FlexiLingo
When you're learning, or trying new things, you're going to make mistakes. The trick is to try to fail in a way that gives you useful information. This week, we revisit a favorite conversation with researcher Amy Edmondson. She explains the difference between constructive failures and those we should try to avoid. Then, John Dinsmore answers listener questions about the psychology of debt, in our latest installment of Your Questions Answered. Ever wondered how your parents' and grandparents' attitudes toward money shapes your financial decisions? Check out our latest YouTube video to learn more about the hidden...
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In 2009, British businessman Philip Davison Sebery was celebrating his wife's 50th birthday
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B2 · 中高级
能看懂电视新闻就会觉得轻松
- 79% 的单词在 B1 或更简单的水平。
- 每分钟 156 词：自然语速。
- 整集共有 327 个较难的单词（B2 及以上）。
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This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedanta. In 2009, British businessman Philip Davison Sebery was celebrating his wife's 50th birthday in the Maldives when he got a phone call. The caller asked for a business meeting the next day at 8am. Philip explained that that would be a little difficult, seeing as he was 4,500 miles
away from work on vacation. What are you doing away at a time like this? The voice at the other end of the line shouted, your company is in liquidation. Philip thought it was a joke in poor taste. In an interview with Wales Online, he recalled that the caller assured him that it was no joking matter.
Here's what happened. A British government agency had reported the demise of Philip's 134-year-old engineering company, Taylor & Sons. The government agency, known as Company's House, serves as a kind of registrar for British businesses. It's said that Taylor & Sons, created in 1875,
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