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【TED】Julian Treasure: How to speak so that people want to listen (How to speak so that people want to listen | Julian Treasure)
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Christina Sun posted on 2014/10/13Ever wonder why some people just command attention when they speak? This fantastic TED Talk breaks down the 'Seven Speaking Sins' and teaches you practical vocal warmups and techniques like prosody to make sure people *want* to listen to you! You'll pick up tons of useful vocabulary and gain confidence for daily and workplace conversations.
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people
US /ˈpipəl/
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UK /'pi:pl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- Men, Women, Children
- Transitive Verb
- To populate; to fill with people.
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US /wɜrld /
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UK /wɜ:ld/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- Political division due to some kind of similarity
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US /stænd/
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UK /stænd/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be a candidate in an election
- To last for a long time
- Transitive Verb
- To be able to accept someone, something; bear
- To place something in a particular position; place
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US /hɑː(r)d/
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UK /hɑ:d/
- Adjective
- Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
- Adverb
- With lots of force, power, or impact
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