Half a million secrets

Frank Warren: Half a million secrets


New words: 

* artful - creative, clever, skillful 
E.g. She made an artful videoblog.

* randomly - unsystematically 
E.g. The magician picked the cards randomly.

* soulful - emotional
E.g The postcards that are sent to Frank are sometimes very soulful.

* postcard - a card with a space on the one side for the address and a short message and a picture on another side. You can send it by mail. 
E.g. My friend sent me a postcard from the holidays in Italy. 

* handful - a small amount (that a hand can hold)
E.g. I have a handful of  tangerines for you.

* frailty - physical or moral weakness
E.g. She died after a long period of frailty.

*exuberant - full of enthusiasm or joy
E.g. I received an exuberant letter from my friend.

The emergent genius of ant colonies

Deborah Gordon: The emergent genius of ant colonies



The vocabulary list:  

* to emerge - to rise up from
E.g. When the ants emerge, they go to find some food. 

* to dig - to make one's way by removing material
E.g. Ants have to dig their nest. 

* a nest - a number ofinsects, birds or other animals occupying a place
E.g. 75% of ants are working inside the nest. 

* forager - someone who hunts for food
E.g. In prehistoric times men were foragers.

Your body language shapes who you are

Link to the Ted's talk:
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are


The vocabulary:

* congenitally - from birth
E.g. Ann is congenitally blind.

* to bump into - to meet by chance, to run into someone or something 
E.g. She bumped into me last Saturday and we had a short conversation. 

* laid-back - having a casual character or atmosphere

E.g. My boss is really laid-back person. 

* to gamble - to take the risk in the hope of getting an advantage or a benefit

* to hunch - to take an incorrect posture when you sit or stand.
E.g. This child is hunching behind the table.

* fraud - someone who assumes a false pose

E.g. Thomas is a fraud. I don't know anyone who is such a cheater.

* tweak - to pinch, pluck or twist sharply
E.g. His son tweaked my daughter in an arm.

Attitude, awareness, authenticity.

The Ted's talk:
Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's of awesome

The vocabulary:

- to take sth for granted - do not worry about something, do not think about it

E.g.
Kate takes English classes for granted.

- popsicle - ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

E.g.

Thomas asked his dad if he could buy the popsicle.

- dandelion - the well known flower with characteristic yellow flower heads

- needlepoint -  decorative needlework on canvas, usually in a diagonal stitch covering the entire surface of the material

E.g.

My mother's hobby is needlepoint.

The first precis ;-)

The link to the Ted's talk:
Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

The vocabulary bank: 

~to drop out of (college) - to end a university or school before your course has finished

E.g.
Tom dropped out of high school when he was 17.
Kate can't even imagine dropping out of the university.

~unwed - not married

E.g.
His mother was unwed woman.

~to diverge - if two things diverge, they started to develop in opposite ways

E.g.
Tom's views diverged from Kate's.
We started to diverge in basic things.

~entrepreneur - someone who set up a new business to make money

E.g.

Kate is an entrepreneur who is not afraid of being a bankrupt.

There are more and more entrepreneurs nowadays.

~pancreas - a gland inside the body, near the stomach, which produces insulin and enzymes 

E.g. 

Tom was diagnosed with pancreas cancer.

The pancreas is very important organ of our body. 

~sedate - means calm, serious and formal

E.g.

Tom was sedated when he was proposing to Kate.

The atmosphere at the party was rather sedated.