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[Аленький Цветочек]

Topic for third discussion:

Neuro Linguistic Programming for Dummies
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/neuro-lingu...or-dummies.html

As usual, next Sunday at 8 pm.

[Татя]

Crossword puzzle for this article



Across

5. to achieve, to realize, to produce, to manage
7. alternative, different, unsimilar, contrary
8. rotten, filthy, impure, dirty
9. feature, attribute, characteristic

Down

1. according to, in accordance with
2. adjustably, adaptably, modifiably, changeably
3. to meet, find, or run into someone
4. mutual understanding, relationship, link, compatibility
6. stimulus, impulse, momentum, energy

[Аленький Цветочек]

4th Conversation.

The Wolf of Hate
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-w...2/the-wolf-hate


As usual, this Sunday at 8 pm.

Сообщение отредактировал(а) Аленький Цветочек - 10.02.2012 - 21:16

[Аленький Цветочек]

5th Conversation

The Social Side of Anger

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/distre...cial-side-anger

[Татя]

Crossword puzzle to the previous article The Wolf of Hate



Across*

4 – to cause pain, to make hurt
9 – to fight, to battle, to combat
10 – to agree, to accord, to associate with something or something
12 – to run away, to take flight, to escape, to fly away
13 – speeded up, accelerated, with an increased strength
17 – dislike, disgust, antipathy
18 – a small fight, a brisk conflict, encounter, confrontation
19 – to leap, to move suddenly, to jump, to drop
20 – a period of dry weather, especially a long one
22 – to control, to soften, to domesticate, to temper
25 – burning, very hot, blackening
26 – to move slightly, to become active
27 – to urge, to motivate, to hint, to inspire
28 – dread, horror, fear, shock

Down

1 – contempt, dislike, hatred, aversion
2 – commonplace, ever-present, existing everywhere and at the same time
3 – to toss, to throw about, to disarrange, to mess up
5 – constant, maintained, continuous
6 – a rear curtain of a stage setting in theaters, a background
7 – gifts of nature, attributes of mind and body
8 – to argue, to quarrel, to disagree
11 – to fasten to a fixed object (about animals), to secure, to tie up
14 – man-like
15 – a gland at the base of a brain
16 – goose bumps, raised hair
17 – an almond-shaped groups of nuclei, located in temporal lobes of a brain and involved in imotions of fear and aggression
21 – located near the temple
23 – rare, of insufficient quantity, seldom met, not abundant
24 – to roar, to growl threateningly

* gray means a space symbol
"-" means a dash symbol

[Татя]

Crossword puzzle to a previous article The social side of anger.




Across

2 – to meet somebody, to experience something
5 – to dissolve, to disappear, to go away
6 – to be a basis or a cause of something

Down

1 –dead-end, full stop, halt
3 – initial condition, beginning, start,
4 – temporary, passing, short, transitory

[vpotapov1]

I can't catch if it was discussion past Sunday

[Аленький Цветочек]

Topic for 6th conversation.

Shooting Your Kid’s Laptop Is No Solution to Media Literacy
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/positi...media-literacy#

There is also video to this article (the link is in the article).

Please, feel free to start convesation without me. My Internet connection is not stable.

Time is usual. Next Sunday, 8 pm.

Сообщение отредактировал(а) Аленький Цветочек - 25.02.2012 - 19:11

[Bybonchik]

If you forgive the intrusion - read this article today and thought of you, guys. Seemed very interesting to me.

The myth of the eight-hour sleep.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783

I suppose for those whose English is only starting to develop, you can always cheat by using "Google Translate the whole webpage", understand what it is about (the Google machine translation will be very rough), and then read and learn more consciously, trying to soak up the language constructions and the new vocabulary.

An excellent source for an online dictionary is also multitran.ru. I use it a lot.

[Татя]

A crossword puzzle to the previous article




Across

1 – a child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one
6 – wise, thoughtful, understanding, experienced
7 – implications, consequences, results

Down

2 – refutation, disproof, a proof of a contrary statement, counterstatement, defense
3 – upset, distressed, afflicted, hurt, unhappy
4 – huge, overwhelming, gigantic, astounding
5 – unsatisfied, unhappy, disappointed, displeased
6 – to spy, to look or listen without permission, to eavesdrop
8 – clever, smart, keen, intelligent, shrewd

[Аленький Цветочек]

There was the topic for 7th conversation. I organised it spontaneously last Sunday.
How to Be More Effective at Work: Develop Your Soft Skills
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cuttin...our-soft-skills
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Topic for 8th conversation.

Should You Trust Your Intuitions?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hot-th...your-intuitions

Time is usual. Next Sunday, 8 pm.

Сообщение отредактировал(а) Аленький Цветочек - 15.03.2012 - 10:37

[Bybonchik]

Hope you don't mind the intrusion - saw these two pieces of info and loved them.

1. Why bilinguals are smarter

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/...lingualism.html

about the proof that bilingual children develop faster and are more intelligent in the long run. The text and vocabulary is quite hard, but it's the best way to learn and improve!

The collective evidence from a number of such studies suggests that the bilingual experience improves the brain’s so-called executive function — a command system that directs the attention processes that we use for planning, solving problems and performing various other mentally demanding tasks. These processes include ignoring distractions to stay focused, switching attention willfully from one thing to another and holding information in mind

2. Presentation
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_t..._deception.html
или почему люди верят в невероятное (и порой совершенно дремучее). There is an explanation to the tendency to want to believe various pseudoscientific stories.
Again, the language is hard, but even if you understand some of it, it's great, as the thoughts there are just fantastic.

[Аленький Цветочек]

Topic for 9th conversation.


Introverted? Shy? How the World Misperceives Us
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/shynes...misperceives-us

Time is usual. Next Sunday, 8 pm.

[Аленький Цветочек]

Topic for 10th conversation.


Does True Altruism Exist?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-a...-altruism-exist

Next Sunday, 7 pm

[Тигренок]

Ladies and gentlemen, I have just noticed your mistake. Ordinal numerals are always written with the definite article "the": the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd... the 10th.