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Talk like a politician
  | Politicians are experts at dealing with awkward questions. But how do they do? Here are a few of their tricks. - Vocabulary : go on, under the sun, tactic, proceed, reel off, blind someone with science, launch into, recall, reformulation, wear down, strike, loop. - Grammar : comparatives and as .. as. - Speaking : academic language. |
Maple Syrup
  | Listen to Sheldon Christensen talking about the history and the origin of the Maple Syrup. He explains some processing methods (tapping maple trees and boiling down the sap) to produce the syrup in the Western Canada. - Vocabulary : grove, gash, sap, bark, accompany, crisp, inch, gallon, birch, tomahawk, chip, spigot, pail. - Grammar : enough. - Speaking : making small talk. |
The Big Apple
  | Beth visited her uncle Johnathan in New York City, The Big Apple. She told her uncle about her thoughts of moving to NYC and all the things she want to do there. - Vocabulary : take time off, The Big Apple, glamour, glamorous, wealthy, ordinary. - Grammar : relative clauses (who / which / that). - Speaking : how to remember words! |
The children of Lir
  | This is an old Irish legend and one of the best-known tales from Ireland. The story is all about a jealous woman who used black magic to turn her children-in-law into swans. - Vocabulary : remarry, the edge of, spell, turn into, banish, trickle, storm, reunite, bond, desolate, baptise, holy water. - Grammar : as .. as, antonyms. - Speaking : Irish English. |