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Այս էպիզոդը Էդիթ Եվա Էգերի ընտրության մասին է։ Այն ընտրության, որը կարող է կատարել մեզանից յուրաքանչյուրը․․․

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Էդիթ Եվա Էգեր․ Ընտրություն (մաս 3) #07

Adventure seeker 🌏 | Explored 20+ countries | Passionate about different cultures | Wanderlust at heart | #TravelBug #GlobeTrotter #CulturalExplorer

1) #usa - United States yoo·nai·tuhd stayts -美国
2) #thailand tai·land -泰国
3)#cambodia kam·bow·dee·uh -柬埔寨
 4) #vietnam vee·uht·naam -越南
5) #laos lows -老挝
6) #indonesia in·duh·nee·zhuh  -印度尼西亚
7) #singapore sing·uh·por -新加坡
 8) #malaysia muh·lay·zhuh  -马来西亚
9) #germany jur·muh·nee -德国
10) #poland pow·luhnd -波兰
11) #czechia -  Czech Republic chek ruh·puh·bluhk -捷克共和国
12) #croatia krow·ay·shuh -克罗地亚
13) #bulgaria buhl·geh·ree·uh -保加利亚
14) #romania row·may·nee·uh -罗马尼亚
15)UK- United Kingdom  yoo·nai·tuhd king·dm -英国
16) #scotland skaat·luhnd -苏格兰
17) #ireland ai·ur·luhnd -爱尔兰
 18) #italy i·tuh·lee -意大利
19) #vatican City va·tuh·kuhn si·tee -梵蒂冈城
20) #albania al·bay·nee·uh --阿尔巴尼亚
21) North Macedonia north ma·suh·dow·nee·uh -北马其顿
22) #spain spayn -西班牙
23) Georgia jor·juh -格鲁吉亚共和国
24) #armenia aar·mee·nee·uh -亚美尼亚
25) UAE - United Arab Emirates yoo·nai·tuhd eh·ruhb eh·mr·uhts -阿拉伯联合酋长国
26) #taiwan tai·waan-台湾
 27) South Korea sowth kr·ee·uh -韩国
28) #nepal nuh·paal -尼泊尔
 29) #india in·dee·uh -印度

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Today, we dive into the quirky world of AI misadventures as DPD's chatbot takes an unexpected turn, leaving customers and social media abuzz. 

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Today we're talking about the verb "illustrate" and the noun "illustration" and how we can use them at work. 

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How to use graphs and charts in presentations. 

Los españoles somos muy expresivos, y a veces tenemos una manera particular de decir algo. En el episodio de hoy comento algunas frases que los españoles usamos en determinados momentos para expresar algo concreto, y que si no conoces su significado puede parecer que estemos hablando en código.

Espero que, como siempre, disfrutes el episodio. Después de escucharlo no te olvides de pasarte por mi Instagram y decirme qué te ha parecido este episodio y conoces alguna otra frase que los españoles usan y que a ti te resulta curiosa. ¡Te espero!


Blanca to go 

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Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!