Andrea's Podcast: Recent Episodes
Andrea
https://quizlet.com/510804562/ibuprofen-tested-as-a-treatment-flash-cards/
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/08/the-2008-financial-crisis-will-be-seen-as-a-dry-run-for-covid-19-cataclysm
https://quizlet.com/502263913/covid-19-economic-crisis-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/502263913/learn
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The 2008 financial crisis will be seen as a dry run for Covid-19 cataclysm Kenneth RogoffShort-term collapse in global output likely to rival or exceed any recession of the last 150 years.
With each passing day, the 2008 global financial crisis increasingly looks like a mere dry run for today’s economic catastrophe. The short-term collapse in global output now under way already seems likely to rival or exceed that of any recession in the last 150 years.
Even with all-out efforts by central banks and fiscal authorities to soften the blow, asset markets in advanced economies have cratered and capital has been pouring out of emerging markets at a breathtaking pace. A deep economic slump and financial crisis are unavoidable. The key questions now are how bad the recession will be and how long it will last.
https://quizlet.com/438381439/weather-flash-cards/
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Weather
- Hungary's climate,air currents, that influence it
- Avg temerature, continental climate, temperate zone, mountain range, predictable
- Hottest and coolest month of the year
- Extremes,dressing in layers,slippery, blizzard,hot spell,heatwave
- Climate of England
- people like speaking about it
- Unpredictable,dressing in layers,distressing,maritime,precipitation
- influencing your mood
- Distressing, to put sy in a good mood
- influencing traffic
- Slippery, sleet,precipitation,blizzard, to paralyse
- Seasons
- What's the weather like,
- what do people wear and
- what is harvested/special about it?
- Winter
- Slippery, to paralyse, fur-lined, to dress in layers, blizzard, sleet,
- hoar frost,scattered showers, the sky is overcast
- Spring
- Awaken, bloom, settled, scattered, showers, wellingtons,
- to put sy in a good, mood, favourable, predictable
- Summer
- Extremes,unpredictable,heat wave, hot spell, the sky is overcast, favourable
- Fall
- Unpredictable,distressing, to dress in layers, hoar frost, wellingtons, mackintosh, the sky is overcast
- Winter
Quizlet set
https://quizlet.com/457048671/sport-c1-topic-2-flash-cards/
Quizlet learn
https://quizlet.com/457048671/sport-c1-topic-2-flash-cards/
Memory game
https://learningapps.org/display?v=prrywti6k19
Cloze text
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Matching pairs
https://learningapps.org/display?v=pvyvhbee319
https://quizlet.com/273887836/english-for-contracts-flash-cards
https://quizlet.com/273887836/learn
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Contract law is a branch of civil law which indicates to us when a promise is legally binding. There are many ways to define the meaning of a contract. Put quite simply, a contract is an agreement which the courts will enforce. However, there are certain agreements which the courts will not enforce for reasons we shall explain a little later on.
A contract may be oral, or in writing, and in every contract the parties to it have rights and obligations which arise from their agreement and which are personal to them. We call this specia l relationship between the parties privity of contract.
Business and commerce rely on contract law to regulate their dealings, and the very basis of every business relationship is reflected in a contract which is a summary of the parties' agreement to comply with its terms.
The fundamental element of any contract may be expressed in Latin as consensus ad idem (consent to the same thing). This means that the parties must assent to all the terms of the agreement.
Every day of our lives we all make contracts, although we may not realise it. After all, agreements are usually in writing, or so it seems, but the majority of daily business transactions take the form of an oral, that is to say, a verbal contract. Buying a newspaper, paying for a coffee, purchasing a bus ticket or buying a packet of cigarettes are all examples of verbal contracts. It can therefore be said that contracts are the life-blood of business and as such, have to be carefully regulated to ensure that each and every contract is satisfactorily performed in so far as this is possible.
The party making the promise is called the "promisor". The person to whom the promise is made is called the "promisee". The Restatement definition lays special emphasis on both the promisee's expectations and the need for stability. When a promisor manifests (shows) an intention to act in a certain way, the promisee expects performance and may expend time or money in reliance on that expectation. A promise must satisfy certain requirements before it becomes binding. In Chapter One we shall consider these requirements, which are the essential ingredients of any contract.
