Pizza was in the news again this weekend. It seems that the thieves in this article got a bit hungry and decided to rob a pizza delivery man! There was some vocabulary in the title, too: Balaclava bandits in pizza heist A ‘balaclava’ is a kind of hat that covers your whole head and face …
It’s almost Valentine’s Day and love is in the air! I spotted this site in the news today. It’s for people who want to speed-date online. Speed-dating is when you have a short 5-minute discussion with a potential partner to find out if you like him or her. I’m married so a speed-dating site isn’t …
There was lots happening in the news this weekend but this article in particular on the BBC News website caught my eye. I would certainly be confused if a ticket machine suddenly started speaking another language to me! There were some interesting words and phrases in the article, too. The first is ‘ticket dispenser‘. This …
I love watching Alain Robert’s amazing climbing adventures in the news. He’s well-known all over the world now for climbing up some of the world’s tallest buildings. Although lots of people enjoy watching him, he often gets arrested by the police when he gets to the top. There was an article about Alain Robert’s future …
I’d not really thought about animals learning languages before until I saw this article on the BBC news website about a dog that could understand Polish. I know lots of people like speaking to their pets so maybe speaking to a pet in English could be a fun way to practise. There were some interesting …
The recent cold weather in Europe has brought disruption for millions of people but the man in this article thought it was going to bring him a lot of money! Can you imagine betting ten pounds on something and winning seven million? There was some interesting vocabulary in the article, too. The first interesting word …
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People celebrate the coming of the New Year in different ways all over the world. I was surprised to see on the Reuters website that many Russians choose to celebrate in a sauna. Whilst a sauna is a very hot place, almost hot enough to toast bread, that’s not the kind of toast the title …
How do you trick a criminal? Well, using money to lure criminals out of hiding seemed to work for the Thai police force. It seems that most criminals are naturally greedy people judging by the results of the operation in the article above. There was some interesting vocabulary here, too. The first interesting word was …