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