How native speakers pronounce “should”

adoption she felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates so everything was all set for me to be

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

These are obviously some of my personal heroes, probably some of yours as well, as they should be. These guys rock, right?

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable and that I should expect to live no longer than 3 to 6

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

destination we all share no one has ever escaped it and that is as it should be because death is very likely the single

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status. (Applause)

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

who really succeeds by this, who does everything they should, who gets all the brownie points, who are the winners --

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

is to recognize that under stress you're not going to be at your best, and you should put systems in place. And there's perhaps no more stressful a situation

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

And so you're thinking, "Yeah! Give me the statin." But there's a question you should ask at this point, a statistic you should ask for

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

But there's a question you should ask at this point, a statistic you should ask for that most doctors don't like talking about,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

And you're thinking, what kind of crazy statistic is that? The number should be one. My doctor wouldn't prescribe something to me

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

Why not, doc? Give me the prescription anyway." But you should ask at this point for another statistic, and that is, "Tell me about the side effects." Right?

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

than you are to be helped by the drug. Now, I'm not saying whether you should take the statin or not. I'm just saying you should have this conversation with your doctor.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

Now, I'm not saying whether you should take the statin or not. I'm just saying you should have this conversation with your doctor. Medical ethics requires it,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

make each time block longer than you think it should be maybe even twice as long you might also ask yourself where you

Slow Thinking

So you might have noticed that I left a drone flying in Japan. We should go ahead and check in on that. This drone is performing an autonomous inspection.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

Sylvia A. Earle: So why did I make that wish? How much of the ocean should be protected? It's our life support system.

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

For our ultra-social species, that rewiring should be guided by huge amounts of social interaction in the

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

We should never have let laptops and tablets spread through K-12 education

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

Over the course of my international career with the United Nations, I noticed something that should not be controversial, but still is. We have overly bureaucratized peace.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

and she asked whether we could, whether we should, whether we might consider adopting a child with Down syndrome.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

Being overly pessimistic doesn't mean we should reach out all the time, or that it always turns out well; of course not.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

And when I do, if everything goes according to plan, the contents of this bottle should experience what we refer to at NASA

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

was that the Earth must be the center of the universe. The prediction: everything should circle around the Earth. This was first really tested

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

The guessed explanation was gravity, the prediction that everything should fall to the Earth. But of course, not everything does fall to the Earth.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

my friends in the front row, you should be warned, it will get worse before it gets better. (Laughter)

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

of course -- it sprays the glitter followed by the fart spray. I should point out, by the way, this whole video was sort of a modern-day homage

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

when I see teachers who get paid salaries , as a society, we should be ashamed of, spending their own money on resources that totally suck.

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

her boy nonetheless died of his cancer. Should I have told her? Now, many of you may say, "So what?

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

is it safe, kind of to your poll, right? Is it safe, should I get in? OK, I got in.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

what could I do in this thing if it got really exciting? So I get pitched on like, you should make it a yoga studio you know, on wheels.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

what jobs it will take, what we should do to slow it down or regulate it. And those are important questions,

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

So does it mean that if you've got insomnia, you should be sitting back on the couch each night with a joint? (Laughter)

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

But one of the main reasons that the jury is still out on whether we should be using cannabinoids to treat insomnia is that, although the results from our study were really encouraging,

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

You know, a month before the argument, Harvey told me that I should expect a question from Justice Barrett about license fees.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

As you can see, answering the question about whether we should use medicinal cannabis to treat sleep disorders isn't so simple.

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

a psychologist and the head of the Ryerson University Sleep Lab, the basic questions you should ask yourself are: Do I feel reasonably well-rested during the day?

Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED · TED

Now there are already influential groups advocating that AI systems should have their own rights based mainly on the idea that they might be or become conscious.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

or coming very, very soon. There are other reasons we should avoid creating AI that seems to be conscious. It makes us more psychologically vulnerable.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

which might keep share prices aloft and regulators at bay. But we should resist. The sacrament of the algorithm is most likely an empty dream,

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

even though I don't actually think that's true. You should feel free to touch as many toads as you want. So at a certain point, when kids get a little bit older,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

That's really amazing. So I feel like we should be talking about gross stuff early and often with young people,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

And, of course, I always tell them that I am not a medical professional, and that, if possible, they should talk to a doctor. But the truth of the matter is that everyone should feel comfortable

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

and that, if possible, they should talk to a doctor. But the truth of the matter is that everyone should feel comfortable talking to a doctor about their own bodies.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

What does that tell us about what's still possible? VOS: I think it tells us that we should not let hate prevail. As I said, we’ve lived under oppression,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

no matter which religion you belong to. It's humanity that should prevail, it's respect for each other.

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

and not enough as agents who have a say in that future, who can and should be allowed to defy their odds. We're facing some pretty grim predictions

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

maybe one for relationship. And they all should work together in a secure way. Because how did humanity level up?

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

more so than their non-single counterparts. So what should we tell single people rather than "get married?" Let's start by expanding the concept of significant other.

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

and the decision argues that these are basic human needs that everyone should have access to, whether they're straight or queer.

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

Anybody single here? I mean, there should be quite a few of you, because in the US, the percentage of American adults who have never been married

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

But I'm going to make you wait a second, because I should give you a little background on me. I used to be an anchorman.

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

that when I saw my demons emerging in meditation, I should put my hand on my heart and say to myself, "It's OK, sweetie. I'm here for you."

