Recommended TEDtalks for IELTS Preparation

能源

Shai Agassi's bold plan for electric cars

http://www.ted.com/talks/shai_agassi_on_electric_cars.html

Robin Chase on Zipcar and her next big idea http://www.ted.com/talks/robin_chase_on_zipcar_and_her_next_big_idea.html

Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy? http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/debate_does_the_world_need_nuclear_energy.html

Richard Sears: Planning for the end of oil http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/richard_sears_planning_for_the_end_of_oil.html


人口

Hans Rosling on global population growth http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html


健康 (素食、肥胖)

Graham Hill: Why I'm a weekday vegetarian http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian.html

Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jamie_oliver.html


教育

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

John Hardy: My green school dream http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hardy_my_green_school_dream.html


環境

Jason Clay: How big brands can help save biodiversity http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/jason_clay_how_big_brands_can_save_biodiversity.html

Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic.html


科學研究

Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/brian_cox_why_we_need_the_explorers.html


快樂

Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html


全球化

Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation.html

Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/ethan_zuckerman.html

Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia http://www.ted.com/talks/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia.html

Alex Tabarrok on how ideas trump crises http://www.ted.com/talks/alex_tabarrok_foresees_economic_growth.html



開發中國家

Sheryl WuDunn: Our century's greatest injustice http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/sheryl_wudunn_our_century_s_greatest_injustice.html

Mitchell Besser: Mothers helping mothers fight HIV http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/mitchell_besser_mothers_helping_mothers_fight_hiv.html

Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/esther_duflo_social_experiments_to_fight_poverty.html

Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hant/emmanuel_jal_the_music_of_a_war_child.html

Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love http://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_jackley_poverty_money_and_love.html


(未來) 世界問題

Pete Alcorn on the world in 2200 http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/pete_alcorn_s_vision_of_a_better_world.html

Sewing Machine Terms 2

＜縫紉機結構辭彙＞

arm 車身
arm shaft 主軸
balance wheel / hand wheel 扳輪 / 尾輪
bed 車台
bed shaft 底軸
bobbin winder 繞線器
face plate 門蓋
knee lift 抬腳器
thread stand 線架

Sewing Machine Terms 1

＜縫紉機名詞解釋＞

1.繚縫機（疏縫機）basting sewing machine
由針線通過機器的運動和手工控制縫料形成任意需要針節距長度的線跡。在縫紉業中專門為兩層縫料作臨時性定位進行初縫合用的特種縫紉機。

2、手工線跡縫紉機（珠邊機）decorative stitching machine
由針線通過機器的運動形成完全與手工縫紉線跡相同的線跡的縫紉機。在縫紉業中專門用於裝飾性的縫紉。

3、毛皮機（拼接縫紉機）fur abbuting machine
拼縫各種毛皮的縫紉機。

4、自動縫紉機 automatic welting machine
由電腦控制，設有自動監控系統、送料系統和自動起縫、按設定的軌跡縫紉、停針、剪線等能自動完成某種縫紉工序的縫紉機。

John Hardy: My green school dream

我與雅思的決鬥史 Overall 8

8/28 L: 9   R: 8.5   W: 5.5   S:6.5   Overall: 7.5 (IDP 高雄 外貿協會)
11/6 L: 9   R: 8      W: 7      S: 7     Overall: 8    (IDP 台南 成大)
總共考了兩次，本來第一次就想說要寫心得，可是覺得W實在是太丟臉就算了@@"
我照我整個考試過程來分享好了，可能很多廢話請包含。

本身是應英系，平常就愛看影集，我想這是我L可以滿分的原因，後面會再推薦一些平常練習聽力的方式。第一次考雅思我沒有補習，結果W整個寫離題，我覺得原因是，自己平常準備素材的時候可以寫得好，但考試一碰到沒遇過的題目就不知道怎麼解題了（題目是城市規劃！）所以我整個離題（寫成都市化），整個很心碎XD

之後就決定要尋求外力幫忙，我前後上了兩位老師的課：

Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love