What do you think these names have in common? Royal. Charlie. Salem. Skyler. Justice. Oakley. Well, in the United States, all of these names are considered fitting for girls and boys. They are considered gender-neutral. And modern American parents ap

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Have you been having some trouble getting some digits lately when you ask a girl out? Maybe you should check what music is playing. Thats what French psychologists found. They published their research in the journal Psychology of Music. First the res

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary gender-neutral: does not identify a person as being male or female personal pronoun: a word that is used to identify a specific person or thing awkward: uncomfortable propose: to make a recommendation fad: something that is p

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BBC Learning English Weekender Carbon Neutral Al Gore Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. Al Gore was the vice president of the United States under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. He very nearly became the President in a contro

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So I promised a closer look at baking soda. It seems to be a huge resource for a lot of things. And you dont get much cheaper than $1 for a powerful cleaning agent. So here is my list of the top uses for baking soda. Some will seem familiar as we hav

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A Chinese laundry detergent commercial has spurred outrage online, with many social media users accusing it of blatant racism. In a commercial for Chinas Qiaobi laundry detergent, a Chinese woman shoves the product into a black workers mouth in the m

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