Comprehension check answers

Our trip to Regensburg
Vamos a Regensburgo

        Engl. listening: 1-enrich, 2-wonder of the world, 3-adds to, 4-unrelated to, 5-wholly edible, 6-fundamental role, 7-dragging, 8-intercepted by, 9-trespassing, 10-flocks of, 11-last millennium, 12-rewarded, 13-previously mentioned, 14-discoverer of genetics

       Comprensión auditiva: 1-no te enriquezca, 2-maravilla del Mundo, 3-viviera, 4-creencia, 5- administración eclesiástica, 6-arrastras, 7- guardarropa, 8-lamentablemente, 9- frenar el avance, 10- sabrosa, 11-caramelos, 12- asesinado, 13- destacadas figuras, 14-te atreves

Personality match (engl/esp): Planck, 2. Gauss 3. Bismarck 4. K. Adenauer 5. R. Wagner 6. Radetzky

True/false (engl/esp): 1F, 2F, 3F, 4T, 5T, 6F, 7F, 8F, 9F, 10F

About lifestyle

  1. are influenced, 2. a bit blurry, 3. achieve good results, 4. that suits me, 5. breathing exercises, 6. freely, 7. go overboard, 8. is in order, 9. indulge in, 10. evening lighting, 11. sleep deprivation, 12. a little time-consuming, 13. goes without saying  

Sobre el estilo de vida

  1. cualquier otra cosa, 2. puede separarse, 3. lograr buenos resultados, 4. me conviene, 5. le encanta,
    6. Te despertará, 7. otra plataforma, 8. una colina, 9. has estado haciendo, 10. duermas, 11. mutuamente enriquecedoras, 12. los adictos al trabajo

O budoucnosti

  1. I will have become a tycoon. /…už budu patřit mezi průmyslové magnáty/
  2. I will be running my own space program /…budu řídit vlastní vesmírný výzkum/
  3. I will have moved to Las Vegas /…budu přestěhovaný do Las Vegas/
  4. I will be living in a huge villa /…budu bydlet ve velké vile/
  5. I will have joined the League of Justice /budu členem Ligy Spravedlnosti/
  6. I will have married Wonder Woman /…budu mít za ženu Wonder Woman/
  7. I will be earning 1 000 000 dollars a month /…budu běžně vydělávat… měsíčně/
  8. I will have given up drinking. /budu mít vyřešený problem s pitím/

O pohádkách

1F, 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T

Missing words: 1 Bride, 2 frightened, 3 great offence, 4 jolly tunes, 5 archery, 6 weird laugh, 7 give up, 8 on purpose, 9 gay, 10 a catch

Are you happy with your progress?

1, unexpected 2, new ways 3, share 4, displeased 5, forgiving
1F – Nobody is ever happy to see lord Vader. Words may say one thing but body language is more truthful.
2T
3F (…but he asks the impossible)
4F No, he is not, silly. Look at the commander´s body language. On the other hand, the emperor may be less benevolent, but Vader has a better sense of humour.

O kráse jazyků

1, deep 2, gold 3, winds 4, light 5, Zeit 6, Branden 7, Nacht 8, montañas 9, madrugar 10, las alturas 11, encendió

Fun with euphemisms

1, irritating talent 2, out of the picture 3, murdered 4, nephew 5, perfectly clear 6, made your point 7, light refreshment

Have sb removed, take sb out of the picture, deal with the “somebody” situation, hope that sb meets with a little accident

Hříšná dovolená

1b – sloth, 2d – lust, 3c – gluttony, 4g – greed, 5f – pride

O drzém zlu

1T, 2T, 3F

  1. Precious, 2. Cheat you 3. Murderer. 4. would you be 5. anymore 6. need 7. he goes

Russians love their children too
1. hysteria, 2. bury 3. deadly toy 4. regardless of 5. winnable war 6. protect 7. might save
Otázky: 1c, 2b, 3c

Breaking the code:

  1. blind, 2. sterben, 3. Unendlichkeit, 4. Körper, 5. liege 6. perfekten, 7. Uhren, 8. Bereit
  2. 1c, 2c, 3b 

Pomoc Ukrajině

questions: A: 2,3 B: 2 C: 2

  1. Have courage
  2. our caps
  3. the baddies
  4. was horrid
  5. the skin still on
  6. sicles
  7. A rat´s anus

We shall have peace

  1. take counsel
  2. answer for
  3. lives of the soldiers
  4. are avenged
  5. your own crows

BAYRAKTAR!

