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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 26 June 2013 Tightrope walker Transcript: 450 metres above a gorge near the Grand Canyon. With no safety harness, American acrobat Nik Wallenda walks the tightrope.Wind made the cable sway during the 22 na
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 3 July 2013 Forest fires hit the US Transcript: Fire eats up the forest in Arizona. This is the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the US for 30 years. The blaze spread rapidly amid high heat, lo
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BBC Learning English 10 July 2013 Thai police fight the fat Transcript: Thailand's police force is in a battle to beat the bulge. It might not be the most rigorous training but these officers are trying their hardest. The fitness programme in Bangkok
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BBC Learning English Video Words in the News 24 July 2013 Snail facial Transcript: It might not be what you imagine when you book a facial. But in this salon in Tokyo, snail slime is the latest trend. It's claimed the treatment makes skin supple, and
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BBC Learning English 31 July 2013 Shark-proof divers Transcript: Few would want to end up in the jaws of a hungry shark. So, how to avoid becoming fish food? Two Australian businessmen have designed wetsuits which they say are shark-repellent. This b
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Mexican soft drinks tax Vocabulary fiscal related to money, especially taxes reform a change which aims to improve something sidestep avoid something difficult undermining making someone or something less confident or less likely to succeed hike sudd
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Mexican soft drinks tax Summary 9 September 2013 The Mexican president, Enrique Pena Nieto, has proposed a higher tax on soft drinks to help tackle the country's serious obesity problem. Mr Pena Nieto described it as a health tax for Mexico, which ha
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Voyager 1 leaves the Solar System Vocabulary launched (here) sent a spacecraft into space particles very small pieces of dust hurled threw with a lot of force matter physical substance/small pieces of dust and rock circumnavigating travelling complet
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Voyager 1 leaves the Solar System Summary 13 September 2013 The Voyager 1 spacecraft has become the first man-made object to leave the solar system. The probe was launched 36 years ago and has spent years hurtling away from the sun. Now a new analysi
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Japan switches off nuclear power Vocabulary reactor energy-producing machine in which atoms are divided or joined taken offline disconnected from the main system (usually applied to computers but in this case used about a nuclear power station) plant
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Japan switches off nuclear power Summary 16 September 2013 Japan is shutting down its last functioning nuclear reactor, with no timetable for a restart. The closure highlights the changing fortunes of nuclear power in a nation that was once one of it
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Saudi women campaign for the right to drive Summary 20 September 2013 Saudi women activists have launched a new campaign for the right to drive. Women aren't allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, although there's no formal law banning them. Reporter: Seb
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Saudi women campaign for the right to drive Vocabulary pervasive noticeable everywhere; becoming widespread activist person who takes part in activities that hope to achieve political or social change set things in motion started en masse together as
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Super typhoon hits Hong Kong Vocabulary densely (adv) a lot of things or people very close together eerily (adv) strangely scary residents people who live or have their homes in a place typhoon a violent storm weakened became less strong, less powerf
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Super typhoon hits Hong Kong Summary 23 September 2013 A super typhoon has hit Hong Kong on its way to south China. Typhoon Usagi has killed at least 25 people in Guangdong province, south China, but Hong Kong has escaped the worst of the storm. Repo
