Recommended 3-minute TED Talks for developing your English speaking and pronunciation proficiency
Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days
Eric Berlow: Simplifying complexity
Gregory Petsko: The coming neurological epidemic
Sonaar Luthra: Meet the Water Canary
Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?
Arthur Benjamin: Teach statistics before calculus!
Richard St. John: “Success is a continuous journey”
Kevin Surace invents eco-friendly drywall
Carolyn Porco: Could a Saturn moon harbor life?
Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion (7:48)
Yes:
Adam Grosser: A mobile fridge for vaccines
Dean Ornish: Your genes are not your fate
Derek Sivers: How to start a movement
Kirk Citron: And now, the real news
Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil
Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust
Renny Gleeson on antisocial phone tricks
Yes, but challenging accent:
Damian Palin: Mining minerals from seawater
Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies
Possibly:
Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes
Steven Addis: A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time
Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor
Joe Sabia: The technology of storytelling
Gel: Gotta share! (CC but no transcript)
Stacey Kramer: The best gift I ever survived
Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself
Erik Hersman on reporting crisis via texting
Dean Ornish: The world’s killer diet
Richard St. John’s 8 secrets of success
Probably not:
Lee Cronin: Print your own medicine
Terry Moore: Why is ‘x’ the unknown?
Murray Gell-Mann on the ancestor of language
David Hoffman shares his Sputnik mania
Steve Jurvetson on model rocketry
Not:
Bruno Maisonnier: Dance, tiny robots!
Kid President: I think we all need a pep talk
Paolo Cardini: Forget multitasking, try monotasking
Lucy McRae: How can technology transform the human body?
A TED speaker’s worst nightmare
Inara George sings ‘Family Tree’
Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison
Jok Church: A circle of caring
Mitchell Joachim: Don’t build your home, grow it!
David Byrne sings “(Nothing But) Flowers”
Jor-El: Last-ditch appeal to save the planet (source YouTube account has been terminated)
Bobby McFerrin plays… the audience! (no transcript)
Taylor Mali: What teachers make (no transcript)
Matthew White gives the euphonium a new voice (no transcript)
Imogen Heap plays “Wait It Out”
Qi Zhang’s electrifying organ performance (no transcript)
Pete Alcorn on the world in 2200
Yves Behar’s supercharged motorcycle design
Naturally 7 beatboxes a whole band
Brian Cox: What went wrong at the LHC
Andy Hobsbawm says: Do the green thing
Rives: A story of mixed emoticons
Laura Trice suggests we all say thank you
Nellie McKay sings “The Dog Song”
Bruno Bowden folds while Rufus Cappadocia plays
Marisa Fick-Jordan shares the wonder of Zulu wire art
Sxip Shirey breathes music and passion
Stewart Brand on squatter cities
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