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ESL Readings For Pronunciation Practice – Trainyouraccent.com

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Learn to improve your English pronunciation by listening to a native North American accent.

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Record yourself.

Recording yourself is also an important part of your plan. Every once in a while, choose a short speech or passage from a book. If possible, choose something that you can listen to first in the accent you're trying to accomplish. Use our voice recording and say the passage out loud. Then listen to the native accent, compare it with yours and identify sounds and words you can improve.

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Record yourself. Recording yourself is also an important part of your plan. Every once in a while, choose a short speech or passage from a book. If possible, choose something that you can listen to first in the accent you're trying to accomplish. Use our voice recording and say the passage out loud.

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nausea - náusea
nosebleed - hemorragia nasal
rash - sarpullido
runny nose - nariz congestionada
sneeze - estornudo
sore nose - nariz irritada
sore throat - dolor de garganta
sting - picadura
stomach ache - dolor de estómago
strain - desgarro/distensión muscular
sunburn - quemadura de sol
vomit - vómito

medical record - historia clínica
midwife - partera
nurse - enfermera
operation table -mesa de operaciones

operation room / OR - quirófano
painkiller - calmante, analgésico
paramedics - paramédicos
patient - paciente
pills - pastillas
prescription - receta
specialist - especialista
stretcher - camilla
surgeon - cirujano
surgery - cirugía
waiting room - sala de espera
wheelchair - silla de ruedas
x-ray plate - radiografía

Agua destilada - Distilled water

Agua oxigenada - Hydrogen

Agujas y jeringuillas de un solo uso - Disposable hypodermic needles and syringes

Alcohol - Alcohol

Algodón hidrófilo - Cotton wool (U.K.) ; Absorbent cotton (USA)

Alimentos dietéticos - Dietary/ dietetic food

Alimentos infantiles - Baby food

Analgésico - Painkiller

Análisis de sangre - Blood test

Anti-arrugas - Anti-wrinkle

Antibiótico - Antibiotic

Anti catarro - Anti-catarrh (plantas medicinales con propiedades anti catarro)

Antídoto - Antidote (for/to)

Anti-febril / antipirética - Anti-fever / antipyretic

Anti-gripal (vacuna) - Flu vaccine

Anti-inflamatorio - Anti-inflammatory

Antiparasitario - Anti-parasitic

Antiséptico - Antiseptic

Apósito, vendaje - Dressing / Bandage

Biberón - Feeding bottle / Baby bottle

Calienta biberones - Bottle warmer

Calmante / sedante - Painkiller / Sedative

Cepillo de dientes - Toothbrush

Champú anticaspa - Anti-dandruff shampoo

Chupete - Dummy (UK) / Pacifier (US)

Complejo vitamínico - Vitamin complex

Compresa higiénica - Sanitary towel (UK) / Sanitary napkin (US)

Crema anticelulítica - Anti-cellulite cream

Crema bronceadora - Suntan lotion / suntan cream

Crema de belleza - Beauty cream

Crema de día - Day cream

Crema de noche - Night cream

Crema hipoalergénica - Hypoallergenic cream

Depurativo - Blood purification tonic

Desinfectante - Disinfectant

Dosis de ataque - Onset dose

Dosis de mantenimiento - Maintenance dose

Enjuague bucal - Mouthwash

Esparadrapo - Sticking plaster , adhesive plaster

Estanterías - Shelves

Expectorante - Cough medicine

Farmacéutico/a - Chemist (UK) /Pharmacist

Farmacia de guardia - All-night chemist's / Duty Pharmacy / 24 hours pharmacy

Fármaco , medicina, medicamento - Drug , medicine

Gasa - Gauze , lint

Gasa esterilizada - Sterile gauze dressing

Inyección - Injection

Jarabe - Syrup

Jarabe para la tos - Cough syrup / Cough Mixture

Jeringuilla - Syringe

Laboratorio - Laboratory

Laxante - Laxative

Material de laboratorio - Laboratory equipment

Medicinal - Medicinal

Medicar - To give medicine to

Mostrador - Counter

Ortopedia - Orthopaedics (UK) / Orthopedics (US)

Pañal desechable - Disposable nappy (UK) / Disposable diaper (US)

Paquete de primeros auxilios - First aid kit

Pasta dental - Toothpaste

Pastilla - Tablet / Pill

Pastilla para la tos - Cough drop

Pastillas de vitaminas - Vitamin pill/ Vitamin tablet

Pesabebés - Baby scale

Peso de corredera - Sliding-weight scales

Píldora anticonceptiva - Contraceptive pill / "The pill"

Pinzas - Forceps / Tweezers

Polvos de talco - Talcum powder

Pomada - Ointment

Preservativo - Condom / Contraceptive sheath

Primeros auxilios - First aid

Protección solar - Sunscreen / sun block

Prueba de embarazo - Pregnancy test

Seda dental - Dental floss

Suero sanguíneo - Serum

Suero fisiológico - Saline solution

Supositorio - Suppository

Talla (listón para medir la talla) - Height gauge

Tampón - Tampon

Tensiómetro - Blood pressure gauge (Sphygmomanometer)

Termómetro - Thermometer

Tijeras - Scissors

Tintura de yodo - Iodine solution

Toma de la presión sanguínea (tensión) - To take someone's blood pressure

Tomarse la tensión - To have one's blood pressure taken

Tónico estimulante del apetito / reconstituyente - Tonic / stimulant

Tranquilizante - Tranquillizer (UK) / Tranquilliser (US)

Tratamiento - Treatment

Tubo de pomada - Tube of ointment

Vacuna - Vaccine

Vademécum (libro de medicamentos) - Vademecum

Venda de gasa - Bandage

Vitrina - Glass case , showcase

Volante de asistencia medica - Health insurance certificate

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Médico, Hospital, Farmacia - Vocabulario de Salud (Guía)

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Un rango de vocabulario amplio y variado es la forma más útil de comunicarnos en cualquier idioma.

Palabras sueltas y verbos sin conjugar nos pueden servir para defendernos en una situación de necesidad comunicativa. Seguramente hayas oído alguna vez a alguien decir que la mejor forma de aprender un idioma es "verse en la necesidad de tener que hablarlo" y es totalmente cierto; si no existe ninguna otra manera de comunicarnos, el cerebro humano siempre buscará la forma de hacernos entender.

A estas alturas seguramente serás capaz de referirte a casi cualquier objeto o concepto utilizando un amplio rango de palabras y términos que conoces.

