Should have added an option "partly". Send a reaction to this message if you have read through the half and got disappointed in life 🤷♀️
Here is the plan:
1. Read the article, look up the words and expressions that are unfamiliar, or just interesting to you
2. I will post one more article this week, it will be shorter, read it as well
3. We will have a speaking session next week to discuss the articles if we have a quorum ☝️
Here is the plan:
1. Read the article, look up the words and expressions that are unfamiliar, or just interesting to you
2. I will post one more article this week, it will be shorter, read it as well
3. We will have a speaking session next week to discuss the articles if we have a quorum ☝️
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Got nothing to do? I got you some new reading. Enjoy.
Bloom, P. The Pleasures of Pain and the Pains of Pleasure
Bloom, P. The Pleasures of Pain and the Pains of Pleasure
Behavioral Scientist
The Pleasures of Pain and the Pains of Pleasure
In his new book, Paul Bloom pushes us to reflect on the complexity of our emotional reactions. Why do we cry on our worst days and our best?
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Sht I forgot to post the vocabulary. Will do soon, but I hope you read both articles, so here are a couple of random surveys:
Which article did you like better?
Anonymous Poll
19%
About electric cars
81%
About pain and pleasure
On the scale from 1 to 5, how hard was the reading? (1 easy peasy and 5 extremelly hard)
Anonymous Poll
4%
1
4%
2
35%
3
43%
4
13%
5
Do you want to have a speaking club next week to discuss the reading? If yes, do you want it to be more about expressing your opinion and free speech, or about working with the text to advance your speaking?
Anonymous Poll
42%
I want the club; free speech
42%
I want the club, advanced speaking
16%
I won't paricipate
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Got nothing to do? I got you some new reading. Enjoy. Bloom, P. The Pleasures of Pain and the Pains of Pleasure
Here comes the vocab for this one.
Btw, please make sure that you prepare similar lists when you do the reading. I do these ones for myself while reading, and sharing here to help you out if needed, but if you do want to advance your reading, make sure that you don't read on the go, sit down and highlight the grammar and the vocabulary you want to practice, otherwise it will just be some reading for pure pleasure 🤷♀️
Vocabulary:
shriek
It was a loaner from the hotel, an ugly thing with metal prongs
tear up
sniffled along with
depict = show
scowling
ambiguous
nibble on
gnaw on
gobble up
through gritted teeth
to outweigh
blissful contentment
Grammar:
Along these lines, laboratory studies find that after experiencing pain, such as by having one of their hands immersed in freezing water, people report that subsequent experiences, like the taste of chocolate, are more pleasurable
PS: this one was boring af
Btw, please make sure that you prepare similar lists when you do the reading. I do these ones for myself while reading, and sharing here to help you out if needed, but if you do want to advance your reading, make sure that you don't read on the go, sit down and highlight the grammar and the vocabulary you want to practice, otherwise it will just be some reading for pure pleasure 🤷♀️
Vocabulary:
shriek
It was a loaner from the hotel, an ugly thing with metal prongs
tear up
sniffled along with
depict = show
scowling
ambiguous
nibble on
gnaw on
gobble up
through gritted teeth
to outweigh
blissful contentment
Grammar:
Along these lines, laboratory studies find that after experiencing pain, such as by having one of their hands immersed in freezing water, people report that subsequent experiences, like the taste of chocolate, are more pleasurable
PS: this one was boring af
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In search of gold I found a diamond 🤷♀️
An absolutely fantastic podcast about genetics from the UK Genetics Society
And here comes the reading:
Jeziorska, D. Exploring the secrets of the 'dark genome'.
You can listen, but I'm super bad at acquiring any kind of information by year, so I'm going to stick to reading.
An absolutely fantastic podcast about genetics from the UK Genetics Society
And here comes the reading:
Jeziorska, D. Exploring the secrets of the 'dark genome'.
You can listen, but I'm super bad at acquiring any kind of information by year, so I'm going to stick to reading.
Genetics Unzipped
Danuta Jeziorska: Exploring the secrets of the ‘dark genome’ — Genetics Unzipped
Most genetic alterations linked to disease aren’t in genes but are in the ‘dark genome’. Nucleome is using new technology to shine a light in these unknown depths and find the hidden genetic connections to disease.
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Open Science pinned «In search of gold I found a diamond 🤷♀️ An absolutely fantastic podcast about genetics from the UK Genetics Society And here comes the reading: Jeziorska, D. Exploring the secrets of the 'dark genome'. You can listen, but I'm super bad at acquiring any…»
Since there is no way I would ever be able to keep up with the piles of tasks I got and have been thoroughly ignoring, let me know where we all stand. I will come up with some slots I have available for a speaking session very soon...
How many articles have you read and willing to discuss?
Anonymous Poll
4%
All three
30%
First two
67%
Only one