Narrator: Part Two. Listening Exercise 2.1 . Listen to the following sentences, pausing your machine aftereach sentence to write down the essential details of what you have heard: a. Cardiff has been the official capital of Wales since only 1955. b....
Can a new language be learnt in six weeks as some courses promise? Learning a language is not an easy task,1 though the reason why it is so difficult cannot be explained without an understanding of how human language isacquired, and unfortunately, no...
Newsman: The latest publishing craze which has taken off all over the world, is the publication of what have come to be known as 'zines, short, of course, for 'magazines'. However, unlike magazines, whose fortunes ebband flow, these thinner and less...
1.3 Narrator: Exercise 1.3. Radio Item 1: RADIO This week's controversial topic is.. . 'violent video games'. Are they responsible for a rise in the number of attacks ITEM by children in the schoolyard?' Some social commentators say yes. Worse, it ha...
D Narrator: Write down the telephone numbers of the tourist offices in the following Scottish towns: i. Jedburgh (01835/863435) v. Loch Tay (01567/820397) ix. Stonehaven (01569/762806) ii. Stirling (01786/475019) vi. Dunoon (01369/703785) x. Braemar...
C Narrator: Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with Scotland: i. John Knox - (religious leader who helped shape the democratic Scottish government) ii. Robert Louis Stevenson - (one of the best-loved authors of classics'Tre...
Narrator: B. Spell correctly the names of the Scottish cities and towns you hear: i. INVERARAY iv. KIRKCALDY vii. ABERDEEN x. BANNOCKBURNii. HELENSBURGH v. DUNFERMLINE viii. GLASGOWiii. FALKLAND vi. SKYE ix. LOCHINVER...
The earliest known inhabitants established settlement in Scotland in 6000BC. Scotland is 275 miles long and its broadest point only 152 miles wide. Edinburgh averages 140 days of rain a year, with an average of 1.89 and 2.72 inches in January and Jul...
a. Edingburge is the capital city of Scottland. b.The city is often regarded as the most cultured and cosmopolitan city north of London. c.The annual Edingburge international festival attracts millions of visitors from all around the world. d.The cen...
By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: August 6, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report. American bicycle racer Lance Armstrong says he will attempt to set a record next year and wi...