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Violating Work / Life Balance. Business / Medicine (4 Vestas Team)

Beginners:

suffer from- cierpieć na …/ chorować na …

Many people suffer from work- and stress-related diseases- Wiele osób cierpi na choroby związane z pracą i stresem.

Intermediate:

earn living- zarabiać na życie

He has been self-reliant since early age and always earned his living– Jest niezależny od młodych lat i zawsze sam zarabiał na życie.

Advanced:

violate the balance- zaburzać/ zakłócać równowagę

If you work too long hours and stay at work during weekends your work-life balance is violated– Jeśli spędzasz zbyt dużo czasu w pracy i pracujesz w weekendy, twoja równowaga między pracą a życiem prywatnym jest zakłócona.

Full text:

  • notion – pojęcie / idea
  • appreciate – docenić
  • effectiveness and efficiency – skuteczność i wydajność

According to the psychologists modern societies suffer from using the word and notion of ‘work‘ in the context like… marriage, leisure, passions, sport. We go to the gym for the work-out, we need to work on our marriage, we need to work our way to  the healthy lifestyle, etc. There are many reasons of that, some have good and noble intentions behind…like putting attention to the women’s rights by appreciating  how much work they did at home while the husband earned the living  of a family. Some reasons emerge from the usual associations we have with effectiveness and efficiency… if you need to achieve something, you need to work hard… learning to play musical instrument, choosing your diet.

  • label – oceniać / kategoryzować
  • every some time – raz na jakiś czas

But then our work-life balance is violated. We label people according to how hard they work in the areas of life which are … outside their job environment. And we appreciate only those individuals who are successful by working hard also when they are supposed to and should…  rest, just stay with their families, waste some time, jog rather than run, enjoy doing nothing:)… every some time. 

  • 0:35′ a cause of death was not determined – przyczyna śmierci nie została określona
  • 1:20′ commit suicide – popełnić samobójstwo
  • 1:28′ phenomenon – zjawisko
  • 1:36′ sacrifice everything to meet deadline – poświęcić wszystko aby “zmieścić” się w terminie
  • 1:44′ result in death from exhaustion – skutkować zgonem z wyczerpania
  • 1:56′ anxiety – tutaj: niepokój / stres
  • 3:18 launch campaign – uruchomić kampanię
  • 4:09′ take measures – podjąć działania

Obejrzyj TUTAJ film na temat przepracowania w Korei

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Stress is Good 4U;) Business/Medicine (4 Registered Users)

  • defining feature – najważniejsza cecha
  • contribute to … – mieć udział w … / przyczynić się do …
  • affect – mieć wpływ na …  (zwykle w kontekstach negatywnych, neutralnie: ‘influence’)
  • equip with … – wyposażyć w …
  • dull and meaningless – pusty i nic nie znaczący

Stress has become a defining feature of the 21st century, contributing to the mental-health crisis, affecting unborn children. But it is not always the villain it is made out to be. Psychologists are keen to equip us with the knowledge that some stress can be good, healthy and productive. This type is known as “eustress” and without it, they say, our lives would be dull and meaningless.

  • have a bad reputation – tutaj cieszyć się złą sławą/ mieć złą opinię
  • crucial to survival – niezbędny dla przetrwania
  • elevate performance (świetne!) zwiększać jakość, np. pracy, nauki, formę sportową
  • alertness – uważność
  • adapt to …  – przystosować się do …

Daniela Kaufer, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Berkeley.

“Stress has got such a bad reputation. There’s this perception that stress is always bad for the brain, but that’s not true. Your stress response is crucial to your survival. It elevates your performance, is super-important for alertness and prepares you to adapt to the next thing that comes along.  Exams being a good example”.

  • acquaint with … -zapoznać się z … / poznać …
  • take oneself out of comfort zone – wyjść ze strefy komfortu

This effect is something that business relationship mentors are  well acquainted with. If you take yourself out of your comfort zone, it stretches you and pushes you. It improves everything about you.

