OBE - Robert Monroe Method

deliberately - rozważnie, umyślnie, celowo
to induce - wywoływać
Monroe explain how to deliberately induce this state

to ensure - upewnić się, ubezpieczyć
Ensure that you will not be disturbed and are not under any limitation of time.

consciously perceive - świadomie postrzegać
to recall in detail - przypomnieć sobie ze szczegółami
I will consciously perceive and remember all that I encounter during this relaxation procedure. I will recall in detail when I am completely awake only those matters which will be beneficial to my physical and mental being.

hypnagogic state - stan graniczący ze snem
The next step involves entering the state bordering sleep (hypnagogic state).

iPhone helps Apple profit growth

to shrug off - bagetelizować, ignorować, nie przejąć się
Apple shrugged off the economic downturn to report a 15% jump in profits for the first three months of the year.

to dip - spadać, opadać
However, demand for Macintosh computers dipped.

to be one of a few - być jednym z niewielu
Apple has been one of a few companies where business has been pretty strong throughout this economic downturn

not necessarily - nie koniecznie
But he added that while "any positive earnings surprise is good news" the results were "good for Apple, but not necessarily good for the whole market".

Źródło: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8013612.stm

US economy continues to contract

Beige Book - raport o aktualnym stanie gospodarki w USA publikowany przez FED 8 razy na rok
US economic activity weakened in March, but there were some signs of stabilisation, the Federal Reserve has said in its influential Beige Book.

bleak - ponury, posępny
Despite some signs of improvement, this report painted a bleak picture of current US economic activity.

slight - drobny, lekki
some districts noted a slight improvement in sales compared with the previous reporting period

reposession - przejęcie (nieruchomości), odzyskanie
He did, however, say that 2009 would be a hard year for the US economy, when there would be more job losses, more repossessions and "more pain".

tentative - tymczasowy, wstępny, niepewny, próbny
Mr Bernanke, talking to students at Moorehouse University in Atlanta, also on Tuesday, spoke of "tentative signs" that the rate of contraction of the US economy was slowing down.

Źródło: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8000455.stm

U.S. unveils Orion spacecraft to take crew to Mars

crew - załoga
cornerstone - podstawa
The U.S. Navy-built Orion crew exploration vehicle will replace the space shuttle NASA plans to retire in 2010, and become the cornerstone of the agency's Constellation Program to explore the moon, Mars and beyond

to schedule - planować
Trips to the moon are scheduled for 2020, while a journey to Mars is believed possible by the mid-2030s.

campsite - obozowisko
. Each visit will last six months while astronauts set up a campsite and practice the things they want to do on Mars.

queasy - mdlący
Over the summer, flight doctors will analyze the data to ensure it does not make astronauts too queasy.

Źródło: http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE52T6XH20090330

How We Identify Letters

to consider - zastanawiać się
The next time you are reading a book, or even as you read this article, consider the words that you are seeing.

substantial - solidny
Substantial research has shown that while reading, we recognize words by their letters and not by the general shape of the word.

to differentiate - rozróżniać
However, it was largely unknown how we differentiate one letter from another.

to evaluate - oceniać, szacować
The researchers then evaluated which areas of each of the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet were crucial for letter recognition.

vertical lines - linie pionowe
curve - krzywa, łuk
For instance, the most useful feature of letters for the ideal observer were vertical lines and curves opening up and not line terminations.

Źródło: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130949.php

Symptoms of Dyslexia in Adults

taught - nauczani
But to reach full potential they need to be taught differently, according to their needs.

roughly - około, w przybliżeniu
to screen - przeszukiwać, badać, poddawać kontroli
In roughly the last fifteen years, dyslexia in children has routinely been screened for in elementary school.

bear - nosić
scar - piętno, blizna
being hammered into molds that did not fit. - być zmuszonym do czegoś co nie pasowało (mniej więcej)
Those who went through grade school more than 15 years ago almost all bear the scars of being hammered into molds that did not fit.

