The flooding of Lake Eyre – Writing exercise A

By Rosamund Place | January 22, 2018

The flooding of Lake Eyre – exercise A Lake Eyre, (pronounced ‘air), is a lake in the deserts of central Australia that is below sea level and when it fills, is the largest lake in Australia. This the first of two exercises in picking out vocabulary and spelling it correctly. The challenge is to watch…

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The flooding of Lake Eyre – Writing exercise B

By Berni | October 9, 2017

This the second of two exercises in picking out vocabulary and spelling it correctly. The challenge is to hear a word in the video that you may not know already and to guess at how it is spelt! 1 What is the adjective the announcer uses of the rain that people in the south-east of…

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Sorry seems to be the easiest word

By Rosamund Place | April 18, 2017

Canada is apologising to its immigrant communities for their treatment in the past. But where will such gestures end, the journalist Anne McIlroy asked in an online Guardian article from Ottawa.Canada’s prime minister, Stephen Harper**, apologised to Chinese Canadians last week for a punitive tax, first set in 1885, which was designed to keep the…

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Birmingham Royal Ballet goes to China

By Berni | April 10, 2017

Can you answer these questions after watching the video below (or you can watch on YouTube the video) 1 What is Birmingham Royal Ballet described as flying?2 How long will they be in China? 3 What are the two ballets they are performing?4 Why could this visit be described as ‘a first’?5 What has the reaction…

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Winds of Change – exercise 1

By Louise Tanoto | January 25, 2017

Views of the Pennines When you have completed exercise 1, click here for exercise 2!   1. [Multiple choice] Which of these winds are not mentioned? (Also known as the bura / burja / jugo / буран / poyraz, among other names) Answers for Quiz [1]. 1. The Helm Wind 2. The Föhn 3. The…

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