1. they all came
2.  cabbage soup
3. disrupted our peace
4. bombs from the sky
5. fought back
6. end of a rocket
7. censor TV

Každému, podle jeho potřeb

1T, 2F, 3F, 4F, 5T, 6F

O jedné invazi

1F – He says China is pretending to sympathise with Ukraine, while in reality, it is supporting Russia.
2F – Not yet. They have agreed to build one.
3T – Yes.
4F – China support Russia both officially, for exactly by calling the war „A special operation“ and unofficial by means of internet trolls, who use far less diplomatic expressions.
5F. Hell no. They are mocking them.
6F Who knows why, but they are surely not safe. They are left unprotected to „fend for themselves“
7T. They do offer. The sincerity is questionable.
8F. No. They „roll their eyes“ at the idea of trusting China.

 

O silné ženě, umělé inteligenci a jedné blbé koncovce

1F, 2T, 3T, 4F, 5T, 6T, 7F

Online výuka včera a dnes

  1. a group class, 2. a dog, a lizard, a cat, a snake 3. in the bathroom 4. camera position, mic offline 5. Kids 6. Math 7. talking about pets, discussing their pyjamas and Minecraft, listening to music, logging in late, talking out of order

O lunární modulaci spánkového cyklu

a4, b2, c7, d5, e15, f1, g9, h10, i11, j3, k12, l13, m14, n6, o8

Velká slovíčková loupež

  1. Sí. 2. Sí 3. No 4. No 5. Sí

    The alligator – el lagarto (caimán)
    The buckaroo (cowboy) – el vaquero
    Hoose-gow (jail) – juzgado
    Stevadore (a dock worker) – el estibador

Jen do něj, Arnie!

  1. Yes
  2. Yes. They took democracy for granted.
  3. No. He was born after the war.
  4. No. Not especially. Domestic violence was very common at that time.
  5. No
  6. No. He hasn´t lost his influence yet. But he soon will.
  7. Yes. He called them „spineless. “
  8. Yes.
  9. No. He said that Democracy can be compared to a sword.
  10. No. He expressed hope that he will unite the Americans.

Slyšte, hovoří královna

  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. No
  4. Yes
  5. No

Šťastné a bezpečné

1-5: Yes

Osobnost týdne

  1. Falso
  2. Falso
  3. Falso
  4. Verdadero
  5. Falso (Todavía no ha ido a Egipto)
  6. Falso (Viajar sola es diferente, pero no dice que lo prefiera)
  7. Verdadero
  8. Verdadero
  9. Verdadero
  10. Falso

Vamos a Espaňa!

  1. No es necesario, aunque al fin se le puede pagar al guía lo que uno considera justo.
  2. Seis.
  3. No.
  4. Barrio de las letras
  5. El parque Capricho.
  6. De noche.
  7. Madrid de los Borbones.
  8. Diez Euros, Tour de la Guerra Civil Espaňola.
  1. Yes
  2. No.
  3. No.
  4. No.
  5. Yes
  6. Yes, but if you live in Alicante it´s not that important.
  7. Yes
  8. No. It is true in Spain, but not in Italy.

