4. • 1. What does pop psychology say about how to connect with someone?
How is this advice similar or different in your native culture? What are your
culture’s norms concerning eye contact?
• 2. Who were the participants in the studies mentioned? What was being
measured in the studies? What were the results?
• 3. What was the reason for the study of that asked students to look at a
video for two minutes and then to either stare on the speaker’s mouth or
eyes?
• 4. What does Frances Chen mean when he says, “Eye contact is clearly
used in many situations to signal attraction, love and even agreement”?
How is that different from the new findings mentioned in the article?
• 5. According to the article, when might it NOT be advisable to have someone
look directly into your eyes? What are other situations (that you can think of)
when direct eye contact might not be the best option?
5. • 1-) What is the definition of a “sport” for you? What
components/characteristics does a sport need to have to be a “sport”?
• 2-)What is P-1 visa?
• 3-) Do you think that eSports should be considered as normal sports? Why?
• 4-) How many hours does an eAthlete train per day? Do you think that it is
more or fewer hours than a normal athlete?
• 5-) "This is the kind of thing we got covered before it became an issue” is a
quote from the article. What is the issue that Walsh is referring to in the
above quote?
• 6-) According with the article, the U.S. government considers/treats the
eAthletes like any other athlete. What is your reaction to this? Do you think it
tells us anything about today’s society (in general) or American society?
6. • 1- Do you exercise regularly? Which exercised do you do? Do your parents, uncles or
grandparents exercise? Do you think you were raised in a family that taught the
importance of exercise?
• 2- According to the article, better-off and better-educated adults are most likely to
exercise. Why do you think this might be true? Does it seem to be true according to
your experience?
• 3- In your opinion, what was the most surprising statistic presented in the article?
Why?
• 4- According to the article, what effect does weather seem to have on exercise? Do
you think you are more or less likely to exercise in the weather in State College as
compared to the weather in your country?
• 5- Do you meet the NHS recommendations for exercise? If not, do you think that
reading this article will influence your behavior? Why/why not?
7. • 1. What is Tumor Paint? Do you think it is a good idea for surgery?
Why/why not?
• 2. According to the article, surgery for tumor removal typically carries the
risk of causing movement, memory or vision problems. Why is this the
case? Do you think using tumor paint could reduce the occurrence and/or
severity of these problems?
• 3. Why do you think there are skeptics about Tumor Paint? What is the
“piquant” aspect of the approach that is mentioned in the article? What do
you think about this aspect of the method?
• 4. What other similar products/methods are being investigated? What kinds
of tumors are those products/methods targeting?
• 5. Why do you think this is such a “hot field” right now? Had you heard
8. • Friday = novel reading assignments
• Oliver = 6-7
• Great Expectations = 7-9
• A Tangled Web = 9-11
• Cry Freedom = 8-9
• Unit 3A and 3B Test = Monday (vocabulary, main idea,
inference, pronoun, detail)
• Optional summary = Friday
