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The Daily Practice That Could Rewire Your Brain | Timm Chiusano | TED

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Learning Stats

B1

Nível CEFR

1,546

Total Words

488

Unique Words

4/10

Dificuldade

Vocabulary Diversity 32%

Legendas (195 segments)

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Hi, my name is Tim.

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I'm addicted to appreciation.

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I know that sounds really strange.

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But if I do my job over the next eight minutes or so,

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you're not going to look at anything the same way ever again.

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And because of a manhole cover that I saw back on a terrible day in 2018.

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It was quite literally one of the top three

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worst days of my entire career.

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One of those comically miserable days in corporate America.

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I was managing a team of 270 people.

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Everybody seemed to have a meltdown on the same exact day,

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at the same exact time.

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Eight hours of unnecessarily contentious meetings,

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I'm sure you know what I'm talking about,

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and there were pending layoffs coming that spring.

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I was one of the few people in the company that knew that they were coming, too.

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So the dread in the overwhelm was just hanging over me.

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I get off the subway, late again for dinner,

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and of course, I check my phone immediately,

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and there's an email from my boss that says,

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Key Vocabulary (7)

you A1 pronoun

Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.

same A1 adjective

The word 'same' is used to describe things or people that are identical or not different from each other. It indicates that two or more things are exactly alike in every way or are the very same entity.

"We have the same birthday!"

appreciation C2 adjective

A full understanding of a situation or the quality of something, often involving sensitive awareness or aesthetic judgment. It also refers to a formal expression of gratitude or a literal increase in the value of an asset over time.

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Grammar in This Video

Past Continuous: Formation A2

"I was managing a team of 270 people."
Superlatives: -est and most A2

"one of the top three worst days of my entire career"
First Conditional: Basic Form B1

"if I do my job over the next eight minutes or so, you're not going to look at an..."
Gerund as Subject B1

"Appreciation is the act of noticing and valuing the good in our worlds"
Second Conditional: Were vs. Was A1

"if they were circles instead of squares"
Reported Speech: Say vs. Tell A1

"an email from my boss that says, 'Be in the office at 9am tomorrow morning'"
Phrasal Verb: Figure out A1

"somebody figured out that they would be safer"

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