TED Talk: How Books Can open Your Mind

It2 Gateway Unit 9: Read On

Watch this 6-minute talk and answer the question below:

1. Where is Lisa from?

2. What career did her government dream for her?
GYMNAST/ENGINEER/OPERA SINGER
3. What career did her parents dream for her?
GYMNAST/ENGINEER/OPERA SINGER
4. Why?
___________________________________________________
5. What career did she dream of?
GYMNAST/ENGINEER/OPERA SINGER?
6. Who supported her dream?
___________________________________________________
7. How did she deal with the frustration of her dream?
a. Getting advice from her parents
b. Reading
c. Learning English
8. What *role did books have on Lisa´s **upbringing? CIRCLE ANY CORRECT ANSWER
a. They offered advice for a person growing up
b. They offered a different view on women
c. They ***instilled in her a new dream
9. Her first books in the US were “banned” in China. What do you suppose
that means?
a. A big “hit”
b. Prohibited
c. Considered “banana” books
10. a. What very important concept did Lisa learn from the Bible?
You shall (will) ______________ your father and your mother.
b.
How is it so different from what she had been taught in China?
C.
Complete:
____________________ is better than _________________
11. What ´s “comparative reading”? (Make notes. Sentences aren´t necessary)

12. Complete the sentence: “A map actually carries ___________’s ______.”

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 TED Talk: How Books Can open Your Mind
It2 Gateway Unit 9: Read On

13. How does reading translated and original books teach you new things?
(Again, notes!)

14. DICTATION. Complete the sentences:

a.
Books have given me a _______________ _______________ to
connect with _______________ of the _______________ and the
_______________.
b.
I know I shall never feel _______________ or _______________
again.
c.
I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT _______________
_______________ IS NOT THE ONLY PURPOSE OF A
_______________. IT´S MOST _______________ _______________
IS TO _______________ US IN _______________ WITH
_______________ _______________ COME FROM, WHERE
_______________ COMES FROM, WHERE _______________ COMES
FROM.
15. What have books done for Lisa? CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER
a. They have given her a new country
b. They have given her a clear idea of who she is and what she is
supposed to do with her life
c. They have ****shattered her dreams.

GLOSSARY:
*ROLE: The part an actor plays; the character played by the actor.
**UPBRINGING: The way a person is educated by his/her family
***INSTILL(ED): To inspire; to create a desire or a value in a person´s mind/heart
****SHATTER(ED): To break into little pieces, like broken glass

About the speaker, in case you´re interested: “At TED's annual staff retreat, everyone has to get up and talk about
something -- either about work, or about something interesting from their own lives. In fall 2012, our own Lisa Bu prepared
a talk about her love of reading. And our quiet, funny and efficient Content Distribution Manager simply brought down the
house, with a story that's too good not to share. We are thrilled and proud that Lisa is the first TED staffer ever to be invited
to speak on the mainstage at the TED Conference. Born and raised in Hunan, China, Lisa Bu has been with TED since 2011.
Before that, she spent seven years as a talk show producer and a digital media content director at Wisconsin Public Radio.
She's also a computer programmer, with a PhD in journalism and an MBA in information systems from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a BA in Chinese from Nanjing University in China.” From TED Talk Website

Lesson based on Lisa Bu´s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_bu_how_books_can_open_your_mind#t-336940

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