I.Watch the video below
Enter English equivalents for the following Russian words and phrases
вызов |
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Столкнуться с |
To be with |
Чувство защищенности |
The sense of |
Чувство уверенности, определённости |
The sense of |
Основы медитации |
The of meditation |
Отдыхать, оставаться спокойным |
To |
Испытывать чувства |
To feelings |
С течением времени |
time |
Облегчение, непринужденность, покой |
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Все более и более очевидно |
Increasingly |
Перенести … в повседневную жизнь |
To into daily life |
принять (дурной, такой и т. п.) оборот, измениться |
To a |
паниковать |
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сопротивляться |
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Через что-то, посредством чего-то |
something |
применять |
To |
физическая сила |
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желание |
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Заинтересованность, обязательство, приверженность |
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Чтобы ни |
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Быть спокойным, быть в гармонии собой и с миром |
To be |
Внимательность |
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III. Write the words for these transcriptions:
[træn(t)s'fɜː]
[ɪn'kriːsɪŋlɪ]
[ə'pær(ə)nt]
[kɔːz]
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III.Form stem words from the ones below
noun |
Verb (as a to- Infinitive) |
adjective |
Negative adjective |
adverb |
Negative adverb |
sense |
To sense |
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certainty |
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To rest |
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ease |
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panic |
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strong |
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To resist |
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important |
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Mind, |
To mind, |
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Application, |
To apply |
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secure |
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IV. Do the test on the video.
1. According the video, what is one of the major challenges in life?
a. Absence of the ability to control things around us
b. Lack of uncertainty
c. Being unaware of our own senses
Enter the letter of the right answer, any case.
2. What should we avoid in times of uncontrollable changes around us?
- doing exercises
- trying to go with the flow
- trying to cope with panic
Enter the letter of the right answer, any case.
3. Sometimes not only are we unaware of what is going to happen, but also
- How to control it
- What we are going to feel about it
- Who is doing it to us
Enter the letter of the right answer, any case.
- Effective meditation is all about
- Turning an inner eye onto yourself
- Living in the moment
- Figuring out what you are going to feel and do in the future
Enter the letter of the right answer, any case.
- We should not resist to
- The outer happenings
- To the inner senses and emotions
- To neither of the above
Enter the letter of the right answer, any case.
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V. Prepare a summary of the video.
Mind the following outline:
- What problem does the video address? (-to describe challenges associated with… and the way they affect … / their impact on …)
- What solutions advice is given? (The speaker recommends V-ing, - specifically, =а именно, … - to enable / allow smb to V1 =позволить кому-то сделать что-то)
- What is the takeaway / the keynote? (In a nutshell, … = В вкратце, …)
- What is your attitude to solution provided? Do you find the advice useful/supportive? Or do you think it’s no use meditating in times of trouble?.