CROSSROADS Language StudioÊs Newsletter June,
June , 2024
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There is a saying in the culinary world,“you eat with your eyes”, as much as you dowith your mouth. The final presentation of thefood on the plate is essential to how wegenerally perceive the cuisine’s culinary
quality and overall experience at the table.
We like warm earthy colours in our food;yellows, greens and reds dominate in many
cultures and household kitchens. To spice up
the dishes – pun intended – we like to inject alittle colour variation to staple foods, such as
rice and potatoes or meat sauces and soups.
And there isn’t a better ingredient, to achieve
just such results, as turmeric.

Its application is so broad that it would beeasier to enlist what it is not used for but,
generally it has an overwhelmingly positive
impact on the health and condition of our skin,individual organs, digestive system andimmune system, only falling short of curing
laziness and bad driving skills.
In order to benefit from all of turmeric’s effects,
one has to consume it regularly, often as a foodsupplement (in the forms of concentrated oil, pills
or capsules). However, it is worth incorporating
the spice into our diet, whenever possible, as
turmeric has much to offer to our body.
It protects our skin from cancer, but also acts
as an antiseptic for cuts and burns and skininfections, promoting faster wound healing.
Ithas
powerfulanti-inflammatory
properties, protecting our intestines, bowels
and colon, thus protecting and improving
digestion and excretion.
Turmeric is also effective in alleviating
seasonal allergies, asthma, runny nose, andother respiratory conditions. As a remedy, it’sbest taken in a form of an oil.

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A plant member of ginger family, grows
globular roots – rhizomes – that containcurcumin, a substance with several different
medicinal applications, as well as giving a strong
and deep yellow colour. These rhizomes havebeen used around the world for millennia as afood spice and a dye for just about anything thatneeds to be yellow: Indian curries, monk robes,
cheese, cosmetics, to name few.
And speaking of India, the country produces
almost all of the turmeric for the world market,
while at the same time, it’s the main consumer,
going through 80% of what it supplies.
Turmeric is widely recognised as a herbal
medicine.

Turmeric is one of the few dietary substancesthat is perfectly safe for humans, even in large
doses, while offering a sheer array of healthbenefits.

Article by Marek

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Joshua Says The tourists are back! Have you noticed the daily line of visitors infront of Mitsukoshi? I have to negotiate my way through, around, between,
sometimes under them to get to work every day. Statistics has the number of visitors
to Japan now at 80% of the 2019 figure (prior the Epidemic) and this figure isexpected to continue to rise. Japan has been a tourist destination for many years, andthe weak yen is only making it an even more attractive holiday destination for many.
Junko Says: Various studies have identified how learning a foreign language canbenefit the brain. Here are three main benefits: 1. Maintaining and enhancing
memory; 2. Preventing age-related brain deterioration; 3. Development of vocabulary
and thinking skills. The studies also suggest that learning a foreign language
stimulate the brain regardless of age. Learning a foreign language also helps you tolearn about the history and culture of the country the language comes from.
Marek Says: Summer has come a little earlier this year, with its hot days
and high humidity, bringing typhoons and a rainy season earlier than usual.
This shift in the change of seasonal climate affects crops and life cycles ofmany animals and insects. Just a few days ago in Scotland it snowed quiteheavily in the Highlands, seriously disrupting wildlife that hasn’t had achance to even enjoy Spring, let alone Summer! Snow in mid-June!
Mandcy dit Ça y est, c'est deja juin ! Encore quelques jours avant les J.O. c'est aussi
en France, le temps de la floraison de la lavande. Les champs de lavandes deProvence à perte de vue me manquent vraiment beaucoup. Juin aussi est la periode
du passage du Bac, c'est l'examen final du lycée. Ça me rappelle des souvenirs. Toutcela a un goût d'avant-été. Je me languis déjà des feux d'artifices, de la plage et dumarché du samedi. Vivement la fin de la saison des pluies.
ACROSS
4 complete, without restriction
7 1,000 years
9 most important
11 provide relief from
12 loose flowing garments
15 part of the large intestine
17 adding, joining to18 cannot be resisted
19 something that candestroy germs
20 usages

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910

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15

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1 relating to cooking
2 safe, protected against
3 breathing
5 a type of plant reproduction system
6 forceful, strong effect
8 absolutely necessary
10 body pain, swelling, redness, heat13 something added to
14 giving relief, making easier
16 spherical or round shaped

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17

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Blend Words
Words combine the meaning of two or more words by merging them to create a newword. Find the words in the list on the right that make up the Blend Words on the left:
A few clues to help.
(nothing to eat this morning?)

1.enemy21.binary= _____ + _____ (take your car with you)

2.log

22.enormous

Smog= _____ + _____ (both are hard to see through)3.electronic

23.chillblog= _____ + _____ (nothing to do with spiders)

4.lunch24.comedy

Email= _____ + _____ (sometimes a shock)5.cocktail

25.international

6.alpha26.exit

Brunch= _11__ + __4__

Motel

Workaholic = _____ + _____(you never were, right?)

Mocktail= _____ + _____ (a no-alcohol drink)

7.picture

27.fogBit= _____ + _____ (computer talk)8.Bombay

28.betaInternet= _____ + _____ (global link-up)

9.guess

29.hotelBrexit= _____ + _____ (they left the EU)

10.network

30.alcoholic

Alphabet= _____ + _____ (combines two Latin words)

11.breakfast 31.digit

Vitamin= _____ + _____ (essential chemical compound)12.motor

32.amino acid

Sitcom

= _____ + _____

13.smoke

33.situation

Pixel= _____ + _____ (it’s hard to see just one?)

14.web34.cell

Malware= _____ + _____ (harmful in your computer)15.mail

35.software

Guesstimate = _____ + _____ (if you’re not really sure,….)16.vital

35.estimate

Chillax= _____ + _____ (take it easy)

17.work

37.relax

Bollywood= _____ + _____ (India’s version)

18.malicious 38.Hollywood

Frenemy= _____ + _____ (love and/or hate them)

19.mock

39.friend

Genormous= _____ + _____ (really BIG)

20.Britain

40.gigantic(for a good laugh)

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Last Month’s Puzzle SolutionDOWNACROSS
2 brought back to life5 widely known
9 giving human qualities to an idea
10 to get involved and cause an effect
11 exactly alike
14 an ancestor's offspring
15 an unofficial association of people
16 reproduce offspring
18 a small piece of a plant
19 searching for something
20 very surprisingly

1 decide conclusively
3 like bushes
4 everlasting
6 seriously
7 reproduced asexually
8 very keen, enthusiastic
12 stability, uniformity
13 a set of three similar
things17 exposure to publicviewing

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