Tag: learning
HIGHER EDUCATION – Listening activity
This video is hilarious but at the same time, it reveals a view of our times that I find realistic. It is about the amount of money people spend in order to get an education. They feel it is essential because “What kind of job can you get without a proper education, without a degree?”.
It is true, in most cases, you will end up unemployed, with a loan to pay out and frustrated. But then, it is up to you. If you are a creative and brilliant person, you will find a way to make a use of the knowledge you acquired, the education you paid for. You cannot find everything on the Internet. I believe the Internet is like an ocean of information, if you do not know how to swim, if you do not know how to row, you will not go far, you will drown.
Higher education gives you a kind of awareness, it gives you the oars which are vital when you know how to use them. At university you learn critical thinking, you have the possibility to meet like-minded people. Chances are, you will also meet teachers that will not be able to arouse your curiosity, arrogant and with narrow minds, or not able to do their jobs. But if you are lucky, you will meet teachers able to guide you. When you become acquainted with these wise individuals, then it will be worth it and it will change your life.
I agree with this man regarding the amount of money we have to pay in order to get an education which I find excessive too. Education should be free, or at least accessible to those deserving it, those willing to commit to studying hard in order to expand their views, to increase their possibilities.
Then, there is nothing wrong in deciding not to carry on studying after high school, practical jobs are not useless, quite the contrary. We should have the possibility to decide what is the best option for us, depending on our skills, strengths and aims in life.
If you work hard, you like your job and you find it rewarding, you are lucky, not to be judged because you do not have a degree. Being smart has nothing to do with a certificate, with a piece of paper.
I suggest that you read the vocabulary list before watching the video.
HIGHER EDUCATION
VOCABULARY
To declare: to say or state (something) in an official or public way.
Innate: a quality you were born with, not one you have learned.
Dependent: decided or controlled by something else — + on or upon.
To achieve: to succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort.
Tuition: the act of teaching something, especially to one person or to people in small groups.
Loan: an amount of money that is given to someone for a period of time with a promise that it will be paid back.
To afford: to be able to buy or do something because you have enough money or time.
Purveyor: a person or business that sells or provides something.
Wisdom: knowledge that is gained by having many experiences in life.
Elder: used to refer to the older of two people (such as a father and son) who have the same name; a person who has authority because of age and experience.
Sage: someone, especially an old man, who is very wise.
To set apart: (phrasal verb, separable) to be a quality that makes (someone or something) better than or different from other people or things — usually + from.
Buggy: a light carriage pulled by a horse. 
Hire: to employ someone; to give work or a job to (someone) in exchange for wages or a salary.
Entrepreneur: someone who starts a new business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money.
To let go: to make someone leave their job.
To lack: to not have something that you need, or not have enough of it.
Prospects: chances of future success.
Interactive fill in the gaps exercise:
https://www.onlineexambuilder.com/verb-tenses-fill-in-the-gaps-exercise/exam-166046
Downloadable PDF (with answers): HIGHER EDUCATION – fill in the gaps exercise
“Truce” – What does it mean?
Example sentences from the web:
- The warring countries refused to create any official cease-fire, but on Christmas, the soldiers in the trenches declared their own unofficial truce.
Source: Christmas Truce of 1914 - The man at the center of the truce was the former security minister, David Munguía Payés, a general who is now the defense minister […].
Source: El Salvador Throws Out Gang Truce and Officials Who Put It in Place - We break the truce, drive a wedge between them.
TO BREAK A TRUCE => To start fighting again breaking a previous agreement of peace.
English4Gamers – Episode 6 – Super Mario Kart
The 6th episode of English4Gamers is out :-)! In this episode, we play Super Mario Kart, a racing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the first game of the Mario Kart series. I suggest that you read the vocabulary list before watching the episode ;-). I’ll upload an interactive quiz based on this episode tomorrow or Sunday. We are trying to improve, so if you have any suggestion, please, let us know :-).
Burning Millions’ Worth of Illegal Ivory
I suggest that you read the vocabulary list before watching the video ;-):
VOCABULARY
TUSK => a very long, large tooth that sticks out of the mouth of an animal (such as an elephant, walrus, or boar)
TO GO UP IN SMOKE => to burn up completely
STOCKPILE => a large supply of something that is kept for future use
TO TORCH => to set fire to (something, such as a building) deliberately : to cause (something) to burn
TRADE => the activity or process of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services
STUNT => something that is done to get attention or publicity
TO BAN => to forbid, to prohibit; to say that something cannot be used or done
TO POACH => to hunt or fish illegally
To hang out – English slang
Example sentences from the web:
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Since he got a girlfriend he stopped hanging out with his friends.
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Byron and some of the other poetic dudes are planning to hang out at Jack Straws before we go to sup. Like to join us?
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You still hang out at the pool hall?
“THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT LEARNING IS THAT NOBODY CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU”. – B.B. KING
When you acquire knowledge, what you’ve learned becomes a part of you. For this reason, nobody can detract it from you. It will always be yours. Of course, if you share your knowledge, be aware that more people will have what you have, which is not a bad thing ;-). So keep learning and continue to share your knowledge!
TO TAKE AWAY = to remove; to detract.
“To butt in” – What does it mean?
Days of the week and verbs related to daily activities (for beginners).
This video is designed for students, teachers and anyone wanting to learn English.
This is the content:
DAYS
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
ACTIVITIES
Do laundry
Take out the trash
Go to the gym
Go to the supermarket
Go bowling
Take out the recyclables
Go hiking
On Sunday
On Monday
On Tuesday
On Wednesday
On Thursday
On Friday
On Saturday
On Sundays, I do my laundry.
On Mondays, I take out the trash.
On Tuesdays, I go to the gym.
On Wednesdays, I go to the supermarket.
On Thursdays, I go bowling.
On Fridays, I take out the recyclables.
On Saturdays, I go hiking.
How about you?
What do you do on Sundays?
What do you do on Mondays?
What do you do on Tuesdays?
What do you do on Wednesdays?
What do you do on Thursdays?
What do you do on Fridays?
What do you do on Saturdays?
Houseplants
I found these posters on Pinterest. I think this kind of visual vocabulary poster could be good for people who are studying Biology or for those interested in gardening. I like to make posters about visual vocabulary, but since these are good, I decided to keep them ;-), instead of making others. I hope you will like them and you will find them useful.
If you like to cook, this is perfect for you! 🙂
In this website, you can find even more of these posters ;-). If you like this kind of things take a look!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcinnis/thyme-to-garden?crlt.pid=camp.Bb5w9KgnUuAi#.jmD550ZVYR
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