  • it is initially terrifying – na poczatku jest to przerażające
  • become second nature – staje się naturalne
  • habituate to … – przywyknąć do …
  • stimulus/stimuli – bodziec / bodźce

What initially is terrifying, getting up in front of numerous people, becomes second nature. We habituate to frequently experienced stimuli. And then, when you’re used to it, you don’t have that same physiological response.”

meet challenge – sprostać wyzwaniu

growth opportunity – szansa rozwoju

cope with … – radzić sobie z …

  • look at deadlines and workload as a challenge to be met or a growth opportunity rather than something that is impossible to cope with,
  • reflect on the positive sides of your work,
  • get used to your emotions and learn to live with them and be more accepting of them rather than trying to over-manage them

 

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Smartphones Kill the Quality of Sleep. Medicine /Technology (dostęp abonamentowy)

 

Beginners:

turn out- okazywać się

Staying in bed with your smartphone close to you turns out to be harmful to the quality of sleep- Przebywanie w łóżku ze smartfonem okazuje się szkodliwe dla jakości snu.

Intermediate:

implement the decision- wprowadzić decyzję w życie

If you want to improve the quality of sleep, you need to implement the decision and stay consequent- Jeśli chcesz poprawić jakość snu, musisz wprowadzić decyzję i być konsekwentnym.

Advanced:

sleep noticeably better- spać zauważalnie/ znacząco lepiej

If you are consequent, you will sleep noticeably better– Jeśli będziesz konsekwentny, zauważysz znaczącą poprawę jakości snu.

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  • turn out – okazać się
  • implement the decision – wprowadzić decyzję w życie/ zrealizować
  • sleep noticeably better- spać zauważalnie lepiej
  • anxiety – niepokój

It turns out that keeping your bedroom a phone-free zone is a really, really good thing. Within days of implementing the decision, you will be reading more in the evening, and getting out of bed faster in the morning. Within weeks,  you will be sleeping noticeably better, and feeling fewer symptoms of  anxiety at night.

  • intrude into … – wtargnąć / wedrzeć się do …
  • precious minutes – cenne chwile
  • disturb – zakłócać / zaburzać 

There’s a growing body of evidence that pulling out your phone in bed is one of the worst things you can do. Stay away from screens, especially those LED screens which fool your brain into thinking that it’s still daytime, even though it’s nighttime and you want to get to sleep. Furthermore, if you have a phone near your bed, it all but guarantees that some social network will intrude into your consciousness in those precious minutes  before sleep. A study published in 2017 in the journal Sleep found that “social media use in the 30 minutes before bed is independently associated with disturbed sleep among young adults”.

Watch HERE the Film on Negative Influence of Smart Devices on Sleep Quality

Moduł językowy zainspirowany artykułem: ‘My Bedroom is a Phone Free Zone….’ , opublikowanym na theguardian.com 

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Sweet Addiction. Medicine (dostęp abonamentowy)

Beginners:

ripe fruit – dojrzałe owoce

Ripe fruit are healthier than any sweet products – Dojrzałe owoce są zdrowsze niż jakiekolwiek inne słodkie produkty.

Intermediate:

display symptoms – ujawniać/ przejawiać/ pokazywać/ dawać symptomy

Cancer of  digestive system organs does not display symptoms for many years – Rak organów przewodu pokarmowego nie daje symptomów przez całe lata.

Advanced:

since the inception of … – od początku …/ od powstania …

Ripe fruit have been the source of sugar for us since the inception of humanity – Od początku ludzkości dojrzałe owoce są dla nas źródłem cukru.

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  • addictive – uzależniający
  • since the inception of humanity – od powstania / od początku ludzkości
  • ripe fruit – dojrzałe owoce
  • universally available – ogólnie dostępny

Science claims sugar is as addictive  as narcotics or nicotine. Sugar becomes the substance of first choice for the laboratory rats during the experiments. Sugar has given us the high since the inception of humanity … in the form of honey and ripe fruit. And now when sugar is so universally available  in the whole range of products- we are hooked.