Když je život pes

  1. Falso/false
  2. Verdadero/true
  3. Falso/false

a) reyes, b ) media hora c) perro d) de mayor e) hecho f) trata g) respeto

 

O slepičí lingvistice

  1. Falso
  2. Falso
  3. Verdadero
  4. Verdadero

1) preguntas, 2)palabras 3)vacas 4)ranas 5)gallo

Umění odmítnout

  1. False
  2. True
  3. False
  4. True
  5. True
  6. True

O nepatřičných opatřeních

  1. True
  2. True
  3. True
  4. True

Missing words:  1. Devices, 2. Interfere 3. Landing 4. Frequencies 5. Allow 6. Fine 7. Scientists 8. Clouds

Bláznův dopis

  • Open your trap about – speak disrespectfully
  • Share my thoughts – be of the same opinion
  • Hold his tongue – stay quiet
  • Be aware – remember
  • Be brazen – be shamelessly rude
  • Make sb. jump through hoops – manipulate sb.

somebody fighting without honour or loyalty, just for money – mercenary
crazy – not sane, insane
lacking good manners (4 words): impudent, uncouth, brazen, shameless

  1. Novotný considers the Chinese statement inappropriate. Yes.
  2. Novotný says that the Czech minister disagrees with him. No.
  3. Novotný accuses the Czech president of being a traitor. Yes.
  4. Novotný issues unspecified threats to China as well. Yes.
  5. Novotný says that China would be allowed to use such language only if it supported our economy more than Taiwan does. No.
  1. El seňor Novotný dice que la reacción china fue inapropiada. Sí
  2. El seňor Novotný dice que el ministro checo no está de acuerdo con él. No
  3. El seňor Novotný dice que el president checo es medio loco. Sí
  4. El seňor Novotný dice que China no tiene derecho a amenazarnos porque no invierte bastante dinero en La República Checa. No.

Obr se zlobí

1-c, 2-f, 3-j, 4-k, 5-d, 6-h, 7-a, 8-b, 9-e, 10-i, 11-g, 12-l, 13-n, 14-o, 15-m, 16-p, 17-No, 18-Yes, 19-Yes, 20-No

O jazyce a realitě

  1. Yes, but not only weird ideas – all ideas.
  2. No. Absolutely not.
  3. Yes.
  4. Yes.
  5. Yes, Namely “Blue.”
  6. Yes. If you say “I broke my arm” it sounds to the Spanish like you wanted to.
  7. Yes. Because they don´t have numbers.
  8. No. Nearly all academic texts are written in English.

Slovo o filosofii

  1. Yes. Very sophisticated indeed.
  2. (a) is correct. You cannot be trusted (b) as a consequence of it.
  3. Yes. You must be consistent and therefore predictable.
  4. No. That was just a manipulation strategy of the philosopher.
  5. Yes.
  6. No. Other people may think so, but he has just proved them wrong by defeating the robbers.

Nebuďte líní pořádně se vyspat

  1. No, counting sheep = bad. Walking in your mind =good
  2. Probably not, but we have no data. So, who knows?
  3. There is not enough data proving or disproving this.
  4. Yes. But it depends on how long the nap is and when you take it.
  5. No. It´s a genetically pre-programmed phenomenon.

Brutální realista Shakespeare

A8, B7, C9, D4(6), E5, F3, G11, H12, i10

O Singularitě

  1. No. It is very special and important
  2. No. It means it is beyond our comprehension.
  3. No. This is the last border from which the return is still possible.
  4. No. It means that from that point we cannot predict the future of humanity.
  5. No. He was the only one awake means, in this context, enlightened.
  6. It tells us that the growth of computing power is exponential, not linear.
  7. It refers to the number of transistors in an integrated circuit. (Which is supposed to double every two years, but the lady didn´t mention that.)
  8. No. It was the amount of rice he would need to pay his debt.

Save the Earth!

