#8 TED Talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/celeste_headlee_10_ways_to_have_a_better_conversation/transcript?language=zh-tw#t-82298

topic：10ways to have a better conversation

1.clever(adj.): having or showing the ability to learn and understand things quickly and easily
ex: Judy has never been very clever, but she tries hard.

2.compromise(v.): to lower or weaken standards
ex: His opponents charged that the deal would compromise conservative principles.

3.vulnerable(adj.): able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked
ex: It is on economic policy that the government is most vulnerable.

4.hone(v.): to improve your skill at doing something, especially when you are already very good at it
ex: He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman.

5.trivial(adj.): having little value or importance
ex: I don't know why he gets so upset about something so trivial.

In the era of this technology explosion, everyone is holding smartphone all the time, we are no longer face to face conversation, but through the message, and use facebook or instagram to understand each other's current situation.
Gradually we lost the enthusiasm of the conversation, no longer listen to each other's emotions.
I am also not good at talking with people, listening to this speech I benefit a lot.
In this speech, you can relearn the skills of communication, very basic principles.
The most important thing is to listen, everyone has some hidden, amazing thing about them, carefully listen to, you will be able to learn something.

#7 Steve Jobs’ Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

1.diverge(v.)：if opinions, interests etc diverge, they are different from each other
ex：Here his views diverged from hers.

2.curiosity(n.)： the desire to know about something
ex：The news aroused a lot of curiosity among local people.

3. intuition(n.)：an idea about what is true in a particular situation based on a feeling rather than facts
ex：We should trust our intuitions.

4.subtle(adj.)：not easy to notice or understand unless you pay careful attention
ex：The pictures are similar, but there are subtle differences between them.

5.Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish  -Never be satisfied, and always push yourself.

I like the three stories that Jobs' said.

Not only because of it is his speech, its content is also very inspiring people.

First:connecting the dots.

Maybe we are learning now don't feel any use in the moment, but maybe one day we look back, will find that all this is related.

Second:love and loss

Everyone has failed, has disappointing experience, but as long as they like to do what they did, also keep enthusiasm, it can start from scratch.

Third:death

Death is a stage of life, even if you don't want, eventually you will face.

It is because of life is limited, so don't waste your own life to live in someone else's life. To remind yourself that you will death, is the best way to avoid falling into the trap of suffering. You have nothing at all, there is no reason not to go well.

I think life is limit actually, so don't waste your time to follow anyone else,

do your like things, and trust yourself.

And when you face the difficult problem, don't give up easily, like jobs' saying.

#6 English song

Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared To Be Lonely

LYRICS

It was great at the very start
Hands on each other
Couldn't stand to be far apart
Closer the better

Now we're picking fights and slamming doors
Magnifying all our flaws
And I wonder why, wonder what for
Why we keep coming back for more

Is it just our bodies? 
Are we both losing our minds?
Is the only reason you're holding me tonight
'Cause we're scared to be lonely?
Do we need somebody just to feel like we're alright?
Is the only reason you're holding me tonight
'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

Too much time, losing track of us
Where was the real?
Undefined, spiraling out of touch
Forgot how it feels

All the messed up fights and slamming doors
Magnifying all our flaws
And I wonder why, wonder what for
It's like we keep coming back for more

Is it just our bodies? 
Are we both losing our minds?
Is the only reason you're holding me tonight
'Cause we're scared to be lonely?
Do we need somebody just to feel like we're alright?
Is the only reason you're holding me tonight
'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

Scared to be lonely

Even when we know it's wrong
Been somebody better for us all along
Tell me, how can we keep holding on?
Holding on tonight 'cause we're scared to be lonely
Even when we know it's wrong
Been somebody better for us all along
Tell me, how can we keep holding on?
Holding on tonight 'cause we're scared to be lonely

Is it just our bodies?
Are we both losing our minds?
Is the only reason you're holding me tonight
'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

Scared to be lonely
Scared to be lonely
Eh, eh, scared to be lonely

SINGER

Martin Garrix, Dua Lipa

Martin Garrix-nationality:Netherlands

Dua Lipa-nationality:London, England

WORDS

1.Magnify(v): to make something seem more important than it really is

ex:The report tends to magnify the risks involved.

