直接描述

1.the upside can be amazing.

If you can get a talk right, the upside can be amazing.

2.sth, together with sth are having an impact. they are adding up and doing sth....(多個起因，先介紹起因庄拇，后介紹影響)

Climate change, together with political and economic troubles are having an impact. They are adding up and stressing out cities and us, the people who live in them.

3.provided important insight.

The field of ecology have provided important insight.

4.every year sb does sth, enabling sth to become more and more

Every year the silicon computer chip shrinks in size by half and doubles in power, enabling our devices to become more mobile and accessible.

5.sth leave sb .... causing sb to do sth

They left him nauseated, causing him to vomit every half hour for up to eighteen hours.

Perhaps most intriguingly, pursuing these personal projects allows you to break free from your personality traits, **which can itself be rewarding: **

幫助他人

to see how she and her colleagues helped people** whose problems had stumped so many other**

促進

1.lead to a bumper crop of sth

Will the societal shocks of 2016 lead to a bumper crop of (a bumper crop is a crop that has yielded an unusually productive harvest.) art in 2017 and beyond?

2.push people to do sth

will the unsettling political era ahead push people to create more exciting art and music?

3.sth fuels the rapid growth of sth

VisiCalc, codeveloped with his friend Bob Frankston whom he met at MIT, is widely credited for fueling the rapid growth of the personal computer industry.

創(chuàng)造機會

1.create possibility for

create possibilities for meaningful conversations around social justice

2.sb can do something, because sth set up/open up opportunities(先說影響序仙，后說原因)

You can study together in big groups or in small ones, because the building/architecture** set up these opportunities.**

3.sth pulls sb forward into new possibilities,

Whereas contexts embed us, projects pull us forward into new possibilities,” he says. “And one of those possibilities is a better life and a happier life.”

可能的影響

sb do something, raising the chilling prospect that

sb do something, raising the chilling prospect that the mass shooter of the future might not even have to leave his home.

there is the potential for sth

There is also the potential for misuse.

with the high likelihood of

with the high likelihood of being made public on a widely viewed platform.

run the risk of doing sth

you run the risk of limiting your prospects

間接描述

sth (stand) as a (visible) reminder of the positive contribution sb made to sth

For others, the structure stands as a visible reminder of the positive contribution they made to their community.

Equally if not more important is the role of sth in doing sth/enabling sb to do sth（比較的強調(diào)）

Equally if not more important is the role of education in enabling a person to enjoy the culture of his society and to take part in his affairs, and** in this way** to **provide for **each individual a secure sense of his own worth.

sth will be a source of direction as sb goes forward

his feeling of social obligation will be a source of direction as he goes forward

建立關(guān)系/消除隔閡

人與人的連接

forge new links to sth when they do sth

Students forge new links to their hometowns when they can solve challenges for their families and neighbors.

Break down barriers between different groups
creat/provide for possibilities for meaningful conversations around sth

Break down barriers between different groups and in doing so, create possibilities for meaningful conversations around social justice

物與物的連接

sth channel A into B that...

These TED Fellows** channel the energy of activism into creative work** that can change hearts and minds.

challenge sth

These talks challenge the hidden biases we all hold -- around looks, race, class, gender, language.