Simple Wellness Habits to Improve Your Life
Wellness Habits
If you want to be happier…
- Talk with a positive person.
- Write down three good things that happened to you each day.
- Laugh – even if you have to force it. The mere action of laughing releases endorphins.
- Get some sun (or a happy light, if it’s a gray day.)
- Move your body (walk, exercise) for 20 minutes or longer.
- Walk a dog or pet an animal.
- Ask for a hug from one person a day.
- Call an old friend or relative.
- Invest 30 minutes a day doing a hobby you enjoy and find relaxing.
- Buy something
Brave New World Summary: Chapters 1-15
Chapter 1
Why was the fertilising room an important place ?
Because there you see how humans are mass produced. Mass production is the most important tool in society.
How did the Bokanovsky process cause social stability ?
Because it was one of the main instruments of social stability where they were used with substances that stopped their normal growth and caused them to divide into 96 identical human beings each.
What happened to the female embryos ?
The female embryos are made sterile by giving them
Read MoreThe Impact of Fairtrade, Hunger, Money, and Wildlife on Society
FAIRTRADE(2022)
1.1 The purpose of Fairtrade is that artisans and farmers receive a fair price for their products. (p.1)
1.2 Many coffee farmers go to find work in other countries, or they start growing illegal crops because of the little money they earn. (p.2)
1.3 She became a Fairtrade activist because, when she was volunteering in Guatemala, she realized the poor conditions of farmers who didn’t do business with Fairtrade. (p.2)
1.5 Some of the stores offer Fairtrade products because they believe
Read MorePast Simple and Vocabulary Practice
Past Simple
Affirmative:
Regular Verb: I worked yesterday
Irregular Verb: I bought a car last year
Negative:
Regular Verb: I didn’t work yesterday
Irregular Verb: I didn’t buy a car last year
Interrogative:
Regular Verb: Did I work yesterday?
Irregular Verb: Did I buy a car last year?
Time Expressions
– Last (year, month, week, Monday…)
– Yesterday
– … ago (two months ago)
– In 2005
– On Monday
– In February
Vocabulary
Fruits:
Apple, mango, orange, kiwi, pear, pomegranate, peach, red grapefruit, grapefruit, date,
Read MoreEffective Phone Communication: Introducing, Receiving, and Ending Calls
Introducing yourself
- Good morning/afternoon/evening. This is Mike at (company name)/Mike from (department name). Could I speak to (person you’re calling for)?
- Good morning/afternoon/evening. This is Mike at (company name)/Mike from (department name). I’m calling about/because…
When the person you want to speak to is unavailable
- Can I leave a message for him/her?
- Could you tell him/her that I called, please?
- Could you ask him/her to call me back, please?
- Okay, thanks. I’ll call back later.
Dealing
Read MoreTypes of Text and Language Phonetics
Types of Text
- Exhibition: Transmitting knowledge, provide objective information.
- Argumentative: to influence, persuade the receiver.
- Narrative: recite facts, actions, events, etc.
- Description: Explain characteristics of any element of reality.
- Instruction: Provide advice, instructions.
- Predictive: Anticipating events that can occur in the short, medium or long term.
- Rhetoric: Communicating adequately with a view Teaching or persuasive content. Argue to get some facts to persuade. Aesthetic purpose.
- Advertising: