https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/08/health/facebook-outage-social-media-break-wellness/index.html
https://www.greatspeech.co/communication-quiz/
https://englishexam.blog.hu/2021/10/12/reading_comprehension_fill_in_the_gaps_377
https://blog.talaera.com/idioms-communication
https://englishexam.blog.hu/2013/10/01/language_learning#more5543039
A: to distract ourselves, to escape, to connect, to cope with anxiety and stress B: from knowing what's happening and being connected to others C: the world experienced a forced break from Facebook's social networking tools D: took a walk with a friend E: according to Pew Research Center 2021 data F: of face-to-face relationships, and the relative emptiness of a connection G: to engage ourselves and remain curious H: instead of 20 or 30 times a day I: the overabundance of easily accessible stimuli J: she believes social media can be addictive (CNN)For nearly six hours on Monday, ........... (1) .
We lived to tell the tale. But how did we feel in the process?
Although relatively short, the Facebook outage showed "how reliant we are on social media in different ways ........... (2) ," according to Ian Kerner, a marriage and family therapist.
When people can't scroll and post as they usually do, Kerner said they can become bored and vulnerable to difficult emotions and stressors -- sometimes without knowing how to cope with them.
"People find that they are alone with their own thoughts. And they're a little bit of a stranger to themselves in a way. Prior to social media, I think we were much better at being on our own, finding ways ........... (3)," Kerner added.
A sense of relief
The collective nature of the outage had some of Kerner's clients feeling liberated, he said.
"People definitely have a fear of missing out," Kerner explained. Losing or breaking a phone, or having a phone die can cause folks to panic, he said, as it prevents them ........... (4).
The outage, conversely, "provided a great sense of relief, because everybody was experiencing it. So people didn't feel as alone or as isolated or as panicked," Kerner told CNN.
Therapist John Duffy reported having similar conversations with his clients on Monday.
"Once people realized, 'oh, these networks are almost all down,' there was this bizarre, but very clear sense of relief. The feeling was 'I don't have anything I have to keep up with. I'm not missing out on anything,'" Duffy told CNN.
During the outage, "people realized in real time the importance ........... (5) that takes place solely via Facebook or Instagram," he added.
Clients that expressed relief during the outage took concrete steps to connect with others in real life, Duffy said. "One took a friend out for coffee. Another ........... (6)," he said.
Some have come away from the experience with the realization that their fear of missing out was unjustified, and they could approach the apps with more moderation.
"I think some of us realized yesterday, 'I'm way over-involved and invested in social media in my life'," Duffy said. People realized that "maybe I can check this once or twice a day ........... (7)."
Social media and the brain
Most people are guilty of spending too much time scrolling and posting.
Seven in 10 adult Facebook users in the US say they visit the site at least once a day, and 49% report visiting several times a day, ............ (8). Some 59% of people visit Instagram at least once a day, with 38% visiting several times daily.
But if some of us felt relieved when social networking apps went quiet for a while, why is it difficult to stop checking our feeds so frequently?
Dr. Anna Lembke, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, and the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, looked at the brain for answers.
In her book "Dopamine Nation," she explored how ........... (9) is affecting our brain chemistry and our happiness.
"The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation," Lembke wrote.
While "social media addiction" is not currently included in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," Lembke told CNN ........... (10), based on her clinical experience and her knowledge of how human connection and dopamine release are tied.
cross, flashed across, occured, reinvent, springs, struck
It .......... (1) me that Dan might not be the best person for the job.
It ............ (2) to me that we could invite Sophia.
It didn’t ........... (3) my mind that she might lie to me.
When I think of David Bowie, that’s the track that immediately ........... (4) to mind...
Scenes from the accident ...........(5) my mind.
We don't need to ...........(6) the wheel, we just need to hire someone who already knows how to make the system work.
cross, flashed across, occured, reinvent, springs, struck
1. WARM-UP: (a bemelegítő feladat egy 25 kérdéses kvíz egészség és életmód témában)
https://quizizz.com/join?gc=32560974
2. Let's change the subject. Let's switch to grammar.
A folyamatos jelen (=present continuous, azaz 'épp most' igeidő) és az egyszerű jelen (=present simple, azaz általános jelen) gyakorlása. Először válogassuk szét a mondatokat:
https://learningapps.org/display?v=pp1p5nmz521
Válasszuk ki a megfelelőt: https://learningapps.org/watch?v=pdtm60won21
Írjuk be a megoldást: https://learningapps.org/watch?v=pko182czk21
És még egy hasonló: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-1.html
3. And last but not least: READING COMPREHENSION:
https://eltngl.com/assets/downloads/wit4ed_pro0000000540/wit1_unit3.pdf
(Az olvasott szöveg értéséhez az előkészítő feladatok: 47, 48 oldal + a szöveg elolvasása)
Words to use in the gaps: economic necessity, family matters, time-consuming, domestic chores, the lion's share, keep house, breadwinner, pattern, teasing, family unit, maid, fair share
A: I was encouraged to think of human beings in terms B: so instead we can bond by
C: Having noted that D: you would talk to E: Or alternatively have
F: someone had told her that I live in Bromley
G: it can be helpful and some early definitions of gossip
H: as an old Irish saying suggests
I: And the power of gossip J: So rumours began
Somebody told me recently that I live in Bromley. Or rather she told me that (1) ... This was strange for two reasons. First, I don't (no offence to Bromley) live in Bromley, and second, as gossip goes, it was monumentally dull.
