Single Spoken Words Can Reveal Creativity

When I say the word "chair," what verb do you think of?

Your answer could reveal how creative you are.

Michigan State University neuroscientist Jeremy Gray has developed a simple word test to measure creativity.

It's described in the journal Behavior Research Methods.

His team showed 193 participants a series of nouns and asked them to respond creatively to each with a verb. "Chair" - for example - could elicit "sit"... or more creatively, "stand."

The participants were also asked to write stories and draw pictures. Those who gave creative answers on the noun-verb test were also judged the most creative in the more traditional areas.

Gray and his team are now giving the noun-verb test to participants while they are in an MRI machine to try to identify the parts of the brain that light up when creativity is called for.

Their findings could eventually help students, entrepreneurs, scientists and anyone who depends on innovative thinking.

Vietnamese geriatrics nurses

1 CÂU PHỤ, NHIỀU CÂU CHÁNH

              1 Câu phụ, nhiều câu chánh.

               I love my mommy. (Câu chánh)

Because I love my momm,   (câu phụ)   because= marker

             (Câu phụ là câu chánh có cái marker ở đầu câu.)  

Because I love my mommy, she loves me.

Because I love my mommy, her life is better.

Because I love my mommy, my dad loves me.

Because I love my mommy, we are happy.

Because I love my mommy, you follow me.

Because I love my mommy, they respect me.

Because I love my mommy, people agreewith me.

Because I love my mommy, noone feels strange.

Because I love my mommy, it is nice to meet us.

Because I love my mommy, there is nothing I can’t do.

Because I love my mommy, I can do anything.

Because I love my mommy, she can do anything to keep my love.

Because I love my mommy, we can do anything.

Because I love my mommy, you can’t do anything to separate us.

WHO BUYS A NEW CAR?

                                 WHO BUYS   A NEW CAR?

                    Tell me WHO BUYS   A NEW CAR.

        Do you tell me WHO BUYS   A NEW CAR?

      Can you tell me WHO BUYS   A NEW CAR?

I wonder if you can tell me WHO BUYS A NEW CAR.

It’s nice to tell me WHO BUYS   A NEW CAR?

        Noone knows WHO BUYS   A NEW CAR.

WHO BUYS   A NEW CAR  is  what I want to know.

             DOES CARLOS BUY     A NEW CAR?     

WHAT DOES CARLOS BUY?

                     

No where to go

If you believe everything others say about you, 

there is nowhere to go but down.

JOE HURT HIS BACK

1. Joe hurt his back and  Rita hurt her finger.  
2. Joe's back hurts.
3. Rita's finger hurts.
4. My eyes hurt.
5. Joe's back was hurt in an accident.
6. Several people were hurt in the fire.
7. His feelings were hurt by the girl's rude comments.
8. Their chances of getting a loan have been hurt by their poor credit history.
9. He hurt his chances of getting the job by arriving at the interview late.
10. High oil prices hurt the economy.
11. High prices on food hurt consumers.
12. A long separation can hurt a relationship.
13. It doesn't hurt to practice before it. In fact, it improves the team's chances of winning.
14. My feet hurt right now.
15. My feet hurt yesterday.
16. My feet have hurt for the last week.
17. Her tooth hurts.
18. Her tooth hurt yesterday.

Her tooth has been hurting for the last week or so.

HURT- the word of the day

HURT- the word of the day
Students in my regular daytime classroom are studying health care this week, so the word "hurt" has come up several times recently.
The verb "hurt" can be transitive or intransitive.
A transitive verb is followed by an object:

• Joe hurt his back.    (The word "back" is an object.)
• Rita hurt her finger. (The word "finger" is an object.)

An intransitive verb doesn't require an object.
The sentence can end with the verb:

• Joe's back hurts.
• Rita's finger hurts.
• My eyes hurt.

(Notice the difference between the singular and the plural in the present tense?)

You often hear "hurt" in the passive voice:

• Joe's back was hurt in an accident.
• Several people were hurt in the fire.
• His feelings were hurt by the girl's rude comments.
• Their chances of getting a loan have been hurt by their poor credit history.

