Ted Talks Upper Int Unit 1: 404, the story of a page not found

Some words:




Quiz - 12 words / phrases






default












Who is your default friend?














What is your default breakfast?












What is your default colour to wear?












What is your default weekend activity?










checklist













Do you have a check list for this week? What's on it?










dicey










Have you had any dicey experiences lately?










Have you eaten anything dicey lately?












to fall through the cracks










Can you remember the last time you fell through the cracks?











a slap in the face






What kinds of experience can feel like "a punch in the guts" or a "slap in the face" or a "kick in the shins"?










incubator























An incubator is a new business or a place where new ideas are developed. In New Zealand it could be Wellington, because its a small, well educated city with strong social networks. In Auckland, money is what matters. It has a rougher, tougher reputation.



Successful things from Wellington:







Flight of the Conchords





Peter Jackson







Weta Workshop





Which cities in your country are places where new things are happening?














a start up













embed













a lightbulb went off


















to commiserate











How do you commiserate when you local or national team loses a game?








Oops! Nobody wants to see the 404: Page Not Found. But as Renny Gleeson shows us, while he runs through a slideshow of creative and funny 404 pages, every error is really a chance to build a better relationship.


Watch: 404, the story of page not found