News Exercise #50
Truck Driver ‘Hero’ Questions: 1) He is a sanitation truck driver, but one of the people he helped used a different name. Could you catch it? 2) What do his ‘love bags’ contain? 3) For how long has he been …
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News Exercise #49
80 Years Married and Still in Love Questions: 1) Opening sentence: “The ____ ____ of a____ ____ ____.” 2) Helen: When I worked in my mother’s shop, after ____ ____ ____ ____ my mother said to me, “Who’s____ ____ ____ ____ ____, …
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 #47
Questions: 1) Mel Gibson: It’s too soon. __________________________________________ too soon(means he left the world too soon). He was very gifted, and he was _________________________ (means other people’s work is judged by his level), and no-one could ever kind of reach …
News Exercise #46
Questions: 1) “The monkey pressed the button; ____________________________, but the work that went behind it in terms of __________________, setting the image up… It wasn’t that the monkey stole the camera, went behind a bush and photographed it all by …
News Exercise #45
Questions: 1) What is his business plan, for which he has applied for a patent? 2) How did Thomas learn these skills? 3) What are the job titles of the three boys at 1:00? 4) How does he explain why …
News Exercise #44
Questions: 1) When does he start work? 2) What does he call his form of art? 3) At 0:22 he says: “I’d say my _____________________________, and the patterns that I see around me, but I try to _____________________________ that I …