Health

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red first aid kit surrounded by dfferent medicines

Vocabulary: items found in a first aid kit
Vocabulary: verb+ noun collocations related to first aid (dress a wound, put on a bandage/a plaster/a cast, administer medication, perform the Heimlich maneuver/CPR, secure the airway)
Grammar: past modals for deduction (must have, could have, might have, can’t have + past participle)

6:40

apple with stethoscope. conceptual image to illustrate healthcare, diet, nutrition, and the saying that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away".

Vocabulary: expressions related to health myths (old wive’s tale, to debunk a myth, snake oil remedy, common misconception)
Speaking: health myths, alternative medicine
Video: Medical myths debunked

5:34

a brain training or doing a workout with two dumbbells

Vocabulary: riddles, puzzles and brainteasers
Video: The benefits of playing with puzzles
Idioms: idioms with “brain” and “puzzle”

3:00

a man is sitting in front of a plate with a knife and a fork in his hands. he is screaming. he is angry and hungry. he is hangry

Functional language: phrases to say “I’m very hungry”.
Video: Why do we get hangry
Vocabulary: word blends/portmanteaus (hangry, staycation, glamping, mompreneur)

2:44

a clock going from 2am to 3am, illustrating daylight saving time

Vocabulary: sleep (a late riser, a morning person, a night owl, oversleep)
Confusing expressions: in time and on time
Speaking: conversation questions, debate

3:20

free

a woman stretching in a field enjoying the sun

Vocabulary: feeling down, blue, overwhelmed, burned out
Phrasal verbs: power through, blow up, check in on someone
Grammar: used to, be used to, get used to

4:32

a woman leaning on a tree readgin a book

Collocations: take (take a break, take a rain check); set (set aside time, set boundaries), get (get some air, get in touch)
Functional language: How to say “no” to invitations
Grammar: verb patterns (gerund/infinitive): try, stop, mean, go on, forget, remember

3:40

a wooden plate filled with nuts and berries with spices and superfood writeen on the side

Expressions: balanced diet, a pick-me-up, have a sweet tooth, staple food
Vocabulary: superfoods (kale, chia seeds, seaweed, açaí berries, goji berries)
Functional language: talking about health benefits of food

 

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Idiom and phrasal verb boosters