Q1. How did societies before the 20th century deal with the problem of poverty among their citizens?
A. The poor were put in jail.
B. The state took care of the basic needs of the poor.
C. Religious groups and private charities took care of the basic needs of the poor.
D. The poor were left with the help they got from their family.
Q2. What is a means-tested welfare program?
A. A welfare program aimed at the rich.
B. A welfare program aimed at all citizens in a society.
C. A welfare program aimed at gifted school children.
D. A welfare program provided by government aimed at people below a certain income leve
Q3. What is the meaning of the concept welfare trap?
A. A trap caused by means-tested welfare programs.
B. A trap set up to catch burglars.
C. A trap caused by climate change.
D. A trap full of welfare
Q4. Numerous economists and thinkers have championed the idea of a universal basic income. What is a universal basic income?
A. A basic income aimed at the poor.
B. A basic income aimed at all members of a society.
C. A minimum wage for all workers.
D. A minimum wage for all mothers with small children.
Q5. Does a universal basic income exist?
A. A universal basic income exists in the United States.
B. A universal basic income exists in the Scandinavian countries.
C. A universal basic income has been tried out some places on a limited scale.
D. A universal basic income has never existed anywhere.
Q6. Why do some people end up in poverty?
Q7. Why can means tested welfare programs lead the recipients into a welfare trap?
Q8. A universal basic income is a fixed benefit to all members of a society. What is the advantage of basic income as a means to combat poverty, and what do you see as potential disadvantages?
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1. What are neurons ? Answer based on the first 30 seconds of the podcast.
2. Brain is the main place of neurons.
True
False
3. What are the rules of neurons in our body?
4. Complete the below statement.
In 1873, Italian physician Camillo Golgi found a way to ...
5. What are synapses and what makes them stronger?
6. Most neurons in our body regenerate at intervals and then die.
True
False
7. Fill the blankets with correct words.
if you never left your home again, you’d likely lose neurons in the brain ... involved in spatial ....
8. What is neurogenesis?
9. In the podcast we heard the term "electrical signals". What is the connection between it and neurons?
10. Transcribe from the below words to the end of podcast.
Private companies are ....
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Q1. A person's confidence level is impacted by:
A. Their genes
B. The social pressures in their environment
C. The risks they choose to take
D. Their responses to challenges and setbacks
E. All of the above
Q2. This statement is an example of a "fixed mindset":
A. "It doesn't matter how hard I try; there are some things that I will never be able to learn"
B. "With hard work and a lot of practice, I can learn anything"
Q3. This statement is an example of a "growth mindset":
A. "I wasn't born with natural talent for sports, so I'll never be good at them, and this is why I don't play them"
B. "Learning and playing sports that are challenging to me, even when they are difficult, helps to develop my talent"
Q4 . The best way to increase your confidence after you have failed at something is to:
A. Immediately quit. Obviously you'll never be good at it, so you should just give up
B. Find someone else to blame... it's best if the failure wasn't your fault
C. Acknowledge your failure, figure out what went wrong, think of different strategies or get some advice on how to be more successful, then try again
D. Switch to doing something you know you are good at, and then stick to doing only the things that you are certain you will find success
Q5. Some quick ways to feel more confident before a challenge are:
A. Give yourself a pep talk
B. Strike a power pose
C. Imagine yourself succeeding at first
D. None of the above
E. All of the above
Q6. In what ways does feeling confident help a person succeed in their every day life?
Q7. It seems counterintuitive that persistence in response to failure could actually increase a person's confidence level. Explain why the opposite is true.
Q8. Give some examples of things people might say which indicate they have a fixed mindset? How would you correct these statements to help them develop a growth mindset?
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Time management is something that we all ... with. Here are six tips that I found really useful ... ... 60 seconds. Let's go.
1. I don't have time is a myth. If we don't have time for something, it means it's just not enough of a ... .
2. Set a daily highlight. This is the one and only thing that we absolutely to ... today.
3. Time block the daily highlight. Once we figure out what thing that we're gonna do today, we should put a block ... ... ..., we're actually gonna do the thing.
4. Protect your time.
It's ... ... easy to say yes ... absolutely everything. So block your time in your calendar for important things like self care and taking breaks and all that stuff and protect it with your life.
5. Understand Parkinson’s law. That work always ... to fill the time that we ... to it. So if we just give ourselves less time to thing that we want to do, we'll probably get it done in that time. It'll probably be the same quality as ..
spent twice as long as it.
6. Automate your scheduling.
It's an absolutely ... trying to get people's calendars to ... when arranging a call or meeting. So use an app like calendly or woren to make that a lot easier.
For more tips on exactly how to manage your time and how I personally do it, check out this video link in the video description. Thanks for watching and see you later.
1. What are the benefits of exercise for our bodies and minds?
2. During the exercise, our brains release a number of chemicals. Which one mentioned in the video and what are its rules?
