– Manuscript – Welcome to English in a Minute! This is a spruce tree. Some people use them as a Christmas tree. But what does it mean to "spruce up" something? Speaker A: Anna, what are you doing?Speaker B: Redecorating! Sprucing up my work area will help my creative energy.Speaker A: But… what is all of that?Speaker B: This is a hat, Dan. For my desk robot. He needs … [Read more...] about Spruce Up (Idioms)
Small Pakistani Restaurant Serves Tasty, Costly Foods
– Manuscript – Baking Virsa, an eatery in Lahore, Pakistan, is sometimes described as the country’s costliest place for what it serves: flatbreads and meats. The eatery is a small space without windows. Dinners come on plastic plates and diners sit on plastic stools. But Baking Virsa gets visitors from across Pakistan and beyond. Visitors want to learn about the limited … [Read more...] about Small Pakistani Restaurant Serves Tasty, Costly Foods
Man Travels the World to Photograph Melting Glaciers
– Manuscript – Not too long ago, 41-year-old Garrett Fisher flew in a small airplane close to the surface of Europe’s largest glacier, which is in Norway. A glacier is a huge area of snow and ice that moves slowly down a mountain side. In that environment, the plane carrying a man who chases glaciers seemed almost like a toy. Fisher combines two activities he loves, … [Read more...] about Man Travels the World to Photograph Melting Glaciers
Zen Meditation Brings Alaskan Community Together
– Manuscript – For more than 30 years, members of Alaska’s Anchorage Zen Community gathered for meditation wherever they could find a place. But now they have their own zendo, or meditation hall, in a neighborhood in Alaska’s most populous city. Meditation is the act of spending time in quiet thought. In the zendo, meditation starts when a member of the group rings a … [Read more...] about Zen Meditation Brings Alaskan Community Together
Creating Resilience: Is It Nature or Nurture?
– Manuscript – There is a growing debate among scientists about how people face difficulties and recover from them. The word resilience describes the ability to deal with stress and to recover from it. The researchers are asking, ‘why do some people recover and others struggle after traumatic events such as child abuse, gun violence or the spread of disease?’ They … [Read more...] about Creating Resilience: Is It Nature or Nurture?
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