Sin embargo, el nivel C2 es la certificación más alta que se obtiene en un idioma, y por ello es necesario que estés familiarizado con vocabulario específico de cada área y que te puedas defender sin problema en casi cualquier campo semántico.

Estas son las situaciones que realmente prueban si alguien tiene un vocabulario de nivel C2 o simplemente es bueno en inglés.

Para ayudarte a preparar tu examen oficial, a continuación te proponemos una lista de temas y áreas semánticas que son recurrentes en las pruebas del nivel más alto de inglés: TOEFL, IELTS y el conocido CPE Proficiency de Cambridge.

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Vocabulario que se Necesita para Aprobar el Nivel C2 de Inglés

De acuerdo al Marco Común Europeo de las Lenguas, el candidato del nivel C2 de ingles debe ser:

Reading: capaz de comprender prácticamente cualquier forma de lengua escrita en textos abstractos con una estructura y vocabulario complejo como pueden ser libros técnicos o especializados.

Listening: capaz de comprender cualquier estilo de comunicación verbal en un acento familiar. Esto incluye conversaciones en persona, películas, radio, etc.

Speaking: capaz de expresarse fluida y espontáneamente haciendo uso de las palabras o expresiones adecuadas, modismos, frases hechas o expresiones coloquiales.

Writing: capaz de escribir en el estilo apropiado de forma clara y fluida en cartas, informes o artículos siguiendo una estructura lógica y empleando amplitud de vocabulario.

Lo que se enfatiza en los anteriores puntos es la amplitud, variedad y calidad del vocabulario empleado en cada una de las partes.

Temas Importantes para Preparar el Vocabulario en el Nivel C2

Esta lista intenta resumir aquellos grandes bloques de contenido que suelen caer en el examen. Sin embargo, como hemos venido comentando, el nivel C2 espera que el alumno sea capaz de expresarse con soltura y comprender un amplio rango de términos en diferentes campos semánticos.

Una de las formas más habituales que los examinadores usan para evaluar el nivel de vocabulario de un alumno, es preguntar el significado específico de una palabra en un contexto determinado.

En el ejemplo que tenemos a continuación, extraído de un examen TOEFL, nos proponen la palabra immeasurably, que en español resulta relativamente fácil de traducir: se refiere a algo que no se puede medir, en español, algo inconmensurable, con el adverbio Inconmensurablemente.

Sin embargo, aunque conozcamos o seamos capaces de deducir el significado de la palabra, los matices de sus significado en un texto dado será la prueba definitiva de nuestro nivel C2.

Otro ejemplo, sería el siguiente:

Attribute - atributo

Concept - concepto

Detail - detalle

Device - dispositivo

Fact - hecho

Feature - característica

Issue - problema

Item - ítem/ artículo/objeto

Matter - materia /asunto

Point - punto

Subject - sujeto o tema

Topic - tema (asunto)

Demostrar el dominio de una amplia gama de vocabulario en las diferentes áreas del examen es la clave del éxito. En la parte de expresión oral y escrita, speaking y writing, debemos intentar evitar términos simples como good, bad o very, por poner algunos ejemplos, y utilizar en su lugar palabras más cultos. En cuanto a la comprensión escrita y oral, reading y listening, no te preocupes si no conoces algunas palabras, seguramente serás capaz de deducir su significado por el contexto.

Otro error muy común es utilizar "stuff" o "things", intenta reemplazar estas por alguna de las siguientes:

Consejos para Estudiar el Vocabulario para el Nivel C2

Una forma muy habitual y extremadamente útil de ampliar vocabulario es a través de la lectura.

Elige textos relevantes cuyo nivel no te impida hacer una lectura más o menos fluida, pero que suponga un desafío.

Hazte una idea global del texto a través de la primera lectura. Vuelve a leerlo subrayando o anotando en aquellas palabras cuyo significado dudes o desconozcas.

Una vez hayas terminado de leer el texto por segunda vez, busca las palabras en el diccionario y anota su significado en tu cuaderno.

Realiza una nueva lectura pasados un día o dos para asegurarte de que no se te ha olvidado el vocabulario nuevo y que las palabras han quedado fijadas.

También es importante variar el estilo de texto que leemos. Puedes variar entre noticias sacadas del periódico (The Guardian, The Daily Mirror, The New York Times), extractos de textos de ficción de diferente naturaleza (aventuras, acción, suspense, históricos) y artículos especializados (ciencia, cultura, mascotas...)

Ejercicios

Formación de Palabras: prefijos y sufijos

Nombres y adjetivos compuestos

Phrasal Verbs

Conectores

Elige la palabra correcta para completar las siguientes frases:

1. I'd like to _______ my argument with an anecdote whose significance will soon become apparent.

¿Qué debo estudiar para aprobar el nivel C2 de Inglés?

No te preocupes, no pienses que de repente te tienes que aprender todo el vocabulario del mundo. Al igual que sucede en español, siempre habrá áreas que domines más que otras: por tu propio interés personal, experiencia académica, profesional o por cualquier otro motivo, y es totalmente normal.
Ánimo y a por todas! - Go get them!
Sin que nosotros nos demos cuenta, nuestro cerebro está constantemente recopilando información que escuchamos diariamente en la televisión, en la radio o por la calle y la almacena automáticamente. Seguramente sepas mucho más vocabulario del que crees saber y, en cuanto empieces a revisar los diferentes bloques semánticos te resultará más sencillo de lo que te imaginas.

Recuerda que puedes echarles un vistazo a los libros específicos que existen para preparar el nivel C2 de inglés y a aquellos sobre anteriores exámenes.

Esperamos que estos consejos y trucos te ayuden a tener una mejor idea sobre como prepararte la parte de vocabulario para el nivel C2.

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Vocabulario para el Nivel C2 de Inglés (Guía Estudio 2020)

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Un rango de vocabulario amplio y variado es la forma más útil de comunicarnos en cualquier idioma. Palabras sueltas y verbos sin conjugar nos pueden servir para defendernos en una situación de necesidad comunicativa.

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Scrubs are the sanitary clothing worn by surgeons, nurses, physicians and other workers involved in patient care in hospitals. Originally designed for use by surgeons and other operating room personnel, who would put them on when sterilizing themselves, or "scrubbing in", before surgery, they are now worn by many hospital personnel. Their use has been extended outside hospitals as well, to work environments where clothing may come into contact with infectious agents ( veterinarians, midwives, etc.). Scrubs are designed to be simple (with minimal places for contaminants to hide), easy to launder, and cheap to replace if damaged or stained irreparably. In the United Kingdom, scrubs are sometimes known as theatre blues.

The spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has increased the use of scrubs but can give wearers a false sense of security that they are 'clean' when in fact they are as easily contaminated as any other clothing.

In contrast to the uniforms long required of nurses, surgeons did not wear any kind of specialized garments until well into the 20th century. Surgical procedures were conducted in an operating theater. The surgeon wore his own clothes, with perhaps a butcher's apron to protect his clothing from blood stains, and he operated bare-handed with non- sterile instruments and supplies. (Gut and silk sutures were sold as open strands with reusable hand-threaded needles; packing gauze was made of sweepings from the floors of cotton mills.) In contrast to today's concept of surgery as a profession that emphasizes cleanliness and conscientiousness, up to the early 20th century the mark of a busy and successful surgeon was the profusion of blood and fluids on his clothes. The importance of dress as a badge of one's class in society was paramount and the processes behind the transmission of infection were the subject of controversy within the profession.

With the " Spanish flu" pandemic of 1918 and the growing medical interest in Lister's antiseptic theory, some surgeons began wearing cotton gauze masks in surgery; however, this was not to protect the patient from intra-operative infection, but to protect the surgeon from the patient's diseases. Around the same time, operating theatre staff began wearing heavy rubber gloves to protect their hands from the solutions used to clean the room and equipment, a practice surgeons grudgingly adopted.

By the 1940s, advances in surgical antisepsis (now called aseptic technique) and the science of wound infection led to the adoption of antiseptic drapes and gowns for operating room use. Instruments, supplies and dressings were routinely sterilized by exposure to either high-pressure steam or ethylene oxide.

Originally, operating room attire was white to emphasize cleanliness. However, the combination of bright operating lights and an all-white environment led to eye strain for the surgeon and staff. By the 1950s and 1960s, most hospitals had abandoned white operating room apparel in favor of various shades of green, which provided a high-contrast environment, reduced eye fatigue, and made bright red blood splashes less conspicuous.[clarification needed ]

By the 1970s, surgical attire had largely reached its modern state-a short-sleeve V-necked shirt and drawstring pants or a short-sleeve calf-length dress, made of green cotton or cotton/ polyester blend. Over this was worn a tie-back or bouffant-style cloth cap, a gauze or synthetic textile mask, a cloth or synthetic surgical gown, latex gloves, and supportive closed-toe shoes. This uniform was originally known as "surgical greens" because of its color, but came to be called "scrubs" because it was worn in a "scrubbed" environment.

In many operating rooms, it is forbidden to wear any exposed clothing, such as a t-shirt, beneath scrubs. As scrubs are designed to promote a clean environment, the wearing of outside clothing is thought to introduce unwanted pathogens.

Nearly all patient care personnel at hospitals in the United States wear some form of scrubs while on duty, as do some staffers in doctor, dental, and veterinary offices. Doctors in the United States may wear their own clothes with a white coat except for surgery. Support staff such as custodians and unit clerks also wear scrubs in some facilities. When the physician is not performing surgery, the scrub is often worn under a white coat.

In the UK, all NHS hospital trusts have stringent clothing policies, and many of these specifically forbid wearing the iconic white coat for medical staff, owing to infection control concerns. This has meant that several hospitals around the UK have opted for scrubs for staff, especially in Accident and Emergency departments.

Scrubs are also sometimes used as prison uniforms in the U.S and other countries.

Outside of hospitals, antimicrobial uniforms are popping up in veterinary practices, workout facilities, and restaurants. Health and safety standards are critical to restaurants' success and legal compliance, and there are many opportunities for bacteria to thrive and spread via menus, tables, and shared condiment shakers.

Today, any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeve shirt and pants is known as "scrubs". Scrubs may also include a waist-length long-sleeved jacket with no lapels and stockinette cuffs, known as a "warm-up jacket".

Colors and patterns

Scrubs worn in surgery are almost always colored solid light grey, light green, light blue or a light green-blue shade.

Non-surgical scrubs come in a wider variety of colors and patterns, ranging from official issue garments to custom made, whether by commercial uniform companies or by home-sewing using commercially available printed patterns.

Some hospitals use scrub color to differentiate between patient care departments (i.e. Surgery, Childbirth, Emergency, etc.) or between licensed patient care personnel (nurses, radiologic technologists, respiratory and physical therapists, etc.), unlicensed assistive personnel, and non-patient care support staff (i.e. portering, dietary, unit clerks, etc.). Hospitals may also extend the practice to differentiate non-staff members/visitors.

In England and Wales many NHS trusts use different colored scrubs to distinguish between different branches of healthcare professionals, for example anaesthetists may wear maroon. This allows staff and patients to easily spot the workers they are looking for in a high pressure situation. Piping of different colors or pattern are also often used to distinguish seniority. Many hospitals have posters in reception areas explaining this system but it is mainly designed for hospital staff.

Custom-made printed scrub tops, featuring cartoon characters and cheerful prints, are common in pediatricians' offices, veterinary offices, dental clinics and children's hospitals, and prints for various holidays can be seen throughout the year. Some acute care facilities or larger hospitals also have relaxed rules regarding the wear of non-regulation scrubs in non-surgical units, and they are no longer just the classic v-neck scrub tops, but are now offered in many styles and patterns.

The scrub industry, much like maternity wear, used to have very limited fashion options. Indeed, scrubs were generally box shaped and ill fitted, often with limited design choices. Over the past 10 years, the scrub industry has taken notice of the individual preferences of medical professionals and have begun to design and manufacture fashionable and unique designs.

Surgical scrubs are not generally owned by the wearer. Due to concerns about home laundering and sterility issues, these scrubs are usually hospital-owned or hospital-leased through a commercial linen service. And due to these laundering and sterility limitations, disposable scrub suits were introduced in the market.

Scrub caps have graduated from being functional to also being a personalized accessory both in the operating room and outside. Before the antiseptic focus of the 1940s, hats were not considered essential to surgery. From the 1940s through the 1950s, as a hygienic focus swept the industry, hats became standard wear to help protect patients from contaminants in hair. Full-face hats were even designed for men with beards. These hats have been and continue to be distributed by group purchasing organizations (GPOs) who supply hospitals with most equipment.

In the medical fashion 'revolution' of the seventies, more and more medical professionals began personalizing their scrubs by either sewing their own hats or buying premade hats made of eclectic fabric. Several styles were popular, including the 'bouffant' surgical cap, a utilitarian hairnet-like hat which typically comes in light blue, and the 'milkmaid', a bonnet-like wrap around hat.