3. What are the specific pros of joining a team?
4. Explain about the benefits of participating in a school team?
5. What do you think about this statement
"Even if I can't do something today, I can improve myself through practice and achieve it eventually."
6. The lessons we can learn from failure are?
7. Transcribe the last 24 seconds of the video.
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Q1. Who is in charge of making dictionaries?
A. Teachers
B. Lexicographers
C. Politicians
D. Writers
Q2. When is a dictionary finished being written?
A. Never
B. Only when a rival dictionary is published
C. On December 31
D. Until their next edition
Q3. How many words does the English language have?
A. More than 20,000
B. More than 50,000
C. More than 200,000
D. Almost 1,000,000
Q4. Where was Samuel Johnson from?
A. France
B. England
C. Spain
D. United States
Q5. Who invented language?
A. God
B. The Phoenicians
C. Humans
D. Google
Q6. Which language doesn’t change?
A. dead language
B. Portuguese
C. Baby talk
D. Mandarin
Q7. Are dictionaries objective compilations of words?
Q8. Do all languages change in the same way?
Q9. Do dictionaries control the way language changes or do they accelerate it?
Q10. Transcribe from 4.20 to 4.44.
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Q1. What is the average amount of time per day that people spend looking at their phones?
A. 3.6 hours
B. 4.7 hours
C. 1.4 hours
D. 5.5 hours
Q2. Time spent in front of screens had led to an increase in cases of:
A. Back tension
B. Arthritis
C. Depression
D. Myopia
Q3. What is a compulsion loop?
Q4. What is nomophobia?
Q5. How do phones interfere with sleep?
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1. According to science, what are the basic emotions?
A. joy
B. sadness
C. anger
D. all of the above
2. Within the human brain, gratitude positively correlated with activity in brain areas associated with
A. anger
B. fairness
C. value judgement
D. both b and c
3. Keeping a gratitude journal can
A. improve your sleep
B. cause your hair to grow better
C. increase your heart health
D. both a and c
4. More oxytocin helps with
A. creating social bonds
B. circulation
C. muscle control
D. both b and c
5. Is it "the thought that counts?" Or should you express your gratitude differently? What do you think?
6. Stop for a moment and think! List three things you are grateful for right now! Explain why.
7. Who are you grateful for or to? Take a few minutes and write them a personal note. Consider delivering it.
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1. According to science, what are the basic emotions?
A. joy
B. sadness
C. anger
D. all of the above
2. Within the human brain, gratitude positively correlated with activity in brain areas associated with
A. anger
B. fairness
C. value judgement
D. both b and c
3. Keeping a gratitude journal can
A. improve your sleep
B. cause your hair to grow better
C. increase your heart health
D. both a and c
4. More oxytocin helps with
A. creating social bonds
B. circulation
C. muscle control
D. both b and c
5. Is it "the thought that counts?" Or should you express your gratitude differently? What do you think?
6. Stop for a moment and think! List three things you are grateful for right now! Explain why.
7. Who are you grateful for or to? Take a few minutes and write them a personal note. Consider delivering it.
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Q1. What does it mean when a word becomes "plural?"
A. More than one
B. A tail
C. It is all alone
Q2. How would you write more than one duck?
A. duckes
B. duckys
C. ducks
D. duckis
Q3. Which combination of letters does NOT use the "-es" word tail?"
A. -x
B. -ch
C. -th
D. -sh
Q4. How would you successfully write more than one glass?
A. glasss
B. glassis
C. glasses
D. glassus
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1. They ... thinner slats, so more ... could ... through.
2. Most people think the sound of the bridge is meditative and angelic.
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3. The golden gate gets its name from?
4. The bridge connects two areas. What are those areas?
5. Why it's unknown how many people worked at the time of bridge construction?
6. We're right now getting ... .... on the outer part of the bridge which is up .... .
7. What is the nickname for the ironworkers?
8. Subscribe from time interval 4 min 50 sec to 5 min of the podcast.
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Time management is something that we all ... with. Here are six tips that I found really useful ... ... 60 seconds. Let's go.
1. I don't have time is a myth. If we don't have time for something, it means it's just not enough of a ... .
2. Set a daily highlight. This is the one and only thing that we absolutely to ... today.
3. Time block the daily highlight. Once we figure out what thing that we're gonna do today, we should put a block ... ... ..., we're actually gonna do the thing.
4. Protect your time.
It's ... ... easy to say yes ... absolutely everything. So block your time in your calendar for important things like self care and taking breaks and all that stuff and protect it with your life.
5. Understand Parkinson’s law. That work always ... to fill the time that we ... to it. So if we just give ourselves less time to thing that we want to do, we'll probably get it done in that time. It'll probably be the same quality as ..
spent twice as long as it.
6. Automate your scheduling.
It's an absolutely ... trying to get people's calendars to ... when arranging a call or meeting. So use an app like calendly or woren to make that a lot easier.
For more tips on exactly how to manage your time and how I personally do it, check out this video link in the video description. Thanks for watching and see you later.