News Exercise #51
This week’s news item is presented by a Scottish journalist. You may find his accent a little more difficult to understand than usual. Formula E Questions: 1) In the opening sentence he says “In one of the world’s most polluted …
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News Exercise #48
This week I’m moving away from news once more, to one of my favourite British TV shows “QI”, hosted by the excellent Stephen Fry. To make it a little easier, here are the names of the people speaking, from left …
News Exercise #41
Questions: 1) How did he describe the rocks that are being thrown? 0:08 2) What are they using as a barricade? 3) Are the snipers using live ammunition? 4) According to the reporter, what had happened to the boy this …
News Exercise #38
Questions: 1) The reporter opened with a comment that these people aren’t smoking – but what are they doing? 2) What was the purpose of the meter that he was breathing into, and that did the reading tell? 3) According …
Summer Solstice/Stonehenge
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year. Of course, Japan also has a summer solstice, but because the UK is much further north, the UK summer solstice is much longer, with sunrise around 4:30am, and sunset around …
News Exercise #37
Questions: 1) Explain the reason the car looks like it does. 2) Where can this car be seen often? 3) Is there anywhere that already allows this car? 4) What effort has been made for safety? 5) What is the condition …
Protected: Confusable Words #4 Update: Japanese English short words
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