Quizlet Set
https://quizlet.com/427224147/globalisation-flash-cards/
Quizlet Learn
https://quizlet.com/427224147/learn
Matching Pairs
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Group assignment
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Cloze text
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Quizlet set
https://quizlet.com/505211525/how-will-the-us-reopen-slowly-bit-by-bit-but-we-may-never-return-to-normal-flash-cards/
Matching pairs
https://learningapps.org/display?v=p9m483pp320
Cloze text
https://learningapps.org/display?v=paontu30v20
Article
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/29/how-will-us-reopen-coronavirus
We’re ready to open up the state to get back to work,” Kathryn Goppelt told reporters last weekend as protesters marched on the Louisiana capitol in Baton Rouge calling for an end to the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns.
Goppelt is one of thousands of people who have taken to the streets in Michigan, Wisconsin, California and other states demanding an end to stay-at-home orders that have brought the US economy to a standstill and so far cost 26m jobs.
On Tuesday Donald Trump rolled out a new blueprint, dubbed Opening up America Again, that included ramping up testing and a partnership with drugstore chains to expand access to tests nationwide.
“We are doing everything in our power to heal the sick and to gradually reopen our nation and to safely get our people back to work,” Trump said. “There is a hunger for getting our country back, and it is happening.”
But the real truth is that the reopening of America will happen slowly, bit by bit, state by state, city by city, business by business, building by building. Corporate America will have as large a say as Trump as to when things will really reopen. So will the state governors. And as the US contemplates getting back to normal, it is also becoming clear our definition of “normal” may have changed forever.
Several states have now begun unwinding the quarantine initiatives introduced as the pandemic hit the US.
Texas started reopening this week. Georgia’s stay-at-home order expires on 30 April but Governor Brian Kemp has already allowed some businesses, including hair salons, gyms, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys to reopen. Alaska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Tennessee and some other states are also relaxing their quarantine orders or preparing to. Big business is watching carefully and some – notably Boeing – have started up again. But big business is not yet rushing to open its doors in a post Covid-19 world.
Joanna Daly, vice-president of human resources at IBM, said she has never been busier. With 350,000 employees across 170 countries IBM has witnessed firsthand the global response to the pandemic and is taking a cautious, case-by-case approach to opening its own offices. Some 95% of its staff are now working from home.
States can begin to lift stay-at-home orders, she said. “But that doesn’t mean we will immediately return to the workplace.”
IBM has set up a set of global standards that includes governments and states lifting those orders, b
Quizlet set
https://quizlet.com/507539680/coronavirus-human-rights-alarm-as-hungary-seeks-indefinite-extension-to-state-of-emergency-flash-cards/
Quizlet Learn
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Human rights alarm article
https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-human-rights-alarm-as-hungary-seeks-indefinite-extension-to-state-of-emergency
Hungarian MPs are considering a new bill which would increase the government's powers during the coronavirus pandemic.
New legislation would allow Viktor Orban's government to extend the state of emergency indefinitely, even if the spread of COVID-19 made it impossible to sit in Parliament.
But the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has expressed concern over the new law.
Dunja Mijatovic wrote on Twitter that she believed the Hungarian parliament was preparing to grant "sweeping powers" to the government without any restrictions or time limits.
Hungarian MPs are considering a new bill which would increase the government's powers during the coronavirus pandemic.
New legislation would allow Viktor Orban's government to extend the state of emergency indefinitely, even if the spread of COVID-19 made it impossible to sit in Parliament.
But the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has expressed concern over the new law.
Dunja Mijatovic wrote on Twitter that she believed the Hungarian parliament was preparing to grant "sweeping powers" to the government without any restrictions or time limits.
"Even in an emergency, it is necessary to observe the Constitution, ensure parliamentary and judicial scrutiny and [the] right to information," she said.
The European Commission told Euronews that it did not want to comment on the specific bill, but that any emergency measures should follow EU standards.
The European Union states that any emergency measures introduced in a member state, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic, must be temporary, and freedom of the press must be maintained.
