Narrator: Exercise 4.8. Dictation 2: A modern democracy / is founded upon three basic principles. / First, every citizen must have representation in government. / Second, voting rights shall be equal / and not recognise class distinctions. / Third, m...
Narrator: Exercise 1.8. Lecture 1: Can a new language be learnt in six weeks as some courses promise? Learning a language is not an easy task,though the reason why it is so difficult cannot be explained without an understanding of how human language...
Narrator: Radio Item 8: They said it would be a horror budget, and they were right: cigarettes, wine and spirits, petrol, and luxury cars - all up on July 1 - and a reversal of pre-budget policy in which we were promised that there would be no increa...
Narrator: Exercise 4.3. Radio Item 7: With me today from the Home Office, is Mr. David Thorpe, who has agreed to answer recent criticism of the government's handling of the so-called 'immigration problem'. The face of Britain changed radically during...
Narrator: Radio Item 8: They said it would be a horror budget, and they were right: cigarettes, wine and spirits, petrol, and luxury cars8 - all up on July 1 - and a reversal of pre-budget policy in which we were promised that there would be no incre...
Narrator: Exercise 4.3. Radio Item 7: With me today from the Home Office, is Mr. David Thorpe, who has agreed to answer recent criticism of the government's handling of the so-called 'immigration problem'. The face of Britain changed radically during...
Narrator: D. Use abbreviations to quickly note down the rail distances and directions from London of the following places: i. Manchester (184 miles north-west) vi. Liverpool (193 miles north-west) ii. Cardiff (155 miles east) vii. Penzance (280 miles...
Narrator: C. Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with London: i. Queen Boudicca - (attacked and destroyed the city in 6IAD) ii. William the Conqueror - (assumed the seat of power in London in the eleventh century) iii. Sir C...
Narrator: B. Spell correctly the names of the following places in and around London: i. TOTTENHAM iv. TWICKENHAM vii. WEMBLEY x. WANDSWORTH ii. PUTNEY v. LEWISHAM viii. ROTHERHITHE iii. HARROW vi. ISLINGTON ix. GREENWICH...
Narrator: Exercise 4.2. A. Write down the numbers you hear in the following sentences: i. During the reign of Elisabeth I, the population of London doubled from 100,000 to 200,000. ii. The population of London today is anything from 7 to 12 million,...