(2) ..., I then felt both relieved and disappointed. Relieved because no major wrongdoing on my part had been suggested and disappointed that my life isn't thrilling enough to produce a single incident of louche athleticism worth reporting. I'm a workaholic typist - that's not thrilling. Then I felt sad that I'm boring, paranoid because people are talking about me and angry that one of them told me.
In other words, even the most banal bit of gossip did what it always does - it distorted my relationship with myself and others. My ego was toyed with and (3) ... of salacious titbits and areas of weakness.
Which would be why philosophers and religious thinkers throughout the ages have counselled against gossip. The general opinion holds that gossip damages the speaker, the listener and the victim. And, (4) ..., "who gossips with you will gossip of you." But we continue to gossip. Murmur something to me about a complete stranger and I will listen.
This is partly because talking about each other can be useful. If you murmured that the man beside me was a notorious pickpocket the information could save me money. Human beings live in large social groups and if we're to coexist successfully we need to know who can fix our boiler and who'll steal our credit cards. And we have deeper imperatives that gossip fulfils. We no longer search through each other's fur as happy primates should, (5) ... sharing stories about ourselves and others.
So gossip isn't just hateful - (6) ... have mirrored that duality. The ancient Greeks had a female - yes, I know, because men never gossip - personification of rumour called Pheme who went about with wings and a trumpet, spreading information that could bring infamy, or could bring renown. The Roman equivalent Fama was more disturbing - lots of eyes and tongues and feathers - but again she sent information, good and bad, rippling outwards and growing louder as it spread.
In English the word "gossip" comes from the Old English "godsibb", a term for godparents or the parents of godchildren, or later just close friends - people (7) ... and with whom you'd exchange useful facts and amusing tales and exemplary stories of others' failings, or spite aimed at those you already don't like.
Which may be one way negative gossip gets a foothold. That girl we all didn't like at my school was blameless, but not liking someone can feel bad and inventing reasons for our loathing seemed necessary. (8) ... of stolen pencils, playground incidents, until she faced us down, angry and tearful, and made us - quite rightly - thoroughly ashamed. Our gossip wasn't useful. Like workplace rumours amongst adults, it was aggressive and caused stress. And when we look at reported causes of stress at work, relationships with others and communications are always highlighted - with gossip there, poisoning and demeaning while claiming to entertain.
Our school gossip wasn't just spoken. I recall little notes - not from me, of course. (9) ... has been increased by the possibilities of publication. The fervour which sparked the French revolution, for example, was partly fuelled by pamphlets filled with scurrilous and pornographic rumours. Words of mouth are more authoritative on paper.
And with a growth in power came a growth in negativity. So by the early 19th Century gossip came mainly to define a negative - idle chatter, expressions of hatred. We were less ambivalent about something which may have been becoming more unpleasant. The 20th Century saw increasing mass media flirtations with gossip and I would argue that, here at the start of the 21st Century we are living in the age of gossip.
Some of this can seem fun. I'm not following the World Cup, but a bit of rumour about injuries, or what's really going on with Rooney - well, it could spice things up. (10) ... made you sick of the whole thing before the first match. Then there are the papers, magazines and TV shows which adore sniping about the cellulite, dodgy cosmetic procedures and behaviour of total strangers. Their phrasing is generic. Teens must always be "troubled", there have to be "demons", perhaps imperfectly battled, "loved-up" couples must become singles confessing their "secret torments" while everyone gets scrutinised in venomous detail.
A: I was encouraged to think of human beings in terms
B: so instead we can bond by C: Having noted that
D: you would talk to E: Or alternatively have
F: someone had told her that I live in Bromley
G: it can be helpful and some early definitions of gossip H: as an old Irish saying suggests
I: And the power of gossip J: So rumours began
If you're in any way insecure, the media's emphasis on bodily perfection (11) b........... debilitating. As someone who embraces low self-esteem I can see the appeal of clawing the rich, visible and successful to pieces, so I can feel better about myself. But as a major cultural influence this - in my (12) o.......... - is horrendous.