Civil rights groups, including Amnesty International Hungary and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, have argued that the bill does not meet the constitutional requirements for an emergency legal order.
French MEP Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield added that Budapest should not give "carte blanche" to Orban and "weaken the safeguards of an already shattered democracy".
Delbos-Corfield also tweeted her incredulity that journalists in the country could potentially be imprisoned for sharing "false" information.
The new rules would also introduce prison sentences of up to five years for citizens who share false information related to the coronavirus, which could interfere with public health or create "confusion or unrest".
Elections and referendums would also be postponed indefinitely during the emergency.
"This law [is] ... further strengthening the role of the government at the expense of freedom of information," Delbos-Corfield tweeted.
Orban's government has previously faced criticism from independent media for withholding information and showing inconsistencies in managing the COVID-19 crisis.
Opposition parties have also argued that the government could bypass Parliament with the new bill, which could give rises to abuses of power.
But spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said that attempts to portray the bill as a threat to the free media were “biased and irresponsible” and that "lives are at s
Quizlet set
https://quizlet.com/406802997/notre-dame-flash-cards/
Nytimes interactive presentation
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/17/world/europe/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-spread.html
Interview with the witnesses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7B9jzdRYF0
Notre-Dame in flames! April 15th, 2019
The cathedral on fire
1.A major fire began in the attic of the 850-year-old Gothic cathedral on Monday April 15 at around 7pm local time. Within minutes, it reached the roof destroying the wooden rib-vaulted ceiling, the spire, the extraordinary three "rose" stained-glass windows and the many historical artefacts inside the cathedral, including a 17th-century pipe organ (one of the largest in the world).
2 A spokesman for the Cathedral reported: "a fire alarm went off almost immediately and we began the fire drill procedures at once". Thanks to the quick reaction of staff and rescue teams, many artefacts were rescued from the flames. Some onlookers said that the smoke and flames could be seen from many parts of the city, until it spread further leaving everyone with the feeling of complete devastation.
3 As the fire raged, the citizens of France and people around the world observed how quickly the flames managed to damage this historically and architecturally significant landmark.
4 After nine hours, the firefighters finally managed to extinguish the fire. The total loss is estimated to be above ø37 million ($48 million), and the reconstruction work could take from 10 to 20 years to complete.
5 Although the exact cause of the fire remained unclear, there was some speculation about the possible fault of the conservation workers who had left the site several hours before the disaster.
6 The importance of place and time It is believed that before the arrival of Christianity in France, a temple dedicated to the Roman god Jupiter stood on the same spot. Later, it was replaced with an Early Christian basilica (a special church), which was also completely demolished to make place for the new Notre-Dame de Paris (`Our Lady of Paris').
7 To be more precise, it was in 1163 when the Notre Dame Cathedral was commissioned by King Louis VII, who wanted it to be a symbol of Paris's political, economic, intellectual and cultural power at home and abroad. The city had emerged as the centre of power in France and it needed a religious monument to match its new status.
8 It took 200 years to complete the interior and exterior of the cathedral the two towers on the west facade were built in the early 13th century. The north tower was accessible to visitors via a 387-step staircase, while the south tower was home to the cathedral's 10 bells.
9 A symbol of power lost in fire Among the most famous of the bells, the bourdon named Emmanuel has tolled at most major events in the history of France, including the coronation of kings, papal visits and to mark the end of two world wars. It might be a long time before it will toll again.
10 Not all lost Thankfully, the cathedral has been immortalised by the latest technology such as Google images (which will help to recreate its details) and it will also be remembered in popular culture thanks to Victor Hugo and his famous novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame, later turned into a Disney film (about Quasimodo and his life at the cathedral).
11 So with financial support, the restoration of the Notre-Dame cathedral will be possible. There is hope, as citizens of many countries have already started collecting money in order to rebuild this important symbol of Gothic architecture and European history.