  • excessive consumption – przesadne / zbyt duże / niebezpiecznie wysokie spożycie
  • obesity – otyłość
  • promote development of diabetes – przyczyniać się do … / wspierać rozwój cukrzycy
  • raise blood pressure – podnosić ciśnienie krwi
  • fatten liver – otłuszczać wątrobę

The excessive consumption  of sugar results in obesity, promotes the development of diabetes, raises blood pressure  and fattens liver. The problem is that in case of sugar consumption our body will not tell us ‘enough’… contrary to high doses of salt consumed. Giving up may be as hard as resigning from other addictive substances: attention deficit, depression, etc. Advanced science hopes there is the answer in genetics… as we respond to sugar differently.

  • develop addiction to … – uzależniać się od … 
  • on a daily basis – na co dzień / stale
  • display addiction symptoms – przejawiać symptomy uzależnienia
  • fall prey to addictions – padać ofiarą uzależnienia
  • so far, so good, so what – no dobrze, i co dalej

There some people who never develop addiction even if they are exposed to sugar on a daily basis . That’s also true with other addictive substances… there are individuals who drink a glass of wine daily for decades and don’t display addiction symptoms while other people fall prey to addiction  just after a couple of weeks of excessive drinking. So far, so good, so what:) ?

  • Giving up your favorite tiramisu, creme brûlée or a bar of chocolate…?
  • Ready for the sacrifice, challenge, decision?

Watch HERE the film on development of addiction to sugar

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The Future of Surgery Treatment. Medicine / Technology (dostęp abonamentowy)

Beginners:

  • chronic condition- choroba przewlekła

Hypertension and diabetes are chronic conditions – Nadciśnienie i cukrzyca to choroby przewlekłe.

Intermediate:

  • reliable- godny zaufania/ niezawodny

If technology proves to be reliable, it will be widely implemented – Jeśli technologia okaże się niezawodna , zostania wprowadzona na szeroką skalę

Advanced:

  • keyhole surgery- mikrochirurgia

Keyhole surgery involves both medical, technological and IT effort- Mikrochirurgia wymaga zaangażowania wiedzy medycznej, technologicznej oraz informatycznej.

Full text:

  • chronic condition – choroba przewlekła
  • diabetes – cukrzyca
  • hypertension – nadciśnienie
  • keyhole surgery – mikrochirurgia
  • spinal cord – rdzeń kręgowy

The patients who  have a chronic condition such as diabetes or hypertension may soon go to see your doctor who recommends that you have an implant. A small electronic device, introduced through standard keyhole surgery, will change the messages your nerves send around your body so you feel better. Within 10 years it could be a reality, thanks to a new field known as bioelectronic medicine. It works by using the body’s nervous system – all the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. These nerves carry electrical signals between the brain and all the organs around the body that are central in chronic diseases. Using a small, battery-powered implant that sends electrical pulses, nerve signal patterns can block or boost the signals as required.

  • restore the nervous system to a healthy state- odbudować system nerwowy do zdrowego stanu
  • reliably – niezawodnie

In some cases, the implant may be able to completely restore the nervous system to a healthy state, in others, the implant may quietly and reliably continue doing its work over long periods of time.

  • can be accompanied by uncomfortable side effects – mogą im towarzyszyć efekty uboczne
  • remove daily stress – usunąć codzienny stress / ból
  • eliminate side-effects – wyeliminować efekty uboczne

For the 15 million people in England living with chronic conditions such as diabetes or hypertension, the introduction of bioelectronics could transform their lives. The patients who have to take daily medication for the rest of their lives – medication that manages the condition rather than cures it, and that can be accompanied by uncomfortable side effects . The need to remember to take medication daily  can be stressful, especially for older patients and those caring for them. A bioelectronic implant, inserted in a one-off operation, could remove that daily stress as well as eliminate the side-effects .

