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Nigel Marsh: How to make work-life balance work

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Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity -- and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen.

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Sound Spelling audio. Listen to the youtube clip from 5:00-6:15.

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Adm. McRaven | Best Commencement Speeches 2014 |UT Austin

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Inspirational Graduation Speech - 10 Lessons Learned from Basic SEAL training

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Comprehension Questions

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Graduation Commencement Speech by Adm. McRaven

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Adm. McRaven | Best Commencement Speeches 2014 |UT Austin

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Lecture 1, Part 2: Stress and the immune system

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Lecture 1, Part 1: Stress and the immune system

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Bring your notes to class on Wednesday, October 11th for your second in-class HW Quiz.

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BCIT Presentation Idol 2015 - Reza Filsoof

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Bring your notes to class on  Monday, October 2 for your first in-class HW Quiz. (You don't need to take notes when the woman begins speaking.)

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Here are my answers to the comprehension questions. Compare them to yours.

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The Asian American population is growing faster than any other major ethnic or racial group.

From 2010 to 2016, 42 percent of the 8.1 million people who came to the United States from a foreign country were from Asia. Thirty-eight percent came from Latin America, 8.6 percent from Europe, and 8 percent from Africa.

This information comes from a new U.S. Census Bureau report.
Asian Americans lead in income and education
For 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau said Asian Americans had the highest median annual income of all ethnic and racial groups. The median income for Asians was $81,431, about the same as 2015.

That compared to a median income of $59,039 for all Americans.

Pew said the U.S. Asian population is also better educated.

About half of Asians 25 and older have a college degree. That compares to 30 percent among all Americans over age 25, Pew said.

Along with education, the Pew study also noted a high level of English language skill among Asians.

Seven of 10 Asians in the United States, ages 5 and up, speak English proficiently, the study said. U.S.-born Asian Americans are more likely to speak English well than foreign-born Asians.

Stephanie Wong is chapter and membership associate with OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates.

She said the information from the Census Bureau is somewhat misleading because it puts Asian Americans from many different backgrounds into one group.

"The Asian American population is very diverse," Wong said. She suspects some Asian Americans do not receive public or private assistance because of the mistaken belief all Asian Americans are doing well economically.

To point out the diverse economic backgrounds of Asian Americans, the Pew Research Center looked at income levels for people from different Asian countries.

In 2015, it said that Indian American households had a median income of $100,000, the highest among Asian Americans. For Filipino-Americans, the median household income was $80,000.

But the Pew report said eight of the 19 Asian groups it examined had higher poverty rates than the U.S. average. They included the Hmong, Bhutanese and Burmese.
Twenty-one million and growing
The Asian American population now stands just short of 21 million people, the Census Bureau reported. That represents just over 6 percent of the American population.

In a recent report, the Pew Research Center said Asian Americans likely will become the largest immigrant group in the United States.

In 50 years, Asians should make up 38 percent of all U.S. immigrants, overtaking the current largest immigrant group, Hispanics, the Pew Center said.

William Frey researches urban populations, immigration and other issues for the Brookings Institution, a research center based in Washington D.C. He said immigration policies that support educated immigrants are likely to help Asians.

But he said changes in American immigration policy could affect immigration from Asia, as well as other parts of the world.

President Donald Trump and some Republicans in Congress have proposed a bill calling on America to reduce the number of legal immigrants admitted into the U.S. each year. They also want to give a preference to well-educated immigrants and/or those with job offers.
Asian Americans come from 20 nations
Asian American people come from more than 20 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Each has its own history, language and culture.

Some of the biggest growth came from Bhutan, Nepal and Burma, the Pew center reported.

But China continues to be the largest country of origin for Asian Americans. Chinese Americans numbered 4.9 million in 2015, or 24 percent of Asian Americans, Pew reported.

Pew said that India is number two, with nearly 4 million people listing it as their country of origin. The other leading countries of origin for Asian Americans are the Philippines, 3.9 million; Vietnam, nearly 2 million; Korea, 1.8 million; Japan, 1.4 million; and Pakistan, 519,000.

