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Hi, my name is Marissa, and welcome to my source materials.
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Have you guys ever seen this?
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Okay, this looks like just a regular box, but it's not.
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This is a vanity.
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Growing up, I wanted one of these so badly, but my mom wasn't really into buying me girly things,
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so I would just grow up playing cards with my little brother.
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Now that I have adult money, I just want myself one.
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I just love all the little compartments.
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There's a drawer, and then you just keep opening.
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There's this, it keeps going.
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I don't know who approved of this many drawers, but it's great.
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I love the little surprises.
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Like, you guys would not believe this. And here, too.
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I just really love objects that like reveal themselves.
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And I think as a designer, good interfaces don't always reveal themselves at once.
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Like they kind of reward curiosity.
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I love designing moments where people are like, wait, there's something else.
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Wait, there's another layer to it.
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It's like a little good like Easter egg moment.
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It's the anticipation.
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That's what it is.
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I love a good buildup.
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I first got this book because I just really like the green.
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Very performative of me, I know.
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But it turned out to be one of my favorite books.
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I really like this book because there have always been women building cool things in tech.
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Mindy is such an amazing person.
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I love that she cares about the internet culture enough to just document everything.
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Most of us women don't always end up in history books and I love that this book is the opposite of that.
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Okay, next item.
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This has a very special place in my heart.
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So this is my elementary school lunchbox, and it's called Pinto in Thai, which means like three -tiered lunchbox.
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There was this sense of like surprise and like anticipation.
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What do I get to eat today?
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And it kind of just depends on my grandma, and I just love the sound of this rice and stir -fried as a top.
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And then the middle one, sometimes she would pack soup or noodles or a side of vegetables.
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Bottom layer is my favorite.
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She would pack a sweet treat on my lucky days.
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I realize I don't like my food touching because of this.
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Yeah.
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And then this next book is The Tree of Coats.
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This book couldn't exist as a PDF file, and that's the reason why I love this book so much.
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There are words cut out, and it's so delicate.
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You have to be so gentle flipping through the pages.
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It's also such a fun take on negative space as well.
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So I've been into hardware recently.
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This is a makeup cyber deck.
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I put grass on here just so that, you know, touch grass.
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It has a keyboard, a mouse, and I'm gonna put a screen on here.
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So just imagine there's a screen here for now.
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Cyberdeck is kind of like an upcycled computer.
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You take apart the computer that you know, and then you put it into an unexpected medium.
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It's like a little eyeshadow palette inspired by that little vanity box.
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And then I also have a drawer with all the makeup brushes.
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I've just been seeing so many cool girls building Cyberdex.
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I'm like, I want to learn how to do that.
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Once I figure out the electronics, which is the hardest part, this is the brain of the Cyberdex.
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It's a Raspberry Pi.
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It's the brain of the operation.
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So I need to figure out how I want to mount it on.
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I'm going to put a Zoom meeting on here.
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I can do my makeup and like take my meetings at the same time.
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I also started watching like
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Totally Spies not too long ago.
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And they have like a little makeup compact and I would call their boss on their makeup compact.
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So I was like, why not?
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Why don't I?
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Yeah.
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I love it though.
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Like I just needed a break from like vibe coding.
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I want to be able to touch things again and like get my hands dirty again.
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Don't mind me, I'm just gonna plan my next side quest on here.
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This book is about how to wrap five eggs.
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It really changed my perspective on like packaging design.
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You have to solve so many problems at once.
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Like how do you keep something cool?
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How do you keep something warm?
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Like how do you make sure it commutes well?
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I just love flipping through these pages.
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It's just... So pretty.
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All of these packaging are like natural materials too.
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Mostly bamboo, like wood and ceramics.
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Yeah, I'm such a hoarder when it comes to like packaging.
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And that's when I know it's good packaging design because I don't want to throw them away.
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Let me introduce you to my pencil case.
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Every button does different thing.
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This one opens a pencil sharpener.
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You can sharpen your pencil.
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And then this is also a compartment.
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Sometimes I would put like tringets in here, friendship bracelet necklace situation.
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And this would be my class schedule.
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But then sometimes I would put like cheat codes on here.
