B2… 78th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy 7 Juin 20227 Juin 2022 VER-SUR-MER, FRANCE – JUNE 06: The Patrouille de France fly over The British Normandy Memorial during the opening ceremony on the 77th anniversary of D-Day on June 06, 2021 in…
B1… The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 3 Juin 20223 Juin 2022 Queen Elizabeth II watches from the balcony of Buckingham Place after the Trooping the Color ceremony in London to mark the Platinum Jubilee. June 2, 2022 - Copyright Jonathan Brady/PA via AP People…
B1… German surfer breaks world record in Nazare, Portugal 27 Mai 202227 Mai 2022 German surfer Sebastian Steudtner has received a Guinness World Record for the biggest wave surfed in the world. Sebastian Steudtner, surfing a wave in Nazaré on the 29th October 2020.…
B2… Hundreds attend vigil for texas school shooting victims 26 Mai 2022 https://youtu.be/9KUj5KjQvb0 Hundreds of people have attended a vigil in Uvalde, Texas, after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting at a primary school. All of the…
B1… Why is there a mustard shortage in France? 22 Mai 202222 Mai 2022 After shortages in sunflower oil, French shoppers have also been finding it more and more difficult to find mustard on supermarket shelves. Why? The nationwide shortage is due to a…
B2… Taylor Swift’s inspirational speech 21 Mai 202221 Mai 2022 Taylor Swift after receiving her honorary degree ANGELA WEISS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES This week the singer and songwriter Taylor Swift received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from New York…
B1… Ukraine invasion could cause food shortage 19 Mai 202219 Mai 2022 Why is the war in Ukraine pushing up food prices ? Read the article on the BBC website here: BBC NEWS Watch further videos: https://youtu.be/iDfE2Vcl-yo https://youtu.be/Zudz9makus0 An online vocabulary exercise…
In the News Why is there A Shortage of Lorry drivers in the UK? 27 Sep 2021 (Article from the BBC News Website) The government is introducing temporary visas for 5,000 fuel tanker and food lorry drivers to work in the UK in the run-up to Christmas. It has…
Exercises by level (A1-C1)… First All-Civilian Crew Launches into Earth Orbit (VOA English) 25 Sep 2021 Listen to the article A private space flight launched by America’s SpaceX has carried the first all-civilian crew into orbit. The four civilian passengers are traveling on SpaceX’s fully automated Dragon spacecraft,…
In the News Air pollution: Even worse than we thought (BBC News Article) 23 Sep 2021 image captionAir pollution regularly exceeds recommended safe levels Air pollution is even more dangerous than previously thought, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as it slashes maximum safe levels…
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