Bouffant surgical caps are perhaps the most widely used scrub hats in hospitals, and their usage is not limited to only nurses and surgeons: hospital patients are required to wear a bouffant cap when having surgery of any kind.

In 2016, a controversy emerged in the US around the use of cloth or disposable surgical caps vs mandatory use of bouffant style surgical caps. This controversy ended in state mandates for the use of bouffant caps to comply with Joint Commission standards.

http://www.surgeine.com/knowledge/disposable-gowns%20-vs-reusable-gowns-an-understanding-for-an-effective-barrier-and-control-against-infection

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Scrubs are the sanitary clothing worn by surgeons, nurses, physicians and other workers involved in patient care in hospitals. Originally designed for use by surgeons and other operating room personnel, who would put them on when sterilizing themselves, or "scrubbing in", before surgery, they are now worn by many hospital personnel.

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Monólogos para speaking Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, niveles C1 y C2

Hoy os propongo unos cuantos temas para los monólogos del speaking de la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, para los niveles C1 y C2. Para todos aquellos que estéis preparando el examen de la EOI y estáis ya en estos niveles tan altos, deciros que debéis prepararos temas para el monólogo más complicados. Es muy importante, cuando estéis haciendo vuestro examen, que seáis capaces de defender cualquier tema que os pueda salir, y para ello os aconsejo que os preparéis distintos temas que penséis que pudieran salir. Pueden ser temas de actualidad, temas que estén de moda, temas tradicionales que suelen aparecer siempre en los exámenes, o cualquier otra cosa. Pensad que estáis ya en niveles muy avanzados y además del nivel lingüístico que utilicéis, las ideas también juegan un papel importante, ¿os imagináis que os sale un tema del que no sabéis qué hablar? Para que esto no sucede, como os digo, preparad temas, leed noticias, estad al día de la actualidad, aprended nuevo vocabulario, en definitiva,¡ preparaos para vuestro examen y bien! Para facilitaros la tarea, os propongo hoy unos monólogos con posibles ideas. Vamos allá 🙂
1. POLITICS

Brexit. Advantges and disadvantages for both British people and Europeans. Why do you think some British are in favor of leaving Europe? Possible consequences.

The role of the European Union. Positive and negative points. European laws and immigration. Refugees.

New parties and political leaders like Podemos, UKIP, Trump, Marine Le Pen. Why do they enter into the system? How are citizens reacting to them? Populism?

Brexit Referendum, Scottish Independence Referendum and Catalan Independence Referendum. Similarities and differences.

The political system in the future. Predictions for the future and your desires.

2. SPORT, A CHALLENGE OR AN OBSESSION?

Body building, a way of making a living?

The use of anabolic steroids to work out your muscles.

Body Worship. Possible dangers?

Doing sport as a way of being healthy and keeping fit or an obsession with looking pretty?

Differences between men and women regarding sport.

New therapies such as acupuncture, osteopathy, herbal medicine, etc.

Healers, reliable or a scam?

Yoga, Tai Chi, religious retreats, Chi Kung, etc. A temporary trend or new ways to relieve pains and deal with stress and busy lifestyles?

Investment in developing countries - no need to migrate if you can live well.

More walls/fences to stop illegal immigration? Trump's Mexico wall. Your opinion.

Higher fences and harder punishments do not prevent immigrants from crossing, reality proves them wrong.

Migrant boats landing on Spanish shores.

Asylum seekers. Europe's response.

Governments, turning a blind eye to it?

Effects on the environment.

Benefits for local communities.

Positive and negative effects. It generates money, too many tourists.

Dangers for eco-tourists.

Good way to boost economy in rural areas?

Different types of laughter: giggle nervously, belly laughter, false laughter.

Laughter is contagious.

Laughing at inappropriate times. Negative consequences?

Laughter therapy. A possible solution to stress and pain?

Laughing at yourself, good or bad?

Humour, different types. Black humour, parody, jokes, witty humour, absurd humour, etc,

Humour on the media (socialnetworking sites, magazines and newspapers). Where's the limit?

Monologuists and comedians. Traditional and new ones. Mr. Bean, Monty Python, Chiquito de la Calzada, Dani Rovira, etc.

Advantages and disadvantages of living in a global world.

Global brands

Foreign restaurants vs local restaurants.

Free trade vs. protectionism.

Cultures have become very Americanised.

More multinational corporations and fewer local business.

Amazon and its power worldwide.

Freedom of movement for workers. Brain drain of talented people.

Sweatshops in developing countries to make goods for developed countries.

People going to cities to live.

Overcrowded cities vs. rural population drift.

Urban sprawl.

Building sustainable cities.

High-rise buildings, a possible solution to overcrowing?

Traffic congestion in big cities. Effect on the environment. Commuting. Public transport.

Shanty towns and no-go areas.

Crowdfunding, the alternative to bank loans?

Advantages and disadvantages.

Tradicional donation vs crowdfunding.

The economic crash and refusal to authorize credits. Impossibility to set up businesses.

Online platforms to make projects public. Kickstarter, Indiegogo, RocketHub, GoFundMe, etc.

Os propongo también una lista de vocabulario para los monólogos: Vocabulario para exámenes monólogos Escuela Oficial de Idiomas

Vale, pues ya lo tenemos. Espero que os sea útil. Os aconsejo que busquéis información y vocabulario sobre cada uno de los temas. Y si os parece interesante esta publicación, y tenéis amigos y conocidos que están estudiando inglés y preparando un nivel C, no olvidéis hacer click en algunos de los iconos de abajo g + share, M e gust o en Tweet para que ellos puedan verlo también. "Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality", Dalai Lama.

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Monólogos para speaking Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, niveles C1 y C2

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Daily English Listening - Shopping Vocabulary - High Level Listening

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Looking to improve your listening skills and learn shopping vocabulary? Learn 5 new English words and phrases with our daily English listening practice.

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It's possible the examiner may ask you questions about your shopping habits in the IELTS Speaking exam. Read the following IELTS-style questions and answers below and pay attention to the phrases in bold. Use the 'Definitions' section at the bottom of the page to check the meaning of any phrases you don't understand.

Part 1-style questions

Examiner: Do you often go shopping for personal items?
Maxine: When I can afford it yes ... my college is in the city centre and I do a lot of window shopping ... but being a student I'm on a tight budget so I have careful with money ...

Examiner: Are there many shops where you live?
Jenny: We've got a few local shops nearby and a few independent stores but none of the big high street names ... I have to go into town for them ...

Examiner: Do you enjoy shopping?
Marco: It depends ... I hate it when the sales are on ... crowds of people all trying to snap up a bargain ... I find it all a bit stressful ... I also get annoyed when shop assistants try to give me the hard sell when all I want to do is look around ...

