News Exercise #56
Mission to Mars 1) Why does she want to go to Mars? 2) What does she get the chance to do at the NASA visitor centre? 3) Why does her father not doubt that she can do it? 4) What …
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News Exercise #55
Taiwan’s most unusual philanthropist? BBC News Questions: 1) Can you catch the opening paragraph? ____ ____ philanthropists ____ ____. A few ____ ____ ____ ____ is how Chen Shu-chu ____ ____ ____. She ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____, ____ ____ …
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The News Exercise will be posted on every Tuesday in future.
News Exercise #54
1) What was being celebrated in Tiananmen Square, and what was the mood there? 2) What did the reporter contrast it with? 3) Why are the protests having little impact in the rest of China? 4) What has happened to …
News Exercise #53
This week’s video from the BBC is a little out of date, but I wanted to introduce the BBC iPlayer Global on YouTube, which has many interesting and short topics. Visiting Japan Questions: 1) What did his friend recommend? (His …
News Exercise #52
Living in the sticks. Questions 1) What does the first speaker miss the most? 2) 0:30 Why does he like living in the mountains? 3) 0:37 Living in the countryside makes her care more about what? 4) 0:48 He likes …
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 …