to be ridiculed - być wyśmiewanym
to be retarded - być opóźnionym
embarrassed - zakłopotany, zażenowany
They were ridiculed for their differences, looked at as retarded (which most are definitely not!), slow learners, etc. They were embarrassed and learn to hide their differences.

reading aloud - czytanie na głos
Different signs of dyslexia may include difficulties in spelling, difficulties in reading aloud


Źródło: http://support.protectlife.com/wordpress/?p=393

Artykuł Science Literacy - American Adults 'Flunk' Basic Science, Says Survey

survey - ankieta, badanie
A new national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive says that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy test.

research - badanie naukowe (to research - badać, studiować, analizować)
The good news; U.S. adults do believe that scientific research and education are important.

to propel - dać bodziec, popchnąć
People are starting to realize that innovation and industry - not making cheap mortgages a government mandated right - are what propels successful economies.

revolve - krążyć, okrążyć
Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun.

to conduct - przeprowadzić (badanie)
This survey was conducted by telephone within the United States by Harris Interactive

Artykuł EU needs 'brutal' science advice

to follow - podążać (za), iść w ślad, śledzić
step up - włożyć w coś więcej wysiłku, zwiększyć, podnosić (poziom)
Professor John Beddington said that Europe should follow the US president's lead and step up its scientific agenda.

line-up - program, plan
Compared with the new Washington line-up, European science advice looks very deficient

plethora - mnóstwo
world-renowned - światowej sławy, renomy
Working with him will be a plethora of world-renowned scientists, including two Nobel Prize winners.

scrutinise - szczegółowo badać, oceniać krytycznie
Their job is to be an independent - and sometimes irritating voice - for ministers, scrutinising policy and, if they feel it is unworkable, saying so.

Lektura The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (część IV)

intimate - bliski
and with whom I became extremely intimate

indelible - niezatarty, niezmywalny
I am surprised what an indelible impression many of the beetles which I caught at Cambridge have left on my mind.

to know every branch of science - znać każdą gałąź nauki
to reverence - czcić, szanować, okazywać szacuncek
I had heard of him from my brother as a man who knew every branch of science, and I was accordingly prepared to reverence him.

don - nauczyciel akademicki
I was called by some of the dons "the man who walks with Henslow;"

tinge - odcień, zabarwienie
vanity - próźność
He was free from every tinge of vanity or other petty feeling

to rouse - pobudzić, poderwać, zbudzić
indignation - oburzenie
he could be roused by any bad action to the warmest indignation

dense - gęsty
glimpse - rzucić okiem, ujrzeć (na moment)
the crowd was so dense that I got only a few momentary glimpses of the wretched creatures

trifling - nieistotny, drobny, mały
I cannot resist mentioning a trifling incident

to infer - wnioskować, dedukować
Looking back, I infer that there must have been something in me a little superior to the common run of youths

preposterous - niedorzeczny
I remember one of my sporting friends, Turner, who saw me at work with my beetles, saying that I should some day be a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the notion seemed to me preposterous.

to endeavour - usiłować, starać się
some of the party declared they would endeavour to go there

Artykuł Theories Of Dyslexia

deprive - pozbawić
they are amongst those unfortunate people who have been deprived with the normal ability to read, write or learn

posit - zakładać, postulować, przypuszczać
exceedingly - przesadnie, nadmiernie
This theory posits that reading is an unnatural act, and carried out by humans for an exceedingly brief period in our evolutionary history.

impairment - upośledzenie, pogorszenie, osłabienie
dyslexics have a specific impairment in the representation, storage and/or retrieval of speech sounds

Artykuł Tom Cruise Again Asserts Scientology Cured His Dyslexia

dyslexia - dysleksja
pronouncement - oświadczenie
That pronouncement is that Scientology cured his dyslexia

facet - płaszczyzna, aspekt, strona
adherent - zwolennik, wyznawca
One of the most important facets of Scientology, Cruise underlines, is its ability to give its adherents special resources to solve personal problems.

anxiety - lęk, obawa
boredom - nuda, znudzenie
I would try to concentrate but I felt anxiety, frustration, boredom.

reflect - przejawiać, odbijać
manifestation - przejaw, objaw, wyraz, manifestacja
Some individuals reflect minimal problems and others have more serious manifestations.

