Listening & English Idioms - Why it feels like time is Flying?!?!
Skills: Listening comprehension, writing
English Level: B2 +
Instructions: Watch the video and answer the questions below. Write out your answers and send them to your Speak English NYC teacher at peyton@SpeakEnglishNYC.com / michelle@speakenglishnyc.com
A) Explain the following terms used in the video:
Sloth like pace
Multi-day expedition
Band expression
B) In your own words, simplify Robert Lemlich’s The Subjective Acceleration of Time with Aging theory, “Our perceived duration of time decreases as a mathematical proportion to how long we’ve been alive.”
C) Why does 1 year seem shorter to a 40-year-old than to a 4-year-old?
D) In addition to Lemlich’s theory about age and time, what are 3 other things that influence our perception of time?
E) Compare and contrast an event in your life when you felt like time was moving by slow and an event when you felt like time was moving by fast. What are some of the similarities and differences between those two events in your life?
