LET'S TALK - What is a true friend like?

A friend in need, is a friend indeed!

 

10. Quotes about friendship

1.     Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb

2.     A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels

3.     A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. ~Arnold Glasow

4.     Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer. ~Author Unknown

5.     A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. ~Grace Pulpit

6.     There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship. ~Author Unknown

7.     A true friend shows love at all times, And is a brother who is born for times of distress. – Bible book of Proverbs chapter 17. Verse 17.

8.     A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. ~Attributed to Heather Pryor

9.     It’s not how many friends you can count, it’s how many of those you can count on. ~Anthony Liccione

10.                        It is a good thing to be rich, and it is a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved of many friends. ~Euripides

Read more: http://www.quotegarden.com/friendship.html

 

Discuss:

1.     Which quote did you like the most and why?

2.     Do you have many friends?

3.     How many true friends have you got?

4.     What do you think what is a true friend like?

5.     How and where can you find friends?

6.     How two people become friends?

7.     What qualites should you have so that people want to be your friend?

8.     What qualities will make it hard for you to find friends?

9.     Describe your best friend.

LET'S TALK - What is the secret of happiness?

The busiest people are the happiest! Why?
Because they don’t have time for silly things J

 

10 Quotes about the Secret of Happiness

1.      The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~Mark Twain

2.      What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. ~Colette

3.       Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

4.      We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~Frederick Keonig

5.      If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama

6.       A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness. ~Bernard de Fontenelle

7.      The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. ~George Bernard Shaw

8.      ‘There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.’” Bible book of Acts Chapter 20 Verse 35

9.      Jumping for joy is good exercise. ~Author Unknown

10.  Joy is not in things; it is in us. ~Richard Wagner

Read more: http://www.quotegarden.com/happiness.html

 

Discuss:

1.     Which quote do you like the most and why?

2.     What things make you happy?

3.     What do you think is the secret of happiness? Is it fame, money, love or something else?

4.     If the secret were fame or money, why are so many rich and famous people unhappy?

5.     Have you ever helped anybody? How did it make you feel?

6.     Do you think it’s a good idea to be busy with good things in order to be happier?

7.     What good things could you do that would make you happy?

8.     How does perfectionism affect people?

9.     Do you think being content with what you do have will help you to be happy?

10. Do you think regular exercise can have a good effect on your mood?

  

READ AND TALK - Creation

Have you ever heard of Biomimetics?

Biomimetics or biomimicry is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems.

Humans have looked at nature for answers to problems throughout our existence. Nature has solved engineering problems such as self-healing abilities, environmental exposure tolerance and resistance, hydrophobicity, self-assembly, and harnessing solar energy…(Wikipedia)

WAS IT DESIGNED?

The Upturned Wing Tip of Soaring Birds

A JET plane in flight creates rapidly spiraling swirls of air at the tips of its wings. These vortices cause drag, increasing fuel consumption. They also buffet planes that may be following closely. Thus, flights departing from the same runway must be sufficiently spaced to allow time for the vortices to dissipate.

Airplane engineers have discovered a way to reduce these problems. Their solution? Winglets, inspired by the upturned wing-tip feathers of soaring birds, such as buzzards, eagles, and storks.

Consider: During flight, the feathers on the wing tips of those large birds bend upward until they are almost vertical. This configuration balances maximum lift with minimum wing length. It also improves performance. Engineers have designed airplane wings with a similar shape. Using innovative wind-tunnel testing, they found that if the modified wings were precisely curved at the tip and properly aligned with the airflow, they improved aircraft performance—nowadays by up to 10 percent or more. The reason? Winglets minimize drag by reducing the size of the vortices. Moreover, winglets also create a form of thrust that “counteracts some of the normal drag of the airplane,” says the Encyclopedia of Flight.

Winglets thus enable airplanes to fly farther, carry a greater load, have shorter wings—which also facilitates parking—and save fuel. In 2010, for example, airlines “saved 2 billion gallons [7,600 million L] of jet fuel worldwide” and contributed to large reductions in aircraft emissions, says a NASA news release.

What do you think? Did the upturned wing tip of soaring birds come about by evolution? Or was it designed?

Read more: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201502/birds-upturned-wing-tip/

Questions:

1. What is Biomimetics or Biomimicry?
2. What have airplane engineers discovered?
3. What have engineers designed?
4. Why was the new design needed?
5. What were the results?

 

Divide the class into two groups, those who beleive in Evolution and those who beleive in Creation.

Ask the students to write down the reasons for their beleif.

Pairwork: they need to discuss the topic with each other. The aim is that they can express their opinion with their own words in a polite way.

Use expressions such as:

• I agree because
• I agree with you because
• I don’t agree/I disagree because
• I don’t agree with you/I disagree with you because
• In my opinion...
• I think
• I don’t think etc.

LET'S TALK - Cooking

Cooking

1. Can you cook?
2. Who does the cooking in your family?
3. Did you learn to cook when you were a child?
4. Did you know how to cook when you got married?
5. Do you use recipes or not?
6. What recipes do you like to use?
7. Have you ever tried Jamie Oliver recipes?
8. What do you think about Jamie Oliver?
9. Have you every heard of Julia Child?
10. Have you tried her recipes?
11. Have you ever seen the film - Julie & Julia?
12. What do you think about this film?
13. Do you think it is a good idea to write a blog about cooking?

 

The perfect pancake recipe

I have tried several pancake recipes but this one seems the best. I found it on my husband’s tablet app. With this recipe you won’t lose a single pancake!

250 g plain flour (or mixed)

2 eggs

2 pinches of salt

600 ml skimmed milk

2 table spoon of oil

Mix the ingredients. Then leave the batter to rest for 20-30 minutes.

Use a brush to oil the pan sligthly before starting to fry each pancake.

This recipe gives you about 8 big pancakes.

You can double the ingredients or half it depending on how many you would like to make.

LET'S TALK - Handling setbacks

You don’t go through a problem,
you GROW through a problem!

 

9 Quotes about how to handle setbacks

1.     "You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." Johnny Cash

2.      "Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement." C. S. Lewis

3.      "I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying." Jeff Bezos

4.      "How many people are completely successful in every department of life? Not one. The most successful people are the ones who learn from their mistakes and turn their failures into opportunities." Zig Ziglar

5.      "Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve." Mary Kay Ash

6.     "Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed." Robert Kiyosaki

7.     "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill

8.     ."A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them." John C. Maxwell

9.     "Each bruise is a lesson. Each lesson makes us better." Syrio Forel, a Game of Thrones character.

Read more: http://www.inc.com/john-brandon/35-quotes-on-turning-setbacks-into-successes.html

 

Discuss:

1.     Which quote do you like the most and why?

2.     How do you usually react when you fail at something?

3.     Do you usually quit or do you usually try until you succeed?

4.     Would you say you are an optimistic person?

5.     What do you think the key is to success?

6.     What areas have you successfully worked on?

7.     What obstacles have you encountered and how did you successfully overcome them?

8.     What are your goals for the future?