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  • [Instructor] Hello, readers.

  • Today, we're going to talk about Mind Reading.

  • Ooh!

  • Also known as understanding characters'

  • thoughts and feelings.

  • I'm kinda serious, here.

  • One of the things that I think is magical

  • about reading books and stories is that

  • they let you see what characters are thinking and feeling.

  • Sometimes a story takes you inside the mind

  • of a character in a story.

  • Here's what it sounds like when a character

  • tells you the story herself.

  • - [Narrator] It was a rainy, miserable night

  • in the town of Roseville. (rain falls)

  • My coffee cooled rapidly in the evening air.

  • I watched Johnny Flamingo, the Duke of Crime,

  • walk confidently across the parking lot.

  • I hated him.

  • "I'm gonna get you, Johnny", I muttered.

  • "I'm gonna get you for doing all those crimes."

  • - [Instructor] So how does this character feel

  • about Johnny Flamingo?

  • She hates him.

  • How do we know?

  • She told us so.

  • Sometimes it's not a character who tells you

  • what they're thinking or feeling, but instead,

  • it's a narrator who knows how those characters feel.

  • And that can sound like this.

  • - [Narrator] Standing on a hill outside her little village,

  • Lana looked to the sky, and the dragons that

  • flew through the clouds in lazy circles.

  • "I will learn to ride a dragon", she thought.

  • "I promise."

  • - [Instructor] What does Lana want to learn to do?

  • Ride dragons.

  • Did she tell us?

  • No, not exactly, but the narrator did,

  • by listening to her thoughts.

  • Do you see what I'm saying?

  • It's magical, this ability to read a character's mind

  • in a story.

  • If I had the power to fully hear my friends' thoughts,

  • I don't think we'd ever have any kind

  • of misunderstandings ever again.

  • How a character thinks or feels about something

  • is important evidence that helps explain why they act

  • the way they do.

  • Now, it's possible to have a feeling or a thought,

  • but still do something opposite.

  • Like, a character could be afraid of heights,

  • but still climb a tree to rescue a cat.

  • Or, it's possible for a character to feel multiple

  • conflicting emotions or thoughts at the same time.

  • Just like it's possible for you or me to feel

  • embarrassed and proud at the same time,

  • or happy and regretful.

  • Let's take a look at this example.

  • - [Narrator] "It's not so bad", said Zeke,

  • examining it closely when he saw my frown.

  • "It's a bowling pin, right?"

  • I tried to remain calm, but I was totally frustrated.

  • I spent all that time, and Zeke thought my statue

  • was a bowling pin?

  • I gritted my teeth as I forced a smile.

  • "Um, no, not exactly, but it's not quite done yet."

  • I grabbed the sculpture and headed to my room.

  • I was determined to make Lady Liberty recognizable.

  • I decided to watch a video on how to make

  • realistic faces in clay.

  • It was helpful.

  • Although it took me a while,

  • I finally made some improvements to my work of art.

  • - [Instructor] See how the narrator says they're frustrated,

  • but they don't show it to Zeke.

  • They force themself to smile,

  • and not display their frustration.

  • They're trying to be calm,

  • but inside, they're totally frustrated.

  • So I guess the lesson here is that the magic

  • of mind reading is only part of the story.

  • You have to go by how characters in the story act, too.

  • But we'll talk about that in another video.

  • You can learn anything.

  • David out.

[Instructor] Hello, readers.

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角色的思想和感受|閱讀|可汗學院 (Characters' thoughts and feelings | Reading | Khan Academy)

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