The verb "hurt" can also be used to describe a problem:

• He hurt his chances of getting the job by arriving at the interview late.
• High oil prices hurt the economy.
• High prices on food hurt consumers.
• A long separation can hurt a relationship.
• It doesn't hurt to practice before a game. In fact, it improves the team's chances of winning.
• My feet hurt right now. (present tense, plural)
• My feet hurt yesterday. (past tense, plural)
• My feet have hurt for the last week. (present perfect tense, plural)
• Her tooth hurts. (present tense, singular)
• Her tooth hurt yesterday. (past tense, singular)
• Her tooth has been hurting for the last week or so.

       (present perfect continuous tense, singular)

I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY- PART OF "GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER?"

I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY-

I have         a few things to say    and

you might just think they’re important.

It’s been a very strange day.

I don’t think I put it too strong

or

I even say it’s been an extraordinary day.

I’ve been out there thinking about the day, the way it’s gone

and it seems to me  that now I need to make a few personal statements.

A LONG OBJECT

I think there are two things that are at work here,
one is potentially the emotional stuff and a possible job,
the other is the lady has moved quite quickly to improve relations with me.

A CRITICAL STEP

Understanding precisely how and when the brain activates the glymphatic system and clears waste is  a critical first step

in efforts to potentially modulate this system and

                                      make it work more efficiently.
---------------------------------- My pagraphasing work ----------------------------------------
A critical step is undersatnding precisely how and when the brain activates the glymphatic system and clears waste.

It is an effort to potentially modulate this system and make it work more effectively.

HOLD- HOLD ME FOR A WHILE

      Hold!

                   Hold me for a while!

           You hold  me for a while.

     Do  you hold  me for a while ?

   If you hold me for a while,

   If you hold me for a while,  I'll hold you for a long time.

  After you hold me for a while,   hold me again.

 Because you hold me for a while, hold me more.

Although you hold me for a while, I don’t hold you.

Since you hold me for a while, kiss me!

That you hold me for a while makes me happy.

That you hold me for a while means that you don’t love me.

TO TRAIN - A TRAIN

I  hope  to      train him.

I  catch  a      train.

I   see     2     trains.

             He    trains        me.

             He    trained      me.

          He’s    trained      me.( vừa được)

          He’s    trained by me.(được- bởi)

          He’s a trainer.(huấn luyện viên)

          He’s a trainee.(học viên)

         Train      me!

          He’s  a training   me.(hiện đang)

                      Training  is teaching.

                                                                                ( việc huấn luyện)                ( việc giáo dục)

I hope to     be trained (được huấn luyện)    by  John.

I hope      (rằng) that John  trains me .

I hope to         be training   John.

I hope to     have trained    John.

I hope          that I have trained     John.

I hope to          train         b John.

That   I hope to train John makes him happy.

John is happy because he knows  that I hope to train him.

To hope to train John is my dream.

My dream                     is to hope to train John.

