TED | 怎么用纸巾擦手
怎么用纸巾擦手
TED简介：大家每天都用用纸巾擦手，但是你是否想过，其实你可能一直都没有正确的使用擦手纸。在这个既具启发性又具趣味的小演讲中，乔·史密斯给我们展示了怎样完美使用擦手纸的方法。
演讲者：Joe Smith
片长：04：28
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英文演讲稿：
Five hundred seventy-one million two hundred thirty thousand pounds of paper towels areused by Americans every year. If we could -- correction, wrong figure -- 13 billion used every year.If we could reduce the usage of paper towels, one paper towel per person per day, 571,230,000pounds of paper not used. We can do that.
Now there are all kinds of paper towel dispensers. There's the tri-fold. People typically taketwo or three. There's the one that cuts it, that you have to tear off. People go one, two, three,four, tear. This much, right? There's the one that cuts itself. People go, one, two, three, four. Orthere's the same thing, but recycled paper, you have to get five of those because they're not asabsorbant, of course.
The fact is, you can do it all with one towel. The key, two words: This half of the room, yourword is "shake." Let's hear it. Shake. Louder.
Audience: Shake.
Joe Smith: Your word is "fold."
Audience: Fold.
JS: Again.
Audience: Fold. JS: Really loud.
Audience: Shake. Fold.
JS: Okay. Wet hands. Shake -- one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12.Why 12? Twelve apostles, twelve tribes, twelve zodiac signs, twelve months. The one I like thebest: It's the biggest number with one syllable.
(Laughter)
Tri-fold. Fold ... Dry.
(Applause)
Audience: Shake.
Fold.
JS: Cuts itself. Fold. The fold is important because it allows interstitial suspension. You don'thave to remember that part, but trust me.
(Laughter)
Audience: Shake. Fold.
JS: Cuts itself. You know the funny thing is, I get my hands drier than people do with threeor four, because they can't get in between the cracks. If you think this isn't as good...
Audience: Shake. Fold.
JS: Now, there's now a real fancy invention, it's the one where you wave your hand and itkicks it out. It's way too big a towel. Let me tell you a secret. If you're really quick, if you're reallyquick -- and I can prove this -- this is half a towel from the dispenser in this building. How? As soonas it starts, you just tear it off. It's smart enough to stop. And you get half a towel.
Audience: Shake. Fold.
JS: Now, let's all say it together. Shake. Fold. You will for the rest of your life remember thosewords every time you pick up a paper towel. And remember, one towel per person for one year -- 571,230,000 pounds of paper. No small thing. And next year, toilet paper.
(Laughter)
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