Part 2-style task

Describe a time when you bought something for someone. You should say

when this was

what is was you bought

who you bought it for

and say how you felt about buying it for them.

Coleen: I'd like to tell you about the time ... about four years ago ... my husband and I bought a computer for our daughter ... she was about to go to university and we'd promised her we would treat her to one ... at the time there had been a big advertising campaign for the latest Apple Macbook and our daughter was very keen to have one ... she kept telling us they were value for money ... even though they seemed very expensive to us ... anyway we tried to shop around to see if we could pick up a bargain ... this was in the middle of the summer sales and wherever you went prices were being slashed on big brand names ... but unfortunately not Apple products ... we ended up having to pay the full price ... I remember my daughter justifying the cost by pointing out how nice the Apple carrier bag was ... but it was lovely to see her so excited and the customer service she's received during the four years she's had it has been excellent ... so it was value for money after all ...

Part 3-style questions

Examiner: Do you think we will stop using paper money in the future?
Louisa: I think it's almost certain ... at the moment it's still possible to pay in cash but I'm sure this will change ... the problem is people are more likely to get into debt and run up a credit card bill when this happens.

Examiner: How do companies encourage the consumer to spend their money?
Peter: Well ... a recent development in my country is something called 'Black Friday' where people are encouraged to shop until they drop and buy the latest must-have products ... then there are things like loyalty cards to get the customer back in the store ...

Examiner: What do you think shops need to do to create a positive shopping experience?
Tania: The main thing for me is not being pressurised to buy ... I appreciate that shop assistants are probably on commission but if I'm looking for clothes for example I like to take my time ... to try something on ... and to ask for help if I need it ...

Definitions

carrier bag : bags (usually plastic) supplied by shops

must-have product: a product that is very popular that a lot of people want to have

to be on a tight budget : to have a limited amount of money to spend

to pay the full price: to pay the full amount for something

to be value for money: to be worth the cost

window shopping : to visit a store to look at items without the intention of buying anything

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This crime lesson plan gives your C1 students plenty of opportunities to learn new crime-related vocabulary and to discuss a difficult topic of hiring ex-offenders. We divided this lesson plan into 3 sections: vocabulary and reading, video comprehension, discussion. Below you will find some notes on each of the section.

VOCABULARY AND READING

The worksheet starts with four tasks dealing with vocabulary. First, students need to match words from two boxes to create some nouns and common phrases, for example juvenile delinquent, major crime, harsh punishment, repeat offender, criminal record, etc. In the next task, they get a few sentences where they need to fill in the gaps with the phrases from the previous exercise.

The second part of this section includes a short reading about a person who committed some crimes. The text is full of verbs connected with committing crimes and students have to match them with their meanings. Then, they need to fill in the same text with correct prepositions which go with the verbs they discussed in the previous exercise. This way we want to introduce new language in a context and emphasize the verb + preposition combinations.

VIDEO AND DISCUSSION

This part of the crime lesson plan starts with a short lead-in with some questions for students to discuss. Next, students move to the first activity connected with the video. They need to do a quiz and guess which number is correct in each point. The sentences mainly concern some statistics about unemployment among ex-offenders in the USA. Then, students watch the first part of the video and find out whether they have chosen correct answers. The next exercise around the video is a listening comprehension task in which students need to answer some questions while watching the video again.

Finally, students move to a discussion and ask questions connected with what they've watched, i.e. the idea of hiring ex-offenders and their future after being released from prison.

EXTRA WORKSHEET - WRITING TASK

We've also prepared an extra worksheet for this crime lesson plan with two goals in mind: extend crime vocabulary and practise writing. Your students will first need to identify various types of crimes from fake news headlines and connect them to their definitions. Then, their next task is turning one of these fake news headlines into a short news post! There's a small twist here as they need to include at least 4 words from a predefined list, so they need to be a bit creative to fit them in and still write something coherent.

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This crime lesson plan gives your C1 students plenty of opportunities to learn new crime-related vocabulary and to discuss a difficult topic of hiring ex-offenders. We divided this lesson plan into 3 sections: vocabulary and reading, video comprehension, discussion. Below you will find some notes on each of the section.

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10 English Words You're (probably) Mispronouncing! | Difficult Pronunciation | Common Mistakes

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Here you can find IELTS speaking vocabulary for different topics you can face on IELTS Speaking test. Each word or phrase is followed by an example of its usage. Learn this advanced vocabulary and use it to gain more points on IELTS Speaking. You will enrich your English with uncommon lexical items, idioms and useful grammar.

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Like many emergency responders, Nicholas Groom is used to stress at work. He speaks quickly, with an urgency that seems appropriate for a paramedic. "We're a bit of a weird group because we voluntarily go into situations that other people run away from," says 29-year-old Groom, a trustee for the College of Paramedics who lives in Oxfordshire, England. "You've got to like stress and pressure to an extent."

On one hand, the stress can be helpful. "I find that when attending a serious incident, having some stress helps my decision-making, because it helps to maintain a focus on the situation," Groom says. "Having you 'on your toes' slightly helps to remain aware of changing circumstances around you."

On the other hand, the work can be highly pressurised. "Too much stress causes what we call cognitive overload and then impairs your ability to make decisions because you've lost that situational awareness," he adds.

Groom is not alone in his complicated relationship with stress. Many people work best under pressure or assume that others do. But can stress really help you do better and if so, how much is the right amount?
The 'law' of stress
Many people believe in a Goldilocks approach to stress. Too much, and you become overwhelmed. Too little, and you're unmotivated. After all, some anxiety is motivating; think of the adrenaline before a deadline or the excitement before a competition.

"It's highly functional, which is why stress is really importantly implicated in performance and in health," comments James C Quick, a management professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. "It's very helpful for legitimate emergencies, and to achieve peak achievement in high-performance events." Sports fans sometimes even talk about a "clutch gene" in athletes who seem to play best in the climactic final moments of a match.

Though clearly there's no gene for it, the relationship between performance and pressure is such a well-established psychological principle that it's been enshrined as the Yerkes-Dodson Law. This law is named after two psychologists whose influential 1908 study found that mice were faster at learning a task (which of two boxes to pick) if they received a "disagreeable electric shock". A "moderate" shock led to faster learning than either the "mild" or "extreme" shock. Similar results have been seen in studies on other animals - thankfully not always involving electric shocks.

