Millions of others, however, are ill prepared for the new age.

Policymakers are ill prepared to cope with a steady stream of growth scares.

We aren't prepared.

So ill equipped are we all, to envision one another's interior workings and invisible aims.

We have to be prepared.

We're very well prepared.

Yet many young people are ill prepared for secondary school, and places are scarce.

That is to say, the Greek ministers were not prepared and were poorly informed, and, as a result, they conducted negotiations ineffectively and concluded a bad agreement.

We're not prepared for that.

I think Tom and Mary are prepared.

Finally, you take several others along for the journey, without informing them about how well (or poorly) equipped you are.

Are you well prepared for today's exam?

Tom and Mary are very well prepared.

If we are ill prepared, global warming will cause more deaths and devastation, especially in poor countries and fragile societies.

'Very bad!

Governments have a very poor track record when it comes to answering this question.

With research by Masae Okabayashi.

Things are in a bad way with me too, very bad, and all on account of women.

And these are six minutes they really prepared for the TED audience.

'Not much.'

'Very bad!

It Didn't Go Well

Is it bad?

Is this bad?

Do you feel sick?

It is wrong to steal.

It is bad to steal.

This is bad.

This is a bad thing.

This looks bad.

Tomorrow's no good.

You look bad.

You look bad.

It's wrong to lie.

Copying is bad.

Everything is bad.

Thailand, for instance, established the Bangkok International Banking Facilities in the hope of becoming a regional financial center, despite the fact that local financial institutions were ill prepared to handle massive flows of capital.

How bad would that be?

Isn't this good?

'Oh, is he in a bad way?'

It Is Very Bad.

It is very bad.

I can hardly hear you.

It's that bad.

It is wrong to tell a lie.