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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TOPIC: WORK (B2-C1)
HEALTH VOCABULARY ACTIVITY by Cristina Cabal
Do you agree?Use the words in the wheel (or HERE) in your answer. + VOCABULARY HERE
- ” Modern lifestyles can seriously endanger our health”
- Countries should make vaccination compulsory
- Do you think the numbers of vegetarians and vegans will continue to grow? If so, what explains their continued popularity?
- How do you feel about surgery? Would you consider having surgery that isn’t completely necessary, like plastic surgery?
- Lifespans are getting longer. How long do you think the Millennials Generation (1980-1994) will live on average?
LISTENING C1 - MEDICAL ADVANCES IN WORLD WAR 1
READING B2 - BENEFITS OF GETTING FIT
B2 LISTENING EXERCISES HEALTHCARE
READING (ADVANCED) ARE MOBILE PHONES BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH?
MEDIATION:
1- Topic: Health - Junk food
You read the following text in a news editorial:
In the continuing effort to fight obesity in the US, the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing its nutrition labeling guidelines. However, what motivates people to buy junk food varies so much based on context - the purchasing environment, their socio-economic status, their emotional state, their hunger - so a label is unlikely to “interrupt” the purchasing decision except in a small number of cases.
EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT YOU HAVE JUST READ
2- Topic: Health - Cosmetic surgery
You read the following text in a news editorial:
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), almost 18 million people underwent surgical and minimally invasive cosmetic procedures in the United States in 2018.This total means that there were almost a quarter of a million more procedures in 2018 than in 2017. The authors of an earlier study in the United Kingdom analysed 204 questionnaires to identify the factors that make people go through cosmetic surgery. The findings showed that women who rated their self-esteem, life satisfaction, and attractiveness as low, had few religious beliefs, and had high media exposure were more likely to undergo cosmetic surgery.
EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT YOU HAVE JUST READ
Tidworth health centre closes its doors with just four days’ notice. The healthcentre has been forced to close its doors this week in the face of “considerable staffing challenges”. Millstream Medical Centre will provide enough clinical stafft o continue to be able to see patients of this area.
Write an email to the town council complaining about the closure. Include the following
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
CLICK HERE ( BLOG CRISTINA CABAL)
- Reading Comprehension : "Robots - friend or foe?" HERE.
- Listening Comprehension: "Living online" - HERE.
- Phones and technology vocabulary HERE + vocabulary HERE and HERE
- Idioms about Science and technology HERE
-Genetically modified crops- HERE
- THE METAVERSE( What is It? Complete beginners' guide video ) (Click HERE , HERE , HERE BBC Learning English 6 minute English, HERE Metaverse reading comprehension)
- Speaking task - HERE
- Oral Mediation (C1_ Written B2):
Automation (Click HERE):
Robots have been doing the repetitive drudge work in our factories fordecades. But now they can flip burgers, lay bricks, even co-operate to open doors and escape. Giant 3D printers can make houses out ofconcrete in a fraction of the time humans can. "Artificial Intelligence is a big threat to low-skilled jobs, no question," says Bernard Louvat, general manager of digital customer engagement solutions at tech firm Nuance."Chatbots are certainly eliminating jobs - we need fewer and fewer human agents each year. The ones that are left will be highly skilled super-agents looking after the most complicated cases."
And Selfie-Tourism (Click HERE - Key):
You read the following text in a news article:
Technology has changed the way we travel. Smartphones, travellers’ comments and photos,search engines and algorithms can all inspire and empower us to plan complex journeys all overthe globe within minutes.
For many people, mobile phones have become their external brain when on the road. These so-called “selfie-gaze” tourists see and experience the destination largely through their cameras
and the comments and feedback they receive on their posts. In this sense, their satisfaction does not depend on the quality of the destination and experience, but on how well they manage impressions and attract “likes” and positive comments.
Advanced writing about mobile phones - Article HERE
A for and against essay about mobile phones HERE
Click HERE
THE ENVIRONMENT
Amazing unit by Cristina Cabal - HERE
Vocabulary - HERE
Climate Change cartoon - HERE
Climate Change, can we stop it? (Reading with audio) - HERE
Nature and the environment texts - HERE
Artic Warming - Reading (gapped exercise) HERE
Environment - The test taker
Written mediation
As eco as they can be, electric scooters turn out to be more of a problem than convenience on the streets of Madrid and other major Spanish cities. The scheme is the same as with the rentable electric cars or bicycles - you find it using an app, pay a fee, ride, and then park it at any location. That last part turns out to be causing troubles for pedestrians as scooters are being left on sidewalks or used without taking into consideration traffic rules.Some viral videos show people racing with the vehicles causing problems for pedestrians.
Oral Mediation + Interaction - HERE
C1 Written mediation - Bar chart above
Practising tenses with videos
Verb Tense Revision Chart by Humberto de la Cuesta
Click HERE, as well
Present perfect + ever (last video)
- Have you ever skipped school?
- Have you ever fallen asleep in the cinema?
- Have you ever been to a nude beach?
- Have you ever done something you regret?
- Have you ever read a whole Harry Potter book?
- Have you ever drunk while underage?
- Have you ever had an accident?
- Have you ever kissed someone on the first date?
- Have you ever read the Bible?
- Have you ever aced a test without studying?
- Have you ever passed out?
- Have you ever slept until 5 pm?
- Have you ever eaten food that fell on the floor?
- Have you ever tried to cut your own hair?
- Have you ever lied to get a job?
- Have you ever regifted something that was gifted to you?
- have you ever given a stranger a fake phone number?
- Have you ever met someone famous?
(Questions from Cristina Cabal’s blog)
All tenses revision HERE
