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Our Changing World
Our latest resources look at the changing world we live in:
have you ever considered that one day a robot might look after
you in your old age? The latest robots from Japan include one
that will help elderly people who live alone '" and have
no one to talk to," said Kazuya Kitamura,"...Robots don't mind
listening to the same stories over and over again ."' Another
is designed to keep children happy while their parents are at
work. Read more about what we can all look forward to in our
Pre-Intermediate Instant Lesson ' Robots '.
 And if you're
worried about the amount of time you or someone you know spends
on the Internet, our Intermediate Instant Lesson ' Computers Harm Kids ' can
help to inform you about the dangers. The lesson discusses excessive
use and says what happens to people who spend too much time
playing computer games.
On a positive note we look at a new biking scheme that has been
introduced to London withfree bikes being offered around the
city center in our Upper Intermediate Lesson 'On Your Bike'.
Best wishes,
The English To Go Team
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Newest resources in the Teachers' Room include:
- Skateboarding Online - Elementary Instant Lesson
A skateboarding priest is a YouTube hit and women
in different countries are now skateboarding. Sport, comprehension,
complete the table, word order, true or false, the present
continuous: is/am/are, extra reading
- Robots - Pre-Intermediate Instant Lesson
Robots that can talk, find glasses, draw airplanes
and play with your children are now available. Robots,
nurses, health, technology, 'by + verb + ing' used to say
how something is done.
- Computers Harm Kids - Intermediate Instant Lesson
Teenagers who spend excessive amounts of time on
the Internet are one and a half times more likely to develop
depression than moderate web users. Pros and cons of the
Internet, teenagers, inventions, modal verbs, persuasive speeches.
- On Your Bike - Upper Intermediate Instant
Lesson
A fleet of 6,000 bicycles for hire has hit
central London with a scheme intended to fuel a cycling
revolution in the congested capital. Traffic problems,
bicycles, London, concept of offering a service for free,
definite articles.
- World Leaders: Julia
Gillard, Australia - Weekly Warmer
This
warmer gets students to read for specific information in order
to complete a biographical table while learning about Julia
Gillard, Australia's first democratically elected woman Prime
Minister.
- Acad Word List 2 - Max Vocab
Worksheet
The Academic Word List (AWL) is a list
of the 3,000 words most often used in English-language
academic writing.
- On Your Bike - Instant
Workbook
Every day, traffic seems to get
worse. How can we reduce the number of cars on our roads? What
alternatives can we offer car drivers? What do you think?
An Upper Intermediate online lesson with 7 exercises to do.
For access to these and more than 1,700 other resources:
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This Month's Point
of Interest
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This month's Point of Interest
comes from the Intermediate Instant Lesson
" Computers Harm Kids":
"Some spend more than 10 hours a day, they are really
problematic users and they show signs and symptoms of
addictive behavior ... browsing the Internet, playing
games," said Lam, co-author of the paper which was published
on Tuesday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent
Medicine.
"They can't get their minds off the Internet, they feel
agitated if they don't get back on after a short period
of being away," the psychologist at Sydney's University
of Notre Dame's School of Medicine said in a telephone
interview.
"They don't want to see friends, don't want to join
family gatherings, don't want to spend time with parents
or siblings."
The study involved 1,041 teenagers aged between 13 and
18 years in China's southern Guangzhou city who were
free of depression at the start of the investigation.
Nine months later, 84 of them were assessed as suffering
from depression and those who were on the Internet excessively
were one-and-a-half times more vulnerable than moderate
users.
"Results suggested that young people who are initially
free of mental health problems but use the Internet
pathologically could develop depression as a
consequence.'
Thomson
Reuters
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