Daily bread 02/24/2018

• ESL Lesson Plan on Crying Babies - Breaking News English Lesson

  • reseated
  • video footage on social media

• Can Boot Camps Turn You Into A Software Developer Or Do You Need A University Degree? - Techzim

  • Can Boot Camps Turn You Into A Software Developer Or Do You Need A University Degree?
  • I have worked with many talented developers who have not had any formal University degrees.
  • I have also worked with people who have attended some of the best Ivy League Universities such as Harvard, Duke, and University of Texas at Austin.
  • The one thing that differentiates the former from the latter is a piece of paper.
  • If you don’t adapt, then you will fail.
  • technology is constantly changing
  • If you don’t enjoy learning, then you will become a technology dinosaur and eventually become extinct.
  • Software Development is not for the faint hearted.
  • if you enjoy programming and don’t mind learning a new technology every six months then this might be the right career for you.
  • These programs—usually 8 to 12 weeks long and costing $500 on average—offer hands-on training, career guidance and community support, and the opportunity to work on personal projects you can showcase to prospective employers.
  • Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg don’t have university degrees
  • you need to learn and learn a great deal…

• BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / Swimming like a mermaid

  • 6 Minute English

     

    Intermediate level

     

    Swimming like a mermaid

  • going up and down a pool can be tedious
  • new trend of dressing up and swimming like a mermaid
  • aimed at teaching kids to be safe in water, it's catching on with adults too
  • mermaiding

  • This week's question:

     

    which of these activities is an example of anaerobic exercise?
    
    a) weightlifting
    
    b) kickboxing
    
    c) dancing

     

    Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

     

    Vocabulary

  • aerobic
    exercise is done over a longer period of time and strengthens the heart and lungs
    
    aquatic
    connected to water (eg: aquatic sports) 
    
    synchronised
    moving together at the same time or speed as someone or something else
    
    mono
    (used as a prefix) single / one

     

    cardiovascular
    connected with the heart and the blood vessels

     

    social
    doing things with other people and usually having fun

  • Transcript

     

• TOEIC Test Updated in June: Teachers Get Ready - BusinessEnglishAllure.com

• Bullfighting in Colombia under pressure from animal rights campaign, Americas News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

  • Bullfighting in Colombia under pressure from animal rights campaign
  • dressed to kill
  • prances, feints and pirouettes
  • Applause swelled around
  • taunted and dispatched bulls
  • is taking hold
  • well short of
  • clamouring aficionados
  • sparse attendances in the arena
  • popularity wanes
  • was banned
  • a backdrop to
  • a dying practice.
  • put out to stud
  • fights valiantly
  • being put to the sword
  • putting their trust in

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