Apologies, I posted the editorial - here is the full article
http://www.economist.com/node/21560523
Monday, 7 January 2013
Friday, 4 January 2013
Exam details
The exams will be in 2 parts.
1st a vocabulary test - 30 minutes - for synonyms or meanings of the vocabulary listed in the posts on this blog from October 2012 to the exam date.
No assistance of any kind allowed. No dictionaries, no computers, no phones, no notes, etc.... nothing except a pen for writing the answers.
There will be 40 vocabulary questions worth 0.5 marks each (total 20 marks).
2nd a comprehension test based on a similar article to the ones posted on the blog - 30 minutes.
Notes, dictionaries, internet dictionaries (e.g. google translate or word reference) allowed.
No communication of any kind (e.g. talking, writing, phone calls, SMS, IM, Skype, etc.) allowed unless it is to ask the invigilator, and ONLY the invigilator, a question.
10 questions - 1 mark each (total 10 marks).
No assistance will be given with any answers.
My mother is extremely ill and I may have to postpone any lessons or exams at short notice so you are advised to book any travel at the last moment.
Tim Wills
1st a vocabulary test - 30 minutes - for synonyms or meanings of the vocabulary listed in the posts on this blog from October 2012 to the exam date.
No assistance of any kind allowed. No dictionaries, no computers, no phones, no notes, etc.... nothing except a pen for writing the answers.
There will be 40 vocabulary questions worth 0.5 marks each (total 20 marks).
2nd a comprehension test based on a similar article to the ones posted on the blog - 30 minutes.
Notes, dictionaries, internet dictionaries (e.g. google translate or word reference) allowed.
No communication of any kind (e.g. talking, writing, phone calls, SMS, IM, Skype, etc.) allowed unless it is to ask the invigilator, and ONLY the invigilator, a question.
10 questions - 1 mark each (total 10 marks).
No assistance will be given with any answers.
My mother is extremely ill and I may have to postpone any lessons or exams at short notice so you are advised to book any travel at the last moment.
Tim Wills
Friday, 21 December 2012
Time article from 13 Dec
It seems you need a subscription to view this.
I will try to find a solution after Christmas...
try this;
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B89FhbfryOecTW1pZkRBWXp0NFk
I will try to find a solution after Christmas...
try this;
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B89FhbfryOecTW1pZkRBWXp0NFk
Thursday, 13 December 2012
13 Dec 2012 Sogesta
| Time |
| http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2129811,00.html |
| or https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B89FhbfryOecTW1pZkRBWXp0NFk |
| frozen |
| slightly slimy |
| farmer's market |
| sprouting |
| glossy cookbook |
| long winded |
| green ice |
| bounty |
| suspect |
| whip up |
| foodie culture |
| small batch |
| price tag |
| affordable |
| buzz kill |
| candy |
| soda |
| stalwart |
| caught hold |
| flash freeze |
| to peel |
| to blanche |
| water soluble |
| somewhat |
| shortchange |
| to seal |
| airtight |
| unappetizing |
| salt shaker |
| number crunch |
| To factor |
| Free-range |
| Grass-fed |
| pasture |
| to dwell |
| crowded |
| feedlot |
| lean meat |
| built to handle |
| kids |
| catcher's mitt |
| dot |
| bucket |
| raw |
| goodness |
| Down-market |
| mess up |
| to heap |
| Whole-wheat |
| comfort food |
| blowback |
| landmine |
| MSG |
| car ride |
| well being |
| focal point |
| take a toll |
| mainstream |
| Brand-name |
| salsa |
| guacamole |
| hold the line |
| scoop up |
| dips |
| lard |
| pickles |
| loaded |
| label |
| microwavable |
| acute threat |
| fussy |
| snooty |
| below our station |
| cachet No comprehension questions for this... so far ! |
6 Dec 2012 Sogesta
| Microbes Maketh Man |
