English Conversation Course

Guido van Rossum is an author of Python programming language. In 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Computer History museum in Mountain View. Questions Do you use some open source software? What's that? If you do a computer programming, do you use some open source library? Do you have your favourite? Would you be willing to publish the work you are proud of on some free license?

Polish Wikipedia is the biggest encyclopedia project in Polish language. It started in 2001 and is one of ten most commonly visited websites in Poland. I’d like to describe a few aspects of its functioning. Some numbers and facts About 1,600 of Polish Wikipedia users make at least one edit in a month. About hundred of them are active in votings on meta-pages of Wikipedia. Polish Wikipedia have hit one million four hundred thousand on articles counter at 6th of April this year. All editors make on average 170 thousands of changes in articles monthly. The most actively read articles in May were: article about aircraft An-225 Mrija, Poland and article about Netflix series “Dom z papieru” (Money Heist). Notability One of rules of Wikipedia community is notability of phenomenons and objects being described. Topic of article should be verifiable, shouldn’t be too temporary (not to be a news article), should be widely defined (not to be a dictionary entry) and should be useful as an encyclope...

South park  Southpark is an american animated tv series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It first aired in 1997 on Comedy Central and since then every year new seasons are released. The basic plot is quite simple. It tells a story about four, ten years old, boys from fictional town  South Park, Colorado. Stan Marsh is the most average of them, nothing charactering about him. Kyle Broflovski is a redhead jew and also he is from Jersey. Eric Cartman is a anti semitic obese kid who is also narcissistic. The last boy Kenny McCormick is the poor one whose parents took a part in cthulhu cult which resulted in Kenny's immortality. During the first five sezon Kenny died in every episode. Except boys there are a lot other main characters as their parents, classmates, teachers, god, satan, Chef, Towelie( talking towell who gets high all the time), Mr. Hankey the christmas poo,and many more.  In South park there is a lot of poop humor but it’s not all there is. S...

Chinese censorship China is fastly developing and expanding its range of power. The Chinese consumer market is enormous and still rising. In China citizens must obey government’s politics and any kind disobedience may result in harsh punishments. And what power does China have outside its borders? After watching this video I can recommend you to watch other videos of this series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sv0RkLlaEE&list=PLWHhRzSHrMU9OCxgoPJ-y65e6179lfZpF&index=12 Questions 1. Did you know about this? Do you know any other examples of chinese censorship outside of china? How do companies change their products to fulfill chinese government desires? 2. What do you think about this phenomenon? What kind of outcome may it have? 3. Are you aware/ have you noticed any other censorship examples in other countries?(not china related)

Electric vehicles are becoming more and more popular in our lives, walking around Warsaw sometimes it is easier to hit an electric scooter than bicycle, the video below shows the reason why it is worth using this mode of transport and why it has become so popular. Questions: 1) Have you ever used an electric means of transport? 2) Do you think electric skateboard can be just as popular in the future as scooters? 3) What are the disadvantages of electric skateboard?

What exactly is tea? Tea is plant originating from China, first it grew wild and then it was known by people lived there. We must remember that tea is one plant and all tea colors that we distinguish come from one plant. Source:    https://redblossomtea.com/blogs/red-blossom-blog/how-tea-grows-anatomy-of-a-tea-plant So what are tea colors? The most popular is black tea which is very aromatic in taste and dark in color. Next is green tea her color is light and the taste delicate. The healthiest tea is white which has fluff-covered leaves and also has a delicate brew. the last popular tea is red, which has very earthy taste and almost black color. The last two types are little known, it is blue and yellow tea with a rich taste. And that's it, the other "teas" are really fruit or herbal infusions, they are not teas because the leaves do not come from the tea bush. Source:  https://www.hercampus.com/school/wilfrid-laurier/beginner-s-guide-all-th...

System 3E These days there are plenty of companies which are specialized in building houses. The competition between them is huge. To get the most attractive orders, they have to stand out from the crowd. According to research we can find out that, nowadays people spend more money on investment in their life quality. They would rather pay more and get better result rather than choose the cheapest version. Here one of the solution to become the biggest is an innovative methods. Polish company System 3E comes across the expectations of people. System 3E is a technology of building houses with perlit. It is an energy-saving and ecological raw material which is used to build walls. It is also very economic, but there are more advantages of building with our polish technology.  First of all, as we all know the average time of building a house in traditional way is 24 months. The company says that with them, we can build all house in 3-6 months. The difference in time is hu...

Caffeine, contained in food, beverages and medication, is widely used and considered to be one of the most popular cognitive enhancer. Although multiple studies confirmed its amplifying effects on cognitive functions, debates over whether caffeine is a cognitive enhancer, or, on the contrary, harms people’s health are still ongoing. Because various diverging opinions exist it is important to understand the scientific background of the effects of caffeine. Caffeine and Cognition There is a variety of cognitive processes. They are classified as natural or artificial, aware or unconscious. The idea of cognition represents a capability for dealing with information, applying knowledge, and changing priorities. Cognition a complex perception mechanism that involves memory, attention, executive functions, language, and psychomotor functions. This work reviews the possible positive and negative effects of caffeine on cognitive functions according to researches and studies. Caffein...

Dear colleagues, today I would like to share with you one of my favorite science channels on YouTube. In todays video I propose you to take a look at the pretty popular topic. I assure you that everyone will find out something new for himself/herself. I have to warn you that this Matt sometimes uses some real physics in his explanation, but it isn't the case for this video. 1) Do you enjoy Spacetime topic, or do you think it's not really relevant in everyday life? 2) Did you know that life started on Earth almost as soon as it became possible (~3.7 billion years ago)? How does it make you feel? 3) Do you find yourself special knowing how many "coincidences" led up to this moment? Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcfLZSL7YGw&t=604s

Source:  “Art-B. Made in Poland” by Canal+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1af0onHGmxc What is Art-B? It's a Polish limited company with its headquarters in Cieszyn founded by Bogusław Bagsik (26 years old) and Andrzej Gąsiorowski (30 years old), operating in 1989–1991. The company was founded in 1989 in Cieszyn with a share capital of 1000 PLN. In 1990, it increased its share capital to PLN 437 million. The firm dealt in the trade of literally all goods - from coffee and tea, through RTV equipment, cars, and works of art. In a short time, Art-B evolved into a holding of 3,000 companies employing approximately 140,000 people and trading trillions of zlotys at that time. Let me introduce you just a few examples of their clever ways of using lack of procedures in young Poland to do the big business in a really short time. Source:  “Art-B. Made in Poland” by Canal+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1af0onHGmxc Perpetuum mobile ...

Capgras syndrome is a rare psychiatric disorder. It was first observed in 1923 by a French psychiatrist. The patient is convinced that the people he knows have been replaced by doubles. A person with such delusions is convinced that people in her surroundings have been exchanged for people of the same appearance. The problem is not face recognition by the patient who is functioning properly. In 1991, a case of a 74-year-old woman from Scotland was described who, following a psychosis, experienced this disorder. She claimed that her husband had been exchanged. She refused to sleep with the double, moreover, she showed great concerns about her safety. The woman easily recognized other family members. Capgras syndrome may be the result of damage to the connection of the cerebral cortex with the limbic system as a result of mechanical damage. It is responsible for emotional reactions to given objects / persons. It is also possible that the syndrome will occur in older people. Most o...