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This I.Q. (intelligence quotient) test consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a "professional". Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT that difficult.

But don't scroll down UNTIL you have answered the question!

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Did you say, "Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?"

Wrong Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator; take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend..........except one. Which animal does not attend?

Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory.

Okay even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.

4. There is a river you must cross but it is inhabited by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?

Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Conference. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

Got wrong the question number 1: You complicate the things

Got wrong the question number 2: You don’t think of the repercussions of your previous actions.

Got wrong the question number 3: You have bad memory.

Got wrong the question number 4: You don’t learn from your mistakes.

According to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong. But many preschoolers got several correct answers. So, if you got most wrong you’d better go back to pre-school!!!

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by Vivian Barone

On this video, Amber Lee Ettinger, also known as Obama Girl, urges the Americans to save energy. It's a catchy, funny mix of pop and rap music.

LYRICS:
I need you to recycle
If you want the keys to my heart

Do you really want to get with me

You gotta know how to live smart

My love is sustainable, not just biodegradable

I wanna ride your bicycle Reduce, re-use and recycle

Youre being romantic with me

Guess what’s too gigantic for me?

Its your carbon footprint boy

(CHORUS)

And if you wanna be with me

Save your energy, Save your energy

You’re looking good but you drive an H3.

Save your energy (2x)

You’re using plastic for your groceries

Save your energy (2x)

You should act like Ed Begley

Save your energy Save it all for me

(RAP)

Hey Girl what’s these signs that you sending me

I’ve been trying to save the world conserving all my energy

We could ride in my hybrid fuel efficiency

Solo-powered sunroof’ blowin in the windy breeze

Baby I re-use, I recycle

Low flow shower heads too if you like, boo

Anything I use is biodegradable

Why you still saving all your love, what you waiting for?

(CHORUS)

And if you wanna be with me

Save your energy, Save your energy

Walking to work is so d*mn sexy

Save your energy Save your energy

Obama can be proud of you and me

Save your energy Save your energy

I’m turned on by stuff unplugged for me

Save your energy Save your energy …

Amber Lee Ettinger (born October 2, 1982) is an American actress, internet celebrity, and model. She first rose to fame as Obama Girl in her Internet video "I Got a Crush... on Obama", in which she expressed her admiration of then U.S. Senator (now President) Barack Obama. The video led to numerous sketch comedy appearances and interviews on Saturday Night Live, Geraldo at Large, The O'Reilly Factor, and Hannity.

Note: all the yellow wrods are links. You can get more information clicking on them.

The video has being promoted by America's Greenest Campus, a project of Climate Culture, SmartPower and the U.S. Department of Energy. What's that? America's Greenest

Campus is billed as "the first nationwide contest among colleges to reduce the carbon footprints of their students, faculty, alumni and staff."

Vocabulary:

To bill: to advertise something with a particular description, e.g.: The film was billed as a romantic comedy.

carbon footprint: someone's carbon footprint is a measurement of the amount of carbon dioxide that their activities produce.

You can calculate the measurement of your carbon footprint on the website below:

www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/

Vocabulary:

faculty: 1. all the teachers in a university, college, or school, e.g.: a meeting for students, faculty, and administrators

2. a department or group of departments in a university, e.g.: the Faculty of Medicine; the Law Faculty

alumni:/əˈlʌm˛nai/(plural form of alumnus/əˈlʌmnəs/)

alumnus: someone who has left a school, college or university after finishing their studies there, e.g.: the alumni of UFScar.

Several famous alumni have agreed to help raise money for the school's restoration fund.

staff: the group of people who work for an organization, e.g.:

There is a good relationship between staff and pupils at the school.

The staff are not very happy about the latest pay increase.

There are just two winners on the contest: the school with the most participants and the school with the most carbon reductions per participant (winning $5,000 each).

Although all that initiative is praiseworthy, the USA reality is very different. The problem is much more complex than just saving and recycling. All the business and industrial system is corrupted. The next video is an educative documentary that makes us aware of it in a very simple and attractive way. It’s worth seeing it.

If you want to express your opinion about it, please, be comfortable to share it with us. Post a comment. Don’t worry about your English. This is a community of English learners. The practice leads to fluency.

by Vivian Barone
References:

http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/recycling-design-technology/obama-girl-save-energy-green-colleges-460409#ixzz1SYjqyGvL

http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/recycling-design-technology/obama-girl-save-energy-green-colleges-460409

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Lee_Ettinger

http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/recycling-design-technology/obama-girl-save-energy-green-colleges-460409#ixzz1SbFJSufP