English Conversation Course

How does caffeine keep us awake? Everyday lots of people around the world drink coffee. Also for me, a day without my morning coffee can’t exist. Do you know how exactly caffeine works and what happened when you overdose it? How our brains react to this chemical particle? Whether you drink it or not, it’s sure that coffee is inseparable part of modern culture and our lives.

Cultured meat Over the past years people started to pay more attention to what they eat. Many of them have decided to stop eating meat for various reasons. The concern about animal welfare seems to be the most popular reason. For those who like the taste of meet and don’t accept cruelty toward animals scientists have created cultured meat.

Problem with drug cartels in Mexico Mexico seems to be an interesting country, shrouded in the myth of cacti, hot sauces and sombreso. The Latin people who live there seem open and laughing. The great tradition associated with the recently celebrated day of the dead makes this country attractive to us Europeans. However, it turns out that drug cartels still rule in this country. Innocent people are murdered. A few days ago, the son of the famous El Chapo was arrested, but he was released, for fear of how the cartel could take revenge. https://www.ted.com/talks/rodrigo_canales_the_deadly_genius_of_drug_cartels 1.What do you think about the problem with drug cartels there? 2.Would you be afraid to go there alone or with someone? 3. What do you think about the mentality of Mexican people? 4. Why do you think Mexicans and Colombians are unable to prevent poverty in the country from money for trade? sources : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50101794 https:/...

Food forgery Have you ever encountered counterfeit food? Have you been deceived by receiving lower quality food? Or maybe what you expected from a given thing turned out to be something completely different? Nowadays, counterfeit food is becoming a common problem. We hear about various cases, for example the problem of artificial eggs that I have heard many times, which look deceptively similar to the original ones. Stones locked in walnut shells, which, fortunately, do not harm our health because they can not be consumed. Who of us does’nt remember the industrial salt sold as food salt? It happened years ago in Poland but it was a big problem.  Vegetables are dipped in chemical substances to make them look fresh and tasty.  Unfortunately, many of the above-mentioned tricks are harmful to our health after ingestion. Many of the substances used here can contribute to health problems such as the occurrence of cancer.  Remember how many times you ...

What are you dreaming of? Dream -  something that you  want  to  happen   although  it is not very  likely Have you ever asked yourself about “what are you dreaming of”? I bet you do. I think for all of us dreams are in some way a goal. Goals can be big and small. I truly believe that dreams comes true, of course if you are dreaming of something. But is it enough only to dream? The answer is no, and you know it. Nothing happens if we don't do anything. For example, in the childhood, you heard a story about such magnificent mountains, so you have started reading more about it and dreaming day after day of the day when you’ll be standing right at the summit of the mountain. You’ve grown up, and you’ve been on most of them, you’re staying on next one. What are you dreaming of now? What was more important, mountain peak or the path you walked to be there?   Here is another one. Child dreams of to be great sportsmen and since childh...

How to get your brain to focus? Nowadays we have a lot of staff that consumes our time. This leads to losing focus for important things.Also we don't rest enough what leads us to stop being creative. Most of the time we look at different sizes screens, spend useless, harmfully our time. I know that probably all of us have this problem “How to get my brain to focus”. Let’s watch the video with Chris's talk about this. 1) Have you ever trying to get rid of the telephone for a few days or maybe week or more ? 2) What is the most boring thing that you can think of doing? 3) What is let your mind wander, that doesn’t consume your full attention ?

E-sport - Is it a real sport? Many people noticed the recent growth in popularity of e-sport across the globe mostly among the young generation. This situation leads many people to question 'Is professional gaming new kind of sport ?'. Answer to this question is not simple so let's find out more those two. If we want to understand what we are talking about, first we need to describe what is 'sport' and 'e-sport'. According to the Oxford dictionary, sport is 'an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment'. Now the description of e-sport goes like this 'a multiplayer video game played competitively for spectators, typically by professional gamers.' Those descriptions are rather general but we understand the idea behind them. From that, we can see that e-sports kind of fits into the description of sport although many people would say it's not...