50 WAYS TO ASK A QUESTION

50 WAYS TO ASK FOR 1 THING

1. When do you have a baby?

2. Could you tell me when you have a baby?

3. Tell me when you have a baby.

4. Let me know when you have a baby.

5. I want to know when you have a baby.

6. Could I know when you have a baby?

7. Would you mind telling me when you have a baby?

8. I wonder when you have a baby.

9. Would you be kind enough to tell me when you have a baby?

10. I’m curious to know when you have a baby.

11. I’m sorry to ask when you have a baby.

12. I can’t imagine when you have a baby.

13. I can’t stop wondering when you have a baby.

14. I don’t care of anything except when you have a baby.

15. It might be impolite but when you have a baby.

16. It’s OK to tell me when you have a baby.

17. It’s your private matter but when you have a baby.

18. It’s up to you to tell me when you have a baby.

19. There’s no way of knowing when you have a baby.

20. There’s one thing I want to know that is when you have a baby.

21. There’s not one thing in my mind that I can’t conceal. But when.

22. There’s nobody knowing when you have a baby.

23. If there’s no problem letting know, tell when you have a baby.

24. If I could ask you a question, It would be when you have a baby.

25. If I were you, I would tell when I’d have a baby.

26. If you are asked when to have a baby, how do you answer?

27. If you were me, would you wonder when I’d have a baby?

28. If you don’t mind, tell when you have a baby.

29. Having a baby is something you’re interested in, right? But when?

30. Telling me when you have a baby is easy, isn’t it?

31. Does having a baby concern you? But how about when?

32. Nothing in the world affects you but when you have one does, right?

33. When you have a baby is what I want to know.

34. Telling me when you have a baby is what I hope to hear.

35. Answering when you have a baby is simple.

36. When to have a baby is something I just care about.

37. To have a baby is obvious but when.

38. What’s it like to tell when to have a baby?

39. Have you got any feelings when to have a baby?

40. That when you have a baby concerns me now.

41. The fact that when you have a baby influences me.

42. The time when you have a baby drives me concerned.

43. When is the baby born?

44. Am I correct on assuming that you’d better tell when you…

45. This may be the last chance I ask when you have a baby.

46. You might think it’s not important but I want to know when.

47. Has anyone expressed concern when you have a baby?

48. You have been asked when to have it but I really want to know.

49. What you should say is when you have a baby.

50. You’re supposed to have a baby but when.

                                            RG Nov 2, 2009

                                                            Luong Ngoc Thanh

WHO ARE YOU? - WHO I AM?

Who I am  does not matter  but tell me who you are .

Who I am  is not important  but guess what I want,  why I'm here. 

I don't care what you want and       why you're here.

Stay right    where you are and see what I will do.

What you will do doesn't scare me.

Ok, Then listen to what I'll say.

What you say  doesn't make me stay.

If you stay, I'll have to pay.

Tell me how much you pay.

How much I'll pay depends on how long and where you stay.

I DON'T KNOW

I don’t know      how to tell my wife.

I don’t know      when she comes.

I don’t know      about her private life. 

I don't know       anything.

I'll tell her about what I really want her to do.

What she wants me to do is what I don't know.

What I don't know         is what she wants me to do.

WHO LOVES YOU

GRAMMAR LESSON- WHO LOVES YOU

1.               Who loves you?

2. Tell me  Who loves you.

3.               Who loves you  doesn’t matter to me.

4.  It is nice to know who loves you.

5.  Who loves you is not known.

6. People do not know  who loves you.

7. Noone            knows who loves you.

8.  Loving you of someone is not important to me=

9.  Someone’s loving you  doesn’t matter to me.

10. If someone loves you,     you should let me know.

11. If someone loved you,    you would let me know.

12. Those who love you  are   those who love me.

13. Those       loving you are   those      loving me.

14. Who is loved by you loves me=

15. Whom you love loves me.

16. Who had loved you loved me.

17. Who is loving you is thinking of me also.

18. Who to love you is  whom to be loved by my

19. Who loving you  is loving me?

20. Whose lover is yours?

THE IMPORTANCE OF A

From a hobby to a career

What began as a hobby for Macnider turned into a career,

first as a marathon runner,

then teaching physical education at a suburban Chicago high school where he also coached a women’s running team .

SORRY

* Sorry                                      means        tiec nuoi in Vietnamese.

* To say sorry                           means        noi len su tiec nuoi in Vietnamese.

* Saying sorry                           means        viec noi len su tiec nuoi in Vietnamese.  

     * How to say sorry                     means        how to show regretness.

     * Who says sorry                      means    “Ai noi len su tiec nuoi.”

     * Who                                        says          sorry?

     * The word “sorry”                    confuses    a lot of English learners.

     * To be “sorry”                          means        to be regretful.

     * To feel “sorry”                          doesn’t mean  to appologize.  

     * There are                                 billions of people  saying “sorry.”

     * Those  saying sorry                are those feeling regretful.

     *  From the bottom of my heart comes “sorry.”

     *  They                                       say sorry.

     * That they say sorry                 means    that they are regretful.

     * It’s common to say sorry.   (To say sorry is common.)