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QUESTIONS

Part 1 (Comprehension Questions ):

1. What part of Sudan is Darfur?
2. Where did the speaker and his family used to live before reaching the camp?
3. What does the word “otash” mean?
4. Why is it called so (otash)?
5. What is the name of their IDP camp?
6. What does the speaker refer to as the basic right of every child?
7. What did the speaker say is the greatest power that’s ever known to all?
8. What did he say should be a priority and should be available for all children?
9. What languages can Makhtoum speak fluently?
10. What is his (Makhtoum) biggest dream?

Part 2 (Express Yourself Questions):

1. How important is education?
2. Does your country have a good education system? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
3. Which countries have the best schools and universities? Why are they considered good?
4. Is education only for the young? What things should people learn as they grow up? What should people learn after they have grown up?
5. Henry Ford said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” Do you agree? Why?
6. Do you enjoy learning new things? Give an example if you can.
7. Does studying make you tired? Is it hard work? How can a student get energy for study?
8. What characteristics should a good teacher have?
9. Have you ever considered becoming a teacher? Why or why not?
10. Who has taught you a lot in your life?

Education is a fundamental right for every child━ Makhtoum Abdalla (9分1秒）

難民キャンプで育つ子供たちにとって、教育は外の世界に飛び立つために必要な強力な手段です。スーダン出身で幼いころに避難民となり、現在、ダルフール州のオタシュ難民キャンプで家族と暮らしているマクトゥーム･アブダラが、この心を動かすトークで、彼の最大の夢を語ります。それは、すべての子供たちが教育を受けられ、“自分の運命をあやつる船長”になるスキルを身に付けられるようになることです。

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Part 1 (Comprehension Questions ):

1. What it is that allows you to have interactive conversations with a hologram of a real Holocaust survivor, according to his talk?
2. According to the speaker, what is something special and more profound and personal than what books or lectures, or movies could ever teach us?
3. Who is in addition to being a Nobel Prize winner in physics was also known as a legendary teacher?
4. What does their pipeline use to convert and input audio into these mouth points?
5. Their goal was to build an accurate model of a person, not to what?
6. As a researcher, he’s also working on countermeasure technology for what purpose?
7. What is one of the tools they plan to release?
8. What is a Reality Defender?

Part 2 (Express Yourself Questions):

1. What is Artificial Intelligence?
2. What are some benefits or potential positives of AI?
3. What are some risks or potential dangers of AI?
4. Are you more optimistic or pessimistic about artificial intelligence technology? Why?
5. One often mentioned risk is that AI (or robots) will take over people’s jobs; what do you think about this argument?
6. How would you feel about having a robotic colleague?
7. Do you think Artificial Intelligence also means that computers could possibly become conscious or self-aware? Why / why not?
8. How is AI helping you in your everyday life?
9. How would you like artificial intelligence to help you in the future?
10. Which scenarios of AI use in the economy do you know?
11. Would you like a robot to do a service for you? Or do you prefer human beings? What if robots did it to a cheaper price?
12. Which movie about AI do you like? Why?

Fake videos of real people and how to spot them ━ Supasorn Suwajanakorn (7分6秒）

有名人が実際には言っていないことを言っているように見せかけた偽映像を、あなたはうまく見分けられますか？ この驚くべき講演とデモで、それがどのように作られるのかをご覧ください。コンピューター科学者スパソーン・スワジャナコーンは、大学院での研究として、AIと3次元モデリングを使い、本物にしか見えないような音声と同期した人物の映像を作りました。この技術の倫理的問題と創造的可能性、そしてその悪用への対策として行われていることについて学びましょう。

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Part 1 (Comprehension Questions ):

1. Who were the project’s lead engineers of the Golden Gate Bridge?
2. What was the home to 96-kilometer-per-hour winds, swirling tides, an endless blanket of fog, and the earthquake-prone San Andreas fault?
3. Who was convinced that the bridge could be built; and that it would provide San Francisco’s commuters more reliable passage to the city?
4. What kind of bridge consists of a single beam anchored at one end and extended horizontally like a diving board?
5. Who was that colleague together with Ellis who convinced Strauss to pursue a different approach?
6. What different approach are they referring to?
7. Since the strait’s depth prevented them from drilling or digging the foundations, what was dropped on the ocean floor, to create openings for pouring concrete?
8. How many workers died when an entire scaffolding platform fell in 1937?
9. The Navy had been pushing hard to paint the bridge with what colors?
10. Who thought that the primer itself paired nicely with the strait’s natural backdrop?

