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Lesson 33: Construction
People in Britain learn about building and renovation from an early age. One of the most popular children’s television programmes is called “Bob the Builder”.
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Lesson 32: Safe Internet Shopping
Here is an extract from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) warning customers about how to shop safely on the internet. Which 6 of the key questions are not answered?
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Lesson 31: SUDOKU
What is Sodoku? A publishing company which is called Nikoli introduced the puzzle in Japan in 1984.
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Lesson 30: SPEAK YOUR MIND Say what you really think!
Wrong or stupid...
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Lesson 29: Harrods
If you visit London and enjoy shopping then you must go to Harrods. It is Britain’s largest and most famous Department store occupying around 90,000 m of floor space. That’s a lot of shopping!
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Lesson 28: Full English Breakfast
One of the great British traditions is the Full English Breakfast. It’s a meal that will give you enough energy for the whole day. In fact, you may spend all day trying to digest it because it is certainly enormous.
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Lesson 27: London Underground
If you go to London, you are almost certain to travel on the London Underground or as it also known, the tube.
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Lesson 26: Loan Words
On occasions English can seem challenging because there are so many words.
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Lesson 25: Elements
Read this extract from a story from the BBC about a “Green” (Earth-Friendly) wedding, and put the traditional ingredients for a wedding in the right place.
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Lesson 24: Business Etiquette
What is important when one wants to do business in……?
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Lesson 23: PUNS
A pun is a deliberate confusion of similar-sounding words, or usage of a word with a double meaning, for rhetorical effect...
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Lesson 22: Fables
Long ago, the mice held a conference to decide what they could do to protect themselves from the cat. They all agreed that the main problem concerned how quietly the cat approached them.
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Lesson 21: Work Proverbs
This week: Work Proverbs
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Lesson 20: Riddles
A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor in order to go to work...
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Lesson 19: Whodunit?
Oh no! There's been another terrible murder in Midsomer. By referring to the map below and clues on the next page, see if you can answer the questions and solve the mystery.
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Lesson 18: Language of chatrooms
Internet chatrooms provide the opportunity for instant communication. Speed is what matters. Can you understand the chat below?
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Lesson 17: English is everywhere
Is it difficult for you to find sufficient time to learn English? Yes, certainly. You are constantly under time pressure at work, home and study but actually English is all around you and it isn't necessary to go to a class to learn it.
Author: George Sandford - Learning Associate, ACT Advanced Corporate Training
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Lesson 16: Winter Sports
A winter sport is a sport commonly played during winter. As a formal term, it refers to a sport played on snow or ice, but informally can refer to sports played in winter that could be played at any time of the year
Prepared by: ACT Advanced Corporate Training
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Lesson 15: This Week - New Year in Madeira
There was, as I recall, no stage managed countdown to midnight and revellers on the roof glanced furtively at each others watches for confirmation of the time. The uncertainty increased the anticipation as if waiting for a certain enemy bombardment to comm.........BOOM! The whole sky exploded, shattering into shards of colour, splintering in all directions.
Author: George Sandford - Learning Associate, ACT Advanced Corporate Training
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Lesson 14: Christmas Crackers
Christmas crackers are a traditional part of the British Christmas and are used to decorate the table. Crackers are made of cardboard tubes wrapped in coloured paper. Inside a cracker you usually find a paper hat and a silly joke written on a slip of paper. To open a cracker you pull its ends apart and the cracker makes a loud BANG!
Agnieszka Lasoń-Kurzela - Head of Language Training, ACT Advanced Corporate Training
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Lesson 13: Insurance Humour
Normally, insurance is not a funny topic, but some of the customer claims are amusing. Below are some statements by drivers who were involved in accidents.
Prepared by: Agnieszka Lasoń-Kurzela - Head of Language Training, ACT Advanced Corporate Training
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Lesson 12: This Week: Tips for presentations
Too many people talk fast and flat when speaking in public. So how can a voice coach help?
Whenever I have to speak in public, I get nervous; I speak too fast and lose all control of my intonation. But I am not alone. Many people speak too quickly when giving a presentation...
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Lesson 11: Stress at work
Work-related stress can be cut by up to 25% by letting out a loud scream, a recent study has claimed. A survey of 1,000 people in the summer of 2006 showed that stress levels had increased in the UK, partly because of the heatwave and also because of travel delays.
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Lesson 10: Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are relaxing by the fire in the study of 221b Baker Street. Holmes is puffing on his favourite pipe while Watson is reading The Times. Suddenly, Watson glances over the top of the newspaper and looks directly at Holmes...
Prepared by: Agnieszka Lasoń-Kurzela - Head of Language Training, ACT Advanced Corporate Training
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Lesson 9: What makes a great salesman?
A Sales Manager might say the answer to this is simple; sales! That’s true, but what qualities and characteristics does a sales man or woman need to achieve this?
Author: George Sandford - Learning Associate, ACT Advanced Corporate Training
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