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Jobs creation show criticised Summary31 January 2012 Georgia has come up with an unusual way to create jobs at a time when countries around the world struggle with high unemployment: a TV show. But it's sparkled criticism that the government is using
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London's booming Theatreland Vocabulary musicals plays in which some or all of the story is told using songs and dancing economic downturns periods of time where trade and industry are performing less well afford have enough money proving showing tra
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London's booming Theatreland Summary2 February 2012 London's theatres are one of the city's biggest tourist draws. And new figures show that audiences swelled by over three percent in 2011 - that's despite rising unemployment in the UK. The Society o
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Europe's cold snap Vocabulary homeless people people who have no home exposure being out in cold weather for too long erected putting up coal braziers large metal that holds fire and burns coal to keep people warm are urging persuading sightings occa
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Europe's cold snap Summary3 February 2012 The death toll from the ongoing cold snap in Central and Eastern Europe has risen to more than 100. In some countries the army has been called out to help people trapped by heavy snowfall and authorities have
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Eating 64-year-old food Vocabulary hardships difficult conditions food parcels packages of food given to people who have very little to eat lard firm white substance made from melted fat and used for cooking durable long lasting without loosing quali
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Eating 64-year-old food Summary6 February 2012 In these tough economic times many people are making their food go a little further than they perhaps used to. And for many that might mean ignoring the best before date, but one German man has taken it
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Twitter faces Brazilian lawsuit Vocabulary alert warn about road block a barrier across the road to stop traffic wide spread happening over a large area adopted started using violate break/not obey followers supporter or users lawsuit complaint again
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Twitter faces Brazilian lawsuit The Brazilian government has filed a lawsuit against the Twitter, demanding the removal of the accounts of users that give the location of police road blocks and speed traps. Twitter has already said it could block mes
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Why zebras have stripes Vocabulary unmistakable something you can't confuse with another thing camouflage clothing or pattern designed to prevent the wearer from being seen predators an animal that hunts irritating annoying ubiquitous found everywher
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Why zebras have stripes Scientists claim to have solved the mystery of why zebras have their characteristic black and white stripes. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology showed that the striped pattern made the animals much less a
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Interminable speeches Vocabulary delegates people attending the meeting had enough of didn't want any more interminable very long stuffy not enough air address speech capped stopped, limited to gatherings meetings a wake-up call an event that alerts
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Interminable speeches The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is considering banning officials from giving long speeches at meetings. Audience members in China are often caught dozing off, even at televised events. Reporter Viv Marsh Report When China
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Racism in football summit Vocabulary issue topic, subject racism poor treatment or violence against people because of their race on the front pages one of the main stories in the news allegations accusations, claims faced by which the person will hav
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Racism in football summit The British government is to stage a special Downing Street summit on racism in football. The Prime Minister has stepped into the row after a series of high-profile incidents. Reporter Mat Trewern Report When Liverpool's Lui
