I think people all over the world are worried about Swine Flu. It’s a topic that has really had a lot of exposure in the news recently. I will be very relieved when there is an effective vaccine made available and that’s why this article on Reuters.com caught my attention. The first piece of medical …
‘Paving the way‘ made another appearance this week in this article I saw on cnet.com yesterday. I don’t really use windows unless I have to but this article and the comments underneath it made me want to at least try Windows 7 to see what it’s like. Maybe I’ll give it a go over the …
We all know ‘espresso’ is a delicious kind of strong coffee but did you know it’s also the name of an amazing new printing machine? The Guardian has a great article about it here. I love reading and I’m often frustrated when I can’t get a book I want because it is out of print …
I saw a funny article on the BBC website today. Two people with the same name met on Facebook and decided to get married! There were some nice expressions in the article, too. The first one is to ‘tie the knot’: A couple with the same name who found each other through social networking website …
I nave noticed more and more articles about the environment in the news in recent years. I think this is great because it is very important for people to be aware of the effect that their actions have on the whole world. One of the key phrases in the environmental news over the last years …
I’m sure you have probably heard about the recent suspected terrorist attacks in Jakarta, Indonesia. Here in Indonesia it is all we have been seeing in the news for the last few days. There was an interesting piece of vocabulary in an article about it on Reuters.com: Indonesia police: bomb attacks have JI hallmark ‘Hallmark’ …
I saw an interesting word on the Guardian website yesterday. There was an article about people choosing to have ‘staycations’. What they mean is that people are choosing to stay at home in the U.K. for their vacation rather than going abroad. I had not seen the word before yesterday but it turns out that …
I love YouTube. There’s just so much great stuff on it. That’s why I was interested to see that Google are optimistic about it becoming profitable in the future. In the article linked to above, there’s some really nice vocabulary in the third paragraph used to describe proportion of YouTube videos supported by advertising. Analysts …