I'm Bruce Alpert.

And I'm Jill Robbins.
Bruce Alpert reported on this story for VOA Learning English. Mario Ritter was the editor. We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments Section and share your views on our Facebook Page.
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Words in This Story

census - n. the official process of counting the number of people in a country, city, or town and collecting information about them

median annual income - n. the middle value from a series of yearly earnings from smallest to largest over one year

misleading - adj. not necessarily true

diverse -- adj. including many different groups

preference - n. having an advantage

origin - n. where someone came from

proficiently - adv. good at doing something

chapter - n. ​the people in a certain area who make up one section of a large organization​

associate - n.​ a member of a group or organization who is at a level that is below the highest level​

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Asian Americans Are a Fast-Growing, Diverse Group

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The Asian American population is growing faster than any other major ethnic or racial group. From 2010 to 2016, 42 percent of the 8.1 million people who came to the United States from a foreign country were from Asia. Thirty-eight percent came from Latin America, 8.6 percent from Europe, and 8 percent from Africa.

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Grizzly bears threatened by trains in Banff

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Grizzly bears in Banff are endangered by trains, but remarkable efforts are being made to keep them safe

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An owl is a kind of bird that is most active at night. So, what does it mean if you describe a person as a "night owl?"

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A historic day that one of the UK's biggest royal fans has been looking forward to.

Queen Elizabeth II has now overtaken Queen Victoria as the UK's longest-serving monarch. Victoria was on the throne for 63 years, seven months and two days.

Margaret Tyler, the self-styled 'queen of royal memorabilia', has turned her house into a shrine to Britain's royals.

Each room is dedicated to a member of the family. But Queen Elizabeth has two rooms all to herself.
Vocabulary
overtaken
gone past

longest-serving
person in a position for the most amount of time

self-styled
named by herself

memorabilia
objects collected which are connected to an event or person

shrine
(here) a place to pay respect to a person or institution

To do

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
overtaken / longest-serving / self-styled / memorabilia / shrine
1. South African police are investigating the raid of a church run by a _________ prophet accused of making his followers eat snakes, rats and hair.

2. The Hobbit has been _________ by Taken 3 at the top of the North American box office chart after spending three weeks in the top spot.

3. A postbox in Bristol has been turned into a _________ by people upset about a decision to remove it.

4. A firefighter who trained to follow in his father's footsteps is retiring after 47 years of service. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue service said Chris Thompson was the _________ firefighter in its history.

5. A collection of _________ devoted to George IV's only child Princess Charlotte, who died giving birth nearly 200 years ago, is to go on sale.

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1. South African police are investigating the raid of a church run by a self-styled prophet accused of making his followers eat snakes, rats and hair.

2. The Hobbit has been overtaken by Taken 3 at the top of the North American box office chart after spending three weeks in the top spot.

3. A postbox in Bristol has been turned into a shrine by people upset about a decision to remove it.

4. A firefighter who trained to follow in his father's footsteps is retiring after 47 years of service. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue service said Chris Thompson was the longest-serving firefighter in its history.

5. A collection of memorabilia devoted to George IV's only child Princess Charlotte, who died giving birth nearly 200 years ago, is to go on sale.

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BBC Learning English - Words in the News / Record-breaking royal

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A historic day that one of the UK's biggest royal fans has been looking forward to. Queen Elizabeth II has now overtaken Queen Victoria as the UK's longest-serving monarch. Victoria was on the throne for 63 years, seven months and two days.

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Oxford Uni press - Chap 3 practice lecture

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Academic Word List sublist families | School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies | Victoria University of Wellington

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Each word in italics is the most frequently occurring member of the word family in the Academic Corpus. For example, analysis is the most common form of the word family analyse. British and American spelling is included in the word families, so contextualise and contextualize are both included in the family context.

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Listen to this sound spelling practice and bring your answers to class on Monday, September 11, 2017.

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Criteria | %
Participation | 5%
Homework (4) | 20%
Unit Tests (3) | 45%
Final Exam | 30%
Total | 100%

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