The 1908 paper focused on habit formation rather than stress and didn't extend to human behaviour. But in the decades that followed, the body of research influenced by the paper gradually attained the status of "law". It's generally interpreted as meaning that performance increases with arousal but only up to a point, a relationship often depicted as an inverted-U curve. (The terms "stress" and "arousal" are often used interchangeably.)

Quick explains that in physiological terms, arousal might take the form of an increased heart rate, redirected blood flow to the brain and large muscle groups, and release of glucose to act as fuel. The body's resources are reallocated to be most useful for an emergency, from greater mental alertness to higher muscle tension. The brain and body are essentially bracing themselves.

This is helpful in a genuine crisis or in response to an interesting challenge. Under-arousal is a problem, after all. As Quick mentions, both "insufficient boredom and challenge lead to low levels of performance and achievement". Having too little to do is demoralising, but so is feeling overextended. Finding the balance is key.
Why the type of stress matters
While the Yerkes-Dodson principle appears to resonate with many, there has been plenty of criticism of it too. Detractors suggest it is applied too broadly.

Studies on the relationship between stress and performance show that outcomes depend on a complex array of factors. These include how performance is measured and the nature of the stressor. Sleep deprivation might harm speed, but not accuracy (so a sprinter shouldn't stay out late every night). Noise might hurt accuracy, but not speed (so a reporter should try to find a quiet space).

And this broad brush doesn't reflect the nuances of an individual's goals and personality, such as introversion. For instance, some people may be galvanised by pressure because they're "defensive pessimists" who perform better when they worry a bit. Others find positive reinforcement more motivating.

Of course, any stress can cause harm when it's prolonged. To take just one example, a chronically high heart rate is linked to cardiovascular risk. And additional stressors, such as financial pressures or psychiatric issues, clearly affect how beneficially someone can respond to stress.

Crystal Wernicke, 30, has always used stress as a motivator. As a bored schoolgirl, and then Disney World employee, she created pressure-filled ways to keep herself interested, like cramming for exams or taking on extra responsibilities at work. "People have a negative mentality when it comes down to stress," she says. "But I think it can be utilised as a tool if it's done properly."

But juggling parenting, a full-time job, a voluntary role and financial troubles that left her temporarily living out of her car became too much. Eventually this led to a two-month period of illness, an autoimmune disorder triggered by stress. Now a full-time software engineering student, Wernicke is trying to re-engineer her relationship with stress - and change lifelong habits.
How to best use Yerkes-Dodson
So is there a way to harness stress to your advantage while being mindful of its detrimental long-term effects?

One key factor is to avoid, where possible, the tipping point when stress leads to burnout. Burnout, with its physical and mental harms, is especially likely when stress is chronic. In Groom's case, while short-term spikes of stress in emergency situations may have helped him do his job better, he found night shifts gruelling. "By the end of my shifts I'd feel like I had a sleep hangover and need two days to recover," he says. After he began exhibiting compassion fatigue, he changed his work pattern and found support from colleagues.

Another factor is the presence of control. For those who feel powerless over their situation, stress is unlikely to be beneficial. Studies show that acute, uncontrollable stress limits the functions managed by the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for working memory (and thus reasoning and decision making). But with some autonomy over stressful tasks, mice and humans alike are better able to convert that pressure into higher performance.

Research by Sian Beilock, a cognitive scientist and the president of Barnard College, shows that the role of working memory differs depending on the task. For a pressurised intellectual activity like an examination, test-takers are likely to choke if they worry because worrying depletes working memory. For a high-pressure physical activity like a big sports match, performance anxieties can translate into paralysing hyper-awareness of what's going on physically. So the test-takers should try not to deplete their precious working memory by worrying, and the athletes should focus on outcomes (e.g. where the ball should be going) rather than on their bodies.

Beilock also found that how people interpret their bodily responses to stress could change how they perform. When she and her colleagues examined STEM test anxiety among secondary school students, they found that students from higher-income families were more likely to believe that a little stress is motivating.

Beilock's research suggests that students from lower-income families may score better on such tests if they're encouraged to see their bodily responses - the sweating palms, beating hearts and all the rest - as positive.

When it comes to stress and how it affects your performance, it's helpful to recognise the variations in personality, type of stress and task that affect where you sit on the bell curve, as well as understanding tools you can use to control or harness that stress.

Ultimately, it's not helpful to take a one-sided view, either demonising or glorifying stress. As Quick sums up: "Stress can be the kiss of death as well as the spice of life."

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Like many emergency responders, Nicholas Groom is used to stress at work. He speaks quickly, with an urgency that seems appropriate for a paramedic. "We're a bit of a weird group because we voluntarily go into situations that other people run away from," says 29-year-old Groom, a trustee for the College of Paramedics who lives in Oxfordshire, England.

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This is a training lesson plan to help students preparing for the C2 Cambridge Proficiency exam tackle part 6 of the reading and use of English paper. Students tend to struggle with this part of the exam and need a lot of guidance.

I've based this lesson plan around an example task from the CUP Proficiency Testbook 1 on the topic of expedition rafting. Download the PowerPoint, student handout and a scanned annotated copy of the text below:
Procedure
First have students activate their schemata on the topic of rafting with the 3 conversation questions in the first slide.

In slide 3 students will look for the ways in which paragraph B fits into the first gap. By giving them the answer to the first gap, we can provide them with an opportunity to analyse the text and find the vocabulary, grammar and story connections that link the paragraph to text on either side. Reveal the answers on slide 4.

Go through the exam strategy on slide 5, then have students complete the clue hunt on slide 6. Reveal the answers to them and remind them to bear the clues in mind while they complete the task.

Negotiate a time limit for the students to complete the rest of the task individually. In the official exam they should dedicate 20 minutes to this part of the exam, however, as you've already done some prep work on this text, negotiate a time between 10 and 15 minutes.

Once they've completed the task, have them compare their answers in pairs. Make sure they refer back to the clue hunt and explain how each of the clues connect the paragraphs to the text.

Use the final few slides to reveal the answers and annotations.

Set them another part 6 task for homework and share the PowerPoint with them to refer to at home.

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Looking for some deep conversation about serious topics? Look no further, we have some great conversation questions that aren't as lighthearted as our other questions.

We've broken down our deep conversation questions into separate topics. You can scan the topics to see what interests you or just choose a topic at random and get started. Remember to always ask follow up questions to find out more.

Deep Conversation Topics List

Some of these are quite heavy and some can be a bit of a downer, so make sure your conversation partner is up for it and it's the right environment to discuss these questions. They're definitely not questions you want to bust out at a party.

