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Battle of the bedbugs Summary 15 March 2013 Scientists may be on top in the battle against bedbugs. These insects are one of the most difficult to control. But research, from the journal Scientific Reports, could help scientists to develop new, impro
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Cyprus tries to sort out its finances Vocabulary furious very angry bailout deal agreement to do something in exchange for a payment set to rebel planning to disagree with the proposals a televised address a speech or announcement made on television
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Cyprus tries to sort out its finances Summary 18 March 2013 Cyprus's parliament has delayed a vote on a solution to sort out its money problems. The 10bn-euro ($13bn) payout agreed by the EU and IMF demands that all bank customers pay a one-off tax a
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Chechen president's football outburst Vocabulary dismay feeling of disappointment and surprise sent off told to leave the football pitch because of doing something that is not allowed grasped tightly held corrupt dishonest/not playing by the rules ni
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Chechen president's football outburst Summary 22 March 2013 Russian football officials have fined a leading Chechen club, Terek Grozny, after one of its keenest fans, the Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov, took over the public address system to shout
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 13 March 2013 Attack survivor saves sharks Transcript: A frightening sight for any swimmer Jonathan Kathrein was attacked while surfing in 1998. He battled to free his leg from a shark's jaws. The Californ
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The world's brightest city Vocabulary neon sign a sign that contains gas that shines brightly contributing to adding to to dim to reduce the brightness side-by-side directly next to each other distinguish make themselves obviously different competito
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The world's brightest city Summary 25 March 2013 A study this week has found that Hong Kong is one of the worst offenders in the world for light pollution. Parts of the territory have been registered as 1,200 times brighter than a normal dark sky. Re
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Obama's brain project Vocabulary audacious showing extreme confidence and willingness to take risks and offend people neural circuits a system of connected neurons: cells that send and receive messages to and from the brain subatomic particles extrem
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Obama's brain project Summary 5 April 2013 US President Barack Obama has launched a $100m project to map the enormous mystery of the human brain. He hopes the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) project will help us
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Ex-Prime Minister Thatcher dies Vocabulary Baroness here: the title given to Margaret Thatcher by the Queen, as a reward for her work stroke a sudden change in blood supply to the brain, often causing the loss of ability to speak or move to hold the
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Ex-Prime Minister Thatcher dies Summary 8 April 2013 Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died. Reporter: Neil Edgeller Report The former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died at the age of 87 following a stroke. Her spokes
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 20 March 2013 Culture shock for Amazon student Transcript: From the rainforest to the concrete jungle New York is where the son of the traditional chief of an indigenous community in Brazil has come to stu
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BBC Learning English Words in the News 3 April 2013 Musical miners Transcript: This is Siberia over 1,000 metres below ground. And miners at Russia's largest nickel mine were given the surprise treat of some cheerful music. Musicians swapped their st
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Goal-line technology Vocabulary goal-line technology equipment used to tell when a goal is scored to act as a guinea pig to be used as an experiment or trial installed put in place intensified here: became more angry and urgent denied not allowed leg
