[Intermediate] Forget multitasking, try monotasking - Paolo Cardini

push somebody to do something ~ 에게 ~ 하도록 격려하다, 강요하다

to encourage or force someone to do something or to work hard

ex) The teachers pushed the students to achieve.

 

Be able to do something ~ 할 수 있다

to have the skill, strength, knowledge etc needed to do something

ex) I’ve always wanted to be able to speak Japanese.

 

work on somebody/something 공을 들이다, 일하다

to try very hard to improve or achieve something

ex) A trainer has been brought in to work on her fitness.

 

downgrade (등급·수준 등을) 격하시키다

to give something less importance, for example by spending less money on it or reducing its value

ex) She’s been downgraded from principal to vice-principal.

 

Hyper - <과도하거나 지나침을 나타냄>

more than usual, especially too much

ex) hypersensitive (=too sensitive)

 

Have you ever been to …? ... 가본 적 있어?

ex) Have you ever been to a wedding?

 

What about …? ... 는 어때?

What about you, Joe? Do you like football?

 

 

[Watch the video and fill in the blank]

I'm a designer and an educator. I'm a multitasking person, and I push my students to fly through a very ____(1)____, multitasking design process. But how ____(2)____ is, really, this multitasking?

 

Let's consider for a while the option of ____(3)____. A couple of examples. Look at that. This is my multitasking activity result. (Laughter) So trying to cook, answering the phone, writing SMS, and maybe uploading some pictures about this awesome barbecue.

 

So someone tells us the story about supertaskers, so this two percent of people who are able to control multitasking environment. But what about ourselves, and what about our reality? When's ____(4)____ you really enjoyed just the voice of your friend? So this is a project I'm working on, and this is a series of front covers to ____(5)____ our super, hyper — (Laughter) (Applause) to downgrade our super, hyper-mobile phones into the essence of their function.

 

Another example: Have you ever been to Venice? How beautiful it is to lose ourselves in these little streets on the island. But our multitasking reality is ____(6)____ different, and full of tons of information. So what about something like that to ____(7)____ our sense of adventure?

 

I know that it could sound pretty weird to speak about mono when the number of possibilities is so huge, but I push you to ____(8)____ the option of focusing on just one task, or maybe turning your digital senses totally off.

 

So nowadays, everyone could produce his mono product. Why not? So find your monotask spot within the multitasking world. Thank you. (Applause)

 

 

[Quizzes]

1) He has spent the last two years _______ a book about childcare.

2) Will I _______ use the ticket at any time?

3) Hurricane Bob has been _______  to a tropical storm.

 

 

[Questions]

Q1. What does multitasking mean?

Q2. Are you a multitasking or a monotasking type of person?

Q3. What arguments against multitasking does Paolo Cardini mention, in your opinion?

 

 

[Answers]

(1) creative

(2) efficient

(3) monotasking

(4) the last time

(5) downgrade

(6) pretty

(7) rediscover

(8)  consdier

 

1) working on

2) be able to

3) downgraded