in life?

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The speaker: Ryan Martin.
The annotation and my opinion.
The speaker is an anger researcher. He says that anger is universal feeling. It is close to every person. Absolutely everyone experiences anger at different periods of their life, from birth to death. But many people misinterpret the causes of anger. They think that surrounding people or objects are to blame for this feeling, but actually we get mad only in situations that are unpleasant, that feel u nfair, where our goals are blocked, that could have been avoided, and that leave us feeling powerless.
The speaker has made the list of all things that irritate his colleagues and friends. There are not only small and insignificant things, but also global ones like racism, sexism, bullying among these notes. We get mad when we feel injustice in any ways. When a person is angry, instead of suppressing this feeling in himself, it is worth channel into a positive direction.
The speaker says that anger exists because it offered ancestors with an evolutionary advantage. But unlike them, we can control our emotions. When we are angry, we can respond to injustice in different ways like protest, donate and be a volunteer, create art and so on. I agree with this position. While watching the video, I remembered that there is the term “sublimation” in psychology, meaning the direction of negative and socially unacceptable emotions in productive and positive actions. I believe that anger is one of the strongest motivators for doing something.
The collocations.
To mess with smb – сталкиваться, связываться с кем-либо, придираться, мешать
In the spirit of smth – в духе чего-либо
To get to smb – раздражать кого-либо
Roundabout – перекресток, кольцевая транспортная развязка
Appraisal – оценка
Catastrophizing – чрезмерная реакция на незначительные проблемы
Misattributing causation – неправильная установка причинно-следственных связей
Demandingness – требовательность
Digestive system – пищеварительная система
To channel into smth – направить во что-либо
The questions.
1. Do you think anger is an extremely bad emotion? Why?
2. What minor things often make you angry?
3. Are you сhannel your negative emotions into something or trying to suppress them?

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Ryan Martin: Why we get mad -- and why it's healthy

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Anger researcher Ryan Martin draws from a career studying what makes people mad to explain some of the cognitive processes behind anger -- and why a healthy dose of it can actually be useful. "Your anger exists in you ... because it offered your ancestors, both human and nonhuman, an evolutionary advantage," he says.

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How to turn off work thoughts during your free time | Guy Winch

Words and collocations:

► one-year mark - another way to say just a "year".
For example: One year mark came on a Friday night in July. | В один пятничный июльский вечер моей карьере исполнился год. As we approach the one-year mark since the Security Council was presented... | Поскольку прошло около года с тех пор, как в Совет Безопасности поступило...
► to be depleted - feel very exhausted to do smth.
For example: I knew what to say to calm him down. It was just too depleted to do it. | Я знал, что сказать, чтобы успокоить его, но я был слишком  истощен, чтобы сделать это.
► ruminating -  an obsessive type of thinking in which the same topics or thoughts constantly arise in a person’s head, displacing all other types of mental activity.
For example: It was the hours I spent ruminating about work. | Я тратил много времени на размышления о работе.
► flood in - appear in large numbers.
For example: I closed the door to my office every night, but the door in my hand remained wide open and the stress just flooded in. |  Я каждый вечер запирал дверь в свой кабинет, но дверь в моей голове оставалась открытой нараспашку, и стресс прибывал.
► rejuvenate - to recover your energy.
For example: We don't really experience much of it (stress work). At work we're to busy we experience it outside of work when we're commuting, when we're home, when we're trying to rejuvenate. | Когда мы на работе, мы не особо его переживаем (стресс от работы). Мы слишком заняты. Мы переживаем его вне работы: когда мы в дороге, когда мы дома, когда пытаемся восстановить силы.
►  true over - the word refers to how cows digest their food: cows chew, then they swallow,  then they  regurgitate it back up and chew it again.
► second guess - doubt, renegotiate old decisions.
For example: I began second guessing and wondering whether I wasn't doing something right. | Я стал сомневаться и  задаваться вопросом все ли я сделал правильно.
►  to be preoccupied with smth - it means to be absorbed in thoughts about something.
For example: People with AvPD are preoccupied with their own shortcomings and form relationships with others only if they believe they will not be rejected.| Люди с тревожным расстройством личности слишком озабочены своими недостатками и формируют отношения с другими только если уверены, что не будут отвергнуты.
► downtime - it means non-productive time/ free time.
For example: Any computer or user downtime results in lost productivity. | Каждый простой в работе компьютеров и пользователей приводит к потере продуктивности.
Well, since I have some downtime, I'm taking the chance to look up some career alternatives. | Раз у меня есть свободное время, я решил поискать другое место работы.
►  force somebody to do something - when you make someone do something.
For example:  I am not going to let somebody force me to go on the run. | Я не позволю никому заставить меня убегать.