A constant flow of gossip normalises nastiness. A (13) g........... has grown up being shown forcefully and repeatedly that verbal abuse and personal comments are the jolly, bantering norm. Online insults and the calculated use of sexual gossip to (14) a......... women can become more acceptable.
It's not just the tone of gossip that has affected our public discourse - it's corrupted our content. In an unpleasant self-fulfilling prophecy, gossip is seen as something which sells well and is (15) t.......... increasingly all we get, from news of royals walking about and wearing clothes, to reports on spats between entirely fictional characters in soaps.
And gossip is economical - it's supplied free by promoters, PR firms and amateur sources. This means it edges out real news and information, large and especially small, supplied more expensively by (16) j........... and researchers. So it's hard for me to find out how many air miles my dinner involves, or if there's a higher-than-usual meningitis risk, but a breeze for me to know all about George Clooney's progress towards marriage, or how Dean Wicks is getting on.
Dean Wicks doesn't even exist. But manufactured East Enders gossip is just another part of the noise drowning out things I may need to know.
And gossip has taken control of our political lives. When Michael Foot was brought down by wearing what was rumoured to be a donkey jacket at the cenotaph in 1981, in a way it marked the end of politicians as primarily intellectuals, ideas-men, and was a triumph for gossip. Gossip didn't care about his policies, it wanted to (17) c........... his coat. We've moved from dismay over Tony Blair's makeup bill to taking it for granted that our leaders can be light on content, as long as their faces are HD ready.
And if the type of behaviour gossip loves is what gets your attention, then, guess what - shoddy behaviour is glorified as a path to quick success. Gossip appears to have the winning (18) h............ Even if it's toxic, even if it leaves no room for facts. And even if it's factually wrong - the donkey jacket was a short, substantial overcoat, I don't live in Bromley. But why not stick (19) w........... the winners, join the gossips - start the rumour I helped gang up on that girl in Primary Three, because usually I was the odd one out and it was good to be part of a team - albeit a horrible team?
I did a bad thing and it still makes me feel bad. But that isn't gossip, it's simply a useful bit of truth - that being unpleasant to other human beings isn't smart or glamorous, doesn't haul us up as equals to celebrities we'll never meet but love to mock. Gossip obscures truth, sours our outlooks on each other and can trivialise any debate. It might be tempting, but we really could (20) d........... with less of it.
A: available machines made by other manufacturers
B: was romantically involved with
C: was being used by the US military
D: being fully aware the tests were "plagued by issues
E: the black turtleneck she had become famous for
F: deceiving investors and patients by claiming
G: after big pharmaceutical firms declined
H: all the charges against her
I: self-made female billionaire
J: she may feel it's a risk worth taking
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes "lied and cheated" for money and fame, prosecutors alleged on the first day of the former Silicon Valley star's trial.
Ms Holmes faces 12 fraud charges over her role at the now-defunct blood-testing firm which was once worth $9bn.
She is accused of (1) ................ Theranos could detect common illnesses using just a few drops of blood from a finger prick.
Her lawyers said she was simply a naive businesswoman whose firm failed.
"Failure is not a crime. Trying your hardest and coming up short is not a crime," Lance Wade, a lawyer for the defence said in his opening statement on Wednesday.
In what will be a closely watched trial in San Jose, California, Ms Holmes denies (2) ........... but could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.
Former Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani - who (3) ................ Ms Holmes for years - faces the same charges but will be tried separately next year. He has also pleaded not guilty.
Ms Holmes, who founded Theranos in 2003 aged 19, was dubbed the world's youngest (4) ............... and the "next Steve Jobs" thanks to her technology.
However, she fell from grace in 2015 when it emerged her blood-testing devices did not work and Theranos was doing most of its testing on commercially (5) .................. .
On Wednesday, prosecutor Robert Leach said Ms Holmes and Mr Balwani turned to fraud in 2009 (6) .................. to back Theranos and they ran out of cash.
They lied about the tests and exaggerated the firm's performance to secure millions of dollars of investment between 2010 and 2015.
This included falsely claiming the tests had been vetted by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and that the technology (7) .................. in the field, Mr Leach said.
Ms Holmes came into the court surrounded by her legal team. There's huge interest in the case here.
Journalists had been queuing up since 5am to try and get into court. Many didn't get in.
Eschewing (8) ..............., Ms Holmes wore a grey suit and blue mask. In court, she sat bolt upright, poised, attentive, as she listened to the case against her.
The prosecution didn't mince its words. The word "lies" was mentioned liberally. Ms Holmes watched on passively.
The case will probably take months and at some point it's possible that Ms Holmes herself will take the stand.
If she does it will be a huge risk for her defence. But with so much evidence that the tech she flaunted didn't work (9) ...................
Ms Holmes also "dazzled" firms such as Walgreens, the pharmacy chain, into agreeing testing partnerships, despite (10) ................. and repeatedly failing quality control", he said.