Sources: The Guardian, BBC, Wikipedia
Quizlet Set
https://quizlet.com/415349116/education-flash-cards/
What are the different school types in Hungary? · age 3-6 – nursery school
· compulsory education – from the age of 6 – elementary school
acquire basic knowledge
10-14 get acquainted with other subjects like history, geography etc
· traditionally 3 school types in secondary education:
o vocational – gives a trade
o secondary technical – trade + secondary school certificate
o grammar school – preparation for the university, lasts for 8, 6 and 4 years
§ bilingual school – 1 year preparatory language programme, subjects are taught in target language
What are the recent changes in the education system?· any school can have a language preparatory year
· tertiary education – 3 levels:
· BA (Bachelor of Arts), BSC (Bachelor of Sciences) – 3years
· MA (Master of Arts), MSC – 2 years
· Phd courses for 3 more years
· no entrance exam – admission to universities depends on the secondary advanced final exams results
Prussian type of education system· very disciplined way of learning
· students were required to have theoretical knowledge
· teachers used corporal punishment
English education system· preschool education – nursery school
· children are required to go to school between the ages of five and sixteen
· secondary school, which is normally a comprehensive school or grammar school.
· Most children go to state schools
· Few of them attend independent schools, where high tuition fees have to be paid.
· The standards of education were laid down in the National Curriculum.
· Students have to study the core subjects of English, Maths and Science, and also the foundation subject Technology, Geography, Art, Music and Physical Education.
· Children are required to take standard achievement tests at age; 11 and 14.
· At sixteen, students take exams for the General Certificate of Secondary (GCSE).
· Most students continue their studies for the A-level exam in three or four subject.
American Education system· Children have to attend school between the ages of five and sixteen.
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kindergarten,
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schooling from first grade to twelfth referred to as K-12.
· In some areas, students go to elementary school, then to middle school followed by high school.
· at the university first-graders are called freshmen, second-graders sophomores, third-graders are the juniors and the school leavers are called seniors.
· Normally, a two-year college is a stepping stone to get into a four-year school.
· There are some prestigious schools such as Ivy League school
Quizlet Set
https://quizlet.com/460375238/entertainment-flash-cards/
Group Assignment
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Anna Ball
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Maccabbi Games
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Where can people go out?
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different for the different age groups.
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very popular way of entertaining is karaoke music - background music provided but you have to do the singing.
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big shopping malls of large cities.-
§ hang out at the mall with some friends
§ catch a flick/play/show
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Middle-aged and elderly people like going to concerts and to the theatre, and eating out in a posh restaurant
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alI types of international cuisine
Do you often go out?- I am a stay-at-home type.
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playing cards or board games with my family
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other people enjoy going to open-air festivals in summer,to see their favourite bands and dance to their music.
How has TV changed our lives?- Since the television appeared in the 1950s people's entertainment habits have changed
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glued the viewers to the screen
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A new type of person was created, the couch potato, who would spend most of the day watching mindless programmes,
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TV then became commercialized people are bombarded with ads about intelligent detergents, super diapers, and other unbelievable products.
Do you use a computer? What do you use your computer for?- It is inevitable
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be a computer geek.
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get information from all over the world in the fragment of a second,
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laptop: It is like having your office in your briefcase, it is very convenient and saves a lot of time.
What are some dangers of using a computer?advantages:
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everything is controlled by machines
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without computer skills, one is not able to handle problems that might come up.
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I would not allow my child to sit in front of the computer all day long.
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go out and play with children of the same age.
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He/she might become a lone wolf in real life, whose shelter is not in the wood but on the World Wide Web.
Who are the hackers?- someone who secretly invades the computers of others, inspecting or tampering the programs or data stored on them.
What educational purposes can computers have?- A computer can have several educational purposes.
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finding information
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Quizlet Set
https://quizlet.com/421678799/environment-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/509449647/environmental-protection-flash-cards/?new
Quizlet Learn
https://quizlet.com/421678799/learn
https://quizlet.com/509449647/learn
Australian bushfire Matching Pairs
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Pairing Game
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What are the major environmental issues of our time?
· very little is done
· There are several different problems related to the issue of the environment.
· Industrial Revolution brought about a lot of changes in our environment
· more and more factories were built – threaten the environment with exhaust fumes and harmful byproducts
· depletion of the ozone layer - global warming is one of the most threatening issue
· entail increase in the world's temperature
· rise in the sea level
· melting of the polar ice cap.
· large number of species threatened by extinction
· there are lots of organizations to call attention to the endangered species
What different types of pollution have you heard of?