Annotation.

Guy Winch dreamed of being a psychologist since he was a teenager.  He's reached the goal and opened his private practice soon. However, he's realized that he had tired of his work.  Why? Did he choose the wrong profession? Of course, not!  He'll share his experience on how to get rid of emotional burnout and return love to your avocation.

Opinion.

To my mind, Guy Winch gives very useful tips to avoid burnout. He says that the number of people working at home increased by 105%. Well, in the current situation ( when most of us have turned to distance learning / working remotely ) this topic is the most urgent. So, I find this video essential for now.

Questions:

► Have you ever dealt with burnout?

► What do you do to recuperate after long hour working day?
► Rumination can also be attributed to the consequences of conflicts with people, not just colleagues. How can you explain this?

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How to turn off work thoughts during your free time | Guy Winch

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The puzzle of motivation
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Imagine a situation: there are two groups of people who do the task connected with creative thinking. One of them were offered awards: the fastest get the amount of money. Another group thought they were solving the problem for establishing norms, averages for how long it typically takes someone to solve this sort of problem.

Question: How much faster first group solve the problem?
Answer: It took them, on average, three and a half minutes longer than for group without awarding. 3.5 min longer. That's not how it's supposed to work, right?

There is a mismatch between what science knows and what business does. Here is what science knows. One: extrinsic motivation (reward-driven behavior) do work only in a narrow band of circumstances. Two: Those if-then rewards often destroy creativity. Three: The secret to high performance isn't rewards and punishments, but that unseen intrinsic drive-- the drive to do things for their own sake. The drive to do things because they matter.

Rewards, by their very nature, narrow our focus, concentrate the mind. So, for tasks involved only mechanical skill a narrow focus, where you just see the goal right there, they work really well. Are the problems that you face do they have a clear set of rules, and a single solution? No. The rules are mystifying. The solution, if it exists at all, is surprising and not obvious. When a solution is on the periphery, reward would restrict our possibility.

Collocations
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·         extrinsic (incentives/rewards/ motivation/stimulus) - coming from outside a particular person or thing

·         intrinsic (motivation/interest/value/control) - being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or thing

·         narrow band of circumstances – limited number

·         if-then rewards - are when we promise to deliver something to an individual once they complete a specific task. If you hit your sales goals this month, then I will give you a bonus.

·         do things for their own sake - if you do something for its own sake, you do it because it is interesting and enjoyable, and not because you have or need to do it

·         against my better judgment - if something is against your better judgment, you think it would be wiser not to do it (~скрепя сердце)

·         to dust off - to prepare something for use, especially after it has not been used for a long time

·         hard-headed (approach/solution/motives) – not influenced by emotions

·         reward-and-punishment approach

·         incentive (noun) - something, especially money, that encourages a person or organization to do something

·         has its root in smth - the cause or origin of something bad

·         let me wrap up - to complete something successfully or to finish doing something

·         ideology of carrots and sticks - a system in which you are rewarded for some actions and threatened with punishment for others (~кнут и пряник)

Questions
1) What is your kind of motivation: extrinsic or intrinsic?
2) For which problems and tasks the if-then approach will work in your life?
3) Have you ever felt a bad impact of awarding while doing something creative?

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TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.

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Where is home? Pico Lyer
The new words and collocations:
To earn the right — завоевать право.
To carry around — носить что-либо с собой.
Straightforward — 1) прямой, ведущий прямо вперед; 2) откровенный, прямой, честный; 3) простой (о стиле, языке).
Sence of home — "чувство собственного дома".
Resident — постоянно проживающее лицо, житель + "неперелётная птица".
Secret patterns — "тайное устройство мира".
Burn down — сгореть дотла, спалить дотла.
To be in mia-air — быть в невесомости.
Hankering for/after smth — страстно желать чего-либо.
Cool down — охладиться, успокоиться. Cool me down — успокой меня.
Clear out — очиститься.
Stillness — неподвижность; спокойствие; тишина.

