News Exercise #70
Questions: 1) What comparisons were made to the size and weight of this plane? It is bigger than a 747 but the weight of a family car. 2) As this plane is solar powered, how can it it be flown in …
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News Exercise #69
Questions: 1) What caused Apple to make promises to protect its workers in 2010? In 2010 14 workers killed themselves. (0:32) 2) What three rules were mentioned as being broken by the factory in Shanghai? 1. Employees’ ID cards are …
News Exercise #68
1) According to the reporter, what was the main cause of the conflict in the Congo? He said that the conflict was about controlling the mine (0:14-0:16), and therefore controlling the natural wealth of the country (03:35-0:42). He also said …
News Exercise #67
If you have watched Downton Abbey on NHK on Sunday evenings, you will be familiar with a butler. He (always a man) is the personal assistant of a very, very rich man, and he does everything that is needed. It …
News Exercise #66
Christmas crackers are an important part of the traditional British Christmas dinner. Before eating, everyone holds one end of a cracker in each hand, in a ring around the table, and pulls the cracker open. Inside there is a small …
News Exercise #65
Questions: 1) Why did Neil feel like singing on the Underground that evening? 2) Why was everybody else on the platform familiar with the song? 3) Why did he not feel embarrassed to do that? 4) The reporter wondered, “Had …
News Exercise #64
This week the item is very short, just 1:07. The topic is explaining the term “weather bomb”. Questions and Answers: 1) Is this kind of weather rare in Britain? No, he said it was certainly not unusual to get stormy …