September 14, 2022

Vocabulary Word of the Day (Merriam Webster) Responsive - adjective (rih-SPAHN-siv) Responsive means "quick to respond or react in a desired or appropriate manner." // The Senator was responsive to the concerns voiced by the town's council and residents. // The eye contains cells that are responsive to light.

Trivia: What Day is it Today? September 13, 2022 (256th Day) - Defy Superstition Day - European Heritage Day - International Chocolate Day - Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day - Positive Thinking Day - Programmer's Day - Supernatural (the Series) Day September 14, 2022 (257th Day) - Gobstopper Day

Topic: Positivity 1. Is positive thinking a strong belief in your life? 2. What is the philosophy of positive thinking? 3. How does positive thinking work? 4. How can positive thinking help you in your personal life? 5. Do you know anyone who practices positive thinking seriously? Do you find it encouraging or irritating? 6. How can the power of positive thinking change your approach to problem solving? 7. How can you apply positive thinking in practice? 8. How can we say positive thinking from false hope and self deception? 9. Do you think positive thinking can help you to overcome all of your problems in life? 10. Some scholars, including Dr. Martin Seligman, believe that sometimes you need to be rather pessimistic to become more action-oriented. How do you respond to this idea? 11. Do you think that some people are more genetically positive than others? Let’s argue for and against this question.

Topic: Chocolate (Part 1) 1. Do you like chocolate? 2. Do you like getting chocolate as a present? 3. Do you know how chocolate is made? 4. How much chocolate should children eat? 5. Is chocolate part of any celebrations in your country? 6. Do you think chocolate is healthy? 7. Why is chocolate so often associated with romance? 8. What would the world be like without chocolate?

Topic: Chocolate Part 2 1. Did you eat a lot of chocolate when you were a child? 2. Why do you think so many people are addicted to chocolate? 3. What is your favorite brand / bar / kind of chocolate? 4. Would you like to eat some chocolate right now? 5. Have you read the book/watch the movie ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’? 6. Does eating chocolate change our feelings? 7. What are your earliest memories of chocolate?

Topic: Culture 1. What do you think is interesting about your culture? 2. Do you know much about your own culture? 3. When people from other countries think about your culture, what do they usually think of? 4. In your culture is it polite to be straightforward and direct when you talk to someone? 5. What has surprised you when you've met people from other countries? 6. Have you looked at Internet pages from a different culture? If so, how were they different from those of your own culture? 7. What do you like about your culture? 8. What don't you like about your culture?