Tag: People and Human Interest

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Pain and stress are the usual feelings that we encounter whenever we have problems. These are inevitable feelings that humans experience.

Stress is the garbage of the modern life. All of us will suffer from it, but if you don’t cope with it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.

Stress and confusion come from being busy. Sometime the most productive thing to do is to let go and relax.

Watch this video on how to let go of our stress and pains.

Discussion Questions:

1. How often do you feel stressed or in (emotional) pain?
2. What are the things that make you stressed? How do you deal with it?
3. How does the speaker compare the glass of water to a person’s stress or pain? Do you agree with him?
4. What are your stress relievers?

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Laughter has a lot of benefits not only to our health but also to people around us. There’s a saying that laughter is and will always be, the best therapy.

According to John Cleese, laughter connects us to people. It’s almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you’re just always howling with laughter.

In this video, you’ll know the story of the three laughing monks and how they connect and affect other people’s lives.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is the summary of the story?
2. Are you a serious person or a jolly one?
3. What was the funniest moment that ever happened in your life? Can you tell the story?
4. How often do you meet and laugh with your family and friends?
5. What usually makes you laugh?

B2 – Upper Intermediate

It is in people’s nature to get angry if there’s something that others did that we don’t really like and didn’t pass our standards. However, each person has different attitudes and way to handle their anger. Some just keep silent and some are try to release their anger by shouting or sometimes even harming others physically.

This video showed a story that somehow will help us know how to handle and get rid our anger issues. Remember that anger doesn’t solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything.

Discussion Questions:

1. According to the video, what is the law of a garbage truck?
2. How does the taxi driver compare people to garbage trucks?
3. How can anger issues be managed?
4. What are the things that make you angry?
5. What can you say about the taxi driver’s attitude?

B2 – Upper Intermediate

When we wake up in the morning, the first thing most of us do is to check our phones for notifications. Then, we get ourselves ready for the day by eating breakfast. But before taking the first bite, we first take the phone out and snap a photo of our food and post it on social media. This behavior of constantly being on our phones continues throughout the day. This may not be true for everyone, but we see this pattern of behavior around us.

People tend to have the urge to share everything about themselves on social media. This may sound harmless, but we should be very careful about the things we post and share on the internet. We must distinguish which information is okay to share online and which ones should be kept in private.

Let’s watch the video and find out what information may be okay to share online and those that should be kept from all the world to see.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is private information? What is personal information? Give examples of each.
2. Do you use social media? If yes, how often do you use it? What sort of information do you share on your social media account/s?
3. What are your thoughts on this statement: “Think before you share.”?
4. Why is it dangerous to share private information online?
5. How do you make sure not to jeopardize your private info when navigating through the internet?