Watch the video and answer the questions below:

It forms the pastry's structure.
a) salt
b) flour

It provides moisture.
a) fat
b) liquid

It is the protein in the flour.
a) gluten
b) powder

It contributes to flavor.
a) fat
b) salt

It provides tenderness.
a) liquid
b) fat

• I heard a strange noise – involuntary; you have no control over what you hear
• I was hearing a sound ­ We don’t use hear in the continuous form
• I’ve heard of that film – You have some information about it
• I listen to classical music when I’m working – Your choice; you control what you listen to

Fill the gaps with the correct forms of hear and listen.
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1 Have you .................................. about the floods down south?
2 A: Are you .................................. to me?
B: No.
3 Listen! I can .................................. something.
4 I .................................. funny noises during the night.
5 Don’t .................................. to a word he says. He’s a liar.
6 I .................................. to the news on the radio every morning.
7 Otis Reading, ‘I .................................. it through the grapevine.’
8 I’m sorry. I didn’t .................................. what you said.
9 Sorry. I wasn’t .................................. .
10 If you want to hear what he’s saying, you’ll have to .................................. very carefully.
11 That’s the last thing I wanted to .................................. .
12 Did you .................................. about what happened to Simon?
13 I’ve been .................................. to the Radio a lot recently.
14 I .................................. about that on Voice of America radio station?
15 She’s one of those people who never really .................................. to what you’re saying.
16 I told you that would happen. Why don’t you ..................................?
17 His diction is appalling. I can never .................................. a word he says.

Now make up some examples of your own.
1 ................................................................................................................................
2 ................................................................................................................................
3 ................................................................................................................................
4 ................................................................................................................................

COVID-19, more commonly referred to as the Coronavirus, is causing quarantines all over the world. What exactly does that mean?

Watch the video then answer the question below:

A quarantine happens when a person gets infected.
a) True
b) False
c) Maybe

Quarantines are implemented in order to  
a) determine the incubation period of a virus
b) determine the healing period of an infected person
c) determine the symptoms of a virus

Which of the following statements is true?
a) Isolation is the same as a quarantine
b) Isolation is meant for healthy persons
c) Isolation is meant for infected persons

What are some of the disadvantages of quarantine that the video mentioned?
a) the government may act harshly
b) doctors may not visit infected communities
c) the people may easily get bored
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Why do people still feel that quarantine is like being in a prison?
a) quarantine doesn't give you enough freedom
b) activities are confined in one setting
c) both A and B

Debate:Think about these questions - let’s talk about them in class [also prepare some of your own]

1. Is your government currently implementing mandatory quarantine?
2. What's your opinion about your government's decision regarding mandatory quarantine?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of mandatory quarantine or Cordon Sanitaire?

Vocabulary:
unprecedented = never having happened before • Unprecedented bush fires hit Australia last year. • Federer is hoping to win an unprecedented ninth Wimbledon.

bouncing back = becoming successful again after a bad experience • Her hat trick shows she’s really bouncing back from her broken leg. • The Amazon will never bounce back from deforestation.

soar = increase quickly • Markets soar when there’s confidence in the economy. • Ticket prices soared when the home team made the final.

After you watch - try the quiz at the bottom of THIS PAGE.

You've probably been told that eating too much salt is bad for you, especially if you have high blood pressure. But what exactly does salt do to our bodies that can make it so hard on our hearts?

Watch the video and answer the questions
Can too much liquid in the blood vessels create more pressure?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe

Can too much salt cause high blood pressure?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe

Can high blood pressure strengthen the blood vessel overtime?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe

Can plaques make the blood vessel broader?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe

Can high blood pressure damage the blood vessels l in the brain?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe

Discussion
Think about the questions below - let's discuss them in class:

1. How much salt do you consume dally?
2. Do you like your food salty or not? Why?
3. How should we limit our salt intake?

With one of the largest kitchens in Asia, the Shri Saibaba temple in Shirdi, India, prepares, cooks and serves quantities of food that are nearly unimaginable. The kitchen dishes out as many as 40,000 meals per day, every day, all year long. It takes 600 people working in two daily shifts to prepare all this food. Yet despite all the effort, meals are free to the public. Why? The temple believes that those who are hungry deserve to be fed, and those who are thirsty deserve to be given a drink.

