[00:00.86]Hollywood Is Flush With Movies [00:09.96]When Meg Ryan and Antonio Banderas signed up to star [00:15.36]in an independently produced comedy-action movie [00:18.41]called My Mom's New Boyfriend, the film's backers [00:22.14]figured they had...
[00:01.45]The Most Historically Inaccurate Movies Ⅱ [00:04.39]Memoirs of a Geisha [00:07.72]The geisha coming-of-age, was really more of a makeover, [00:11.81]where she changed her hairstyle and clothes. [00:14.30]It didn't involve her getting inti...
[00:01.20]The Most Historically Inaccurate MoviesⅠ [00:06.65]10 000 B.C. [00:10.10]Director Roland Emmerich is usually a stickler for realism. [00:14.40]So we hate to inform him that woolly mammoths were not, [00:18.22]in fact, used to build pyrami...
[00:01.61]On Going a Journey [00:06.09]One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey: [00:11.67] but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; [00:16.81] but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. [00:20.32]I am t...
[00:01.40]Dreaming about Future [00:04.68]Now is the time to dream. [00:08.94]When things are at their worst, [00:10.69]when people say there is no hope, [00:12.66]when the future looks bleak, now is the time to dream. [00:17.04]Forget about transpor...
[00:01.88]How to Have Less Awkward Conversation [00:06.01]What is assuming rapport? [00:09.70]Basically, instead of going into a conversation [00:13.42]or meeting nervously and thinking how will this go? [00:16.50]you take different approach. [00:18....
[00:03.32]On Learning English [00:06.83]A correspondent from the Czech Republic [00:10.15]asks a powerful question:How would you encourage [00:13.35]English language learners at secondary [00:15.44]and postsecondary schools; [00:17.38]what do they ha...
[00:01.06]The Tao of Coffee [00:05.00]What exactly do you do when you make a cup of coffee? [00:10.25]● Take one cup [00:12.22]● Put in a spoonful of dark, bitter powder [00:16.16]● Add a spoonful of sweetness [00:18.89]● Pour in hot, clear l...
[00:03.99]Western Civilization Faces a Stark Choice Ⅱ [00:07.93]Economic Growth [00:11.42]The west's stunning economic advance [00:14.02]over the past 1000 years, and especially the last 200 years, [00:18.76]has made mankind an ecological success a...
[00:02.33]Western Civilization Faces a Stark Choice Ⅰ [00:10.63]In 1900, most westerners were confident and optimistic, [00:16.18]full of pride about their civilization. [00:18.48]Since then, the west has made enormous strides in economic, [00:22.8...