  1. No. There are no terrestrial animals AT ALL.
  2. Yes. Although, were they really kangaroos, at that time….?
  3. Yes. Splendid, isn´t it?
  4. No. 11 °C was the average winter temperature.
  5. No skeletons, just some fossilised fragments of teeth.
  6. Arctic tooth.
  7. South America.
  8. Antarctic Circumpolar Current
  9. Late Oligocene. (Cool and totally useless info, right?)
  10. Moss, Lichen, Algae

Harry, Gandalf a doba vymknutá z kloubů

Voldemort x Sauron, Samwise Gamgee x Ron Weasley, Gimli x Hermione, Legolas x Lucius Malfoy, Dobby x Golum, Wormtail x Wormtongue, Nazghul x Dementor, Snape x Aragorn, Shelob x Aragog, Vernon Dudley x Bilbo, Harry Potter x Frodo

K čemu je mi matematika

1, A rocket scientist 2, enemy fighters 3, more fuel 4, helpful 5, False 6, False 7, False 8, True

Démon kritického myšlení

monstruos:

  1. No. Habla del pasado. She speaks of the past.
  2. Yes/Sí
  3. No. Le gusta su lado agresivo. Sólo quiere usarlo para crear algo positivo. / She likes her aggressive self. She just wants to use it to create something positive.

conneción humana:

  1. Sí/Yes La mayor parte parece como si no estuviera allí. The majority seem like they are not even there.
  2. No. Estas cosas son lo que tenemos en común. They are the things we in fact share.

Hlubiny skotského sarkasmu

  1. No. It must have been horrible because she is clearly being sarcastic.
  2. Yes. God knows why.
  3. Yes. Although he says he isn´t. That´s what sarcastic people do.
  4. Yes. Poor thing.
  5. No. He feels that he wasn´t received well the first time. So he tries again.
  6. Yes, at least that was his interpretation.
  7. He isn´t sarcastic, he just can´t recognise sarcasm and he can´t deal with it.

Shakespearovské hlášky v kostce

1n, 2m, 3l, 4k, 5j, 6i, 7h, 8g, 9f, 10e, 11d, 12c, 13b, 14a

1-undisputedly, 2-numerous, 3-nutshell, 4-invented, 5-madness, 6-demanding, 7-reputation

Rozervané nitro kantora a překladatele

1-mirror, 2-everywhere, 3-pages, 4-stars, 5-you see, 6-clouds, 7-rainbow,
8-hand, 9-secrets, 10-answer

To speak like a dog

  1. No. The chicken was eaten by a cat.
  2. Yes.
  3. No. He was just suffering, the poor thing.
  4. 1- food, 2-fridge, 3-bacon, 4-kidding, 5-chicken, 6-cat

The Great dictator speech

1-7: YES
8) 1, business 2, conquer 3, white 4, misery 5, despise 6, provide 7, lost the way 8, soul 9, speed 10, Machinery 13, gentleness 14, airplane 15, brotherhood 16, victims 17, greed 18, dictators 19, perish

O hlubinách skotské vášně

1) 1000 2) roses 3) lesbian 4) what 5) whom 6) fellow 7) stop 8) plumber 9) coming 10) Norway 11) discovered

O hlubinách skotské duše

  1. Heart, 2. depth, 3. treasure, 4. pigeon, 5. key 6. dearly, 7. Song 8. prison, 9. inside me

The Sound of Covid-19

(1) friend, (2) vision (3) brain (4) narrow streets (5) flash (6) saw (7) listening (8) share (9) cancer (10) raindrops (11) people (12) subway

Haló, tady zákaznická linka:

  1. A fridge
  2. One day old.
  3. It spills ice.
  4. 5 833,- (70 000/12) Gotcha.
  5. Happily married, well off, healthy…
  6. He had a meatloaf.
  7. No.
  8. He realized how petty his problem was.
  9. missing words: 1. refrigerator, 2. floor 3. income 4. personal 5. mother-in-law 6. question 7. filtered 

Anglicky na závažné téma

  1. No. Not with your bare forearm, silly. It should be reinforced with the dagger.
  2. No. The state of his sword is as unimportant as the state of your dagger.
  3. No. Use whatever you have, a dagger or a screwdriver. The point is to stay alive.
  4. Yes.
  5. 1. Responses, 2. Defending, 3. Head, 4. Person, 5. Sword, 6. Might hit, 7. Successfully, 8. Survived, 9. Hammer, 10. Unimportant

