Dalia Mogahed begins her Ted Talk saying‚ “What do you think when you first look at me?” She explains in her video that people shouldn’t have negative perceptions of her faith. Because she is herself a Muslim‚ she speaks on experience on how the media has perceived Muslims as bad people. Due to the accusations‚ it has affected her life extremely. She hopes that people chose empathy over prejudice when the media‚ for example‚ or really anyone classifies them as bad people. A stand out moment in
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Edith Beale: The Color in Grey Gardens With so much information to take in‚ I found it hard to know where to begin on the subject of Little Edie Beale‚ self-imposed prisoner of the mansion known as Grey Gardens. Largely infamous for her bizarre eccentricities being the reclusive cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis‚ dare I use that term as her own mother once said‚ “’Eccentric’ is a lack of money.” I came to know her as an artist. More importantly‚ I discovered that she was not delusional or
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Learning to Give a Pep Talk —— 《上海学生英文报》高中进阶 (2413期20170314) ·4版 Everyone wants to be the type of person who gives the critical talk that turns around a friend’s outlook. However‚ giving a good pep talk (激励性讲话) isn’t easy. It requires an understanding of what your audience needs. You need to not only listen and empathize‚ but also stress the other person’s strengths. You also need to know when to stop talking. “A lot of people think they are giving a pep talk‚ but they are just saying what they
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motivational talks with an excellent 40-year speaking career. Instead‚ he also had been the best influencer and business consultant for Fortune 500 companies and consort with American presidents and other world leaders. Therefore‚ I personally impressed with his longtime driven to success. Other than that‚ I also noticed that this speaker was such an optimistic and positive person who inspired millions with his message of positivity and personal achievement. As I look upon to his talks‚ I noticed that
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The Ted-Talk‚ “Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali”‚ given by siblings Melati and Isabel Wijsen was seemingly directed towards “all the kids of this beautiful but challenging world”. Therefore‚ centering their audience at all those kids in the crowd that will later become the future “leaders of today”. The main idea that the two sisters draw up within their speech is the concept that “you are never too young to understand” the world around you alongside the fact that making a change “isn’t going
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It’s so easy to create a professional website these days‚ one that looks trustworthy and reliable. Of course‚ that does not mean that the information contained within it is also reliable. You would think that would be obvious‚ we would all like to think that we’ve impervious to bullshit. Alas‚ that is not the case. We get tricked‚ mislead‚ and manipulated‚ and very often we’re totally unaware of it. We talked briefly about the fluency illusion in chapter 13‚ we are susceptible to judging something
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Although I cannot relate to the prejudice of culture differences as expressed in this Ted Talk I understand what she’s saying. I feel as though in the beginning of the video her main point is that when meeting someone who shares opinions‚ experiences or cultures with you it is easier for you to communicate with them because of your similarities. I can relate to this with my friends and experiences we all went through such as bullying‚ abusive relationships‚ and the many years we spent together creating
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Patricia Ryan talked about her experience in living and teaching english for over 30 years in the gulf where she has seen vast cultural and linguistic change. This strategy helped her build her credibility with the audiences. The topic of her speech at Ted was “Don’t Insist on English!”. She addressed the question: Is the world’s focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? The primary audience to her speech was English teachers. Patricia Ryan has the same background
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�PAGE � What sort of social critique does this Street Angel (1937) present? What does it say about issues involved in "modernization"? What symbols are portrayed in Street Angel (1937) Introduction Every country has specific famous era in which their cinema portrays the reality of their society‚ the 1930 ’s was the era in which China ’s cinema bent itself towards portraying society and modernization. A lot of distinctive features developed by Chinese film over the last hundred years are the
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Preston and the Creature from Down the Street What if you knew a carnivorous‚ long domesticated mammal was living in almost every neighborhood in America‚ and their very intent was to seek out and destroy every person that could see right into their heart. And If they can’t catch that person then they’ll go and kill a much smaller animal. An animal that they have hated since the day these creatures were but on this earth‚ and they want to show you how much they hate that animal by showing how
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