A Moment of Science
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Healthy Menus Cause Unhealthy Decisions? |
Vocabulary:
| McDonald¡¦s salad menu healthful cheeseburger French fries recent study suggests otherwise researchers fast food-type typically chicken sandwich included |
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times more likely to actually absurd presence to spur vicarious goal fulfillment to fulfill to do your duty to amounts to huge phenomenon to encourage to resist the urge |
Listening
comprehension questions:
1. In what way did the data go against
expectation?
2. Explain what "vicarious goal fulfillment"
is, as explained in this program.
3. What are some ways that people can
perhaps make healthier food choices?
4. Do you think that the explanation of
"vicarious goal fulfillment" is the only possible one to explain
the data? What other reason could possibly explain the results?
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How To Calculate The Temperature With The Chirp Of A Cricket If the Ceiba link isn't working try this one |
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Vocabulary:
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Listening comprehension questions:
1. The cricket of which sex chirps, and
why?
2. How does a cricket chirp?
3. How can you calculate the temperature
based on a cricket's chirp?
4. Why does a cricket's chirp
vary with the temperature?
5. Give an easy way to know
the temperature in Celsius using this method.