Competition
Questions
1. Are you a competitive person? Why/why not?
2. Is competition good for us?
3. What would the world be like without competition?
4. Do you think life is a competition?
5. Do we learn to be competitive or are we born competitive?
6. What’s your favourite competition?
7. Do you compete with yourself?
8. Do drivers in your country drive as if they are in a competition?
Videos
Young You started skating when she was 6 years old. She still remembers her first time on the ice. Simply standing was difficult. Today, the 15-year-old is a three-time South Korean national figure skating champion. Her
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ultimate dream is to win gold at the Olympics. And she’s putting in the hard work it will take to get there.
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Category: Sports
Keywords: Competition | Sports
By the early 1900’s, nearly every region of the globe had been visited and mapped, with only two key locations left: the North and South Poles. After two Americans staked claim to reaching the North Pole, a Norwegian explorer
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and a British naval officer each set out for the last unmapped region in what newspapers called a “Race to the Pole.” Elizabeth Leane sets the scene for their journeys south.
Lesson by Elizabeth Leane, directed by WOW-HOW Studio.
Lesson by Elizabeth Leane, directed by WOW-HOW Studio.
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Category: Geography & Travel
Pop quiz. Try pronouncing the following. Ready? Go. Elucubrate. Smaragdine. Scherenschnitte. Head scratchers, huh? Not for Jacques Bailly. As the official pronouncer of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, he can tackle
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any word thrown at him. He started his wordsmith career as the 1980 spelling bee champion. These days, Jacques feels the heat of etymological battle from the other side of the mic.
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Category: Education & Language
Why are all the gas stations, cafes and restaurants in one crowded spot? As two competitive cousins vie for ice-cream-selling domination on one small beach, discover how game theory and the Nash Equilibrium inform
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these retail hotspots.
Lesson by Jac de Haan, animation by Luke Rowsell.
Lesson by Jac de Haan, animation by Luke Rowsell.
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Category: Business & Marketing