Click on the image to download the pdf Rescue services spent the night trying to find the Estonian tourist who, following a party, showed up at a restaurant 2,400 metres up a mountain Before…
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31/05/18 Killer Whales Speak To Humans!
Click on the image to download the pdf Scientists record an orca saying “Hello”, “Bye bye” and “One, two”. Before you read the complete article, look at this vocabulary and find it in the text: to…
24/05/18 Running Technique Matters
Click on the image to download the pdf Maybe you are already running decent times but improving your technique will make you even quicker and less injury prone* Before you read the complete article, look at…
17/05/18 – Reduce Your Stress Levels
Click on the image to download the pdf Modern life is fast. Technology connects everyone ALL the time and consequently many people suffer from stress Before you read the complete article, look at this vocabulary and…
10/05/18 Become fluent in another language as an adult
Click on the image to download the pdf Alex Hern (technology writer for The Guardian) explains that if you haven’t started a new language by the age of 10, you have no chance of achieving…
03/05/18 Regulation Moustaches
Click on the image to download the pdf Uniform regulation in the British Army between the years 1860 and 1916 stipulated that every soldier should have a moustache. Before you read the complete article, look…
19/04/18 Spanish makes me blush
Click on the image to download the pdf It’s possible to make a fool of yourself in your mother tongue but its doubly easy when speaking a foreign language Before you read the complete article,…
12/04/18 Three pleasant surprises for a Spaniard living in Britain
Click on the image to download the pdf Ex-ECP student Nacho Goicoechea describes 3 things he misses after returning from 7 months living in Brighton Before you read the article, check you understand this vocabulary:…
05/04/18 Spain demand rematch in Rugby World Cup controversy
Click on the image to download the pdf The Spanish Rugby team have been left incensed by 19 “wrong” decisions made by the Romanian referee in a crucial World Cup qualifying match Before you read the…
26/04/18 The Origins of May Day
Click on the image to download the pdf The bloody history of International Workers’ Day Before you read the complete article, look at this vocabulary and find it in the text: martyrdom: to suffer persecution…