Jane Goodall: What separates us from the chimpanzees?
Jane Goodall is perhaps the world's most famous primatologist. Watch her as she describes the differences between humans and chimpanzees. Take careful notes!
Vocabulary / Phrases from this Listening
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campaign
inspired / inspirational / motivational
support
message
audience
experience
emotional
embarrassment
overweight
critical / critics / criticize
exploitation
discriminatory
"sculpted bodies"
"brilliant advertising"
"all of the above"
to "sweep [something] under the rug"
to lose weight
Students, listen to the Friday News Round Up on the Diane Rehm show and write a reaction paper (about one page written) to one specific story that is discussed during the one-hour program. Listen to the entire program! Take notes! See how much you can understand!
Watch the video of Yale Professor Wrightson below and take notes to build up your note-taking skills! This video is about households and how they were structured in Early Modern England.
Award-winning documentary film-maker Ken Burns' is a legend in America. He tells stories from the rich landscape of American history in an interesting and honest way--he uses old videos, photos, and interviews with historians and storytellers to make the past come alive. In this film, he analyzes and explains a confusing time in American history called Prohibition, when alcohol was temporarily made illegal across the United States for more than a dozen years! Click on the link below to check out individual scenes from Prohibition. If you watch all of the clips in order, you will have watched most of this powerful documentary.
Also, please remember to choose a speech to watch for tomorrow so we can move forward with your speaking projects. Here's the website where you can find approved, political speeches: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
Here is a link to Can Weng's winning quiz. It's a PDF file. If you have any trouble loading it, please let me know. All of the vocabulary that appears on his file will be fair game for tomorrow's quiz. Good luck studying! Also, don't forget about those speaking evaluations! And today is American Mother's Day! Call your mom if you can--I'm sure she would appreciate it!
1. What is a retailer?
2. What are the shops selling? Why?
3. What are "goods?"
4. What did the researchers at Tokyo University say in this story?
5. Name three products for sale that are mentioned in this story.
Dear LS Students: Here are the words you should study for the quiz on May 4th. You will be expected to explain these concepts using complete sentences. Good luck!
