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B1 – Intermediate
Does it feel like the dating game is taking over your life?
Well it probably is, sort of. It’s likely to be taking around 16.8% of your life, which is quite a bit when you think about it.
A recent study found that millennials are spending 10 hours a week trawling through dating apps like Tinder.
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B1 – Intermediate
The ideal for beauty includes flawless skin, shiny, healthy hair, big eyes, even features and a proportioned body shape. This ideal has remained true throughout our history.
People seem so obsessed with beauty that a pertinent question might not be what it is, but why it is so important to us?
Click the link below to have a better understanding why most of us value beauty more than intelligence.
Talking Points
Full infinitive: to + verb
Uses:
Example: I eat to gain weight.
Example: I would love to go skiing with you.
Example: I am pleased to see you.
He is too old to drive.
She is too young to stay home alone.
Example: I like to wash dishes.
Verb-ing
Uses:
Example: Walking is a good exercise.
Example: I like washing dishes.
Example: You should start saving money for the trip.
Example: Erin goes skiing on Sunday.
Example: I admit making a mistake of firing him.
Like to + verb VS like + verb-ing
Both can be used for repeated actions:
I like sewing baby clothes.
I like to sew baby clothes.
I don’t like being kept waiting.
I don’t like to be kept waiting.
Remember:
We use verb-ing when we talk about actions that already exist or existed.
There is a difference between like to + verb and like + verb-ing
A: I like doing something. = (I do it and I enjoy it.)
Example: I like training new employees. ( I enjoy it.)
I like giving presentations. (I enjoy giving presentations.)
B: I like to do something. = ( I think it is a good thing to do but I don’t necessarily enjoy it. )
Examples: I like to throw the trash on Fridays. (It is not a task I enjoy but I throw the trash on Fridays.)
I like to send my reports on schedule. (It is not my favorite task but I have to do it.)
B2 – Upper Intermediate
We normally associate business with financial gains. But at the end of the day, is it really just about the money?
In recent times, a lot of companies are moving toward dedicating their efforts to developing their company’s corporate social responsibility’s arm.
Check out the link below for a better understanding of CSR.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/corp-social-responsibility.asp
Discussion Questions:
1. In your own understanding, what is CSR?
2. In your opinion, should CSR be an important part of any company? Why or why not?
3. Talk about your company’s CSR.
B2 – Upper Intermediate
Food preservatives are substances added to food items in order to inhibit, retard or arrest the process of fermentation, acidification, and decomposition of food items’. Or, in other words, they are a type of food additive which prolong shelf life and keep products from being broken down by microorganisms
But the question is, how safe are they? Watch the video and be able to discuss the questions that follow:
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B1 – Intermediate
From apartments to tiny houses, noisy neighbors can be a terrible nuisance to deal with. Noisy neighbors can really be irritating at times, disturbing your sleep and regular activities. However, we too, are neighbors to other people and sometimes, we may not know we’re bothering others.
Read the article below to see if you fall into the category of nice or annoying and be able to discuss the questions that follow:
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B2 – Upper intermediate – Job Interview
Are you going to a job interview soon? Are you nervous that maybe you will stutter and fail the interview? Then, don’t fret because we got you covered. Watch the video below and learn how to ace that interview.
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B1 – Lower Intermediate
Have you tried almost every technique to study English? Are they effective? Do you want to try another technique that will help you improve your English speaking skills? Then, let’s watch the video below. We can practice or start a discussion later.
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