Brain maintenance

1. Answer the questions in exercise 7 in your worksheet.

2. What do the following words mean and why does she use them?
- burnout
- keystone
- discretionary time
- stillness
- to-do list
- enhance
- unplug
- device-free zone

What would happen if you didn't sleep?

The effects of sleep deprivation:

Climate change

Want to learn more about climate change and global warming from NASA? Resources, videos, graphs, satellite imagery and more.

Imagining a world without fossil fuels

Imagining a world without fossil fuels. Video.

Do you suffer from cyberchondria?

When hypochondriacs go online...
Brettania is addicted to Dr Internet
The English We Speak - BBC. Cyberchondria

Ghosts and smugglers

Ghosts and Smugglers. The Story of the Ghost Story. BBC video 
According to the video, what are some of the reasons why ghost stories are told?

Extreme interviews

What is an extreme interview?
Extreme interviews - Video

Food for thought

Following yesterday's discussion in class, here are a couple of articles and a video you may want to read and watch:

How much food do we waste?
The global food waste scandal
Congestion Charge, T-Charge and Low Emissions Zones. Learn what they are and how much you have to pay if you want to drive in London.

The life cycle of a plastic bottle

Learn what happens to the plastic you throw away

How does fracking work?

Do you know what fracking is? Learn about this controversial technology here.

Secrets of Girl with a Pearl Earring

A new research project at the Mauritshuis in The Hague hopes to unlock some of the mysteries that surround Vermeer's masterpiece... but not all of them!
Here is the video.

The real news stories

Woman goes driving in her sleep

Tractor driver destroys six speed cameras

Woman held over “replacement husband plot”

Wild elephant attacks a bus

Man walks tightrope 200 feet up in the air from Eiffel Tower

“Escape” artist fails to escape

Flight attendant still working at 81 - Video

Man fined for painting own road signs
Police find "WW2 bomb" was big courgette

5 Life-Changing Events That Can Shake Us To Our Core

Read the article and watch the video

International Women's Day 2018: #PressforProgress

International Women's Day 2018: protests across the world as women press for progress

100 Women. The BBC on International Women's Day with videos and articles about the fights and achievements of women around the world.

Six women explain how they achieved the unimaginable.

The gender pay gap explained

Gender pay gap. The date women stop being paid in Europe.

The Guardian. Laura Bates on everyday sexism.

European Institute for Gender Equality. Forms of gender-based violence.

The things we need... or we don't

Ellen Degeneres ridicules a new Bic pen... for women!
And here is some more reaction in the media and even from Amazon customers.
Don't miss it!

A Life of Grime

A Life of Grime. Watch this BBC documentary about Mr Trebus.

Trump's rethoric: a triumph of inarticulacy

His spelling and grammar are disastrous... keep reading!!

US election 2016: all you need to know

US election 2016: all you need to know

Famous paintings and painters

Famous paintings
Top ten painters of all time. Video
Top ten iconic paintings. Descriptions. Video
How to describe a picture. Find some useful vocabulary here

Shakespeare Speaks

Shakespeare Speaks