English for Sports

  1. Yes. Although he mentions explicitly only one of them, the two hoodie-guys testify that he was unable to find any photo whatsoever
  2. No. The Black was better, until he made that unfortunate move Rxh5, remember?
  3. No. It was the Rook captures on h5, not a Bishop.
  4. No. Karpov played something like that against Topolov.
  5. No. White won, because he pinned, or paralysed, all the Black pieces.
  6. 1. Subscriber, 2. Two thousand, 3. Pieces 4. structure 5. Protecting 6. Decided 7. Attacking 8. Himself 9. Checkmate 10. King

Zachovejte paniku

Ano: a, b, c,

Ne: d, e, f

Magie genového inženýrství

  1. Ano. Dítě potřebuje milující rodinu. Pokud má volbu mezi dětským domovem a homosexuálním rodičovským párem, jsem pro druhou možnost. Lidé jsou dobří a zlí, rodičové dobří a špatní, a dělící linie mezi nimi nevede v kategoriích ON-ONA/ON-ON. Drtivá většina sexuálních násilníků jsou heterosexuálové. Nejen proto, že jich je víc, ale i poměrově. Takže otázka má znít, mají mít neschopní rodiče jakéhokoliv druhu a typu právo vychovávat děti? Skutečný problém spočívá v tom jak to sakra v předstihu poznat.
  2. Ne. A to přestože dosud žádní představitelé našeho státu nebyli andělé. Ale pokud se lid této země svobodně a demokraticky rozhodne, že to v pořádku je, uznám, že jsme to Rakousko-Uhersko opravdu raději bourat neměli.
  3. Ano. Jsme civilizace postavená na křesťanství, nebo to aspoň tvrdíme. Dokonce i zatvrzelí ateisti. Základem křesťanství je milosrdenství. A ano, mezi uprchlíky se skrývají i teroristé a fanatici. Ale vy, co máváte křížem proti půlměsíci, ukažte mi, kde přesně vám křesťanská nauka slibuje dokonalé bezpečí bez obětí a utrpení. Dobro nekonáme proto, že je to výhodné nebo bezpečné, ale proto, že je dobré.

True/false:

  1. No. Not the animals themselves. Just their genetic copies, clones.
  2. No. It was only a proposal, not a plan. Not yet.
  3. No. We cannot clone them, because we don’t have their DNA, but yes, we do have the soft tissue.
  4. No, just similar.
  5. Yes. Epigenetics is the study of old, deactivated genes. And it can be used to re-activate them.
  6. Missing words: 1. Life, 2. Bring back 3. Creatures 4. Elephant 5. Lifetime 6. Scientists 7. Birds 8. Throw away, 9. Acrobats 10. Toes 11. Reptile 12. information

Poučení z krizového vývoje v Amesbury

Cz vs. Engl verze: V té české, a mnohem novější, je nevinná Susanna Martin odsouzena náboženskými fanatiky ve vykonstruovaném procesu, zatímco ve verzi časově bližší skutečným událostem, je vinna a odsouzena zcela po právu.

The Witch of Amesbury missing words: 1) witch, 2) passed, (3) seem, (4) laughed, (5) reply, (6) approached, (7) powers, (8) cat, (9) spoke, (10) lies, (11) bird, (12) rope

The Awkward Puritan Roommate

  1. c)
  2. a)
  3. abc) Well, it really refers to a party, but I am not sure Mr. Jedidiah Breckenridge can spot the difference
  4. c) Pain and affliction taketh away the fuel that feedeth lust!
  5. c) Although walking around him wearing glasses and waving a wand would be pretty foolish too.
  6. Father of lies, Beelzebub, Serpent of Old, Satanas

Susannah Martin reading source:

  1. They suffered convulsions, delirium and a rash
  2. A blacksmith
  3. outspoken, temperamental and free-spirited
  4. Ergot poison, mass hysteria, revenge or fraud (I strongly suspect it was all of them combined, actually)

What has the EU ever done for us?

