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Richard Turere: "My Invention that made Peace with the Lions"luchibiome
Richard Turere is a Maasai cow herder from Kenya who created a lion deterrent to protect his cattle. In his TED Talk, he shares his journey from herding cows and dreaming of flying in planes, to standing on the TED stage. He engages the audience with stories of his culture and the events that led him to invent a device that made peace with the lions and saved his livelihood. While English is his second language, Richard tells his story with strong imagery, humor, and a conversational tone.
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TEDx Manchester talk on artificial intelligence (AI) and how the ascent of AI and robotics impacts our future work environments.
The video of the talk is now also available here: https://youtu.be/dRw4d2Si8LA
9 10 academic communications i syllabusMeagan Kaiser
This document outlines the goals, assessment, and schedule for an Academic Communications course during the spring 2017 semester. Students will be assessed based on posters, notebooks, classwork, pronunciation, and reading and speaking tests. Students must attend at least 3/4 of classes to be eligible to take exams. The course will focus on eradicating poverty, achieving education goals, promoting gender equality, and reducing child mortality. Topics will be discussed through weekly lectures and poster presentations by students.
This course focuses on developing students' spoken English communication skills through activities centered around daily conversation, listening skills, and public speaking presentations. Students will be assessed through regular speaking tests, classwork including a scrapbook project, short quizzes, and attendance. The syllabus outlines the weekly topics which progress from introducing oneself to discussing interests like music, books, travel, and student-chosen topics. Materials needed include a textbook, notebook, and access to an online class website and the instructor's contact information for questions.
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This document contains a series of questions testing English language skills including:
1) Translating numbers and fractions into English
2) Writing numbers and years in Roman numerals and English
3) Translating math equations and operations into English
4) Filling in blanks with fractions and dates in English
The document aims to assess foundational English language and math skills.
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This document outlines a mid-term practice test with 7 parts that assess skills in phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The test covers English sounds, sound changes between words, flapping of consonants between vowels, reductions in function words, syllable stress, and a gap fill listening comprehension activity.
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Este documento es una hoja de trabajo para contar dinero. Contiene 5 problemas para sumar diferentes cantidades de dinero y un espacio para anotar la puntuación total.
The document appears to be a worksheet for students to fill out about their daily schedules and times for various activities. It includes blanks for students to write in times for waking up, lunch, class endings, homework, part-time jobs, hair washing, coffee drinking, club activities, and meeting with friends. It also includes exercises converting times between digital and written formats and describing times relative to clocks. There are also sections about the costs of various items and how to describe abilities to afford things.
This document provides a checklist for properly formatting a typed writing assignment. It lists instructions for including student information, setting font style and size, centering the title, indenting the first line of paragraphs, setting even margins, double spacing, and useful Mac keyboard shortcuts for common functions like copying, pasting, undoing, and saving.
Members of the group wished they had drones for pizza delivery, taking photos and videos during hanami (cherry blossom viewing), and other purposes. They discussed possible uses of drones such as delivering pizza or capturing scenic cherry blossom footage from an aerial perspective. The group brainstormed recreational and commercial applications for drones.
This document provides instructions for a worksheet where a person measures parts of their own body including handspan, thumb length, and arm length. It then asks the person to use themselves as a unit of measurement to estimate the length, width, area, and perimeter of a desk, as well as the length of a shoe and area of a phone screen. It aims to have the person practice estimating measurements of everyday objects based on proportions of their own body.
Tomoyo, Neil, and Naoko split the bill for sushi evenly after eating 3 blue plates, 3 green plates, 4 red plates, and one 500 yen plate together. To calculate the amount each person paid, add up the total bill (blue=?, green=?, red=?, 500 yen plate = 500 yen), then divide
The document discusses several safety signs and messages. It apologizes for any inconvenience caused by restricting access to dangerous areas for safety purposes. It emphasizes that safety is the top priority and asks for forgiveness and caution while work is being done.
The document contains several brief messages requesting certain behaviors such as not littering, saving energy, cleaning up after dogs, being quiet, watching steps, and noting that Wi-Fi is available, as well as informing that an area is under construction and getting ready.
The document lists various physical features and attributes of cats such as paws, claws, tail, fur, whiskers, head, legs. It also mentions how cats can be fluffy, friendly, or shy. The document then lists additional items associated with cats like snout/muzzle, collar, and leash. It concludes with repeating a rhyming story about Betty Botter who made bitter butter and had to replace it with better butter.
This document contains 50 questions for a conversational shadowing activity. The questions cover a variety of topics including preferences for food, entertainment, hobbies and activities, personality traits, goals and dreams. They aim to elicit short responses from the participant to better understand their interests, background and perspectives on different subjects.
The document describes a student's daily routine, including their morning activities, commute, and time spent with friends and family. It prompts the student to fill in personal details like their name, student number, and group. It then instructs the student to review grammar patterns from a previous activity and use them to create new questions about their daily life, commute, and relationships to ask their partner.
