Another great TED Talk lesson with a warm-up, comprehension questions, vocabulary words, and discussion questions!
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Questions
Warm-Up
- Have you ever googled yourself?
STOP at 2 minutes
- Would you ever consider getting a tattoo?
- Do you think our online activity is like a permanent tattoo?
STOP at 4 minutes
- Have you heard of any of these new technologies? Do they scare you?
- Have you heard of this quote by Andy Warhol before? Do you agree with it? Do you agree with the speaker that the opposite is now true?
- What does immortality mean? Do our online tattoos make us immortal?
- Have you heard of the myth of Sysiphus before? How does it this myth relate to the topic?
STOP at END
- Have you heard of the myth of Orpheus? How does it relate to the topic?
- Who is Atalanta?
- Who is Narcissus?
- And why does the speaker talk about the last man?
Vocabulary
- threaten
- figure out
- distracted
- turn out
Discussion
- How large is your electronic tattoo?
- Do want to be famous online?
- Is it possible to be anonymous on the internet?
- What kind of data do you try to keep private?