Part 2 (Express Yourself Questions):

1. What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘bridge’?
2. What do you think of California?
3. What are your favorite structures in California?
4. What do you know about life in California?
5. Would you like to live in California?
6. What has been the longest bridge you have crossed so far?
7. How challenging do you think it is to build a bridge?
8. Have you ever thought of becoming an engineer?
9. What skills should a good engineer possess?
10. If there is one bridge you would like to personally see; what would it be and why?

The surprising health benefits of dreaming ━  Matt Walker (5分7秒）

カリフォルニアのゴールデン・ゲート・ブリッジを支える全長227メートルの高い２基の塔が組み立てられました。これらの塔の建設は、技術者のチャールズ・エリスとジョセフ・シュトラウスが直面していた数々の課題のひとつに過ぎませんでした。着工以前にも多くの人々がこのプロジェクトは不可能であると考えていたのです。それは、ゴールデンゲート海峡では強風が吹き荒れ、晴れることのない霧に覆われ、地震が発生しやすい場所だからでした。それでは、この象徴的な橋はどのようにして建てられたのでしょうか？アレックス・ジェンドラーが、この偉業について詳細に述べます。

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QUESTIONS

Part 1 (Comprehension Questions ):

1. What is one key benefit of dreaming which is associated with an enhanced ability to solve next-day problems according to Mr. Walker’s talk?
2. What is the second benefit of dreaming?
3. Why is REM-sleep dreaming considered an emotional first aid?
4. What have scientists discovered after learning a virtual maze?
5. What appears to be an essential ingredient to so much of our waking lives, according to the speaker?

Part 2 (Express Yourself Questions):

1. Do you usually have dreams?
2. What was the nicest dream you could remember?
3. What about the worst?
4. How often do you remember your dreams? 
5. Have you ever had a dream which seemed to come true? What happened?
6. In your culture, do specific dreams have a specific meaning?
7. Did you know that Abraham Lincoln supposedly foresaw his own assassination in a dream? What do you think about it?
8. Are dream messages sent from our unconscious, predictions of the future, or the brain’s way of cleaning out information?
9. Do your dreams ever affect your moods? Explain.
10. Do you tell people about your dreams?
11. Do you read books on dream interpretation? What is your opinion on it?
12. Have you ever dreamed about dead people?
13. Have you ever dreamed of a language that you don’t speak?
14. Has anyone told you that you walked or talked in your sleep?
15. Do you agree with the idea that “Life is like a dream”?

The surprising health benefits of dreaming ━  Matt Walker (2分3秒）

眠りに落ち、夢を見始めるとき、実は皆さんはとても大事な作業をしています。睡眠科学者のマット・ウォーカーによると、夢は「睡眠中のセラピー」のような役割を果たしているのだと言います。夢を見ることで、問題解決能力が高まったり、生活に影響を及ぼす感情が整理されたりするかもしれないのです。

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Part 1 (Comprehension Questions ):

1. According to this article when do we constantly negotiate?
2. What does a successful negotiation about?
3. How many ways did the speaker give when negotiating?
4. What questions do we possibly consider on our first step?
5. What was the first example given in doing research?
6. What’s the second step/way?
7. What do we possibly feel when negotiating?
8. TRUE or FALSE: “Emotional distancing is a strategy to be very attached to the possible outcome of the negotiations.”
9. What’s the third way?
10. In negotiation, why is it important to listen well?

Part 2 (Express Yourself Questions):

1. Have you tried making negotiations at work or somewhere else?
2. Where do you usually negotiate?
3. Can you say, you’re good at it/negotiations?
4. Do you think it is always worth it to make negotiations when we can?
5. Have you made any negotiations with your parents/children before?
6. Give your opinion on this: “You can leave the dance floor and move up to the balcony.”
7. Who would benefit the most in every negotiation?
8. Have you ever refused a negotiation before?
9. Do you know someone who’s really a good negotiator?
10. What is/are the bad side/s of making negotiations?

3 steps to getting what you want in a negotiation—Ruchi Sinha:  (5分1秒）

仕事ではよく交渉をすることになります。例えば昇給や、昇進、休暇を得るために。そして戦いのように臨みがちです。でも交渉ですべきなのは優位を取ろうとすることではなく、関係を構築し、自分と相手の要求について理解することなのだと、組織心理学者のルチ・シンハは言います。彼女の挙げる３項目が、この必須のスキルを身につける役に立つことでしょう。

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