EU key:

  1. Yes. It has, allegedly, taken the very essence of Britishness, whatever that is.
  2. No. He acknowledges it.
  3. No. It has provided the basis for it. The treaty is based on ECHR. Nobody said that the EU representatives negotiated the Good Friday Agreement.
  4. No. He had no idea. He was genuinely surprised when he heard about it.
  5. Missing words: (1) Imperialist State, (2) in return, (3) torture (4) apart from (5) make peace (6) legal experts

Romans key.

Missing words: (1) father’s (2) true (3) be like (4) wine (5) safe

Expert vs. Corporate English

  1. Yes. Also some transparent ink and a lot of sense of humour.
  2. No. It’s downright impossible, but the expert managed to shrink it into basically two visible perpendicular lines, which is not so hard to do.
  3. No. The explanation is not confusing. The listeners are idiots.
  4. No. Only a kitten. Small and cuddly.
  5. Yes.
  6. Yes. Or at the very least he is beginning to understand the rules of the game.
  7. missing words: 1.loyalty, 2. professional, 3. answers, 4. difference, 5. explain, 6. simultaneously, 7. triangle, 8. result, 9. narrow, 10. speaking

Pohovor s Mrchou

  1. Yes. She was impressed.
  2. No. She tried to present herself as an absolutely horrible person.
  3. No. She quit before the HR could fire her.
  4. Yes. How very childish of her.
  5. Yes
  6. No. While she did indeed fire her, she offered her THE SAME position.

Missing words: 1. Impressed 2. Very hard 3. Wide varienty 4. Hire 5. Pleasure 6. Career 7. Promise  (8) correct (9) experience

Potýkání s projekty:

T/F:

  1. No. She said they could be as big as they liked.
  2. No. The kids were overambitious but incapable of doing the real work.
  3. Yes. A cardbox.
  4. No. She asked them not to use too much glitter.
  5. No. Not a bit. She was Very, very naïve. Naïve to the point of blind stupid.

    missing words: (1) plastic bottles, (2) imagination, (3) cereal box, (4) fairy palace, (5) delivery (6) almost done (7) tower, (8) run out of (9) stone

„Mr. Bean“ řeší kázeňský problém

T/F:

  1. False. He actually called him to tell him that his son had been stealing books and neglected his duties. The fact that he was also dead was utterly insignificant.
  2. False. In fact, his death was the only thing that saved from being expelled.
  3. False. He admitted killing him, although he could not understand why the father was fussing about it so much.
  4. False. The boy was indeed dead. The joke was the absurd idea of cancelling the lessons because of his funeral.

    missing words: 1. electric telephone, 2. behaviour 3. written work 4. typical 5. library 6. happened 7. obvious 8. Wednesday 9. sense of humour

O blbcích a většinové společnosti

  1. Neurologist and a senior research chemist.
  2. For intelligent people.
  3. 70
  4. Take the pill, listen to Pitbull music, watch MTV, read the Sun, take a bath and go to sleep.
  5. The pill eliminates people’s self-awareness, decency and fear. It increases their self-confidence. It makes the world seem a happier place and allows one to have more fun.
  6. Hateful feelings towards anybody who’s in any way different. Homophobia, racism, envy.

    missing words: 1. might be, 2. get smarter, 3. easier, 4. reprogrammed 5. roof, 6. different from

Večírek s překvapením

  1. She wants him to tell her how to slaughter a cow.
  2. Because he does not work on a farm anymore and because his mum could have easily found the information on the internet.
  3. At six o’clock.
  4. Keep safe and sedate the cow before slaughtering it.
  5. Whitney’s husband, her Boss, all her colleagues, the guys down at the parking garage and all Whitney’s friends.
  6. Happiness, annoyance, incredulity, shock, fear, hopelessness and sheer terror (to name just a few)
  7. She believes she’s will be drugged, killed and eaten.

a) Surprise party
b )Desk job
c) Off guard
d) Attacked
e) Doesn’t matter
f) Eat
g) baseball

 

Preventivní žertík (Pre-emptive prank)

  1. No. She says she has murdered someone.
  2. Yes
  3. A) B) C)
  4. No. Whitney plans to burn the car.
  5. No. It was an accident.
  6. No. They were all pranksters.
  7. 2 (The other 10 will die only if Dimitri can’t hold Delgado off.)
  8. Yes. It was Matt who fell off the car.