The main ideas:
This TedTalk about meanings of the word "home". Writer Pico Iyer talks about meaning of home, the joy of traveling and the serenity of standing still. He convinced that now home is not a piece of soil, but a piece of soul. Pico Iyer says that movement is a fantastic privilege, but movement only has a meaning if you have a home to go back. Home is not just the place where you sleep. It's the place where you stand.

The questions:
1. What is your first thought after question "Where is you home?"?
2. Permanent movements or stillness?
3. Do you agree that home isn't just a physical construction?

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More and more people worldwide are living in countries not considered their own. Writer Pico Iyer -- who himself has three or four "origins" -- meditates on the meaning of home, the joy of traveling and the serenity of standing still.

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This TED is about lie and liar’s behavior. Pamela Mayer claims that we are all liars and it’s okay. It has evolutionary value for us. We wish we were better husbands, better wives, smarter, more powerful, taller, richer - the list goes on. Lying is an attempt to bridge that gap, to connect our wishes and our fantasies. It starts really early? Since we all were born. Babies at breast can make a fake cry!
So, what shall we do? All liars do the same mistakes and use the same techniques. When we talk to a liar we heard what's known as a non-contracted denial and distancing language (they distance themselves from their subject). Phrases like “to tell the truth” are a dead giveaway for any liespotter. The next pattern is body language. Not every liar is nervous and doesn’t look in the eyes. Conversely, they look you in the eyes a little too much just to compensate for that myth. A liar can be withdrawn, look down, telling a story with a lot of details and strict chronological order. They say “yes” but shake their head, commit terrible crimes and smile. Now, that smile is known in the trade as "duping delight." We know liars will shift their blink rate, point their feet towards an exit. They will take barrier objects and put them between themselves and the person that is interviewing them. They'll alter their vocal tone, often making their vocal tone much lower and when you see clusters of these gestures, that's your signal.
Collocations and new words:

Liespotter – человек, который распознает ложь.

To flare somebody’s nostrils – раздувать ноздри.

To be armed with – иметь на вооружении.

For the sake of – в целью, во имя.

Con man – мошенник.

White lie – невинная, «белая» ложь.

To recoil – ужасаться.

On an as-needed basis – в зависимости от потребности; по мере необходимости.

To be clutter with – быть перегруженным; переполненным.

Non-contracted denial – полное отрицание.

Crow’s feet – «гусиные лапки» вокруг глаз.

Herky-jerky – непредсказуемый.

Squirm – нервничать, увиливать.

Veracity – правдивость, достоверность.

Questions:

1. Do you think that you are a good liespotter?

2. What do you think about the «white lie»?

3. Can you spot a fake smile?

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Ralph Keyes | St. Martin's Press, 2004 | Book

The Post-Truth Era

This author, who coined the term 'post-truth era,' argues that our modern society is awash in a type of lie that is neither truth nor fiction, but more akin to 'casual dishonesty.' An older book that is still relevant today and was way ahead of its time.

John J. Mearsheimer | Oxford University Press, 2013 | Book

Why Leaders Lie

Lying and diplomacy — a match made in heaven.

Philip Houston et al. | St. Martin's Griffin, 2013 | Book

Spy the Lie

Terrific real-world tips on ferreting out lies, by three deception experts who worked on counterterrorism and criminal intelligence cases.

Robert Feldman | Twelve Books, 2010 | Book

The Liar in Your Life

A great book from a University of Massachusetts psychology professor about how and why deception is eroding our culture. This deception expert authored the famous study that found strangers lie to each other about three times in the first ten minutes of meeting each other.

James B. Stewart | Penguin, 2012 | Book

Tangled Webs

An investigative journalist delves deep into America’s most prominent lies and liars. Stewart focuses on many of the 'greats,' including Martha Stewart, Barry Bonds and Bernie Madoff.

Aldert Vrij | Wiley, 2008 | Book

Detecting Lies and Deceit

A reliable handbook for any aspiring student of deception. This comprehensive book by the Swedish researcher reviews numerous studies and much of the foundational research on lie detection.

Paul Ekman | W. W. Norton & Company, 2009 | Book

Telling Lies

A fantastic book by the father of emotion research. Ekman outlines common motives for lying, the science of using facial expressions ('microexpressions') to detect deception and the concept of leakage.

