Marriage & Relationships
In Unorthodox, which religious community does Esty leave?
The Satmar Hasidic Jewish community.
The “Google Effect” refers to forgetting information we can easily ______.
Look up online.
Lera Boroditsky’s TED Talk is about how language shapes ______.
Thought / perception.
The Dove Campaign focuses on promoting ______ beauty.
Real/natural
Idiom: “Digital native” means someone who grew up with ______.
Technology devices.
One key reason Esty leaves her community is lack of ______ over her own life.
Control / autonomy.
“A Year Without Technology” showed that living without tech can increase ______ with people.
Face-to-face interaction / connection.
This is one reason why English became a global language.
Colonisation.
In the poem The Diet, the speaker shrinks until she becomes ______.
Invisible
In English, the subjunctive is used in “If I were you” because it’s a ______ situation.
Hypothetical.
The American Dream is often linked to marriage, family, and ________.
Economic success / home ownership.
One purpose of art discussed in class is to make us see the world ______.
Differently / from a new perspective, giving value to simple things in life.
“They Have a Word for It” discusses words that cannot be directly ______ into English.
Translated.
One negative effect of unrealistic beauty standards is ______.
Eating disorders / low self-esteem.
Give one example of “hedging language.”
might, could, perhaps, it seems that…
True or False: Marriage laws are the same in every U.S. state.
False.
True or False: AI can never create art that is meaningful to humans.
Answer with arguments.
The spread of English due to colonisation can be linked to both cultural exchange and ______.
Cultural dominance / linguistic imperialism.
True or False: Beauty standards are the same worldwide.
“Used to” is for past habits, while “would” is for past habits that are ______.
Repeated actions (often with nostalgia).
Give one example of how marriage traditions vary across cultures.
Accept multiple correct answers: arranged marriages, dowries, wedding rituals, etc.
Name one ethical issue related to AI art.
Examples: copyright, originality, replacing human artists, bias in datasets.
Give an example of an “untranslatable word” we studied and its meaning.
e.g., “saudade” – deep emotional state of nostalgic longing.
Give one example of how media influences perceptions of beauty.
Photoshop, ads, influencer culture, filters.
Connect these two topics: marriage and technology — how can technology change relationships?
Online dating, long-distance communication, social media effects, etc.