· three major forms of pollution.
· air, water and soil pollution
· light pollution which is becoming quite widespread around big cities
How can air pollution be dangerous for our health?
· contamination of the atmosphere by gaseous, liquid, or solid wastes or by-products.
· The effects can also be dangerous for humans as well as for animals and plants.
· reduce visibility or produce undesirable odors.
· air pollutants: carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, lead and different non-methane hydrocarbons
· oxides produced by fossil-fuel-fired electric power plants, industrial boilers, and residential furnaces.
· high amount of carbon monoxide in the air as petrol and diesel are burnt
· our own comfort can be blamed for all the problems of pollution.
· other major pollution sources including iron and steel mills; zinc, lead, and copper smelters; municipal incinerators; oil refineries; cement plants, and nitric and sulphuric acid plants.
What is done to control air pollution?
· I have been acquainted with several methods of controlling air pollution.
· removing the hazardous material before it is used
· removing the pollutant after it is formed
· altering the process so that the pollutant is not formed or occurs only at very low level
· Car exhaust pollutants can be controlled by burning the fuel as completely as possible
· recirculating fumes from the fue
Health Quizlet Set
https://quizlet.com/144932456/health-flash-cards/
Learn Health
https://quizlet.com/509446413/learn
Healthy life -idioms
https://quizlet.com/359462801/healthy-life-flash-cards/
Cloze test
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Group assignment
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Matching Pairs
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Health
What departments are therein a hospital and what specialists work there?
· physician work in internal medicine, which is usually the largest department in a hospital.
· operating theatre, where surgeons work
· urology ward is where your kidney troubles are treated
· Psychiatrists and nerve specialists treat their patients in the neurology department.
· The cardiology department and the intensive care unit are usually on one of the upper floors.
· The radiology department, the laboratory and the casualty department are on the ground floor so that they can be easily accessible.
What problems do disabled people have to face in our world?· are not treated equally in Hungary.
· they are looked down on as being inferior.
· they want to pursue a very meaningful life,
· their handicap should not minimize their chances in the society.
· Disabled people often encounter certain attitudes like over-protection, fear, embarrassment
stereotyping, and being patronized.
· few buildings and buses are accessible with a wheelchair.
What does AIDS stand for? How
Quizlet Set
https://quizlet.com/431720118/family-c1-flash-cards/
Group assignment
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Matching Pairs
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Cloze text
https://learningapps.org/display?v=pfzaha4hc19
How have family roles changed in the past decades?Historical background:
· suffragette movement – women received the right to vote
· women were integrated in war industry in the two world wars
· women have experienced working -> opted for going out to work – pink collar worker
· women started to work full time/part time – difficulties of making end meet
· they also had to do housework – difficult to fulfill different duties at a time
· today new type of women – singles by choice:
§ they enjoy their independence,
§ proud to lead full lives alone
Family patterns· a century ago the husband was the breadwinner, he demanded to be served
· the woman was in charge of the whole family – keep them together
· household chores were more difficult – lack of household devices
· families lived in close-knit communities – relied on and trusted each other
· today husband and wife and children split the household duties
· children’s task can be: shopping for groceries, taking out the garbage
· having a child needs lots of sacrifice
· be on the sick-leave if they are ill.
· difficult to be employed with children
· women and men are both breadwinner – women does the bulk of the work
How does the state encourage you to have more children?· there is a huge gap between the death and birth rates – decreasing population
· people are afraid to bring up a child – financial situation is not satisfactory enough
· government tries to encourage young couples with different subsidies
o family housing allowance program - low interest-rate loan to be used for buying a home, offer financial assistance for owning a house
Mothers’ place at home· full-time mothers can keep the family together – controversial – women have the rights to work equally as men
· fair share of workload – healthier family
· household appliances can make the housework easier
· housewife deserves to be paid the same way as others – solve the problem of decreasing population
· maternity leave for three years
Can mothers fulfil the duty of a wife, mother and a career woman?· mothers have three jobs: fulfil their duties at work/take care of households/bring up children
· women can get overburdened by their responsibilities
· part-time jobs can let mothers have more balanced life among