ENGLISH SUNDAY

SPEAKING CLUB

Teacher : Juliana
Topic :
 On-scale

from 1 to 10
how much
you trust

media?
 Choose
the source you
trust the most:

1. 2.

3. 4. Word of Mouth [сарафанное радио]

 What do you

pay attention for

when you read the news:

 eye-popping headline
 the author/source
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 pictures/memes
 style of writing
 spelling errors
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 some proofs
правонаписании

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How to
understand
that the
news is
hoaxed?
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Why do people
create
conspiracy
theories?
 Let’s start with

CONSPIRACY
THEORIES
about

COVID-19
 1. Can it be true?
2. Do you believe in it?
3. Why did people create it?

1. Zoom Zoom
Covid-19 was started by the
founders of Zoom so that
millions of people start
using their platform

2. Soap Opera
производители

Manufactures of "antibacterial" soaps and

hand sanitizers became the millionaires.
They could be blamed for the beginning of
pandemic.
3. Vodka Mafia

Covid-19 was started on purpose to make

people start buying Vodka to prevent
infection
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4. Blaming 5G
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Covid-19 is spread by 5G networks that’s

why in the UK cellphone towers were set on
fire.
5. GMO! GMO!
утверждает, что

Italian attorney Francesco Billota claims that

GMO products cause genetic pollution that
allows viruses to grow

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6. Scapegoat
According to the New York Times, in 2015
Bill Gates made a Ted Talk video where he
discussed the Ebola outbreak. вспышка вируса
He also warned of a new pandemic — so it
means he predicted COVID or even
purposely caused it.
7. Prediction
According to the Kyiv Post,
one of the most common conspiracy
theories in Ukraine is this:

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8. The virus escaped from a Chinese lab

It is said that in Wuhan there is a virology

institute where researchers have been
studying bat coronaviruses for a long time. был
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Some people say coronavirus was stolen
from a Canadian virus research lab by
Chinese scientists.

9. COVID as a biological weapon

COVID not only escaped from a lab, специально

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but it was intentionally created by создан

Chinese scientists as a biological weapon.

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Vladimir Zhirinovsky claimed that the virus

was an experiment by the Pentagon.

10. COVID-19 doesn’t actually exist

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COVID-19 doesn’t actually exist, but is a plot

by the global elite to take away our freedoms
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Some MYTHS разрушены

that were debunked

 Wearing shoes at home is the reason behind the spread of the coronavirus in Italy
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 In Brazil, vinegar was named more effective than hand sanitizer

 The Estonian Minister recommended wearing warm socks as treatments for virus

 An Indian activist claimed that drinking cow urine can cure COVID-19
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 The Philippines claimed that volcanic ash helps against virus

 In New York silver toothpaste was named as a virus killer

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 Except for
COVID-19
discuss
what you know
about
OTHER
conspiracy
theories
1. Giant leap
2. We are not alone
3. The Eye of Providence
4. Not completely ‘humans’
5. The Earth inside the Earth

6. The Earth is flat

7. The Simpsons predicted 9/11 attacks

8. Secret metro line

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9. Star fortress
 And at last

the most serious

Conspiracy theories

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 Sunscreen is just mayonnaise.

 Bitcoins are made of foil-wrapped chocolate.

 Vaping was invented so that robots look cool.

 Language was created to make humans confuse

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one another and to complicate their life.

 P.S. don’t believe everything u read
Thanks for coming
Your Juliana

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