Dimitri 1: Are you ok?

Dimitri 2: Be careful.

Dimitri 3: Do you have the body?

Dimitri 4: How did it go?

Dimitri 5: Did you take care of it?

 

Poslední pařba

  1. In 1514.
  2. It took him hours.
  3. A kangaroo.
  4. 28
  5. To make the scene more impressive.
  6. Because the Bible does not say anything about the previous suppers, so he is free to paint them as she likes.
  7. The number of Christs. Three, to be specific.
  8. A kangaroo, the mariachi band, photographer, fascist…

Počasí, jak ho neznáte (zatím)

  1. No, it is not. “Not quite the swimming season yet, but we are getting there.”
  2. They dropped. Obviously.
  3. Hail.
  4. Hide. Specifically: “Take refuge under some concrete structures as fast as humanly possible.”
  5. The flood has destroyed 15 gas stations and is now mixed with gasoline and oil. The flood itself is on fire.
  6. First to “higher ground,” then to “Mexico,” and the final recommendation was “Canada.”
  7. Flier = Flood + Fire
  8. Droplets of ice 1mm in diameter – basketball-size pieces of ice – baseball-size pieces of ice – Volkswagen Beetle-size chunks of ice covered with long spikes whirling around due to the tornados.
  9. “Cats and dogs” is usually a metaphor for a heavy rain. However, due to the tornadoes, it means that real cats and dogs are flying around.
  10. They fluctuate.
  11. Expressions of surprise: Ok…. Look at that…. Wow…. Oh, my…. Mother’s love…. Sweet glory….. (Mind the intonation)
  12. gain momentum = get stronger, expand in size = grow, take refuge = hide, untold speed = incredibly fast, hurl = throw, to wrap up = to conclude

Taboo topics 3 – Religion

  1. Yes. Everything seems to be about religion.
  2. No. It is, in fact, the opposite. In a civilised society, no topic needs to be taboo.
  3. Yes. Basically.
  4. Yes. The highest law is Love. An order contradicting Love must be disobeyed.
  5. Yes. Because it shows that the person’s love is greater than the fear of punishment.
  6. Yes and No. Abraham may have lied, although the fact that he chose Love over blind obedience may have come from divine inspiration.
  7. No. Both loved their children very much. Abraham refused to kill Isaac despite God’s orders and David wished God had taken his life instead of Absalom’s, although he was hardly an ideal son.

Taboo topics 2 – Pork

reading:

    1. No (I can somehow understand, although not approve of, the exclusion of topics like sex…)
    2. No (I do not eat pork either, but that does not make me look with disgust at the people who do.)
    3. Yes (…they justified such acts of cruelty by the claim that their victims were subhuman.)
    4. No (…none of us, humans, was born a human, because he deserved it, although the Buddhists with their karma teachings may disagree.)
    5. Yes (To feel superior to other lifeforms is… a symptom of a severe inferiority complex that we compensate for…)

video: 

    1. When going to bed, Peppa accidentally found a book her father had lost. Yes
    2. Daddy Pig reads from his book because he wants to teach his kids about building. No.
    3. When entering the library, Peppa breaks a certain rule. Yes
    4. The librarian is very angry with Daddy pig and refuses to lend him any more books. No.
    5. Daddy borrows the same book about concrete again. No.
    6. Peppa borrows the same Red Monkey book again. No.

