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2014年05月06日
可视化世界的Twitter数据-Jer Thorp B1
Ted youth谈话
A couple of years ago, I started using Twitter.

Visualizing the world's Twitter data - Jer Thorp

A couple of years ago, I started using Twitter.

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  A couple of years ago, I started using Twitter. And one of the things that really charmed( 吸引) me about Twitter is that people would wake up in the morning and they would say, "Good morning." I'm a Canadian, so I like that politeness. I'm also a giant(巨人的) nerd, so I wrote a computer program that would record 24 hours of everybody on Twitter saying good morning. Then I asked myself my favorite question. What would that look like?
  As it turns out, I think it would look something like this. We see this wave of people saying good morning across the world as they wake up. Now, the green people, these are people that wake up at around 8 o'clock in the morning. Who wakes up at 8 o'clock? Or says good morning at 8. And then the orange people, they say good morning at around 9.
  And then the red people, they say good morning around 10. More 10s than 8s. And actually, if you look at this map, we can learn a little bit about how people wake up in different parts of the world. People on the West Coast, for example, they wake up a little bit later than those people on the East Coast. But that's not all that people say on Twitter, right? We also get these really important tweets.
  Like(喜欢) I just landed in Orlando, plain(清楚的) sign, plain(清楚的) sign. Or I just landed in Texas(德克萨斯州(美国州名)), exclamation( 惊叹词) point. Or I just landed in Honduras. They go on and on and on and on. All these people. So on the outside, these people are just telling( 告诉) us something about how they're traveling.
  But we know the truth(真理), don't we? These people are show offs. They're showing off that they're in Cape([地理] 海角) Town and I'm not. So I thought how can we take this vanity(空虚) and turn it into utility(实用)? So using a similar approach(靠近) that I did with good morning, I mapped(映射) all those people's trips because I know where they're landing.

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重点单词:

C2
cascade美/kæ'sked/英/kæs'keɪd/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.小瀑布, 喷流
C1
cape美/kep/英/keɪp/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.[地理] 海角,岬;披肩
exploratory美/ɪk'splɔrətɔri/英/ɪk'splɒrət(ə)rɪ; ek-/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
adj.勘探的;探究的;考察的
datum美/ˈdetəm ; ˈdætəm ; (also) ˈdɑtəm/英/ˈdeɪtəm ; ˈdɑːtəm/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.资料;数据;已知数
charm美/tʃɑrm/英/tʃɑːrm/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
verb. 吸引, 迷住
exclamation美/ˌɛkskləˈmeʃən/英/ˌeksklə'meɪʃn/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun. 惊叹词; 惊呼
utility美/juːˈtɪləti/英/juːˈtɪləti/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.实用;效用;公共设施;功用
prototype美/'protə'taɪp/英/'prəʊtətaɪp/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.原型
stem美/stem/英/stem/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
verb.起源
dimension美/daɪˈmenʃn/英/daɪˈmenʃn/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.方面;[数] 维;尺寸;次元;容积 vt标出尺寸
Texas英/'teksəs/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.德克萨斯州(美国州名)
creep美/kriːp/英/kriːp/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
verb.爬行;缓慢地行进
scope美/skəʊp/英/skəʊp/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.范围;余地;视野;眼界;导弹射程
dimensional美/dɪ'menʃənəl/英/daɪ'mɛnʃənl/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
adj.空间的;尺寸的
offshoot美/'ɔfʃut/英/'ɒfʃuːt/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.分支;支流;衍生物
interactive美/ˌɪntərˈæktɪv/英/ˌɪntərˈæktɪv/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
adj. 交互式的
conversational美/,kɑnvɚ'seʃənl/英/kɒnvə'seɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
adj.口语的,谈话的
B2
plain美/pleɪn/英/pleɪn/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
adj.清楚的
vanity美/'vænəti/英/ˈvænəti/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.空虚
approach美/əˈprəʊtʃ/英/əˈprəʊtʃ/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.靠近
map美/mæp/英/mæp/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
verb.映射;计划;绘制地图;确定基因在染色体中的位置
model美/ˈmɑːdl/英/ˈmɒdl/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
verb.模拟;塑造;模仿
generate美/ˈdʒenəreɪt/英/ˈdʒenəreɪt/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
verb.产生, 发生
ton美/tʌn/英/tʌn/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.吨;很多,大量
trust美/trʌst/英/trʌst/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
noun.信任
launch美/lɔːntʃ/英/lɔːntʃ/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
verb.发射,投射;发动
times美/taɪmz/英/taɪmz/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
adp.乘以
structure美/ˈstrʌktʃər/英/ˈstrʌktʃə(r)/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
verb.组织;构成;建造
somewhat美/ˈsʌmwʌt/英/ˈsʌmwɒt/添加到单词本之后,会在文章中高亮显示
adv.有点
专辑
Ted youth谈话
难度
B1
词汇量
309/998
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