# Is there a short-term or long-term goal that you want to achieve in your life?

My long-term goal are public employment or accountant. I haven't decided yet. I think I will complete my short-term goal first. My short-term goal is get bookkeeper. This is my graduation threshold. My plan is to go to tuition. Because if there is no progress to let me follow, the procrastination of no deadline will happen. Panic Monster won't come out and drive away Instant Gratification Monkey. 

# The Key to Success: Grit

stratospheric: very high or great 

• The project had proved a stratospheric success.

decimal:  a number expressed using a system of counting based on number ten

• Three fifths expressed as a decimal is 0.6. 

grit: courage and determination despite difficulty 

• It takes true grit to stand up to a bully.  

drop out: to stop doing something before you have completely finished

• He dropped out of the race after two laps. 

rookie: a person who is new to an organization or an activity

• These rookie cops don't know anything yet. 

What do you think is the key to success?

   effort, insist, think of failure as experience

# Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

 

procrastinator : someone who keeps delaying things that must be done

• I never buy my gifts until Christmas Eve because I'm a procrastinator.

propagate : to produce a new plant from a parent plant

• Plants need certain conditions to propagate.

epiphany : a moment when you suddenly feel that you understand, or suddenly become conscious of, something that is very important to you

• I had a little bit of an epiphany.

This talk is about procrastinator, the person who always starts work when the deadline is approaching. The procrastinator's system consists of three characters -- Rational Decision-Maker, Instant Gratification Monkey,  Panic Monster. There's two kinds of procrastination with deadline and no deadline. And the speakers think everyone is a procrastinator.

# If you can choose, do you prefer to work from home, or to work in the office with your colleagues?

 I prefer to work in the office with my colleagues. Because I think work in the office can discuss problems with my colleagues immediately. I like face to face rather than using the Internet. Although working from home also has advantage, like it can be more relaxed, eat whatever you want.  But in order to prevent me from eating more and getting fatter, I still choose work in the office. 

# AI in our everyday life

The first one I think is text editor and automatic correction. When we make a report, text editor can mark words which may be wrong. When we chat with friends on the mobile phone, it can display the frequently used words for me to choose. The second one I think is Siri. As soon as you say "hey Siri" and say what you want to do, for example, make a call and set a alarm, Siri will execute it. 

# Is technology harmful to youngsters?

I chose answer "No" in class. But I think technology has advantage and disadvantage, not absolutely harmful to youngsters. When I hear technology, I think of Internet and smart phone. Now we can do many things through the Internet. Such as making friends, learning, watching video, and listening to music.  The disadvantage is that we may overuse and cause health problems. And when we make friends on the Internet, we may be deceived. 

#vocabulary

 

Is technology harmful to youngsters?

adolescent : a young person who is developing into an adult

  She doesn't understand the emotional problems of adolescents.

smoking gun : information that proves who committed a crime

  The tape recordings provided prosecutors with the smoking gun they needed to prove he'd  been involved in the conspiracy.

savvy : practical knowledge and ability

  She hasn't got much savvy.

immersive : seeming to surround the audience, player, etc. so that they feel completely    involved in something

  The new game is more immersive.

manipulate : to control something or someone to your advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly

  Throughout her career she has very successfully manipulated the media.