Lektura The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (część III)

acquaint - zapoznawać, zaznajamiać
I became acquainted with the curator of the museum

amusement - zabawa, rozrywka, radość
My summer vacations during these two years were wholly given up to amusements

knapsack - chlebak, mała torba
I took a long walking tour with two friends with knapsacks on our backs through North wales

agreeable - miły, zgodny, skłonny
and in the evening there was much very agreeable conversation, not so personal as it generally is in large family parties, together with music

swerve - skręcić, sprowadzić (na złą drogę)
I do not believe that any power on earth could
have made him swerve an inch from what he considered the right course.

clergyman - duchowny
he proposed that I should become a clergyman

divinity - teologia, boskość, bóstwo
I read with care 'Pearson on the Creed,' and a few other books on divinity

inoculate - szczepić, zaszczepić
He inoculated me with a taste for pictures and good engravings

sublimity - wzniosłość, majestatyczność, wspaniałość
Sebastian del Piombo exciting in me a sense of sublimity

I am so utterly destitute of an ear - kompletnie nie mam słuchu (muzycznego)

Lektura arykułu 'Early Da Vinci portrait' found

resemble - przypominać, być podobnym
The image resembled older known portraits of Leonardo

reveal - odsłaniać, ujawniać, odkryć
The findings will be revealed on Italy's RAI television channel.

forensic science - nauki sądowe
he compared the image with known later self-portraits of Da Vinci and consulted facial surgeons and police forensic experts - all of whom agreed there were strong similarities

Lektura The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (część II)

angling - wędkarstwo
I had a strong taste for angling, and would sit for any number of hours on the bank of a river

crib - ściąga
I was not idle, and with the exception of versification, generally worked conscientiously at my classics, not using cribs.

vivid delight - żywy zachwyt
I may add that in 1822 a vivid delight in scenery was first awakened in my mind

veracity - prawdziwość
I often read, and disputed with other boys about the veracity of some of the statements

zeal - zapał
I do not believe that any one could have shown more zeal for the most holy cause than I did for shooting birds.

servant - służący, pomoc, pracownik
I was allowed to aid him as a servant in most of his experiments

to rebuke - upomnieć, zbesztać, skarcić
I was also once publicly rebuked by the head-master

commence -zaczynać, rozpoczynać
I was sent there to commence them (studies)

congenial - przyjemny, sympatyczny
the meetings had a good effect on me in stimulating my zeal and giving me new congenial acquaintances

stammer - jąkać się, zająkiwać
prodigious - zdumiewający, niesamowity
blush - czerwienić się, zarumienić się
One evening a poor young man got up, and after stammering for a prodigious length of time, blushing crimson, he at last slowly got out the words, "Mr. President, I have forgotten what I was going to say."

awe - respekt, bojaźń
reverence - szacunek, cześć
I looked at him and at the whole scene with some awe and reverence

Lektura The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (część I)

to bear - nosić, wnosić
The autobiography bears the heading, 'Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character'

slip - pomyłka (to slip - poślizngąć się)
It has been found necessary to make a few corrections of obvious verbal slips

to amuse - śmieszyć, bawić, rozśmieszać
I have thought that the attempt would amuse me

recollection - wspomnienie
my earliest recollection goes back only to when I was a few months over four years old

falsehood - kłamstwo, fałsz
I may here also confess that as a little boy I was much given to inventing deliberate falsehoods

to astonish - zadziwiać, zdumiewać
I dropped the cakes and ran for dear life, and was astonished by being greeted with shouts of laughter by my false friend Garnett

innate - wrodzony
I doubt indeed whether humanity is a natural or innate quality.

bravado - brawura
I never took more than a single egg out of a bird's nest, except on one single occasion, when I took all, not for their value, but from a sort of bravado.