28.11.19

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Story of Thanksgiving. Watch the video and fill in the gaps (check your answers in "comments").


The year was ________________________ (1). It was a normal day for me, sitting on the beach, getting some sun, ________________________ (2) my own business when lo and behold along comes this boat.

So the pilgrims got off the boat and began the hard work of ________________________ (3) a settlement in the New World. Now, I don't know  ________________________ (4) it was to try to build a settlement at the beginning of winter but ________________________ (5)the pilgrims had it ________________________ (6).

Finally came and the pilgrims went out to ________________________ (7). God had heard ________________________ (8) and sent along one of the ________________________ (9) to help them- an English-speaking Indian by the name of Squanto.

Add lots of hard work and working together with their new friends, the Indians. By the end of the ________________________ (10), they had an abundant ________________________ (11).


The tradition of Thanksgiving began and now people get together and eat and thank God for his ________________________ (12). 

Glossary:

  • Lo and behold - Used for introducing something surprising that you're about to tell or show someone.
  • Hereby - Used for stating that something said or written in a statement or document is now official or for emphasizing what you're saying.




Click here to do another listening activity using a video from "Friends".







There are more posts about this topic (see "contents") where you can learn about the food they eat and more historical facts.

Integrative Medicine



This is the video for the photocopy I gave you in class. Check your answers in "comments".

26.11.19

22.11.19

How to talk about science and technology

Technology

Click here to see an old entry about this topic.
Resultado de imagen de 3d printer

HEALTH



Listen and read some sentences related to health.

Do a vocabulary exercise here.


The future of medicine

A. Watch this video and answer the questions (check your answers in "comments").



  1. Why are billions of people alive today?
  2. What do we have treatments for today?
  3. In which fields have there been breathtaking advances?
  4. Where did this work originate?
  5. Who support this work?
  6. What has science made in the last centrury?
  7. What kind of future does the speaker imagine?
B. Watch the next video to see how technology is changing the healthcare system.



C. Watch the following video and fill in the gaps (you need between one and three words). Check your answers in "comments".



Robot-assisted surgery

- The Vinci Surgical System is a tool that allows us to do more _______________ (1) surgery through very small incisions.
- Smaller incisions speed _______________ (2).
- The surgeon is always in _______________ (3).

Metro medical glue

- Trauma patients with severe _______________ (4) need help fast and Metro medical glue will stop it in about _______________ (5).
- It can be used both _______________ (6).
- Metro will eliminate the need for stitching, for staples, and will _______________ (7) the procedure
- According to researchers at Harvard and Sydney universities, it's ready for _______________ (8).

The Excel white 3d printed cast system

- It promises _______________ (9) and a quicker recovery. T
- The patient's bone is scanned and a custom _______________ (10) cast is made in about a minute.
- It even has a sensor to monitor the _______________ (11).
- The company says they're close to_______________ (12).