Make Your Brain Smarter (2)

Use your non-dominant hand 
If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. Doing familiar things in a new way will cause your brain to create new neural networks.

Read often 
As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren't familiar. Reading expands your vocabulary if you search for words and definitions that you don't know.

Do puzzles 
According to the Mayo Clinic, doing sudoku and crossword puzzles keeps the brain sharp into your senior years.

Calculate while you shop 
As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the actual total.

Play video games 
Studies have found that certain video games force you to use critical decision-making skills and can even improve students' math scores.

Tweet! 
Read messages from people who represent a wide range of interests. And some say that learning to express yourself in just 140 characters is a great brain challenge!

So get in the habit of challenging your brain, and make yourself smarter!

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Teaching Topic: Everyday vs. Every Day


Language Lab
dominant adj. [dom-suffix支配]
more important, powerful, or successful than most or all others
- My right hand is my dominant hand.
- Teresa was a dominant figure in the fashion business back in the 90's.
dominate v.
to control someone or something or to have more importance than other people or things
- Brenda tends to dominate her children and won't let them make any decisions.

look up phrasal verb
if you look up information in a book, on a computer etc, you try to find it there:
- Sean looked up the meaning of this word on his online dictionary website.
- The boss looked up the employee's address in his file.

critical adj.
extremely important
- Getting this loan is critical to the survival of our company.
relating to or involving a great danger of death
- The patient is in critical condition.
- The troops are in a critical state and need help.

tweet v.
to post something on Twitter
- The singer tweeted that he is preparing for his second album.
to make a short, high sound
- I heard the baby birds tweeting in my backyard.

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