This document outlines the syllabus for an English literacy course at Seto Campus. The course will focus on developing English reading skills through analyzing TED Talks and completing book reports. Students will be graded based on their performance on a midterm exam, final exam, class participation and assignments, and an extensive reading activity. The instructor emphasizes the importance of having a positive attitude, treating others with respect, and continuing the school's reputation for excellence. Students are expected to attend regularly and be on time for class.
1. Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions
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This is where I live. I live in Kenya, at the south parts of the Nairobi National Park.
Those are my dad's cows at the back, and behind the cows, that's the Nairobi National
Park. Nairobi National Park is not fenced in the south widely, which means wild animals
like zebras migrate out of the park freely. So predators like lions follow them, and this is
what they do. They kill our livestock. This is one of the cows which was killed at night,
and I just woke up in the morning and I found it dead, and I felt so bad, because it was
the only bull we had.!
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僕は ここで暮らしてます ケニアの― ナイロビ国立公園の南部に住んでいます 後ろにい
るのは 僕のお父さんの牛です そして 牛の後ろにあるのが ナイロビ国立公園です ナイ
ロビ国立公園の南側― 僕の住む所にはフェンスがありません つまり シマウマのような
野生動物が 公園から 自由に 移動して来るんです すると ライオンのような捕食動物も
同じように移動してきて ライオンが 家畜を 殺してしまうんです この牛は うちの牛で
夜 襲われました 僕が 次の朝 普段通りに起きて 見てみると 死んでいたんです すごく悪
いことをしたと思いました 家族で所有していた たった1頭の雄牛だったんです!
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My community, the Maasai, we believe that we came from heaven with all our animals
and all the land for herding them, and that's why we value them so much. So I grew up
hating lions so much. The morans are the warriors who protect our community and the
livestock, and they're also upset about this problem. So they kill the lions. It's one of the
six lions which were killed in Nairobi. And I think this is why the Nairobi National Park
lions are few.!
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僕のコミュニティー マサイ族は― すべての動物や生活するための土地と共に 人間は天
国からやって来たと信じています だから家畜を大切にするんです 小さい頃から ライオ
ンが大嫌いでした モラン達はマサイの戦士で― 僕達のコミュニティーや 家畜を守って
くれます モランは この問題にも とても腹を立てているので モランが ライオンを殺し
ています これは ナイロビで殺された 6頭のライオンの1頭です これが ナイロビ国
立公園に ライオンがほとんどいない理由だと思います!
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First Name: ____________ Last Name: ____________ Student #: ____________ Group: _______
2. So a boy, from six to nine years old, in my community is responsible for his dad's cows,
and that's the same thing which happened to me. So I had to find a way of solving this
problem. And the first idea I got was to use fire, because I thought lions were scared of
fire. But I came to realize that that didn't really help, because it was even helping the
lions to see through the cowshed. So I didn't give up. I continued. And a second idea I
got was to use a scarecrow. I was trying to trick the lions [into thinking] that I was
standing near the cowshed. But lions are very clever. (Laughter) They will come the first
day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back, but the second day, they'll come and
they say, this thing is not moving here, it's always here. (Laughter) So he jumps in and
kills the animals. So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch, and that
day, the lions didn't come. And I discovered that lions are afraid of a moving light. So I
had an idea. Since I was a small boy, I used to work in my room for the whole day, and I
even took apart my mom's new radio, and that day she almost killed me, but I learned a
lot about electronics. (Laughter) So I got an old car battery, an indicator box. It's a small
device found in a motorcycle, and it helps motorists when they want to turn right or left.
It blinks. And I got a switch where I can switch on the lights, on and off. And that's a
small torch from a broken flashlight.!
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僕のコミュニティーでは 6歳から9歳の男の子が 家の牛の世話を任されます 同じよう
に 僕にこの役がやってきました だから この問題を解決しなければと 思いました 1つ
目のアイデアは 火を使うことです ライオンは 火を怖がるかと思いました でも そんな
に役に立たないと 気づかされました むしろ ライオンに 目立つようにしてしまって 牛
の場所を見つけるのを 助けてしまったんです でも あきらめませんでした 2つ目に考え
た アイデアは かかしを使うことです 牛の囲いの近くに 僕が立っている― と思わせて
ライオンをだまそうとしたんですが・・・ ライオンは とても頭が良いんですよ(笑)
ライオンも 初めての日は かかしを見て引き返しますよね でも 次の日に来た時には ラ
イオンは「あれは動かないし― いつもいるぞ」って 分かったみたいなんです(笑) そ
うなると 牛の柵を飛び越えて 家畜を殺してしまいます ある夜 懐中電灯を持って 牛の
柵の近くを歩いていました その日 ライオンは 柵には 近寄りませんでした ライオンは
動く光を怖がることが 分かったんです それで 思いついたんです 小さい頃から― 一日
中 部屋にこもって 色々作業をしていました お母さんの 新品のラジオを 分解したこと
もあるんです その日 お母さんに― もう少しで殺されそうになりましたけど(笑) でも
これで電子機器のことは 良く分かりました(笑) アイデア実現のために まずは 古い車
のバッテリーと― 方向指示器を手に入れました 指示器はオートバイの一部の小さな装
置で オートバイが左右に曲がる時に 点滅して知らせるためのものです それから 光を点
滅させるための スイッチも用意しました そして これは壊れた懐中電灯から外した 小さ
いライトです!