| http://www.economist.com/node/21560559 |
full article http://www.economist.com/node/21560523 |
| trillions |
| gut |
| scalp |
| crevices |
| orifices |
| subtend |
| to harbour |
| microbiome |
| commensal |
| align |
| host |
| bug |
| shelter |
| break down |
| misbehave |
| acute |
| deal with |
| colour a view |
| richness |
| illness |
| albeit |
| liver |
| scatter |
| salient |
| phyla |
| repertoire |
| grassland |
| coral reef |
| usable |
| stuffed |
| chew up |
| Fatty-acid |
| whence |
| pathway |
| lay down |
| Off-kilter |
| alter |
| storage |
| weird |
| converse |
| malnourished |
| Well-nourished |
| discordant |
| rejig |
| twofold |
| links |
| bred |
| hardened |
| morbidly |
| opted |
| web |
| healthy |
| unenviable |
| hostile |
| suspicious |
| lead to |
| confirmatory |
| mice |
| To trigger |
| strip away |
| go awry |
| intriguing |
| top up |
| advert |
| dose |
| tonic |
| to ease |
| shift |
| range |
| wheel out |
| do the trick |
| take over |
| claim |
| deplete |
| trendy |
| imputed |
| misplaced |
| tick over |
| puzzling |
| a fair few |
| turn out |
| hint |
| What % of bacterial cells in humans are inherited ? |
| The microbiome is implicated in what NON-NUTRITIONAL diseases ? |
| What % of large bacterial groups make up most of the human microbiome ? |
| What human genes enable milk digestions ? |
| What types of bacteria change with a person's weight ? |
| How does malnourishment affect intestinal bacteria ? |
| Where does most formic acid come from in humans ? |
| What % of C. dificile patients were cured with 2 treatments ? |
| What field of science is fashionable ? |
| What human inheritance is non-genetic ? |
Thursday, 29 November 2012
29 Nov 12 Sogesta - Economist Computing with soup
| DNA - Computing with soup Computihttp://www.economist.com/node/21548488ng |
| advent |
| propagate |
| soup |
| giant |
| base pair |
| Velcro |
| bind |
| strand |
| rung |
| network |
| linked |
| route |
| test tube |
| task |
| a far cry |
| prompted |
| pattern |
| disease |
| signature |
| pioneer |
| Free-floating |
| Sticky |
| tab |
| detach |
| culminate |
| threshold |
| weight |
| match |
| loop |
| trigger |
| Tic-tac-toe |
| destroy |
| piggyback |
| classifier |
| tricked |
| hijack |
| pathway |
| model |
| debug |
| behaviour |
| workbench |
| How many bases in a gene? |
| Can the Qian circuit fit in all cells? |
| What underlies the natural circuit controlling gene activity? |
| What was the solution to the travelling salesman problem? |
| What are the advantages of DNA computing? |
| What are the disadvantages ? |
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Sogesta 22 Nov - Economist – Nutrition and Poverty
| http://www.economist.com/node/21547771 |
| misleading |
| favela |
| charity |
| filling |
| campaign |
| shift in approach |
| pay attention |
| how-to |
| stand for |
| nail colours to the mast |
| galvanising |
| underlying |
| stress |
| iron |
| damning record |
| crops |
| harvest |
| undermine |
| biblical proportions |
| taught |
| spike |
| held flat |
| sink in |
| bloated |
| wasted limbs |
| lethargy |
| ravages |
| veiled |
| impairments |
| stunted |
| struggle |
| peers |
| spouse |
| squirrel away |
| clinically obese |
| sedentary |
| puzzling |
| fourfold |
| stunningly good |
| cheap |
| next to nothing |
| lifelong |
| tackle |
| the norm |
| fancy wedding |
| stealth |
| staple crop |
| cassava, beans, millet |
| intractable |
| sheer complexity |
| household |
| sucklng child |
| backfire |
| tick off a list |
| push all the buttons |
| smalholder |
| gobbledegook |
| cajole |
| broad-based |
| Why is the hunger "hidden" |
| How many people in the world are malnourished |
| What causes obesity in poor countries |
| What are the main deficiencies with malnutrition |
| What are the simple solutions |
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