Do you know how to play Padel Tennis?

A new sport, Padel Tennis, is taking South Africa by storm. The racket sport typically played in doubles on a smaller enclosed court than the size of a tennis court, appears to be attracting more athletes and fans in the country.

Vocabulary chunks to learn from the video :

it might be early days

but padel tennis has been riding a crest of a wave in South Africa a mix of tennis and squash

on an enclosed court has enjoyed tremendous growth three playing courts we’re a pay-to-play padel business which is a brand new very exciting fastest growing sport in the world has its origins in Mexico

a football-mad nation

it’s taken off big time in Europe

we have big ambitions

we want to grow to a couple of hundred courts

we do a lot of marketing

we do coaching clinics

we do promotions

we run tournaments

they literally become addicted to the sport we have people that play every day padel bosses say the game has been attracting all sorts anybody that wants to be social

that wants to have fun this game is for everyone young children as young as six or seven who knows what the future holds I like the competitiveness

it’s fun it’s quick it’s energetic the future is huge and bright for South African paddle

one of the fastest-growing sports in the world

racket sport

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Solar powered vehicles in Africa

The air in Nairobi is heavily polluted by emissions from cars, buses and mopeds. The first solar-powered trucks and jeeps with electric motors have now started appearing in the city. While the energy is cheap, the vehicles themselves are not.

 

Vocabulary chunks to learn from the video :

• Poverty stricken districts
• It’s pouring with rain
• Climate change is affecting Kenya’s normal weather patters
• A solar powered e-bike
• The bike can reach a speed of 40km an hour
• The solar panel on the roof
• The battery keeps recharging
• It supplies pre-prepared staple food to street food vendors
• The number one drive
• Economically sustainable
• We use green energy
• The solar bikes
• The electric cargo bike
• Sustainable mobility is good for the environment
• The population will grow massively
• The number of vehicles driving on gasoline or diesel is on the rise
• Worsening air pollution and increasing carbon emissions
• Electric two and three wheelers
• The transport sector
• One of the biggest polluters
• The electricity derives from renewables such as solar and wind power and geothermal energy
• The main obstacle is inadequate infrastructure
• Hardly any charging stations
• Install solar charging stations
• The battery range of 100km
• Rural areas
• There is a demand for electric vehicles
• A major advantage
• Turn the engine on, turn it off
• Installs electric engines in cars
• Electro mobility has benefits not only for the environment but also for the economy
• A sustainable transport system
• Before they go mainstream
• The air quality improves

 

The future of eating

In Germany, start-up ‘GreenGuru’ provides urban professionals who are too busy to prepare a wholesome lunch with nutritious snacks and meals. Healthy eating has become a trend – and it’s even beneficial for the environment.

 

Vocabulary chunks to learn from the video :

• Rush hour
• The founders of start-up Green Guru
• A gap in the market
• Urban professionals who are too busy to make their own lunch
• Instant gratification
• Everything at a touch of a button
• They consider healthy eating important
• The trend is reflected in super market sales
• Demand for wholesome fresh juices is souring
• Ready meals full of additives and preservatives
• Fresh produce
• The ready meal segment is stagnating
• Nestle is a market leader
• Investing heavily in research
• Provide nutritional solutions for consumers
• Based on their genetic make up
• A custom made diet for better health
• The head of Nestle Germany predicts that this will be the next big thing
• No one size fits all
• A number of other parameters
• Food manufanctures
• Online nutritional advice services
• The statistics mainly reflect rough averages
• These days a growin number of Germans
• Switching to vegetarian diets
• The number of Vegans has risen in recent years
• A sustainable future
• A trend that will continue to grow
• Butchers beg to differ
• There will always be a demand for meat
• Throwing away as little as possible
• It tackles food waste with technology
• They are sold at a discounted price
• It’s all about reducing waste
• To produce food on demand
• With a click of a button

 

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About Primitive Technology

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Where there’s a will, there’s a way #15

[Primitive Technology ]

Read more about this project HERE

About Primitive Technology

“Primitive technology is a hobby where you make things in the wild completely from scratch using no modern tools or materials. This is the strict rule. If you want a fire- use fire sticks, an axe- pick up a stone and shape it, a hut- build one from trees, mud, rocks etc. The challenge is seeing how far you can go without modern technology. If this hobby interests you then this blog might be what you are looking for.” READ MORE

Touching Masterpieces

 

VR exhibit at The National Gallery of Prague allows the blind to ‘see’ art thanks to special gloves.

“For centuries, art has been a universal medium of expression that has, and continues to, connect language, time and culture. Art however, in its various forms, materials and interpretations, is still not accessible to everyone. Out of 7.595.145.000 people living, over 36.000.000 are blind from birth and 217.000.000 have moderate to severe vision impairment. And in today’s information age, the only way the blind can experience art, is through the senses of tactility and sound.
Whilst the internet does provide descriptive audio, only some iconic masterpieces are presented in such a manner, and in just a few museums, globally. Thus, millions of people have literally not seen, and will never see, sculptural masterpieces such as the head of Nefertiti, the beauty of the Venus de Milo or Michelangelo’s David, to name just a few – until now.
NeuroDigital invites Prague’s visually impaired people to a new age of digital accessibility, to see what has previously been unseen”  READ MORE

Vocabulary chunks from the video :

• It was like a different world
• It was something I didn’t expect
• Art is not always explainable
• To feel it
• Visually impaired
• I was kind of puzzled
• Hear about it from a guide
• It’s not a full experience
• It was missing before
• You can see it, touch it

Where there’s a will, there’s a way #14

[Primitive Technology ]

Read more about this project HERE

About Primitive Technology

“Primitive technology is a hobby where you make things in the wild completely from scratch using no modern tools or materials. This is the strict rule. If you want a fire- use fire sticks, an axe- pick up a stone and shape it, a hut- build one from trees, mud, rocks etc. The challenge is seeing how far you can go without modern technology. If this hobby interests you then this blog might be what you are looking for.” READ MORE

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“Do What You Can’t” isn’t just a slogan, it’s what we do every day. Our mission is to help you do what can’t be done. And what inspires you, inspires what we make. Because can’t is only what you can’t do yet. #DoWhatYouCant