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Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Monday, 24 September 2018
El super hombre de Darwin | Gino Tubaro | TEDxUTN
Watch the video. Prepare answers for the questions below.
You will discuss these answers in class.
- How does Gino's invention relate to Hugh Herr's story?
- Who are the 'villains' he mentions?
- How will his invention enable children to live a better life?
- How is his invention better than others which have a similar purpose?
- If you could meet him, what questions would you ask?
Sunday, 6 May 2018
Your body language shapes who you are
Watch the first segment of the talk and answer the
following questions.
Remember you can choose the subtitles you want. If possible, try using English subtitles.
Remember you can choose the subtitles you want. If possible, try using English subtitles.
1. Why do you think
Cuddy shows the photos of famous politicians? Note down some ideas and then
discuss them with a partner.
2. What does Cuddy mean
by interaction?
a. Talking to, or doing
things with, other people
b. The way you feel
about something that was said
c. Feeling happy about
something you did or said
3. Cuddy mentions two
areas of our lives on which body language can have an effect. What are they?
4. When Cuddy talks
about ‘the other audience’ that is influenced by our nonverbal communication,
who does she mean? Discuss with a partner.
5.
CRITICAL THINKING
Reflecting. Can you think of
moments in life where people may judge us based on body language? Note down
your ideas and then discuss with a partner.
Watch the next segment of Cuddy’s talk.
6. Complete the sentence
about Cuddy’s main point:
When you pretend to be powerful ……………………………………………………
7. What do you think
people mean when they tell Cuddy that they don’t want to feel like ‘a fraud’ or
‘an impostor’? Note down your answers and then discuss your ideas with a
partner.
Watch the final segment of Cuddy’s talk. Then answer
the questions.
8. How did the graduate
student feel before she came to talk to Cuddy?
9. What did Cuddy tell
the student to do?
10. What was the outcome
for that student?
11. During her talk,
Cuddy shares many examples of the power of nonverbal communication. Which one
was most interesting to you, and why? Share your opinions with your class.
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Word formation: Irresponsible, illogical or irrational?
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Extra reading activity
Click on the link below and do the activities.
Prepare questions and ideas for a class discussion.
Enjoy!
It's all been done before
Prepare questions and ideas for a class discussion.
Enjoy!
It's all been done before
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/its-all-been-done
Battling against Nature
Look at the example and then write similar
sentences using
the words given and the verbs in the correct form to complete the information
about the Antarctic.
FUN FACTS -
COLD FACTS
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Land Mass: Covering a
whopping 13,209,000 square km (5,100,000 square miles), [this continent /
large / Europe / but / half / size / Africa] this continent is much larger than Europe,
but less than half the size of Africa.
*
Population: Zero!
Antarctica /cold / nobody / live here full
time. Lots / people / visit / though / many
scientists / stay here / months.
*
Countries: None! Antarctica / continent unlike / other
– no countries. Instead, there / areas /called
/territories, claimed /different countries /other continents, including /UK
*
Largest Lake: Lake Vostok /continent’s /large /lake. It /find under /ice
sheet.
*
Antarctica /southernmost continent /Earth.
*
Antarctica /big /Europe almost double /size /Australia.
*
/it experience /little rain, Antarctica /consider /desert.
*
Cold /recorded temperature /Earth /occur /1983 /Vostok
Station, Antarctica, measuring a rather chilly −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
*
/Antarctica feature/ harsh living conditions, /number /plants
/animals /adapt /survive /call /icy continent home.
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/name ‘Antarctica’ come /Greek word /mean ‘opposite /north’.
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Sea levels rise around 60m (200ft) if all /ice /Antarctica
/melt.
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For most /past 100 million years, /south pole /tropical
paradise, /transpire.
Following in Shackleton’s Footsteps
Read the following interview.
Match the questions with the answers and arrange them in the correct order. Then click here to listen to the interview and check your answers.
Match the questions with the answers and arrange them in the correct order. Then click here to listen to the interview and check your answers.
A. Presenter: Did Worsley
feel confident that he would reach the South Pole?
B. Presenter: So they had
some unfinished family business.
C. Presenter: Amazing. Did
the trip take a long time to organise?
D. Presenter: Today on the
travel programme, we’re reviewing a book called Following in Shackleton’s Footsteps by Henry Worsley. It tells the story of Worsley’s recent
expedition to the South Pole exactly one hundred years after Shackleton’s famous
failed expedition of 1908. It’s been chosen by my guest, Leo Stone, himself the
veteran of several polar expeditions. Welcome to the programme, Leo.
E. Presenter: Which part
of the book did you enjoy the most?
F. Presenter: And did they
experience any of the same problems?
G. Presenter: So was the
trip any easier for the 21st century team?
H. Presenter: First of
all, can you tell us about Worsley and his team?
I.
Presenter: Do you think
Shackleton deserves his reputation as a great hero?
1. Leo: Yes, I do.
I’ve always really admired Shackleton, and anyone who doesn’t know anything
about him should definitely read this book. His decision to turn back to save
his men took great courage. That’s why I think he’s such a hero. He never did
reach his goal and it was Roald Amundsen who finally made it to the South Pole
in 1911. There are so many lessons we…
2. Leo: Yes. It took them five years to prepare for this trip. They had
to find the money, which was no easy task. As you can imagine, the costs
involved were enormous. Then there was the physical training. You’d think this
would be the hardest part, but Worsley’d been in the army so he was used to
this kind of thing. And one of the team members had run a few marathons, so
they were all relatively fit. It was actually the mental challenge that
Worsley’s team struggled with most; having to get their heads around a nine
hundred mile journey.
3. Leo: They did. For example, Worsley and his team had to spend two
days in their tent because high winds made it impossible to continue, which
Shackleton also endured. But it was worse for Shackleton because they were also
very low on food at that point. And one of Shackleton’s men fell seriously ill,
which luckily the 21st century team was spared.
4. Leo: In some ways, yes. But they still had to walk for ten hours a
day with all their equipment. And then they had to
put up their tent and cook a meal in what Worsley describes as a ‘frozen hell’. But Shackleton was travelling into the unknown with only a compass to guide him, while Worsley’s team had a map and modern navigation equipment.
put up their tent and cook a meal in what Worsley describes as a ‘frozen hell’. But Shackleton was travelling into the unknown with only a compass to guide him, while Worsley’s team had a map and modern navigation equipment.
5. Leo: Exactly. Worsley took the compass Shackleton used and his diary
all the way to the South Pole. Apparently this trip had been a lifelong
ambition for him. Shackleton’d had to turn back before reaching the South Pole
and Worsley wanted to finish the journey.
6. Leo: Thank you.
7. Leo: Sure. The really unusual thing about this trip is that Worsley
and his team are all related to members of Shackleton’s team. Worsley is a
descendant of Shackleton’s captain, Frank Worsley.
8. Leo: The climax of the book is definitely when Worsley and his team
arrived at the place where Shackleton decided to turn back. They arrived there
on the 100th anniversary and the excitement and sense of joy is really
inspiring and memorable – better even than the part where they get to the Pole
itself or the huge sense of relief at arriving back safely. There’re some
amazing photos, too.
9. Leo: Yes, but he faced some very tough moments. Like Shackleton,
Worsley’s team went up the Beardmore Glacier, which was incredibly dangerous
with huge crevasses everywhere. And just when Worsley thought it couldn’t get
any worse, they reached the Antarctic plateau. This proved to be even tougher
going than the glacier. It’s the coldest, driest place on earth and both teams
experienced symptoms of altitude sickness. It was when he came face to face
with the brutality of conditions there that Shackleton began to doubt he’d ever
reach the Pole.
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