Personal Questions

1. Where's your life headed?

2. How do you think you will die?

3. What are the highest and lowest points of your life?

4. What is holding you back from being the person you want to be?

5. How have your strengths help you to succeed? How have your faults hindered you?

6. What are your biggest goals for your life? What progress have you made in attaining them?

7. Who are you really? Who is behind the mask that you show to the rest of the world?

8. How would you react if there was irrefutable proof that God doesn't exist? How about if there was irrefutable proof that God does exist?

Human Nature Questions

1. Are humans better at creation or destruction?

2. What are the best and worst parts of human nature?

3. What aspects of humans have made us a successful species?

4. What makes people believe absurd conspiracy theories?

5. What's something terrifying that we've all come to accept as a fact of life?

6. If you had to sum up the whole human species in 3 words, what would those words be?

7. What is the best way to explore human nature: psychology, philosophy, or biology?

8. Is human nature constant or is it molded by culture? Can human nature be completely changed by culture or society?

9. Is what we perceive reality or just a construct of our minds? Can our minds correctly interpret reality or is reality subjective?

10. Is tribalism and people separating themselves into "us" and "them" groups, a learned or genetic trait? Can it be overcome? If so, how?

11. How does tribalism and creating in groups and out groups (e.g. race, religion, sport team fans, people with a hobby, etc.) help and hurt society?

12. If pressing a button meant you received 5 million dollars but it also killed 5 people somewhere in the world, would you press it? What if it killed only 1 person or killed 20 people? What if the people were people you knew?

Society, culture and the World

1. What is a miracle that happens every day?

2. What is the purpose of art in society?

3. What would a perfect city be like?

4. How important is freedom of the press to a healthy society?

5. What would be different if the 9/11 terrorist attack never occurred?

6. Should governments make laws to protect people from hurting themselves?

7. What is the most uplifting thing happening in the world right now? What is the most tragic thing?

8. Can people with vastly different cultural backgrounds live together peacefully? How?

9. What does honor mean to you? How important is it to you? Does your culture value honor? What exemplifies honor in your culture?

10. How important are morals in a healthy society? What are the most important morals for citizens to have?

11. In the distant past, a person's life was very similar to their grandparents' and grandchildren's lives. How has the rapid pace of technological advancement changed society?

12. Do people have an obligation to help others or should people be responsible for helping themselves?

13. What are the most important factors in maintaining a well functioning society? What does it mean for a society to function well?

14. Should the government be involved in making laws to regulate moral behavior? If so, to what extent?

15. With the invention of the internet and the advent of big data and crowd sourcing, it's finally possible for citizens to govern themselves directly. Is it a good idea for the masses to directly govern themselves or is governance something better left to professional politicians?

Life and death

1. What is a year of life worth? How about a day?

2. What is the purpose of a human life?

3. If you died today, how would you be remembered?

4. Are some lives more valuable than others?

5. What does the ideal life look like?

6. What does it mean to die well?

7. Who do you know who is living life to the fullest?

8. If you died today, what regrets would you have about your life?

9. If you were given an envelope with the time and date of your death inside, would you open it?

10. How would you like to die? Comfortably in bed surrounded by family, doing something you love, or some other way?

11. If sacrificing your own life would save the lives of a specific number of strangers, how many strangers would need to be saved for you to sacrifice your own life? What if the people were friends? How about family?

12. Is taking a life ever justified? If so, where is the line? When is a person's life considered forfeit?

Future of the human race

1. What are the pros and cons of colonizing other planets? How could this help or hurt the human race?

2. What is most likely to bring about the extinction of the human race? How can it be avoided?

3. What would be the best possible scenario for how the world will develop in the next 25 years? What do we need to do to get there?

4. Will humans as a species ever be able to work together as a whole to achieve a goal? What is holding humans back from working together on a global scale?

5. What do you think about the singularity? The idea that eventually artificial intelligence will advance to the point where computers are more intelligent than humans.

6. Will humanity continue to advance technologically or will we fall back to how we lived for thousands of years or fall back further to how we lived for a hundred thousand years ago?

Emotions

1. How are emotions useful for humans and the human race?

2. Are emotions necessary for human survival? Why or why not?

3. What is the most beneficial emotion? How about the most destructive?

4. Do people have a right to be happy or should they have to earn it?

5. Do animals experience emotions? If so, do they experience emotions in the same way humans do? If not, how do they experience the world and what dictates their behavior?

Whew, ready for more? Or ready for a break?

202 Philosophical questions - Looking for something similar, and lots of it? Try this page. There are a lot of similar questions and possibly some of the same questions since these two pages were written independently of each other.

Deep questions to ask a girl / Deep questions to ask a guy - The questions were picked as favorites by girls / guys, but you can easily mix and match most of the questions.

Questions to ask a girl / Questions to ask a guy - Looking for a break? These are some great questions that are a little more casual while still being interesting. Just like the previous questions they can be easily mixed and matched with a few exceptions.

350 Good questions to ask - Need something different? Try browsing through and find the perfect question to ask.

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As California's stem cell research agency runs through the last of its $3 billion in state funding, a delicate negotiation is underway between its leadership and the man developing the 2020 ballot initiative to keep it alive.

Robert Klein, the real estate investment banker behind the 2004 ballot initiative that created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) in Oakland, last month submitted a new proposal to the California attorney general's office that would allocate another $5.5 billion in proceeds from state bond sales to the agency. At a meeting today of CIRM's board, Klein, who heads the advocacy group Americans for Cures in Palo Alto, California, explained and defended aspects of the new proposal that have drawn some criticism.

"Most of us are individually very supportive of this upcoming initiative," George Blumenthal, chancellor of the University of California (UC), Santa Cruz, said at the meeting. "We don't want to make the perfect the enemy of the good."

Critics are blasting a revised Trump administration plan to give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broad power to ignore research results when setting public health rules if officials decide the underlying data are not adequately accessible to the public.

The draft document, a version of which was leaked to The New York Times this week, supplements a 2018 data transparency proposal from EPA that was harshly criticized by scientific, environmental, and patient groups, prompting the agency to say it would issue a revision. Although EPA said in a 12 November statement that the leaked document is not the final version it sent earlier this month to the White House for review, the agency did not dispute its core substance.

The proposed supplement "is even worse than we thought it would be," says Gretchen Goldman of the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C. "We didn't think [the transparency proposal] could get any worse, but we were wrong."

The U.S. National Institutes of Health last week released a draft policy that will require all investigators with NIH funding to make their data sets available to colleagues. For the first time, grantees holding any NIH-funded grant-not just those above a $500,000 threshold in direct costs-will need to submit a detailed plan for sharing data, including steps to protect the privacy of research subjects.