Watch the video then answer the questions below...

When was the temple built?
a) in 2010
b) in 2008
c) in 2001

How many people work in the kitchen hall everyday?
a) 600
b) 500
c) 200

What make up their daily meal?
a) green vegetables and beans
b) bread and rice
c) all of the above

How many tons of bread are made everyday?
a) 2 tons
b) 3.3 tons
c) half a ton

At least how many people are fed everyday?
a) 20,000
b) 40,000
c) 10,000

Questions for discussion [can YOU think of any more?]:

1. What do you think about the temple's philosophy?
2. Are there also similar institutions that help the poor in your country? 

How far would you travel for a really good meal? To savor a bowl of charred-soy ramen at the family-owned Rishiri Ramen Miraku, you’ll need to take some combination of planes, trains and ferries to an island off Japan’s northernmost tip. But we promise this dish—featuring locally harvested kombu seaweed as the not-so-secret ingredient—is totally worth the trek.

Watch the video then answer the questions...

1. How long will it take to fly to Sapporo from Tokyo?

a) 2 hours
b) 3 hours
c) 1 hour

1. Which transportation will take one to Wakkanai?

a) plane
b) train
c) bus

1. Which island is the Ramen place located?

a) Risgiri island
b) Rigni island
c) Rishiri island

1. How many hours does the Ramen place open each day?

a) 3 hours
b) 2 and half hours
c) 2 hours

1. What makes the Ramen special ?

a) made with local kombu seaweed broth
b) charred soy ramen
c) all of the above

This is the amazing TRUE story of why we don’t see purple on national flags. Sometimes the simplest questions have the most extraordinary answers. This unusual tale will take you on a journey through history, geography, science and art.

 Vocabulary
DYE = a substance used for changing the color of something (such as hair or cloth)
ELITE = the most wealthy and powerful people in a society
EXPENSIVE = high-priced, costly
FORBID = (forbade, forbidden) ban, prohibit
HOLINESS = religiousness, spirituality
SCIENTIST = a person who works doing scientific research or solving scientific problems
SNAIL = a small animal that lives in a shell that it carries on its back and that moves very slowly
SYNTHETIC = artificial, fabricated
WEAKNESS = fragility, vulnerability

Have you ever thought about National flags and their colors?
Sit back, relax and watch this...

Watch the video again and answer the questions
Why didn't countries use purple in their flags?
a) Because it represented weakness
b) Because Queen Elizabeth forbade it
c) Because it was too expensive

Where did the dye to make the original color purple come from?
a) A snail
b) Gold
c) The water in the Tyre region of the Mediterranean

Besides royalty and wealth, what else did purple represent?
a) Greek gods
b) The Romans
c) Holiness

When was synthetic purple discovered?
a) About 150 years ago
b) When the elite stopped liking it
c) When it was no longer popular

Who discovered today's color purple?
a) An American painter
b) A scientist
c) The video doesn't say

Discussion questions:
What's your favorite color?
What are the colors of your country's flag? Do you know what they represent?
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What is the chance of the human race surviving the 21st century? There are many dangers – climate change for example, or nuclear war, or a pandemic, or planet Earth being hit by a giant asteroid. Sam and Neil discuss our future and whether we need to start panicking but not before they teach you some useful vocabulary. Read the question [listen for the answer] and check out the vocabulary.

QUESTION:
The species was hunted so much that within a century, every single bird had died out. But do you know which island the dodo was from?
Was it: a) The Galapagos b) Mauritius c) Fiji [The answer is at the end of the programme.]

VOCABULARY:
existential risks - dangers that threaten the continuation of human life on Earth
the historical record - the collection of all written and recorded past events concerning the human race
wipes out - completely destroys leaving nothing remaining
plague - infectious, epidemic disease
Doomsday - final day of the world’s existence; apocalypse
false alarm - warning given incorrectly so that people wrongly believe something dangerous is about to happen