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TEDx: Designer or Dreamer?

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I this lengthy yet worthwhile TEDx talk from Taipei, listen to Alice Wang's funny and endearing story about how she started from scratch and became one of Taiwan's top designers.
WordDefinitionFluency
 
以防万一
yǐ fáng wàn yī
(idiom) just in case (literally, to be prepared for all contingencies)
(idiom) just in case (literally, to be prepared for all contingencies)
 
恶整
è zhěng
(verb) to play a practical joke on someone
(verb) to play a practical joke on someone
 
流浪汉
liú làng hàn
(noun) vagrant; homeless person
(noun) vagrant; homeless person
 
素描
sù miáo
(noun) sketching; sketch
(noun) sketching; sketch
 
捧场
pěng chǎng
(verb) to support someone; to cheer on
(verb) to support someone; to cheer on
 
误导
wù dǎo
(noun) misleadings
(noun) misleadings
 
识破
shí pò
(verb) to see through
(verb) to see through
 
机缘
jī yuán
(noun) lucky chance; fortunate coincidence
(noun) lucky chance; fortunate coincidence
 
印章
yìn zhāng
(noun) stamp; seal
(noun) stamp; seal
 
连锁
lián suǒ
(noun) chain; franchise
(noun) chain; franchise
 
交通工具
jiāo tōng gōng jù
(noun) vehicle; mode of transportation
(noun) vehicle; mode of transportation
 
铺下
pū xià
(verb) to spread something to cover; to lay something down
(verb) to spread something to cover; to lay something down
 
移动式
yí dòng shì
(adj.) movable; portable
(adj.) movable; portable
 
配备
pèi bèi
(noun) equipment
(noun) equipment
 
滤掉
lǜ diào
(verb) to filter
(verb) to filter
 
固执
gù zhí
(adj.) stubborn
(adj.) stubborn
 
名言
míng yán
(noun) well-known saying
(noun) well-known saying
 
稳赔不赚
wěn péi bú zhuàn
(expression) (a business that) will definitely fail and make no money
(expression) (a business that) will definitely fail and make no money
 
dà jiā
zài
tái
xià
kě néng
zhī dào
hòu miàn
a
All of you sitting below might not know that backstage,
 
wǒ men
tài
jǐn zhāng
zhǔn bèi
le
hǎo
duō
píng
jiǔ
gěi
wǒ men
he was afraid that we'd be too nervous, so he arranged for several bottles of alcohol for us.
 
qí shí
yì zhí
zài
xiǎng
Actually, I've been continually wondering
 
shì bú shì
yǒu
qiàn
J a s o n
Jason
hái shì
K e v i n
Kevin
qián
if I owe Jason or Kevin any money
 
qián miàn
de
rén
dōu
chāo
de
The previous speakers were all super-celebrities.
 
F r o g D e s i g n
Frog Design
de
zǒng jiān
jiǎng
le
The director of Frog Design spoke,
 
táo zhé
jiǎng
le
liú xuān
jiǎng
le
so did David Tao and Liu Xuan.
 
xiàn zài
yào
jiǎng
shén me
suǒ yǐ
ne
méi yǒu
bàn fǎ
gào sù
dà jiā
What should I talk about now? So, there's no way for me to tell you all,
 
xiǎng
gào sù
dà jiā
yǐ jīng
zuò
le
shén me
I don't want to tell everyone about the things I've done.
 
xiǎng yào
gào sù
dà jiā
I want to tell everyone about
 
m y s t o r y s o f a r
my story so far
jiù
shì
mù qián
de
gù shì
my story so far, my life story up until now.
 
jì de
zài
niàn
yòu zhì yuán
de shí hou
I remember that when I was in kindergarten,
 
cóng xiǎo
jiù
shì
bú tài
ài
niàn shū
de
xiǎo hái
ever since I was young, I was a kid who didn't really like to study.
 
lǎo shī
zài
yòu zhì yuán
de shí hou
dōu
huì
wèn
The kindergarten teacher would always ask
 
měi gè
xiǎo péng you
zhǎng dà
yǐ hòu
xiǎng yào
zuò
shén me
every child what they wanted to be when they grew up.
 
jì de
wǒ men
bān
yǒu
fēi cháng
duō
de
rén
xiǎng yào
dāng
zǒng tǒng
I remember that lots of people in our class wanted to be the president,
 
xiǎng yào
dāng
jǐng chá
xiǎng yào
dāng
chú shī
xiǎng yào
dāng
kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě
wanted to be a police officer, wanted to be a chef, or wanted to be a flight attendant.
 
dàn
dāng
wèn dào
de shí hou
gēn
shuō
xiǎng yào
dāng
yì shù jiā
But when she asked me, I told her that I wanted to be an artist.

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