For the biomedical research community, the draft rules, which update a 2003 policy, aren't a big surprise: NIH has been gathering input on its ideas for the past 3 years. "We knew there was a lot of anxiety in the community about this and so we slowly shared our thinking and its evolution," says Carrie Wolinetz, associate director for science policy at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. Now, she says, "This is what the policy looks like in draft form."

NIH will collect comments through 10 January 2020 and hopes to finalize the new rules next year. Here is more background on the policy:

For the first time, a state judge has forced a public genealogy site, GEDmatch, to allow police to search its entire database of DNA profiles. A detective wanted to find distant relatives of a serial rapist in hopes that their family trees could help him home in on a suspect-even though most of the 1.3 million people who have shared their DNA data with the site haven't agreed to such a search.

The search warrant, reported this week by The New York Times, raises the alarming possibility of similar police searches of giant direct-to-consumer DNA sites such as Ancestry.com and 23andMe that are now closed to everyone except company customers who willingly submit a saliva sample.

Since police tracked down the suspected Golden State Killer in April 2018 by uploading crime-scene DNA to GEDmatch, forensic genealogy has led to arrests in scores of cold criminal cases. But privacy concerns have arisen because users didn't know their DNA data were being searched, and because relatives who never took a DNA test could come under suspicion. In May, GEDmatch restricted police searches to participants who had given consent, cutting the number of available DNA profiles to 185,000. Then in September, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) eased some concerns by issuing a policy that limits searches by federal law enforcement agencies to violent crimes and DNA profiles with user consent.

The journal Biology Letters will not retract a paper about lionfish behavior that had come under suspicion of fraud after another paper by the same first author was found to be fabricated. In a statement published today, Biology Letters says it concluded no misconduct marred the study, although the journal is "concerned" by a photo collage submitted by one of the authors during the journal's investigation that experts say contain manipulated images.

The decision is "disappointing," says the whistleblower in the case, who asked not to be identified. He says the journal, published by the Royal Society in London, chose to ignore key parts of the evidence.

At issue was a 2014 paper showing that zebra lionfish ( Dendrochirus zebra) living at Australia's Great Barrier Reef can invite each other to a collective hunt by flaring their fins. The first author of the paper, Oona Lönnstedt, was found guilty in 2017 of making up data for a Science paper, and the whistleblower had warned Biology Letters editors that the data behind the 2014 paper might be fabricated as well.

When it comes to Brexit, many U.K. researchers are hoping the whole thing will eventually be canceled-or that they will at least still be able to tap into EU funding through some sort of deal. Today, an eagerly awaited external report, commissioned by the government, lays out research priorities and options if those relationships with Europe are severed. It calls for increased spending on R&D nationwide, a new research fellowship program, and larger chunks of money for universities to quickly target research opportunities.

In March, the U.K. science minister, Chris Skidmore, asked for independent advice about how the government should bolster the nation's R&D after its departure from the European Union, now scheduled for 31 January 2020. The key question: what to do if the United Kingdom decides not to participate, or "associate," in the European Union's main funding program, called Horizon 2020. It provides about £1.5 billion to U.K. researchers each year, and the grants make up about 11% of research funding for top U.K. research universities. They also attract talent from Europe and create vital international collaborations.

The new report, by Adrian Smith, director of the Alan Turing Institute in London, and Graeme Reid, a science policy expert at University College London, sketches out a strategy. (Scientists have urged the government to keep close ties to Horizon 2020, and its successor, Horizon Europe, and ministers have said they will consider participation, if it offers value for money.)

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A south London school's decision to ban certain slang words was widely derided - but it also attracted some high-profile support. Do children know instinctively what type of language to use in different social settings, or does this knowledge need to be instilled with strict bans? Lindsay Johns, a writer who mentors young people in London, debates the issue with writer and professor of children's literature Michael Rosen

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Should schools ban slang from the classroom? - video debate

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After a London school banned some slang words, writers Lindsay Johns and Michael Rosen discuss how children learn what language to use in different social settings

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Shadowing: A New Way to Improve Fluency at C2 Level | Oxford House Barcelona

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When you are at C2 level you should be able to speak fluent English. But, how do you improve English fluency if you're not there yet? With shadowing you will become a confident English speaker in no time!

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Proficiency C2 Level English speaking about THE MEDIA CIRCUS

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Proficiency C2 Level English speaking about THE MEDIA CIRCUS | PART 2

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Tim
Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation workshop. Here I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. It'll help you become a better listener and a more fluent speaker. Come on, let's go inside. Here's a question for you: When is a tea not a tea? Well, this is the answer. What is it? And what colour is it? Let's go to the streets of London to find out.

Voxpops
It's a white piece of paper.
It's a white piece of paper.
That is a white piece of paper.
That's a white piece of paper.
That is a white piece of paper.

Tim
Now the word 'white' ends in the sound /t/ doesn't it? Or does it? Let's have another listen.

Voxpops
It's a white piece of paper.
It's a white piece of paper.
That is a white piece of paper.
That's a white piece of paper.
That is a white piece of paper.
In fluent speech, if one word ends in a /t/ sound and the next word begins in a /p/ sound, the /t/ is pronounced slightly differently. In fact, we pronounce it as if it were almost a /p/ sound. So 'white piece of paper' becomes 'whi(te) piece of paper'. Let's take another look, this time in slow motion:

Voxpops
whi(te) piece
whi(te) piece
whi(te) piece
whi(te) piece
whi(te) piece of paper

Tim
Interesting, hey? This is an example of how sounds change in everyday speech - and it's called assimilation. Here are some more examples:

Examples
There are lots of grea(t) parks in London.
I love spli(t) pea soup.
I ha(te) potatoes.
My ma(te) picked us up from the airport.

Tim
Right, so, you've heard the examples, and now it's your turn. Are you ready to have a go? Listen and repeat.

There are lots of great parks in London.
I love split pea soup.
I hate potatoes.
My mate picked us up from the airport.

Tim
How did you get on? Great. If you want to hear more about this topic, please visit our website bbclearningenglish.com. That's about it from the pronunciation workshop this week. Bye bye. Did you just see...? I could have sworn it was... You know, sometimes I think I have a split personality!

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BBC Learning English - Course: Towards Advanced / Unit 1 / Session 5 / Activity 1

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Tim Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation workshop. Here I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. It'll help you become a better listener and a more fluent speaker. Come on, let's go inside. Here's a question for you: When is a tea not a tea?

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