CLICK HERE to watch the short film about bioelectronics

 

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Food technology. Medicine / Business / Technology (dostęp abonamentowy)

Beginners:

  • gaze at … – wpatrywać się w …/ przyglądać się/ obserwować

The scientists gaze at the samples under the microscope – Naukowcy przyglądają się próbkom pod mikroskopem.

Intermediate:

  • affect food- mieć wpływ na żywność

The mass production affects the quality of food – Masowa produkcja ma wpływ na jakość zywności.

Advanced:

  • hold conference- organizować konferencję

The French hold the conference on the prevention of the food waste – Francuzi organizują konferencję na temat zapobiegania marnowaniu żywności.

Full text:

  • invention – wynalazek
  • sealing jars – wekowanie słoików 🙂
  • wax – wosk
  • conquest – podbój
  • feed (nakarmić: feed-fed-fed, czasownik nieregularny)
  • conference held – konferencja zorganizowana)

In January 1810 Nicholas Appert won a price of 12,000 francs from the French government for an invention  that would change the world. His process of sealing jars  with cork and wax , then boiling them allowed Napoleon to feed  armies in his campaigns of conquest  across Europe. What containerization did for trade, and the Internet did for communication, canning did for food. We have always modified our food. The conference held (konferencja zorganizowana) in June in California suggested that food is likely to change more in the next 50 years than it has at any time since the days when ambitious military commanders like Napoleon created  great empires.

  • affect food – mieć wpływ na żywność
  • currently – obecnie

First of all food crazes will go global faster than ever before. Also speaking at the conference, foodtruck innovator Roy Choi noted that until 2008, foodtrucks were known in Los Angeles as “roach coaches” that catered to working class. Just two years later, thanks to twitter, such eateries earned Zagat ratings. Secondly, new technologies will shape food’s future. For example, 3D printing, which is changing logistics in a number of industries, is already affecting food . Currently,  the technology is used to produce colorful and tasty candies but there is a lot of potential for other things.

  • gaze at … – wpatrywać się w … / przyglądać się …
  • furious – wściekły
  • species – gatunek

But, some changes will be more than just aesthetic. Josh Tetrick, CEO of food-tech start-up Hampton Creek, is now making mayonnaise and cookie dough without eggs using vegetable substitutes instead. These eggless varieties, the company claims, have already saved land for other uses and 1.38 billion gallons of water. To do this, his team of scientists continues to gaze at  plants under microscopes looking for new genetically modified traits. All this may make the anti-GMO crowd furious with the anti-GMOs emphasis at present, but humans have been manipulating their food for a long time. Today there are some 5,000 varieties of potatoes all from a single speciesgrown along the Peruvian-Bolivian border some 7,000 years ago. How food is cooked and foodwaste managed will also change. Both problems are as old as humanity itself.

Watch HERE the short film on food waste

Moduł językowy zainspirowany artykułem ‘The Future of Food’, opublikowanym na theeuropean-magzaine.com

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Nightmares… and what they mean… Medicine (dostęp abonamentowy)

Beginners:

  • trap- uwięzić

Many people who feel trapped in their life have nightmares – Wiele osób, które czują się uwięzione w życiu, cierpi na nocne koszmary.

Intermediate:

  • incapable of… – niezdolny do …

If you are incapable of dealing with your problems, you are likely to experience nightmares – Jeśli jesteś niezdolny do poradzenia sobie z …/ rozwiązania problemów, prawdopodobnie doświadczasz nocnych koszmarów.

Advanced:

  • proactive about boundaries – aktywnie/ jasno wytyczający granice

If you are proactive about boundaries in contact with you, you will sleep better – Jeśli czytelnie wyznaczasz innym granice w kontakcie z tobą, będziesz spał lepiej.

