Listeners | Stanford CS224U Natural Language Understanding | Spring 2021

 

Watch the video and explain the colour interpreter task. What was its objective?

Advanced (C2) Verbs to Build Your Vocabulary

 

Watch the video and make up 3 sentences with the verbs from the list. Post them in the commentary section below. 

Present Perfect Adverbs Ever Never Yet Already

10 Best Countries to Move, Live, Work Abroad for Expats in 2022 | InterNations Expat Insider Survey

 

Name the city from the list you would like to live in

Why Belgium is now the cocaine capital of Europe

 

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. What countries is the cocaine imported to Belgium from?

2. How many tons of cocaine were seized in Belgium in 2021?

3. How is the Balkan mafia related to the cocaine trafficking?

4. How are the Belgian police involved in the trafficking?

Pay attention to your body's master clock | Emily Manoogian | TEDxSanDiegoSalon

 

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. What do you know about a circadian rhythm?

2. Explain the phenomenon of 'social jetlag'.

3. What are the benefits of time-restricted eating?

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me — An Exclusive Conversation | Apple TV+

 

Watch the interview and answer the questions:

1. What is the documentary about?

2. How many tour had Selena had prior to cancelling the show?

3. What was Selena afraid of in her childhood?

4. Who did Selena meet with when she visited her hometown?

Why is the World Cup important to Qatar?

 

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. Why is this cup named the most expensive one in the history of football?

2. Describe Qatar's preparation for the tournament. What obstacles did it encounter?

3. What benefits can this event bring to the economy of Qatar?

NEUROSCIENTIST: You will NEVER LACK Motivation Again

 

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. Why do the majority of people work hard?

2. How are working hard, getting a reward and dopamine release are related>

3. What was the Stanford experiment about and what did it reveal?

4. What solution does Andrew Huberman to counter the problem?

Cost of living crisis: Eat or heat a 'huge reality', as councils face 'unprecedented' pleas for help

 

1. What do you know about food banks?

2. Describe the situation Graham Smith found himself in.

3. What classes of society has the crisis affected?

UK economy: is there worse to come?

 

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Watch the video and answer the questions%

1) What can you say about the British pound in the current economic crisis?

2) How is the British government planning to fix this problem?

Post your answers in the commentary section below.

What are NFTs? | The Economist

 

Watch the video and answer the questions below:

1) Where did NFTs come from?

2) Where can you sell an NFT?

3) How is NFT represented in art?

4) How is NFT related to metaverse?

The Amazing Qur'an

 

Watch the lecture and comment below

Hundreds of migrants and refugees camped at Belarus-Poland border

 

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. Where are the refugees heading?

2. What is the reaction of the European Commission in response to the crisis?

3. What is the origin of the problem, according to the Russian foreign minister?

Inside A Tech-Free School Where Tech Executives Send Their Kids

 

Share your personal opinion regarding this school. Would you like to study in one? If so, why?

A film review

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Watch the film Wild Strawberries by Ingmar Bergman (1957) and write a review including the following points:

1) the director;

2) the protagonist(s);

3) the time and setting;

4) summary;

5) appraisal.

Optional points:

1) prehistory;

2) awards.

You can use Page 117 of English File (Intermediate) as an example of writing a film review. Post your review in the commentary section below.

3 Rules for Better Life-work Balance

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. According to the speaker, is answering your boss's message OK in your free time?

2. What were the results of the study conducted with the parents visiting a science museum with their kids?

3. What is the impact of the interruptions on organisations?

4. What solution does Ashley Whillans propose to tackle this issue?

Challenge Finn: The third conditional

• The third conditional is used for a past situation that didn't happen. 

In the video, Finn is lost. He says:

If I had paid attention…

In other words, in the past he did not pay attention. The past situation that did not happen is: Finn paying attention. That's the part we call the conditional clause, or the if clause. Next we have the result:

… I wouldn't have got lost

This is the result of the past situation! It's the result clause or the main clause. Finn did get lost, but if the past was different, he wouldn't have got lost.

... And he wouldn't have found the big number three which was useful for this video.

Use third conditional in sentences of your own and post them below.

Rothko and Warhol

1. What do you know of Mark Rothko? Which genre did he write his pictures in?

2. What do you know about pop art? Name the most famous representatives.

What is the Great Reset?

 

The world is rapidly changing. A lot of people around the globe have stayed homeless and jobless as a result of the pandemic and the subsequent financial crisis. The World Economic Forum has presented a short film regarding this issue. Express your opinion below.