2.lose track: to no longer know what is happening, or not to remember something

ex:What he was saying was so complicated that I lost track after the first couple of sentences.

3.If a situation spirals, it quickly gets worse in a way that becomes more and more difficult to control

ex:Violence in the country is threatening to spiral out of control.

I love the song is Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared To Be Lonely

This song is description of couples get along for a long time between, will begin to enlarge each other's shortcomings, and gradually lost in the direction of emotion, are the two together just because of we're scared to be lonely? Because of  accustomed to each other don't want to break up.

A lot of people on the way of love,will encounter this question, I think emotion is the need to run and communication, unless you don't love, then don't easily let go.

Martin Garrix, Dua Lipa

COVER:J.fla

#5 All Ears English

AEE 100: Top 100 Most Used Phrases in English Conversation

https://www.allearsenglish.com/aee-100-top-100-used-phrases-english-conversation/

big deal: when you don't think that what someone has said or done is important or special
ex: "I ran five miles this morning." "Big deal! I ran ten."

bellhop(n.): a young man who carries bags, takes messages etc in a hotel.

figure out:
①to understand or solve something.
ex:It takes most people some time to figure out new software.

②to calculate an amount.
ex: It is difficult to access funding before the elements of an outline business plan have been figured out.

Most Used Phrases in English Conversation

Situation 1: At a Hotel:

①Would you like a hand?: means Do you need a help?

②Enjoy your stay with us.: means Wish you a pleasant stay here.

Situation 2: How to Introduce Yourself to an American in Your Home Country:
①How do you like Japan so far? : = up to now

②I’m having a blast.: have a blast and have a good time are the same meaning.
Blast itself is "Gale, explosion, public criticism" means.
But now young people are used to describe a wonderful, stimulating party, activity or experience.


In the podcast, I learned some of the most commonly used English conversation phrases, some phrases are very colloquial, if according to the translation will not understand its meaning.

#4 Six Minute English

topic : Is modern life making us tired.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-160114

In today's society, people can't without electronic products.For example: Radio, television, Internet, computer and intelligent mobile phone.Although these electronic products make our life more convenient, but also influences our sleep quality. Professor from the university of California said: in the absence of any electronic products in the society, compared with the modern society, sleep does't have different with us, but they seldom have the problem of insomnia. The solution is proposed by Professor Kevin Morgan:'cognitive behavioural therapy', in the hearts of irregular time to repeat the'the' read, you can block the idea of insomnia.
Because of the popularization of the Internet, make modern life more and more convenient, but also led to a lot of people narcolepsy,restless legs syndrome, somnambulism the symptoms of sleep, although the Internet is very convenient, but we should't have the order reversed, health is the most important!

words:
1.sleep like a log:sleep very well, without being woken by any noises.
2.snore[v./n.]:to breathe in a noisy way through your mouth and nose while you are asleep.
3.insomnia[n.]:the condition of being unable to sleep, over a period of time.

#2 Vocabulary Exercise

1.summit：an important meeting or set of meetings between the leaders of several governments
example sentence：A U.S. -Russia summit is expected to take place in late March.



2.tentative：not definite or certain, because you may want to change things 
example sentence：I passed on my tentative conclusions to the police.



3.tenet：a principle or belief, especially one that is part of a larger system of beliefs
example sentence：This was a central tenet of the bureaucratic model.

4.groundwork：something that has to happen before an activity or plan can be successful

example sentence：His speech laid the groundwork for independence.

5.privately：with no one else present

example sentence：I must talk to you privately.

#1 Greetings!

Hello my name is Yuna.🙋
My horoscope is Pisces.♓
I live in Taipei.My hobbies are movies and singing♪,my favorite movie is 《Léon》.

I like to eat delicious foodie😋, special love to eat any matcha products,and like to share my life on instagram.
My favorite city is Taipei, because the traffic is convenient. But I also like Tainan and Taichung, there are a lot of delicious food and beautiful attractions.I'm a little shy girl,and my English is not very well,hope to get along well with you all.

Hi😁～～～～