Full text:

  • process – przetwarzać
  • essential to … – niezbędny dla …
  • wellbeing – dobre samopoczucie / zdrowie
  • common – powszechne

Dreams, or nightmares, happen when our dreaming brain processes the things we’ve experienced in the past few days. The act of dreaming is essential to  our health and wellbeing , both physically as well as emotionally and mentally:

The most common (powszechne) nightmares:

  • suffocate – dusić się
  • suffer from asthma – cierpieć na astmę
  • restricted – ograniczony
  • incapable of … – niezdolny do …

1. You can’t breathe or you suffocate. You can have this nightmare when your nose is blocked, or you suffer from  asthma. Mentally, this nightmare is about feeling restricted: physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually.

2. You can’t move. When we dream, our muscles are incapable of moving much. This creates that feeling… There is no deeper psychological interpretation which prevail this process.

  • invasion – wtargnięcie
  • proactive about boundaries – aktywnie / jasno wytyczający granice
  • trapped – uwięziony
  • chase – ścigać

3. Invasion . A common nightmare is of someone breaking into your house or bedroom. Some people have this dream a few days before experiencing symptoms of a cold, or flu. But also… this happens when the dreamer is not proactive about their boundaries, when the dreamer is not assertive enough.

4. You’re trapped.  You probably have nightmares of being trapped when you simply… feel or fear being trapped in your life

5. You’re being chased . This scary nightmare may help you to understand that you are running away from facing something. The more we run from what we fear, the more  fear chases us in life.

Watch HERE a nice video on the theory of strange dreams

 

 

 

 

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Fertility Problems. Medicine (dostęp abonamentowy)

Beginners:

  • We are happy to speak with you and help you – Będzie nam miło porozmawiać i otoczyć państwa opieką

Intermediate:

  • Too little exercise and too much weight negatively affects fertility – Zbyt mała aktywność fizyczna i zbyt duża waga negatywnie wpływa na płodność.

Advanced:

  • There is no scientifically proven link between stress and infertility – Nie istnieje naukowo udowodniony związek  pomiędzy stresem a bezpłodnością.

Full version:

  • lifestyle factors – czynniki związane ze stylem życia
  • infertility – bezpłodność
  • study in depth – studiować / badać dokładnie
  • affect fertility / impact fertility – mieć wpływ na płodność

There are some lifestyle factors that are scientifically proven to affect fertility, and there are many more that are believed to affect fertility, but don’t have the science to back it up…yet. Infertility prevention through lifestyle changes is an area that has not been studied in great depth, therefore proof in many areas simply does not exist.Two lifestyle specific areas have, however, been proven to impact fertility: weight and exercise. Too much or too little weight, and too much or too little exercise negatively affects hormonal balances.

  • treat with medication – leczyć farmakologicznie
  • encourage to …  – zachęcać do … / discourage from … – zniechęcać do …
  • overall wellbeing – ogólny stan zdrowia / dobre samopoczucie

This can be treated with medications, but a weight and exercise program is a preferred option.While there is no evidence that the following affects fertility, we encourage to avoid hot tubs and hot baths, limiting caffeine, avoiding alcohol and –- for men –- wearing boxer shorts. There is no scientifically proven link between stress and infertility, however it is never a bad idea to reduce stress for your overall well-being. If you are considering whether now is the right time to see a fertility specialist, they will be  happy to speak with you and help you.

Watch HERE the Film on 5 Reasons of Male Infertility

Moduł językowy opracowany na podstawie artykułu: ‘When to See a Fertility Specialist’, opublikowanego na infertilityalabama.com

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Obesity problem in COVID Times. Medicine (dostęp abonamentowy)

  • overweight – nadwaga/ z nadwagą
  • obese – otyły
  • estimate- szacować/ obliczyć
  • liver – wątroba
  • adolescent – człowiek w okresie dojrzewania

One in three children in Europe between the ages of six and nine are either overweight or obese, according to a report that also warns that by 2025 the number of under-fives worldwide who are overweight will have risen from an estimated 41 million now to 70 million. The researchers  also report that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become the single most common cause of chronic liver disease among children and adolescents in western nations. Children as young as three have been diagnosed with the illness.

