How to be a creative thinker | Carnegie Mellon University Po-Shen Loh – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.People used to go to school to learn how to do the homework and do the exams
2.Today, everyone needs to learn how to grade the homework
3.This is the huge difference because someday if you want to do anything in the world, the first thing you will do is you will ask ChatGPT
4.The role of a person in the world is going to be to solve problems
5.So that's why what the world needs now is a large scale way for everyone to learn how to come up with their own way of thinking, not just how to do the problems
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
happiness
B2The emotion of being happy; joy.
Example:
"Money doesn't buy you happiness, but money is important for impact and influence."
influence
B2The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
Example:
"Money doesn't buy you happiness, but money is important for impact and influence."
specifically
B2In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly
Example:
"So the answer is the topics that we cover specifically chosen,"
beginning
B1The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Example:
"And at the beginning, people were wondering, Will anyone show up?"
wondering
B1To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
Example:
"And at the beginning, people were wondering, Will anyone show up?"
preparation
B2The act of preparing or getting ready.
Example:
"preparation and cramming where people try to help students get high scores"
recordings
B1A reproduction of sound, video, etc. stored in a permanent medium.
Example:
"recordings of, and they would pay for it."
analytical
B2Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts
Example:
"analytical thinkers to understand whether or not what ChatGPT said is correct."
challenging
B2To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
Example:
"My general philosophy is when you are learning, you should keep challenging"
triangle
B1A polygon with three sides and three angles.
Example:
"put them so that they make four triangles?"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| happiness | B2 | The emotion of being happy; joy. |
| influence | B2 | The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. |
| specifically | B2 | In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly |
| beginning | B1 | The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. |
| wondering | B1 | To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at. |
| preparation | B2 | The act of preparing or getting ready. |
| recordings | B1 | A reproduction of sound, video, etc. stored in a permanent medium. |
| analytical | B2 | Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts |
| challenging | B2 | To invite (someone) to take part in a competition. |
| triangle | B1 | A polygon with three sides and three angles. |
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