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Italian body language

When you are dealing with Italian people you have to bear in mind that they communicate not only verbally but also with gestures: it might appear quite strange to the average calm and polite Brit, but Italians cannot avoid moving while speaking – they would feel uncomfortable!

The most “famous” and really typical Italian gesture is pointing your hand upwards, putting the tips of your fingers together and moving your arm up and down. This gesture can have different meanings depending on the situation, but it always indicates query and surprise.

If you want to have fun and know more about Italian body language, watch this video.

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What’s the origin of interpretation?

Language Interpretation is quite a recent profession. Consecutive interpretation became popularised in the 20th century, when it’s utility became recognised from its use in the signing of the Treaty of Versailles at the conclusion of the First World War. Before then, French had been the language of choice for diplomacy, but after the war the importance of English grew. As a result, it was necessary in these high profile meetings to have interpretations between English and French. In the period between World War One and World War Two, a team of interpreters was created to work in the English-French language pair at the UN.

Simultaneous interpretation was first used in the Nuremberg Trials after World War Two. Following the success of this important historical event’s interpretation services, the UN then heightened its interest. Consecutive interpretation, which had been used frequently, consumed too much time in the process. In spite of the reluctance that came with this new modality, simultaneous interpretation slowly gained influence until it converted itself into the most widely used technique of interpretation in the world today.

Contrary to what the name suggests, simultaneous interpretation is not actually done simultaneously. There must always be a pause between the speaker’s words and the interpreter’s translation, since the latter must analyze, process, and translate the idea. All of this takes place in a matter of seconds! According to studies, the maximum number of words that the human mind can retain at one time is 9 or 10; the interpreter must therefore speak with a difference of only about 3 or 4 words so as to not lose the main concept of the speech or omit essential information to the audience.

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Feed your brain: tips to prevent Alzheimer’s

“The idea that Alzheimer’s is entirely genetic and unpreventable is perhaps the greatest misconception about the disease,” says Gary Small, M.D., director of the UCLA Center on Aging.

Mountains of research reveals that simple things you do every day might cut the odds of losing your mind to Alzheimer’s. Last year Jean Carper used these results to write the book “100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s and Age-Related Memory Loss“. These are some of the most surprising strategies:

  1. Have coffee. A large European study showed that drinking three to five cups of coffee a day in midlife cut the risk of Alzheimer’s by 65% in late life.

  2. Floss. Oddly, the health of your teeth and gums can help predict dementia. University of Southern California research found that having periodontal disease before the age of 35 quadrupled the odds of dementia years later.

  3. Google. Doing an online search can stimulate your aging brain even more than reading a book, says UCLA’s Gary Small, who used brain MRIs to prove it. The biggest surprise: novice internet surfers, aged 55 to 78, activated key memory and learning centres in the brain after only a week of web surfing for an hour a day.

  4. Grow new brain cells. Impossible, scientists used to say. Now it’s believed that thousands of brain cells are born daily. The trick is to keep the newborns alive. What works: aerobic exercise (such as a brisk 30-minute walk every day), strenuous mental activity, eating salmon and other fatty fish, avoiding obesity, chronic stress, sleep deprivation, heavy drinking and vitamin B deficiency.

  5. Drink apple juice. Apple juice can push production of the “memory chemical” acetylcholine; that’s the way the popular Alzheimer’s drug Aricept works, says Thomas Shea, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts.

  6. Meditate. Brain scans show that people who meditate regularly have less cognitive decline and brain shrinkage – a classic sign of Alzheimer’s – as they age. Andrew Newberg of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine says yoga meditation for 12 minutes a day for two months improves blood flow and cognitive functioning in seniors with memory problems.

  7. Improve language skills: a teenage girl who is a superior writer is eight times more likely to escape Alzheimer’s in late life than a teen with poor linguistic skills. Teaching young children to be fluent in two or more languages makes them less vulnerable to Alzheimer’s.

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