  • commission – zlecić/ zamówić
  • cope with … – radzić sobie z …
  • meet the needs – sprostać potrzebom
  • impact on … – wpływ na …

The report was commissioned by United European Gastroenterology (UAG) and is based on data from 46 countries in the European region. UAG’s message is that Europe cannot cope with the problem.

“Across Europe we have leading paediatric experts and many centres of excellence. However these are not widespread and currently cannot meet the needs of children throughout the continent,” said Michael Manns, president of the organisation and a professor of paediatrics at Hannover Medical School. “This has an impact not just on individuals and their families but on society and wider health service provision.”

  • make up one-fifth of population – stanowić 20% populacji
  • underfunded – niedofinansowany
  • priorities need to change – priorytety muszą się zmienić

The cost of treating disorders related to obesity now amounts to a tenth of total healthcare costs in Europe, and, according to the report, threatens the sustainability of public health services in all nations. Children make up one-fifth of Europe’s population, and the incidence of gastroenterological disease is increasing, but experts fear that research in this area is underfunded.

“Priorities need to change quickly to  ensure greater investment into prevention, cost-effective diagnostic measures and harmonised training.”

  • confine to … – ograniczyć się do …
  • nutrition – odżywianie
  • retain obesity – zachować/ tutaj: cierpieć nadal na otyłość

Alarm about levels of obesity is not new, and not confined to Europe, or to childhood: worldwide there could be 266 million obese men and 375 obese women, and that the global population had become heavier by about 1.5kg per person in each decade since 1975. Northern and eastern European countries have more obesity than southern European countries. Usually people with lower socioeconomic backgrounds have a higher risk. This may have to do with nutrition, it may have to do with exercise behaviour. What is alarming that of all children who have obesity, 90% retain their obesity in adulthood.

  • 0:05′ launch health campaign – rozpocząć kampanię prozdrowotną
  • 0:17′ amazing achievement – niezwykłe osiągnięcie
  • 0:18′ become a role model – stać się wzorem do naśladowania
  • 2:08′ tempt into … – kusić / namawiać do …
  • 2:17′ complement with … (measures) – uzupełnić … (działaniami)

Watch HERE the film on COVID-related obesity

Lekcja opracowana na podstawie artykułu: ‘One in Three Children Aged 3 to 9 in Europe overweight or Obese’, opublikowanego na guardian.co.uk 

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Dog’s Influence on our Fitness. Medicine (dostęp abonamentowy)

Beginners:

  • fit-sprawny/ w dobrej formie

Many old people think they are really fit.

Intermediate:

  • compared with- w porównaniu do
  • peers- rówieśnicy

They are so healthy compared with their peers.

Advanced:

  • make up for … – nadrobić …

You see how much you have to make up for in shape.

Full version:

  • greasy- tłusty
  • striding – spacerowanie
  • heart failure – zawał serca
  • cough – kaszel
  • pneumonia – zapalenie płuc
  • stroke – wylew

So many older people think they are really fit: have barely smoked or drank, no late nights,  no greasy, fast food. And some striding  about with dogs for 35 years. So healthy, compared with their peers: with heart failure,  with endless cough and pneumonia, stroke. Maybe…that’s because they have dogs…

  • bouncy – skaczący / “żywy”
  • gasping for breath – chwytający powietrze / gdy brakuje tchu

You’ve got to dog-walk briskly, up and down hills, or round and round. If you have a new, young, large, bouncy, enormously strong rescue dog, you see how much you have to make up for in shape, sweating and gasping for breath.  And you will already  see a tiny improvement after only three weeks of dog. He will save your life in more ways than one.

Watch HERE the Film on the Influence of Dogs on Health

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