Teamwork: Advantages and drawbacks

The document under study is a recording about the opinions of three students about teamwork. We can hear about the advantages that are the possibility to make new friends. Moreover, it can help us to improve our self-confidence. Besides, it is easier to speak in a smaller group. Furthermore, it can teach us to be better listeners. On the other hand, there are obstacles/drawbacks/limits to teamwork: indeed, sometimes it can be difficult to agree with everyone. In addition, some people will not make the effort to listen to everyone. At first, it looks really difficult and useless. Eventually, when everyone does some good efforts, we all learn important skills.

Homework: Learn the lesson.

  Teamwork, advantages and drawbacks

The document under study is a recording about the advantages and obstacles of teamwork. The advantages are that teamwork is an opportunity to talk with other students. Moreover, it is possible to make new friends. Besides, it is easier to talk in a small group. Indeed, it also builds your confidence. On top of that, teamwork can teach us to be better listeners.

On the other hand, there can be drawbacks to teamwork, for example people will not always agree with you. In addition, not everyone is listening to one another, therefore, everyone should/has to make efforts to respect one another.

Homework: Learn the lesson.

Language in Progress

The Modal Expressions

1) Choose the option that best fits from the two choices.

a) I must stop speaking before I say something I'll regret. (a personal decision)

b) You ought to brush your teeth more than once a day! (a collective opinion)

c) She should read that book. (advice)

d) They don’t have to finish that piece of cake. (a lack of obligation)

2. Complete the following sentences using the appropriate modal verb.

a) You should / must wash your hands before dinner.

b) You mustn’t / must not experiment on people!

c) You don’t have to come if you're tired.

d) You should change your eating habits.

2) Complete the following sentences using the appropriate relative pronoun.

a) Do you know the lady whose daughter won the prize?

b) Look at the cute cat which is playing with string!

c) Roy is the name of the android whom I talked to you about.

d) This is the house where it happened.

e) Let me show you the place where the magic happens.

f) October 6th was the day when she had her first exhibition.

Vocabulary in Progress

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate idiom.

a) My grandmother is still active and healthy; she is truly in the prime of life.

b) He almost drowned, but luckily he cheated death.

c) That old car finally kicked the bucket after years of use.

d) She had a serious accident, but she managed to live to tell the tale.

e) After eating that super spicy chili, I got so sick, thought I might bite the dust.

Homework: Learn the lesson.

Complete exercice D. Music of English

Extended Life

The document under study is an extract from Time magazine, published in 2023. It deals with a man named Bryan Johnson who is obsessed with the idea to live as long as possible. To do so, he has spent more than $4 million dollars in a life extension system named Blueprint. The method consists in having his body studied and analyzed by doctors who tell him what to do, what to eat. Therefore, he has a strict diet and a precise sleep schedule. Furthermore, he takes daily 54 pills. The aim of all this process is to reduce his “biological age”. There are benefits to this process: he has a pale and glowing skin. Moreover, he is 46 years old, however, his body and organs are biologically younger. On top of that, through his experience, researchers are making breakthroughs while trying to make him stay younger.  Nevertheless, he is using a scientific method that has not been proved to work fully yet. Besides, experts say that death is not optional as it is written in our genes.

Homework: Learn the lesson.

Be ready for the reading Comprehension Evaluation: Friday October 2nd on the theme of the chapter.

 Teamwork: a definition

Teamwork allows to create some connections with people you do not really know. You can also feel more at ease to speak in a small group.

It is necessary to communicate, collaborate and listen to one another in order to work as best as possible. Moreover, you have to choose your collaborators wisely and be able to trust them.

In addition, teamwork is obviously a group of people who work together. Each person in the group gives their ideas to have the best performance.

Besides, teamwork means to work together to achieve the same goals by sharing ideas and by supporting each other.

Homework: Learn the language.

Extended Life

The document under study is an article from Time magazine, published in 2023. It deals with/ it is about a documentary on Netflix about a man named Bryan Johnson who does not want to die. To do so, he has spent more than $4 million to develop a life-extension system. The name of this method is called “Blueprint”. Algorithms are used to outsource every decision linked to his body to doctors. He has to through a strict diet and a precise sleep schedule to reduce his “biological age”.

There are some benefits through this method; his body and his face look younger. Moreover, his bones and organs are about ten years healthier than they should be. Nevertheless, there are risks to be considered: his skin could change through the treatments. Furthermore, this type of method will only be accessible to rich people. On top of that, his life style is heavily restricted and he is not even sure that he would be able to reach his goal. In addition, experts say that death is not optional, everybody has to go through it since it is written in our genes.

Homework: Learn the lesson.

 Be ready for the reading Comprehension Evaluation: Friday October 2nd on the theme of the chapter.

 Science or Fantasy ?

Uploading the mind.

The document under study is an article extracted from Dazed magazine, published in 2023. It deals with digitally assisted eternal life. The method mentioned in this article to achieve eternal life is mind uploading. It consists in making someone’s mind digital make it immortal in a way. Therefore, all the memories, the personality and emotions of a person would be transformed into data uploaded to a computer. The benefits are that if something happens to your physical body, your memories would be saved. Moreover, it would be possible to choose another avatar as our mind may not be able to sustain without one. Nevertheless, we do not know if our mind is capable of adapting to a new shell. Besides, it is not necessary to create a perfect copy of our brain as just being able to make it function properly is enough. To conclude, it sounds like a fascinating project because it highlights the idea that someday we could transcend human physical limits.

Homework: Learn the lesson.