VIDEO: MATT CUTTS' 30-DAY CHALLENGE
18 / 12 / 2014
VIDEO: MATT CUTTS' 30-DAY CHALLENGE: meaning and examples
Welcome back for one of our last posts of 2014! And thank you for still taking time to read the Daily Vitamin, even when you are probably so busy with the holidays.
For today's post, we are looking at a video on TED.com. In this video, Google employee Matt Cutts tells us about his experiences doing 30-Day Challenges.
What is a 30-Day Challenge? Cutts explains that a 30-Day Challenge is where you make a small change to your life for 30 days. You can add something, or you can take something away: the important thing is to make a small change. The goal is to improve your life a little by adding something positive or taking away something negative.
Before you watch, here is some vocabulary you might need for the video:
Morgan Spurlock: an author and movie maker who created the documentary Supersize Me. In this film, Spurlock ate McDonald's for 30 days to see how it would change his health.
John Hodgman: a comedian and author.
Stuck in a rut: to be unable to move (physically or metaphorically).
Give something a shot: to try something.
Follow in (someone's) footsteps: to do the same things as another person.
To dwell on: the act of focusing on something for a very long time.
Memorable: something you remember.
Likely: possible.
Sustainable: something that stays or remains.
Turn out: how something ends.
Figure out: to discover or realize.
End up: how something concludes; usually, this is not the ending you planned.
Give up: to quit.
You can watch the video at the following link.
http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days
Remember that you can use subtitles with Ted.com and there is also a transcript for you to read as well.
Thanks for reading the Daily Vitamin. Have a great day!
For today's post, we are looking at a video on TED.com. In this video, Google employee Matt Cutts tells us about his experiences doing 30-Day Challenges.
What is a 30-Day Challenge? Cutts explains that a 30-Day Challenge is where you make a small change to your life for 30 days. You can add something, or you can take something away: the important thing is to make a small change. The goal is to improve your life a little by adding something positive or taking away something negative.
Before you watch, here is some vocabulary you might need for the video:
Morgan Spurlock: an author and movie maker who created the documentary Supersize Me. In this film, Spurlock ate McDonald's for 30 days to see how it would change his health.
John Hodgman: a comedian and author.
Stuck in a rut: to be unable to move (physically or metaphorically).
Give something a shot: to try something.
Follow in (someone's) footsteps: to do the same things as another person.
To dwell on: the act of focusing on something for a very long time.
Memorable: something you remember.
Likely: possible.
Sustainable: something that stays or remains.
Turn out: how something ends.
Figure out: to discover or realize.
End up: how something concludes; usually, this is not the ending you planned.
Give up: to quit.
You can watch the video at the following link.
http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days
Remember that you can use subtitles with Ted.com and there is also a transcript for you to read as well.
Thanks for reading the Daily Vitamin. Have a great day!
