Candace Parker: How to break down barriers and not accept limits | TED

📅 2022-02-04 · Candace Parker · 重播 · ▶ 影片 · 22 個學習點 · 4 題

冠軍球員談別人替你畫的界線。練「不接受」的講法，以及把限制改寫成一個問題。

在 YouTube 播放，CC 可開英文字幕。建議先看「聽之前」，看完影片再做理解題。 到 YouTube 開啟 ↗

🎯 聽之前

A champion athlete talks about refusing the limits other people set, and about the lesson her daughter taught her. The lesson is how English talks about ceilings, lanes, and expectations you did not agree to.

  • Which limits came from outside, and which did she catch herself accepting?
  • How does she define barrier breaking: a single act or a daily habit?
  • Listen for sports words used about life: lane, ceiling, bench, play.
  • What does a child notice that an adult has stopped seeing?

💬 重點句 6

先讀英文，想一下意思，再點「翻譯」。按 🔊 聽一次，然後跟著唸。

  1. A limit is only a fact once you agree to it.
  2. Staying in your lane is advice from people who like where you are.
  3. She did not break the barrier once. She refused it every morning.
  4. Expectations are a uniform someone else picked out for you.
  5. Being the first means there is no one to copy and no one to blame.
  6. A child asks why not, and the question is harder to answer than it sounds.

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

stay in your lane 俚語
stick to what you are expected to do; often dismissive · 做好你的本分、別越界（常帶貶義）
She heard "stay in your lane" and changed lanes.
break the mould 成語
to do something differently from everyone before · 打破既有模式
Breaking the mould is lonely for about a season.
raise the bar 成語
to set a higher standard · 提高標準
Every time she raised the bar, someone said it was too high.
push back 片語動詞
to resist or disagree · 反駁、抵抗
Push back politely and then push back again.
glass ceiling 成語
an invisible limit on how far you can advance · 玻璃天花板
A glass ceiling is invisible until you hit it.
where there is a will, there is a way 諺語
determination finds a route · 有志者事竟成
The proverb skips the part where the way takes ten years.

🧩 句型練習 3

讀完範例，用自己的事造一句。寫在筆記本或手機備忘錄裡，隔天回頭唸一次。

___ is only a ___ once you ___.
⋯⋯要你⋯⋯了，才會變成⋯⋯。把被動接受說成一個選擇。
  • A deadline is only a crisis once you ignore it.
  • A label is only an identity once you answer to it.
✍️ Write about something you treated as fixed that was actually agreed.
She did not ___ once. She ___ every ___.
她不是只⋯⋯一次，她每⋯⋯都⋯⋯。把英雄行為改寫成習慣。
  • He did not get fit once. He trained every Tuesday.
  • They did not fix the culture once. They corrected it every meeting.
✍️ Describe a success as a repeated action.
Being the ___ means there is no one to ___ and no one to ___.
當⋯⋯，表示沒有人可以⋯⋯，也沒有人可以⋯⋯。
  • Being the oldest means there is no one to ask and no one to hide behind.
  • Being the founder means there is no one to copy and no one to blame.
✍️ Use it about a role you held first in your family or team.

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

  1. When does a limit become "a fact," in the key sentence?
  2. What does "stay in your lane" usually imply?
  3. How does the lesson define barrier breaking?
  4. "Raise the bar" means:

💭 用英文想一想

挑一題，用英文寫 3 到 5 句，或對著手機錄一分鐘。不用完美，說出來最重要。

  • Name a limit you accepted without noticing. Who benefited from you accepting it?
  • Describe something you achieved as "every morning," not "once."
  • A child asks you "why not?" about a rule you follow. Answer in three sentences.

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