Why don’t some British people like Trump

  1. Nate White criticises both Trump and Obama for not having a sense of humour. NO
  2. Nate White says that in some respects Trump is comparable to certain well-known literary characters. NO
  3. Nate White accuses Trump of camouflaging the true meaning of his words. NO
  4. Although Nate White clearly dislikes Trump, he acknowledges that he plays fair. NO
  5. Nate White says that Trump is less credible than Nixon and more stupid than George W. Bush YES

John Bercow: Trump should not speak in Parliament

  1. According to J. Bercow, all the representatives of foreign countries should be allowed to address the British Parliament, if they wish so. No
  2. Bercow says that there are three people who decide who would be allowed to address the Houses of Parliament. Yes
  3. Bercow says that before Trump imposed the Migrant Ban, he had been willing to let him speak in the British Parliament. No
  4. Bercow says that he is considering not allowing Trump to visit the UK altogether. No
  5. Bercow says he wants to send the message that Britain is a democratic country where people are equal before the law, no matter their race or sex. Yes

A story of three kids

  1. The “Mmm mmm mmm” is another romantic song about love. No
  2. The parents in the audience applauded to the performance that lacked artistic quality because they were expected to. No
  3. The first boy wore a white wig to impersonate an old man. No
  4. The teenager felt anxious because she was ashamed of the way she looked. Yes
  5. All three problems presented in the song were equally serious. No
  6. The third boy had a problem because he didn’t believe in God. No
  7. The third boy’s parents were fundamentally different from the other people in the audience. Yes

How to be romantic

  1. river
  2. song
  3. sometimes
  4. true
  5. knows
  6. leaving
  7. river
  8. song
  9. sometimes
  10. hope
  11. way
  12. always
  13. sleep
  14. feel
  15. pass
  16. has

A few words about J.R.R. Tolkien

  1. The author believes that Tolkien’s work should be studied more. NO
  2. The author considers The Lord of the Rings a children story. NO
  3. All the races of The Middle Earth lived in harmony, except for the Orcs. NO
  4. The author claims that the concept of Good and Evil is flawed. NO
  5. The Lord of The Rings can still serve as a metaphor for the modern world. YES
  6. The Hobbit was never published in Nazi Germany. YES

David and Goliath

  1. Mr Cladwell describes the story of David and Goliath as a metaphor. NO
  2. Both David and Goliath were armed to the teeth. NO
  3. The writer feels that Mr Cladwell overestimates the effectiveness of a sling as a duel weapon. YES
  4. The writer is of the opinion that Mr Caldwell draws an important conclusion from irrelevant details. YES
  5. The writer considers Mr Cladwell a bad narrator. NO
  6. The story of David and Goliath is absolutely unique. NO
  7. The writer claims that biblical stories must never be reinterpreted. NO

The holy breakup

  1. Sisters in Christ claim that people are not responsible for their failed relationships. YES
  2. The writer shares the Sister’s opinion that being left by someone has nothing to do with the “victims” personality. No.
  3. The writer feels that God does not care whether your relationship is good or bad. Yes.
  4. The writer accuses the Sisters of dishonest argumentation. Yes.
  5. The writer believes the Sisters should try harder to explain God’s will. No.

Who deserves a panda

  1. The writer agrees with the Czech president that Prague should not get a panda. YES
  2. The writer is of the opinion that good deeds are always rewarded. No.
  3. The writer has done his best to verify the information obtained from the “China Uncensored.” No.
  4. China claims ownership of an entire animal species. YES
  5. China seems to confuse the terms of giving and renting. YES

Headmaster and Hydra

  1. The reviewer is of the opinion that future teachers would benefit from the book. YES
  2. The reviewer complains about the way pedagogy is taught at our universities. NO
  3. The writer of the book criticizes modern society. YES
  4. The reviewer is deeply dissatisfied with the way the conflict is resolved at the end. NO.
  5. The writer takes a rather biased approach towards magic. NO
  6. The writer portrays Elves the same way as J.R.R. Tolkien. NO

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