PLAYING DEAD

Apparent death, colloquially known as playing dead or playing possum, is a behavior in which an animal takes on the appearance of being dead. This form of animal deception is an adaptive behavior also known as tonic immobility or thanatosis. Apparent death can be used as a defense mechanism or as a form of aggressive mimicry, and occurs in a wide range of animals.

(Taken from Wikipedia)

Baby Opossum Playing Dead

Playing Possum

Trickster Animals That Play Dead

Why do some animals play dead?

Photocopies from 26th March: 

     https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THQUlhNGVyTnZNUkk&authuser=0

         https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THaWJmWlBTZVI1MjQ/view?usp=sharing

Transcript (smacking children):  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THTEllS2JZLXU0NXM/view?usp=sharing
Transcript (Complaints handling): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THb1ZncGNfcy1mQjA/view?usp=sharing

AT THE HELM

Photocopy from 17th March: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THc3o5RHpnYl8wbzQ/view?usp=sharing

   

Oliver Sacks on TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/oliver_sacks_what_hallucination_reveals_about_our_minds
Oliver Sacks on his own death: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html?_r=0

STILL WET BEHIND THE EARS

Photocopies from 10th March: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THMEJxaktaT3RiRVU/view?usp=sharing

Photocopies from 12th March: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THUjREaXl5ZDdHQlk/view?usp=sharing

YOU NAME IT

Photocopies from 3rd March: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THdWI2WmR0Tkh2WjA/view?usp=sharing

Photocopies from 5th March: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THMzdXclV3MXFGUms/view?usp=sharing

Videos about COMPLAINING:    
   http://www.engvid.com/real-english-how-to-complain-about-a-problem/
    http://www.engvid.com/polite-business-english-complain-disagree/

   http://www.engvid.com/polite-english-softening-your-message/

   http://www.engvid.com/business-english-how-to-minimize-problems/

Radio program on COMPLAINING: 
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04y6mw8