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

it can make it very difficult for you to climb up, difficult to kind of know where you stand, what you should do better, what you should stop doing,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

difficult to kind of know where you stand, what you should do better, what you should stop doing, but can also damage people in ways that we often don't think about.

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

The first is to boot up a practice of loving-kindness meditation. I should say that it does not require you to subscribe to some fancy metaphysical program,

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

about what is the solution to this problem. Is it the case that we should all just be meaner to each other in an effort to be more direct?

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

yet honest feedback. So what should I do? Should I go to people and say, ’Alright, do you want me to be ... nice

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

So what should I do? Should I go to people and say, ’Alright, do you want me to be ... nice or honest and useful?'"

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

So instead of asking people, "Should I be nice or honest and useful?" What I like to do is ask people,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

can we think about things that you're doing well you should keep doing versus things that "please stop."

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

What does that mean? Does it mean I should speak up more in meetings? Does it mean I should be quicker on my email?

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

Does it mean I should speak up more in meetings? Does it mean I should be quicker on my email? Does it mean I should do your job without complaining about doing your job,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

Does it mean I should be quicker on my email? Does it mean I should do your job without complaining about doing your job, which is often what it actually means?

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

before you say, 'Tom, I found some errors.'" Now an important piece here is what people should do instead. Often if we get to the stage

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

They're going to look at you in shock and surprise and say, "Well, what should I do instead," right? And until we're ready to actually fire the person

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

we have to focus on those replacement behaviors, what they should be doing instead. And I think as we think through kind of, scaling this type of feedback,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

but that's less likely to happen than I actually think. I should assume that they're going to like me. And then one last thing I have to remind myself of

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

Do that. Err on the side of caution. Talk should not be cheap. Number six: Don't equate your experience with theirs.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

fulfill each other's sexual needs and work out who should be scrubbing the shower grime, we are free to make friendship territories of pleasure."

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

in that with your friends, you share things that you feel like you should be ashamed of, right? And when you are ashamed of something,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

who's shown you that they can't handle it, then I think you should try to pivot, right? But just because someone responded dismissively to your vulnerability,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

Kids don't feel awkward because they haven't yet learned they should feel that way. I think a lot of us would love to take more risks and feel less awkward.

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

and supporting a network of hundreds of women, I can tell you there are three things that all of us should consider. Number one,

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

They'd come up with excuses so they could skip those practices. And we didn't even know what normal medical care should be. In rowing, a lot of us experienced rib stress injuries.

What Women Athletes Need to Unlock Their Full Potential | Kate Ackerman | TED · TED

I was more interested in physiology. I really thought that sports medicine should be interdisciplinary. And I cared about endocrine, hormones and cardiovascular systems.

What Women Athletes Need to Unlock Their Full Potential | Kate Ackerman | TED · TED

And they wanted me to lead the female athlete component of that. OK, So that should be the end of my TED Talk, woo, and the rest of the world is great.

What Women Athletes Need to Unlock Their Full Potential | Kate Ackerman | TED · TED

which is what my father died of. Now, any of those stats should convince each of us to get off our duff more,

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED · TED

how they feel and promoting the idea that managers should be ready to cope when their supervisee comes in and has a bunch of feelings

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

And when you see it, it feels obvious. Of course, school should be like this. But if it's so obvious,

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

the people you care about. Some people have even suggested we should snort oxytocin... to become more compassionate and caring.

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

It was almost as if they had made templates of who they thought that they should be. Girls in bikinis, fast cars, professional wrestlers,

3 Skills Every Middle School Boy Needs | Jerome Hunter | TED · TED

We shouldn't just work less because it makes us better workers. We should work less because it makes us better people. This isn't just about you and me.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

than when they were talking to me in the same room. I could also register exactly what I should be doing six months from now,

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

when my monkey mind is fretting about what I should do six minutes from now. I really feel that the deepest part of us

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

the truest words that come to you may be none at all. We're all worried, as we should be, about the climate crisis and wars

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

You know, is it rational? Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this Earth to do.

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

and I entered the room. You should understand that Veronica, like a lot of patients that I have the privilege of caring for,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

the freakish success of my last book, right? I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now -- it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success is behind me.

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

They matter to our health, and therefore our healthcare professionals should do something about it. And yet, Veronica asked me

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

Not just bad, but the worst book ever written. And I started to think I should just dump this project. But then I remembered Tom talking to the open air

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

that triggers their asthma. And perhaps that's what we should mobilize our resources to address, because that third element, that third part of the process,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

and asking, "Is there something in where I live and where I work that I should be aware of?" Are there barriers to health that I'm just not aware of,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

and that what we do for ourselves, we also should do for those whose living and working conditions

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

And there was often not a path to walk from room to room. And when I should have been catching up on sleep, I would lay in bed at night and think to myself,

How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed | KC Davis | TED · TED

beneficial things. >> So what should we be doing? I think what

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

there's this big change that now pretty much everyone should be lifting heavy. I

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

we can stop thinking about the right way to do things. About the way that things should be done, and instead start thinking about what we can do

How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed | KC Davis | TED · TED

But for the first time, I stopped thinking about the way that laundry should be done. And instead, started thinking

How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed | KC Davis | TED · TED

>> Yeah, baby. >> What should people do to put these ideas into practice?

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

video. If you liked it, you should check out our podcast, How to be a better

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED