#109 SPEAKING FLUENCY w w w . d e e p e n g l i s h . c o m Here are the questions with answers. Pause the recording and speak out loud. You don t have to be perfect. Just speak quickly and have fun. Remember , if you want to improve your speaking, you have to speak a lot. Biology of Politics
Here are the questions with answers. Pause the recording and
speak out loud. You dont have to be perfect. Just speak quickly and
have fun.
Remember, if you want to improve your speaking, you have to
speak a lot.
Biology of Politics
Back in 1813, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to John Adams. In
the letter between the two former U.S. presidents, Jefferson shared
a theory. Who wrote a letter to John Adams? Thomas Jefferson wrote
a letter to John Adams. What did they both have in common? They
were both former U.S. presidents. He believed the two political
parties which then existed in the United States, had existed all
throughout time. He also claimed a persons political party of
choice reflected their attitude and character. What did he say
about a persons political party of choice? He said a persons
political party of choice reflected their attitude and character.
While it was just a theory at the time, modern science is now
proving it to be true. Was this just a theory at the time? Yes,
this was just a theory at the time. What about now? Modern science
is now proving it to be true. Recent experiments have been proving
that conservatives and liberals have different instinctual physical
reactions. Who has different physical reactions? Conservatives and
liberals have different physical reactions. They also have no
control over these reactions. Do they have control over these
reactions? No, they dont have control over these reactions. When
shown disturbing images, conservatives displayed more moistening of
the sweat glands. This is known as a sympathetic nervous system
reaction. What happened to conservatives when they looked at
disturbing images? They displayed more moistening of the sweat
glands. Then a group of liberals and conservatives were shown a
four panel card. This card included one pleasant image and three
disturbing images. What kind of images were they shown? They were
shown one pleasant image and three disturbing images.
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There were shocking differences here too. The results spoke for
themselves. Did the results speak for themselves? Yes, the results
spoke for themselves. They showed the conservatives focused their
eyes more quickly to the disturbing images. They also looked at
them for much longer. How were the conservatives different? The
conservatives focused their eyes more quickly to the disturbing
images. They also looked at them for much longer. The point here
though, is not that liberals and conservatives react to things
differently. Do liberals and conservatives react to things
differently? Yes, liberals and conservatives react to things
differently. Is this the main point? No, this isnt the main point.
The point is that a persons biology their genetics, hormones,
personalities, and brain structures - has a strong correlation with
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If this is true, then a person cant be blamed for their
political orientation, nor should they be persecuted for it.
Similar to how gay and straight people dont choose to be gay or
straight, neither do liberals or conservatives. Its something
beyond their control. Do gay people choose to be gay or straight?
No, gay people dont choose to be gay or straight. What about
liberals and conservatives? Do you believe this is beyond their
control? Instead of thinking poorly of people with a different
political orientation than us, we might take a different approach
and simply accept it as a reality. Do you think poorly of people
with a different political orientation than you? That person has no
more control over their political orientation than they do over
their natural hair color. The real question is: will people be able
to accept the fact that others simply will not be able to agree
with them, due to their biological makeup? If so, it could greatly
reduce hatred, fighting, and war in our world. It would be a step
toward greater tolerance and peace. What kind of step would this
be? It would be a step toward greater tolerance and peace. Photos /
Credits: Photo #1 (cover) by Fe Ilya:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/renneville/2908748583/ Photo #2 by
MARTHA
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