Click on the image to download the pdf Walking while using a phone changes the way your legs move. This new gait isn’t the only way handsets are making us less mobile Vocabulary. Read and…
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17/11/16 ‘Gay cake’ appeal: Christian bakers Ashers lose appeal
Click on the image to download the pdf The Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery have lost their appeal against a ruling that their refusal to make a “gay cake” was discriminatory. Vocabulary. Read…
03/11/16 The waste mountain of coffee cups
Click on the image to download the pdf Every day hundreds of thousands of Britons put their coffee cup into a recycling bin. They’re wrong – those cups aren’t recyclable, and the UK throws away…
27/10/16 My culinary travels
Click on the image to download the pdf ECP coach John has lived in a few countries. Here is a description of some of the wonderful dishes he has enjoyed and learned to cook on…
20/10/16 Spanish woman gives birth to ‘miracle’ baby at age of 62
Click on the image to download the pdf “I’m the happiest woman in the world” said the 62-year-old Spanish doctor, who gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Monday becoming one of the oldest…
17/03/16 St Patrick’s Day Is My Fiesta
Click on the image to download the pdf Having lived nearly half his life abroad, Irish ECP coach Darren Lynch explains what will be going through his mind today, Saint Patrick’s Day. Vocabulary. Read and…
25/02/16 Watching films in Spain: to dub or not to dub?
Click on the image to download the pdf Around 70% of films shown in Spanish cinemas are made in Hollywood. 100% of them are dubbed into Spanish. What are the consequences of this policy? (asks…
18/02/16 Spanish civil servant skips work for years
Click on the image to download the pdf Joaquín García failed to show up for his job at the water board for at least six years Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this before you…
11/02/16 How a bad taste in music really CAN ruin a relationship
Click on the image to download the pdf Why do some relationships fail? Scientists believe that it could be our taste in music. Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this before you read and…
12702715 Can We ‘Auto-Correct’ Humanity?
Click on the image to download the pdf A Rap by Prince Ea about our digital obsessions Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this before you read and listen to the article: ain’t it: informal…