#9 Voice Blog 2

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I am truly surprised by Dr.Robert's findings. According to my opinion, what makes a good life is by getting wsidom in life. By wisdom you can understand more about yourself, why are there loneliness, happiness. This term has also been used in a lot of religion including the religion I belief in, Buddhism. Wisdom, in Pali language we call paññā. Insight in the true nature of reality, namely primarily anicca (impermanance), dukkha (dissatification or suffering) and anatta (non-self). As the teaching of impermanance, I here believe that everyone has their own way in making a good life for theirselves.

#8 Voice Blog

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About the talk Inside the mind of a master procrastinator. I like the talk after hearing it because this topic is mainly discussing about one of the main habits or major problem of the society nowadays.

Honestly, I do procrastinate sometimes. As example like while making my own bed, doing laundry and finishing my reports So, why do I procrastinate? I would like to know the reason myself too.

How to stop procrastinating? I've read an article from Denis Waitley and learned some ways on how to stop procrastinating like take five minutes to list out the things you were going to do tomorrow, look at your list and do one thing on it right now, pick a time to work on the list and quit trying to be perfect.

#6 TED Talk 1- The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Introduction:-

We need to take our strongest intuition and test them. We need to measure whether we've been successful and we have to willing to be fail, to be wrong to start over again with the lessons learned. In other words, we need to be gritty about getting our future grittier.


5 keywords I've learnt from this talk:-
(1) Grit

Definition- Passion and perseverance for long-term and meaningful goals

Example- Through grit and wits, the pioneers were able to survive the blizzard.

Chinese- 恆毅力

(2) Emerged

Definition- Move out of or away from something and become visible

Example- United have emerged as bookies' clear favourite.

Chinese- 出現

(3) Persevere

Definition- To persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite on counterinfluences, opposition or discouragement

Example- Even though he was tired, he persevere and finished the race.

Chinese- 堅持不懈

(4) Intuition

Definition- The ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning

Example- Intuition was telling her that something was really wrong.

Chinese- 直覺

(5) Stratospheric

Definition- Extremely high

Example- The detection of living cell in stratospheric samples.

Chinese- 很高的


Link to the talk:-

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#5 Can you trust a smart speaker?

(1) Do I have a smart speaker at home?

No, maybe not yet?

(2) What is a smart speaker?

A smart speaker is a type of wireless speaker and voice command device with an integrated virtual assistant that offers interactive action and hands-free activation with the help of one "hot word" or several.

(3) How does a smart speaker work?

It act as a smart device that utilizes Wifi, Bluetooth and other wireless protocol standards to extend usage beyond playback audio playback, such as to control home automation devices. Features such as compatibility across a number of platform and services, peer-to-peer connection through mesh networking, virtual assistants and others. Each can have its own designated interface and features in-house, usually launched or controlled via application or home automation software, some also come with a screen to show the user a visual response.

#4 Hyperloop System

A Hyperloop is a proposed mode of passenger and/or freight transportation, first used to describe an open sourced vactrain design released by a joint team from Tesla and SpaceX. Drawign heavily from Robert Goddard's vactrain, a hyperloop is a sealed tube or system of tubes through which a pod may trvel free of air resistance or friction conveying people or object at high speed while being very efficient, thereby drastically reduce travel time over medium-range distances. Here I would share my comments on the Hyperloop system below:-

Strengths- Conveying efficient and reducing time travel.
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Risks- Unusual air pressure, level of safeness and cost of maintainance.

After hearing all the pros and cons of the Hyperloop system I still think that it is realistic because the technology of the world is becoming better and better now, if this system can be explained so it mean that this system is realistic and can be used, it is just the matter of time.

While now in Taiwan I think that the transport system here is very convenient and fast. Sometimes on normal work days some of the station if too crowded but I still didnt meet any problems while transporting in Taiwan now. I would like to suggest that Taiwan could use new traffic rules that are more useful to our society. Besides that they can held more campaign based on how dangerous the road is and how to be a more ethic motorcycle or car driver. Third,  the department of traffic can uprgade their difficultness of getting driving license year by year, this could rises the quality of new driver and lower down the chart of number of accidents.

 In conclusion I think that Taiwan had done a great job in their transport system.

#3 Five words I've learnt in the Transport of the Future podcast

(1) Prevalent

Definition- Widespread in a particular area at a particular time

Example- "This is just another example of the insidious prying into peoples' lives that is so prevalent in our society today."

Chinese- 流行


(2) Freight

Definition- Goods transported by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.

Example- "The dispute affected interstate deliveries of both air and road freight."

Chinese- 貨物


(3) Intervention

Definition- The action or process of intervening

Example- "Many have raised several matters that Ann's kindly interventions have resolved."

Chinese- 介入


(4) Far-fetched

Definition- Unlikely and unconvincing

Example- "Only when a risk becomes far-fetched or fanciful will the law refuse to acknowledge it."

Chinese- 牽强


(5) Authentic

Definition- Of undisputed origin

Example- "But such verification does not demonstrate that the documents are authentic."

Chinese- 真實

#2 Are the speaking and listening tasks difficult for me? What are the challenges I often face when I listen and speak in English?

The speaking and listening tasks are consider a little bit easier task for me because I often train my speaking with my dad and used to listening to english speaking conversation situation.

But, there are still challenges I face when I listen and speak like adaptation to different slangs and speaking speed while on my speaking part I think I really need to catch up on my grammar and vocabulary too on time to time.