Why You Fear the Unknown — and What It Can Teach You | Maya Shankar and Simone Stolzoff | TED

🎯 聽之前

Maya Shankar and Simone Stolzoff talk about why we fear the unknown, and what that fear can teach: uncertainty as information, not only as danger.

• What do they say the unknown threatens: safety, identity, or both?
• How is curiosity different from recklessness?
• What small experiment do they offer instead of a leap?
• Listen for words that shrink a huge fear into a next step.

💬 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. The unknown is not empty. It is just unlabeled.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   未知不是空的。它只是還沒被貼標籤。

   unlabeled：還沒被命名。empty / unlabeled 對比。
2. Fear of the unknown is often fear of a self you have not met yet.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   對未知的恐懼常常是對一個你還沒見過的自己的恐懼。

   a self you have not met yet：關係子句修飾 self。
3. Curiosity is not the absence of fear. Curiosity is fear with a question attached.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   好奇不是沒有恐懼。好奇是恐懼加上一個問題。

   with a question attached：附帶一個問題。
4. You do not have to leap. You have to take a step you can reverse.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   你不必跳躍。你要走一步可以收回的路。

   reverse：收回、逆轉。可逆的一小步。
5. Name the worst plausible case, then name the next hour.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   說出最壞但仍合理的情況，然後說出下一個小時。

   plausible：說得通的，不是幻想中的末日。then 把恐慌拉回行動。
6. Uncertainty is uncomfortable information, not a verdict.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   不確定是不舒服的資訊，不是判決。

   verdict：判決。資訊可以被用來行動，判決則像已經結束。

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

🧩 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。

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

1. The unknown, in the key sentence, is:
   EmptyUnlabeledA verdictAlways dangerous
   It has contents. They just do not have names yet.
2. Curiosity is:
   The absence of fearFear with a question attachedRecklessnessA leap
   Fear can stay. The question is what gets attached to it.
3. "Test the waters" means:
   Commit fully at onceTry a little before committingStay in the dark foreverPlay it safe by never moving
   You sample the temperature before you dive.
4. What kind of step does the lesson ask for?
   One you cannot undoOne you can reverseNo stepA public leap only
   A reversible step lowers the cost of learning.

💭 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 an unknown you have been treating as empty. What might the unlabeled contents be?
• What is a step you can reverse this week?
• Write the worst plausible case in one sentence, then write the next hour.