Charles Darwin | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012 | Book

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Charles Darwin believed that facial expressions were biologically determined and identical across all cultures. In this 1872 book, he explores such topics as 'gradation from loud laughter to gentle smiling' and 'shame from broken moral laws and conventional rules.'

G.-B. Duchenne de Boulogne and R. Andrew Cuthbertson (Translator) | Cambridge University Press, 2006 | Book

The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression

French physician Guillaume Duchenne identified the physical difference between a false or 'social' smile — one made consciously, using only the mouth muscles — and a genuine, spontaneous smile made involuntarily, using the muscles of both the eyes and the mouth. In his honor, genuine smiles are now called 'Duchenne smiles.'

Dan Ariely | Harper Perennial, 2013 | Book

The Honest Truth about Dishonesty

A fun, research-based look at cheating and dishonesty by this well-known behavioral economist. The book touches on everything from why creative people are better liars to why wearing knockoff fashion accessories will make you more dishonest.

St. Augustine | Nabu Press, 2012 | Book

De Mendacio (On Lying) Latin

A classic. St. Augustine believed that a lie occurs when we 'hold one thing in our heart and say another.'

David Livingstone Smith | St. Martin's Griffin, 2007 | Book

Why We Lie

An important history of lying and deception.

David DeSteno | Hudson Street Press, 2014 | Book

The Truth about Trust

This fascinating book by this well-known psychologist touches on the most recent science in the field of deception and trust. He delves into topics such as the importance of reading body language and the biological foundations of trust. Interestingly, he argues that integrity even among the most trustworthy is an unstable trait that can waver when faced with personal gain.

Nicholas Epley | Knopf, 2014 | Book

Mindwise

This University of Chicago psychologist illuminates the importance of using your sixth sense to build and maintain honest relationships.

Daniel Kahneman | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013 | Book

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Kahneman, a Nobel Prize winner in economics, presents a compelling examination of intuition, decision-making and judgment.

Chip and Dan Heath | Random House Business, 2014 | Book

Decisive

A very valuable book, especially the authors’ discussion about the 'spotlight effect': 'What’s in the spotlight will rarely be everything we need to make a good decision, but we won’t always remember to shift the light. Sometimes, in fact, we’ll forget there’s a spotlight at all, dwelling so long in the tiny circle of light that we forget there’s a broader landscape beyond it.'

Alex Pentland | The MIT Press, 2010 | Book

Honest Signals

Pentland’s fascinating research on 'honest signals,' the nonverbal forms of communication between individuals that when observed can predict outcomes of very diverse situations, such as speed-dating, salary negotiations and job interviews.

Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel | Princeton University Press, 2012 | Book

Blind Spots

A look at how and why people end up making dishonest, deceptive choices, by two renowned business ethicists.

Guy Kawasaki | Portfolio Trade, 2011 | Book

Reality Check

If you want to know the biggest lies told by entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, lawyers and CEOs, Kawasaki’s your guy.

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On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lies can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of "Liespotting," shows the manners and "hotspots" used by those trained to recognize deception -- and she argues honesty is a value worth preserving.

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Rita Pierson: Every Kid Needs a Champion
The annotation and my opinion:

Rita Pierson, a teacher with 40 years of experience, heard her colleague say she was being paid to teach her children, not to love them. Rita Pierson's answer to her colleague was: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like".

This TED Talks is a call to all educators not only to teach children but to communicate with them on a human, personal level because one of the reasons students are failing is a bad teacher-child relationship. Learning cannot take place without a relationship between teacher and pupil. This dialogue is very important for both. The teacher gets feedback, sees the interest of his students, and therefore enjoys his work. The child receives better information from the person who communicates with him on the human level. For example, a teacher who knows how to admit his or her mistakes and apologize to his or her students gets much more respect in the eyes of the student than a teacher who does not think it is necessary to do so.

A teacher influences his pupil in one way or another and shapes his views on the world. It is important for the teacher not only to be understood but also to try to understand the other.

This relationship is very important in education. Every child needs an adult who would understand him, support him, help him in difficult moments, and become his best friend. At school, that's the kind of person a teacher is.