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3. So I set up everything. As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery, and the
battery supplies the power to the small indicator box. I call it a transformer. And the
indicator box makes the lights flash. As you can see, the bulbs face outside, because
that's where the lions come from. And that's how it looks to lions when they come at
night. The lights flash and trick the lions into thinking I was walking around the cowshed,
but I was sleeping in my bed. (Laughter) (Applause) Thanks.!
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これを組み立てました ご覧のとおり ソーラーパネルが バッテリーを充電します バッ
テリーが 小さい方向指示器に 電気を供給します 指示器のことはトランスフォーマーと
呼んでいます この方向指示器が 光を点滅させます 電球は外に向けています ライオン
が来る方面です 夜中に来るライオンが見ると こんな風に見えます 電球が点滅すること
で ライオンは 僕が牛の柵の近くを 歩きまわっていると 勘違いするんです 僕はベッド
で寝てましたけど(笑) (拍手) ありがとう!
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So I set it up in my home two years ago, and since then, we have never experienced
any problem with lions. And my neighboring homes heard about this idea. One of them
was this grandmother. She had a lot of her animals being killed by lions, and she asked
me if I could put the lights for her. And I said, "Yes." So I put the lights. You can see at
the back, those are the lion lights. Since now, I've set up seven homes around my
community, and they're really working. And my idea is also being used now all over
Kenya for scaring other predators like hyenas, leopards, and it's also being used to
scare elephants away from people's farms.!
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2年前に これを僕の家に 取り付けました それ以来 ライオンとは 何の問題も起こって
いません すると 僕の隣人たちが このアイデアを聞きつけました その中の1人が この
おばあさんでした ライオンに たくさんの家畜を殺されていました このおばあさんから
― 僕の装置を付けて欲しい と頼まれました 僕は 「もちろん」と答えました こうして
ライトを設置しました 後ろに見えるのが ライオンのライトです これまで 僕のコミュ
ニティーの 7つの家に 取り付けました どれも上手くいっています 僕のアイデアは 今
や ケニア全土で広がっていて ハイエナやヒョウのような 他の捕食動物を追い払うこと
にも 使われていたり 農地に ゾウを近づけないためにも 使われています!
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4. Because of this invention, I was lucky to get a scholarship in one of the best schools in
Kenya, Brookhouse International School, and I'm really excited about this. My new
school now is coming in and helping by fundraising and creating an awareness. I even
took my friends back to my community, and we're installing the lights to the homes
which don't have [any], and I'm teaching them how to put them.!
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この発明のおかげで 僕はケニアでもトップクラスの― 学校に通う奨学金をもらいまし
た ブルックハウス インターナショナル・スクールです 本当に嬉しいです 新しく通い始
めた学校は 資金集めやライトを知ってもらうことに 動いてくれたり 取り組みに力を貸
してくれています 僕のコミュニティーに 学校の友達も連れてきて 彼らの手までも借り
て まだライトを付けていない家庭に ライトを取り付けています 同時に 設置方法も み
んなに教えています!
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So one year ago, I was just a boy in the savanna grassland herding my father's cows,
and I used to see planes flying over, and I told myself that one day, I'll be there inside.
And here I am today. I got a chance to come by plane for my first time for TED. So my
big dream is to become an aircraft engineer and pilot when I grow up.!
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1年前 僕はサバンナの草原で お父さんの牛の世話をする― ただの少年でした 飛行機
が 飛んで行くのを 見ていました 「自分がいつかその中に乗ってみせる」― そう自分に
言い聞かせていました 僕は 今日ここに 立っています TEDのため 初めて 飛行機に乗る
ことができました 僕の夢は 飛行機のエンジニアと パイロットになることです!
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I used to hate lions, but now because my invention is saving my father's cows and the
lions, we are able to stay with the lions without any conflict. Ashê olên. It means in my
language, thank you very much. (Applause)!
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僕は ずっとライオンが嫌いでした でも この発明のおかげで― お父さんの牛も ライオ
ンたちも守れているから ライオンと対立することなく 暮らせています (マサイ語)
Ashê olên 僕の母国語でありがとう という意味です(拍手)!