It brought her fame and adoration, Mr Leach added.
"She had become, as she sought, one of the most celebrated CEOs in Silicon Valley and the world. But under the facade of Theranos' success there were significant problems brewing."
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(11) H................. , the defence's Mr Wade said Ms Holmes did not intend to defraud, but instead "naively underestimated" the challenges her business faced.
" (12) I.............. the end, Theranos failed and Ms Holmes walked away with nothing," he told the jurors in San Jose.
He (13) a............ that the former executive was motivated by Theranos's mission, not money, and "committed to that mission until that very last day".
" (14) B............. the time this trial is over, you will see that the villain the government just presented is actually a living, breathing human being who did her very (15) b......... each and every day. And she is innocent."
(16) A............... to court filings unsealed last month, Ms Holmes has alleged Mr Balwani abused her emotionally and psychologically for years. Mr Balwani has (17) d............ the allegations.
Her lawyers have said she is "highly likely" to take the witness (18) s............. and testify about how the relationship affected her mental state.
As boss of Theranos Ms Holmes is (19) a.............. to have duped a host of powerful people who invested around $700m in the company. Henry Kissinger and four star general James Mattis sat on the company's board while Rupert Murdoch invested £120m.
Her story has (20) b................ the subject of documentaries, podcasts and books. A TV miniseries and a Hollywood film based her life are in the works.
The defence and prosecution have identified more than 140 potential witnesses in the case, (21) i.............. investors and former Theranos employees.
source: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58494912
A: to tango B: as the Romans do C: a fiddle D: be choosers E: a book by its cover
F: spoil the broth G: flock together H: mother of invention I: shouldn't throw stones
J: as its weakest link K: over spilt milk L: starts with a single step M: eggs in one basket
N: you preach O: but you can't make him drink P: before they hatch Q: the bold
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1. When in Rome do ... 2. Practice what .. 3. As fit as ...
4. Birds of a feather ... 5. Beggars can't ... 6. Too many cooks ...
7. Fortune favors ... 8. Necessity is the ... 9. It takes two ...
10. You can't judge a ... 11. Don't put all your ... 12. A chain is only as strong ...
13. Don't count your chickens ... 14. A journey of a thousand miles ... 15. You can lead a horse to water ...
16. People who live in glass houses ... 17. It's no use crying ...
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A: to tango B: as the Romans do C: a fiddle D: be choosers E: a book by its cover
F: spoil the broth G: flock together H: mother of invention I: shouldn't throw stones
J: as its weakest link K: over spilt milk L: starts with a single step M: eggs in one basket
N: you preach O: but you can't make him drink P: till they hatch
Q: the bold
If you a.. me, it is easier to p...... diseases than treat them. So, first, I w... talk about health, diet and exercise, then I will say a couple of words about n............. remedies and alternative medicine.
We usually talk about physical h..... (how our body functions) and m..... health (how we feel emotionally, how we cope with problems etc.) There is a connection between physical and mental health. There is an old proverb: a sound m... in a sound body.
If you feel tired after activity or you are out of b..... after climbing the stairs you are probably out of s...... (unfit, your health is poor, you are unhealthy). Maybe you spend too much time watching TV or you work long hours in an office. The food you eat is also very important. Many of us eat too much food containing fat and sugar. If you eat too much j.... food, you will gain weight and become obese.
Your blood pressure will also rise and you will have heart problems. You also run the risk of suffering from diabetes or you might have a heart a...... or a stroke.
I think it is very important to listen to people who stay healthy and e........ in their seventies or eighties, or sometimes even longer. I saw some videos about old people who look much younger than their actual age. There is a woman, who is in her early seventies (first I thought she was in her mid-thirties), who has been a vegetarian (and vegan) for d.......
Cardio-vascular exercises will make your heart b... fast and help b... calories. You can work out in a gym, lift w..... to build muscles. There are different types of exercise: you can start with light exercises such as walking or stretching, moderate exercise, for example jogging or walking fast, then there is v....... exercise like running, playing squash, tennis or badminton.
Although I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit and exercise regularly, sometimes I c.... a cold or have a headache. I do not run to my G. for a prescription drug, I turn to a.......... medicine. I like herbology for example. I believe that some simple herbs, such as chamomile, thyme, rosemary or lavender can cure simple problems like a s... throat, coughing or a headache.
Sometimes I need specialists. I am short sighted, so I have to see my O............. regularly.
I think people should have regular check-ups if they want to make sure that they are in perfect health.
I have a good dentist and an excellent gynecologist, but I hope I will never need an oncologist, a cardiologist or a surgeon.
In Hungary people do not have to pay for medical services if they have 'medical insurance' (it is called 'social security fee or tax'. But the quality of this service is not too high; so many people choose private doctors and hospitals if they can a..... them.