Questions:

1. Do you agree that teachers influence their students?

2. Do you think relationships, human connections are important in learning?

3. How do you understand the phrase "Kids don't learn from people they don't like"?

4. Did you have a teacher in your life that influenced you?

Collocations:

1. Maternal grandparents – related to a mother's side of the family (бабушка и дедушка по материнской линии).

2. A lot of perspectives – to compare something to other things so that it can be accurately and fairly judged (разные точки зрения).

3. Drop out – to stop doing something before you have completely finished (бросать учебу).

4. Peer influences – the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this (влияние сверстников).

5. Case closed – finished and therefore not able to be discussed any more (дело закрыто).

6. Bunch of hooey – something that is not true or does not make sense, although some people may believe it (полная чушь).

7. To be on a roll – to be having a successful or lucky period (быть в ударе).

8. To suck all the life out of somebody – высосать всю жизнь из кого-то.

9. Make sense – иметь смысл.

10. You betcha – used to say "yes" very strongly, or to show that you are very sure about something (еще бы).

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Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.’” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

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How books can open your mind
New collocations:

1. second-class - less important than other people

2. determined - wanting to do something very much, and not letting anyone stop you

3.  obedience - the quality of being willing to do what you are told to do

4. to be efficient - working well and not wasting time or energy

5. peasant - a poor person who works on the land, usually in a poor country

6. commandment - one of the ten important rules of behaviour given by God in the Bible

7. epiphany - a moment when you suddenly understand or become aware of something

8. to climb out - to move somewhere using your hands and legs (выкарабкаться)

9. Confucian guilt - a guilt based on or believing in the ideas of the Chinese philosopher Confucius

10. encountering - a meeting, especially one that happens by chance

11.  insight - a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation, or the ability to have such an understanding

12. temptation - a feeling that you want to do or have something, although you know you should not

13. dreams shattered - very upset

14. a clarity - the quality of being clear and easy to understand

The hero of this TedTalk, Lisa Bu, is a wonderful woman. After watching her speech I was very inspired. It encourages me to read. Me! The person who studies on phylological faculty!

By the way, she doesn't just say: "oh, reading is cool, read books", but she explains her thoughts and shares her experience and ideas.
For me, as phylologist, it was interensting to hear about the idea of comparative reading. It's the way of reading when you read not only one book, but two or more at the same time.
Why do you need  this? It helps to see different points of views on one subject, compare them and fint the truth. I think that it's especially suits for history and different cultural things that have science debates.

So may books be always with you.

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What happens when a dream you’ve held since childhood ... doesn’t come true? As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United States, she turned to books to expand her mind and create a new path for herself. She shares her unique approach to reading in this lovely, personal talk about the magic of books.

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How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed

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How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed

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Speaker: Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist

Annotation and my opinion:

In my opinion, everyone should watch this TedTalk. Unexpected accidents always set at the designated place and spoil our days. Daniel Levitin explains how to begin to think rationally and prevent stress situations but not the damages from them.  We all understand that we can’t be at our best when we're stressed. In fact, our brains have evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping us to survive, say, being attacked by a bear. The speaker of this TedTalk, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin thinks there's a way to avoid making critical mistakes in stressful situations, when your thinking becomes clouded – the pre-mortem. "We all are going to fail now and then," he says. "The idea is to think ahead to what those failures might be".

New words and colocations:

1) don’t  bother asking – не тратить время на то, чтобы спросить у кого-то (ответ должен быть понятен);

2) freezing cold – мороз;
3) heart rate – частота сердцебиения;

4) adrenaline rush – выброс адреналина;

5) spatial memory –пространственная память;

6) common sense – здравый смысл;

7) to release the cortisol – выбрасывать  кортизол;

8) to put system at place – внедрить систему;

9) to take the risk – пойти на риск;

10) to prevent the damage – предотвратить ущерб.

Questions:

1. How do you understand, what is the «pre-mortem»?

2. What are the obvious and unobvious ways to prevent stress?

3. Why is it important to think about possible damages of your actions?

4. What kind of situations can push us to think out the problem of stress-control?

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How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed

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You’re not at your best when you’re stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion. Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin thinks there’s a way to avoid making critical mistakes in stressful situations, when your thinking becomes clouded -- the pre-mortem. “We all are going to fail now and then,” he says. “The idea is to think ahead to what those failures might be.”