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This is my favorite book of all time.
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I read it every time I need a good cry.
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This one is about enabling the dreams of others by Randy Pouch.
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He was a professor at Carnegie Mellon.
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He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in his 40s.
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Before he passed, he gave his last lecture, which is also the title of the book.
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It turned out that this whole lecture was for his children to hold on to before he passed.
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It's so emotional, but not in a depressing way.
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I always feel like hopeful after I finish reading it.
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Have a good cry and then go on and like design
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and build like the most ridiculous idea I've had in my head for a long time.
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This tear off calendar, my grandparents always had one in their house.
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Every day they would tear off a page.
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It's so satisfying.
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I just feel like it's so special that you get to hold a day in your hand.
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Everything is on Google Calendar, and it's just another day.
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It just disappears into the land of Google Calendar.
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When I wake up in a really bad mood, sometimes I would tear it off.
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I would demonstrate.
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I would tear it off.
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I would be like this.
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I would crumble the page.
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I would toss it. so
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節口語課以影片“9 Designs That Inspired Meshtimes, One of Tech's Most Creative Minds”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:makeup, packaging, tear, page。 這段影片共有 115 個句子、1101 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 7:22。 說話人語速自然,每分鐘約 150 個詞,接近日常對話。 只有 79% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞,詞彙難度較高。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞,附發音和釋義:
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| package 名詞 | /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/ | 包裹, 包 |
| tear 動詞 | /tɛɹ/ | 撕, 撕破 |
| calendar 名詞 | /ˈkæl.ən.də/ | 日曆 /日曆, 曆 /歷 |
| pencil 名詞 | /ˈpɛnsəl/ | 鉛筆 /鉛筆 |
| drawer 名詞 | /dɹɔɹ/ | 抽屜 /抽屜 |
| reveal 動詞 | /ɹɪˈviːl/ | 透露, 顯示 /顯示 |
| layer 名詞 | /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ | 層 /層 |
| grass 名詞 | /ɡɹɑːs/ | цо, 草 |
| lecture 名詞 | /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ | 演講 /演講 |
| compact 形容詞 | /kəmˈpækt/ | 緊湊的 /緊湊的 |
| vanity 名詞 | /ˈvænəti/ | 虛榮心 /虛榮心, 虛榮 /虛榮 |
| compartment 名詞 | /kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/ | 車廂 /車廂, 包房 |
| mount 動詞 | /maʊnt/ | 騎 /騎 |
| egg 名詞 | /ɛɡ/ | 卵, 卵子 |
| ridiculous 形容詞 | /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ | 可笑, 荒謬 /荒謬 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| figure out 動詞 | 弄清楚 |
| grow up 動詞 | 長大 /長大 |
| turn out 動詞 | 原來 /原來 |
值得反覆跟讀的句子
影片中簡短而完整的句子,可以直接用在日常對話裡:
- Have you guys ever seen this?
- There's a drawer, and then you just keep opening.
- What do I get to eat today?
- How do you keep something warm?
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構,並附上影片中的原話:
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | have always been · I've been · I've had |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | Thai, which means · electronics, which is · lecture, which is |
| 動詞 + -ing enjoy、keep、stop… + -ing — 後接 -ing 形式的動詞 | keep opening · love designing · started watching |
| 最高階 the -est / the most … — 一組中最高或最低的 | the hardest · the most ridiculous |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 19 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 don't, I'm, I've。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: anticipation /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, sharpen /ˈʃɑɹpən/, sharpener /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: anticipation /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, elementary /ˌɛləˈmɛntəɹi/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, electronics /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪks/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音:
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/,上齒輕觸下唇: reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/, vanity /ˈvænəti/, solve /sɒlv/, approve /əˈpɹuːv/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: package /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/, grass /ɡɹɑːs/, flip /flɪp/, compact /kəmˈpækt/, compartment /kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, elementary /ˌɛləˈmɛntəɹi/, electronics /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪks/, bracelet /ˈbɹeɪslət/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片,不要開口,記下不認識的單詞。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀,熟練之後再回到正常速度。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 package, tear, calendar 這類單詞。
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