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TEDx: Dare to Be Different

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In this lengthy yet inspiring TED talk from world-renowned Taiwanese dancer, Feng-Yi Sheu, listen to her story about growing up 'different' in a rural Taiwanese township to a family of academics who initially didn't understand her passion for dance.

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Hello, everyone! My name is Xu Fangyi, and I'm a dancer.

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I come from one of the most beautiful places in the world, and it's called Taiwan.

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I don't know how to tell you this, but my heart's really beating very fast.

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Right now, I'd really like to dance, if it could get me out of talking.

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Okay. I was born into a very ordinary family.

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This is our family photo from when I was really little.

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But this isn't everyone. It's not, it's not our true family photo

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because I have a younger brother

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who joined our family 13 years later.

Oh, so uh, neither my father nor my mother

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were very highly educated.

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My father graduated from elementary school, and my mother graduated from junior high,

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and my father built up everything from scratch.

It's very fortunate that by my time,

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our family was considered reasonably well-off.

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But my family is, I must say...

I've seen photos of my father and mother when they were very young.

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My father was very handsome, and my mother was very beautiful as well.

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But as for the children in our family, once we grew up, we all looked quite ordinary.

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Ever since I was little, I'm probably the one who gave my parents the least in terms of expectations.

		Word	Definition	Fluency
		衣食不缺 yī shí bù quē (expression) (Literary) to be reasonably well-off (lit. to need not worry about food and clothing)	(expression) (Literary) to be reasonably well-off (lit. to need not worry about food and clothing)
		姿势 zī shì (noun) posture; position	(noun) posture; position
		肢体 zhī tǐ (noun) limbs; body	(noun) limbs; body
		示范 shì fàn (verb) to set an example; to demonstrate	(verb) to set an example; to demonstrate
		听觉 tīng jué (noun) sense of hearing; auditory	(noun) sense of hearing; auditory
		季节 jì jié (noun) festival; art/culture event	(noun) festival; art/culture event
		放榜 fàng bǎng (verb) to announce/post examination results	(verb) to announce/post examination results
		排练 pái liàn (verb) to rehearse	(verb) to rehearse
		怨恨 yuàn hèn (noun) grudge; hate	(noun) grudge; hate
		弱势 ruò shì (adj.) weak; vulnerable; disadvantaged	(adj.) weak; vulnerable; disadvantaged
		场次 chǎng cì (noun) showing (of a film, play, game, etc.)	(noun) showing (of a film, play, game, etc.)
		累积 lěi jī (verb) to accumulate	(verb) to accumulate
		尽情 jìn qíng (adv.) to one's heart's content	(adv.) to one's heart's content
		信念 xìn niàn (noun) belief; conviction; faith	(noun) belief; conviction; faith
		专辑报道 zhuān jí bào dào (noun) feature article/report	(noun) feature article/report
		挫折感 cuò zhé gǎn (noun) feelings of frustration	(noun) feelings of frustration
		磨练 mó liàn (noun) self-discipline; endurance	(noun) self-discipline; endurance
		脚踏实地 jiǎo tà shí dì (idiom) to be down to earth	(idiom) to be down to earth

TEDx: Dare to Be Different

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