Why you procrastinate? [VIDEO]

Turn the subtitles off and then watch the video. Try to understand as most as you can, then if you think it’s very hard, you can try

to watch the video again with the subtitles on. After watching a couple times, do the activities and check the vocabulary that you didn’t

understand. When all is finished, answer the questions and give your own opinion about the topic. Please, turn the subtitles off during the

activities, don’t cheat.

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Activities:

1) Listen and complete with the missing words. Watch and listen with the subtitles off.

a- And I would want to _____ that. But then, actually, the _____ would _____ along, and then I _____ kind of _____ this.

b- Now, I _____ and hypothesis that the _____ of procrastinators were actually _____ than the _____ of other people.

c- Both brains _____ a _____ Decision-Maker in them, but the _____'s _____ also _____ an Instant Gratification _____.

d- So the Rational _____-Maker will _____ the rational _____ to do _____ productive...

e- The _____ Gratification Monkey does not _____ like a _____ you want _____ the _____.

f- He lives _____ in the present _____. He has no _____ of the _____, no _____ of the _____, and he only _____ _____ two things: _____ and _____.

g- _____ out that the procrastinator has a _____ _____, someone _____ The _____ Monster.

2) True or False? Correct the statements that are false.

a- In college he didn't have to write papers. [TRUE OR FALSE?]

b- He got real photographs of brains from an MRI lab. [TRUE OR FALSE?]

c- A non-procrastinator is a rational decision-maker. [TRUE OR FALSE?]

d- Procrastinators don't give importance to instant gratification. [TRUE OR FALSE?]

e- Instant gratification is related to 'difficult and productive'. [TRUE OR FALSE?]

f- Procrastinators prefer 'easy and fun' activities. [TRUE OR FALSE?]

g- Everyone is procrastinating on something in life. [TRUE OR FALSE?]

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