English Conversation Course

The human impact on environment is huge. Now, we have to decide how we want to world looks like. If we do not start thinking about nature what how the world of our children will looks like? The video below shows in what direction we are going. Let's think about it. 1. What do you think about this video? Are you agree with this "Man" direction presented in the video? 2. Can you give any advice how we can prevent the view of our future presented in the video? 3. Are you doing something for our natural environment to protect it? 

The definition of drone is short and simple. Cambridge dictionary says it is an  aircraft  without a  pilot  that is  controlled  by someone on the  ground , used  especially  as a  hobby . I would like to add it is formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). History: The first radio-controlled aircraft were used in World War I. In 1918, the U.S. Army developed an unmanned "flying bomb" aircraft, which was never used in combat. Later, the British in 1935 follows up the U.S. Army idea and create a „Queen Bee”. This is the first drone in real usage. The technology evolved really fast and the countries started to use various UAVs during the course of WWII. The applications of drone technolo gy: As we can see, military uses of drones is the first one, who started the idea of unmanned aerial vehicles. The drones are used for bomb detection, surveillance and air strikes. This technology save lifes. The effective cameras...

Surely you have heard of cryptocurrencies, but have you ever wondered why they have become so popular recently? It has happened because of a technology called blockchain. So, what exactly is it? Blockchain is like a registry that we cannot change. It is an immutable registry that we can trust. Why can we  trust it? Because when a block is made with transactions, it cannot be changed. Data cannot be deleted from the blockchain. We can only update the data in the ledger. In addition, each block is connected to the previous one and the next so-called hash, which is properly secured by the use of cryptography. So, to change data in  the blockchain, you need great computing power, which currently is not available and will not be available for some time.  How blockchain works  How  blockchain is changing money and business  Sources: https://www.ibm.com/pl-pl/blockchain/what-is-blockchain https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-blockchain...

If any of you is interested in football, you probably heard about the latest technology that was recently introduced into football and is called Video Assistant Referee. If not, VAR is a technology that allows you to view the situation that has just taken place on the field on a special screen by a referee and choose what decision should be made. How does it work exactly? A special team of referees is appointed in each match to sit in front of  screens and analyze s ituations during a m atch. The referee asks VAR to analyze a situation and  VAR recommends a certain decision. Then the video material is verified by the referee and he makes the right decision or  the VAR team advises the referee through headphones what exactly he should do. Finally, the referee makes a decision, even if the action took place a few minutes before . VAR has been controversial from the very beginning because players have stopped enjoying their goals for fear of being for example offside wh...

Nowadays, society is moving towards society with a high percentage of singles. Do we have a singles revolution? People choose comfort life - free of excessive control and full of possibilities, rejecting the hardships and toils associated with starting a family. People decide to be alone because they can afford it. Not so long time ago, marriage was the only way to achieve security and stability. Now everything has changed - technologies, blogs, websites and social media give us the opportunity to have a social life without sharing our private lives. That topic was also covered by Eric Klinenberg in his book “Going Solo” who said that singles are very good consumers, people investing in self-development, versatile, acquiring new skills, ready for quick changes, building network of contacts, caring of reputation and thus supporting the service sector. W hat is, from economic point of view, more rational? Being a single or starting a family?  This dilemma cannot be resolved, ...

       Most people learn English from a child in schools. For some it comes easily while for many it is very difficult and despite the fact that they are learning it for years, they still have a hard time sticking their sentences. However, there are also those who learn languages by themselves. Just hear a word then see its meaning and remember for years. Take a look what brain benefit when you are learning languages from the early age.         Does it come easily to learn languages for you or not?         How many languages do you know? Have you learnt them yourself or in the school/courses?         Do you agree that it’s harder to learn languages when you are older?

It’s very common to combine addiction with abuse of harmful substances such as alcohol, drugs or cigarettes. Due to this it may seem that addiction always has to have bad infuence on our health, but actually it’s not true. In fact doing the shopping can become an addiction too and very often little do people realize that. This video will introduce you to the subject more specifically:   Questions: 1.    Do you buy on impulse? How often do things you’ve bought prove to be entirely unnecessery? 2.    Can you resist the temptation of having something new? Like for example new blouse, T-shirt, some cosmetics or any other stuff 3.    Do you know any tricks, which help to cope with and combat spending too much money on shopping?