Self introduction

View on Vocaroo >>

Job: Marketing Assistant

Good morning. I’m Jennifer. It is really a great honor to have this opportunity to introduce myself. I am 19 years old, born in Taichung. I’m a sophomore majoring in International Business at National Taipei University of Business. My favorite course is Marketing. We planned a complete project from visiting vendor to propaganda as a salesman. I realized how to sell the goods and how to communicate with the principal and the customers. I am an open-minded person and always committed to myself, during school life, I joined Department Society, career visit, and most of school activities. Currently,I am working as an assistant officer at the cram school. I became more calm and overcame nervous feeling when encountering problems. In my leisure time, I enjoy strengthening English and Spanish ability. In the short-term, I hope I could understand the workflow deeply and work independently. I have always wanted to work in the marketing field. I believe this job is exactly what I am looking for and my experience makes me a great candidate to this position. That’s all my self introduction. Thank you.

What makes the good life?

View on Vocaroo >>

1. Briefly introduce the Harvard study on happiness
2. Are you surprised by Dr. Robert’s findings? 
3. According to your opinion, what makes a good life? 

This study explores what keep us healthy and happy as we go through life. For 75 years, they have tracked the lives of 724 men. Finally, the study indicates good relationship keep us happier and healthier. I'm not surprised to Dr. Robert's finding. Just like the result of research, I agree that good relationship could make the good life. Most people need someone's company. With good company, their brain functioning could decline slower and they would live longer than others. On the contrary, those people who are more isolated are less happy and live shorter. In my opinion, I believe nothing is more important than good relationship, even money and reputation. All my family members are healthy and happy is vital to me.

My voice blog- inside the mind of a master procrastinator

View on Vocaroo >>

There are three questions about this topic.

The first is Do I procrastinate sometimes? 
Undoubtedly, yes. I acknowledge I am a standard procrastinator, I'm like the speaker who procrastinates on the works all the time in the video. 

The second is Why do I procrastinate? 
Because I know the deadline has not arrived. When I think that, I will say ''Tomorrow I will do for sure.'' to myself. So the works are procrastinated day after day. 

And the last one is How to stop procrastinating? 
The best solution to me is realize that I am a procrastinator and think the result of procrastinating.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

• Video: https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator/transcript#t-719                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
• Three keywords                                                                             1. procrastinator 拖延者                                                                                                   2. instant gratification 及時行樂                                                                                     3. rational decision maker 理性決策者                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
• Summary                                                                                       This topic is talked about procrastinating. In everyone's mind, there are not only a decision maker but a Instant Gratification Monkey. However, the monkey loves easy and fun, and it will make you procrastinate on the work which you should do right now. Hence, how to solve this problem is to stay aware of Instant Gratification Monkey and think about what we are really procrastinating on.

The power of passion and perseverance

• Video:https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance/up-next

• Five keywords:

  1. motivational 勵志的
  2. grit 意志力
  3. perseverance 毅力
  4. stamina 耐力
  5. growth mindset 成長型思維模式

• Introduction 

Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint. If you want to success, the most important characteristic is not good looks, social intelligent or IQ. It is grit.

Midterm Project

1. Midterm-Project Introduction 
 
   Host 1, Neil: Nicole
   Host 2, Dan: Me
   Insert, Phil, Sam and Catherine: Eric
   Topic: What do you buy when you're sad?
   Summary: Have you ever had a bad day and tried to make yourself feel better by going shopping?  This topic is talked about the link between shopping and mood. Most of people buy something such as food, drinks and clothing when they are feeling down. But do they really need those things? Not at all, recording to the research, they will regret to their decision finally.

2. Handout
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-171207

3.Video

About smart speaker

(A) Do you have a smart speaker at home?
     
       No, I don't have it at home, but there is an Apple's Siri in my phone.

(B) What is a smart speaker?

      It is a smart device, like the Google Assistant, Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri. It could answer anything and do all sorts of questions.

(C) How does a smart speaker work?

       It is like a listening bug. It could actively listen to what's going on in your home when they hear the keyword. and the microphone is still on all the time to detect the keyword. If you give a voice command, it will do what you want.