News Exercise #254
I have featured the music of UK singers Chas & Dave twice in this blog, in 2015 and 2017. You can see the posts here. I’m sad to hear of the passing of the pianist and singer, Chas Hodges. 1. …
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New Exercise #253
1. According to the reporter from around 2:00, what were the indirect causes of death related to the hurricane? 2. Who has Trump disrespected, and how has he disrespected them, according to the report from around 3:50? 3. According to …
News Exercise #252
1. What is contained in a cigarette butt? 2. what is the process of recycling the filter? 3. After the butt collector became disheartened by the high number of butts he found, what did he realise? Answers: 1. What is …
News Exercise #251
1. what adjectives did the reporter use to describe the Rohingya people’s situation? 2. How did one (female) speaker explain the importance of dealing with these charges? 3. What has Aung San Suu Kyi been accused of with regard to …
News Exercise #250
1. Several weeks ago the British government made a Brexit agreement proposal. what has been the EU response to this? 2. What will be the effect of a no-deal Brexit? (0:22) 3. what three specific examples were given of predicted …
News Exercise #249
1. What do the following numbers signify? 100 1/3 hundreds of thousands 1500 1000 2. What effect does the flood have on roads in Kerala? 3. Can you catch the Indian accent? Complete this quotation from 1:04. (His English is …
News Exercise #248
1. What examples did the reporter give? 2. What analogy was used by the Met Office to explain that global climate change is real? 3. What did the numbers 2000 and 7000 signify? 4. What did the number 250,000 signify? …