News Exercise #140
1. How does the Russian official explain the high number of cases in Russian athletes compared to other countries? 2. What had happened in the Moscow drugs testing lab, and what has happened to the lab since then? 3. What …
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News Exercise #139
1. According to the reporter (with a Scottish accent, by the way) how many people were onboard, and what nationalities were they? 2. How far from its destination was the plane at the time that it disappeared? What word was …
News Exercise #138
You may have seen on the news recently that British Prime Minister David Cameron had been overheard telling the Queen that Nigeria is “fantastically corrupt”. (In this case, “fantastically” is similar to “unbelievably”) This is perhaps the most difficult news …
News Exercise #137
1. According to the reporter, what is the purpose of the Workers’ Party Congress? 2. Why is it so hard for outside journalists to understand what is happening in North Korea, even in the facilities that they are allowed to …
News Exercise #136
This news article is concerning a disaster that happened at a football match in 1989. The reason it was in the news this week was that the enquiry into the case has just been completed – it took 27 years. …
News Exercise #135
1. What reasons does President Obama have for thinking that Britain should stay in the EU? 2. From 1:28, what two unanswered questions does the reporter suppose? 3. What are the reasons that the group Vote Leave think leaving the …
News Exercise #134
This week I have chosen a comparatively trivial topic of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess Of Cambridge visiting India. 1. The reporter said that it had been a bitter-sweet moment for William. why was that? 2. What was the opinion …