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This article explores how
renewal is made possible by adversity
How times of struggle can pave the way for new ways of life
Professor Smith explains that
digital tools are the only devices that help people stay united.
One of the author’s friends confesses
that the pandemic has helped her being suddenly weaned off her buying addiction.
“Another, a self-professed “big online shopper”, has gone cold turkey on luxury consumerism”. Originally, the expression “Cold-Turkey” refers to the abrupt and complete cessation of taking a drug to which one is addicted.
Dr Susan David underlines that
the rationalization of many of our lives’ aspects.
Line 62: “A lot of things will be streamlined or lost”. “Streamlined” means that something has been made more effective, more simplified, better balanced.
To write this article, the author relies on facts and opinions casually collected from people he knows.
l. 19: “I briefly surveyed friends and colleagues”
La réponse correcte est « Vrai ».
- According to Harvard psychologist, experiencing hardships is likely to positively affect people.
l. 46: “greater levels of empathy”
La réponse correcte est « Faux ».
In China, a study has revealed that people plan on avoiding the leisure activities they used to enjoy.
l. 67: “resume spending money on many pre-quarantine pleasures”
(Vocabulary: “to resume” is a false friend that means “to continue with”, not to summarize).
La réponse correcte est « Faux ».
According to experts, when the pandemic situation is over, the digital forms of leisure will continue thriving, as users have become so used to them.
La réponse correcte est « Faux ».
