VOCABULARY BUILD UP

VACCINE & VACCINATION

Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to prevent diseases.  A vaccine helps the body’s immune system to recognize and fight viruses and bacteria, this keeps us safe from the diseases they cause. Vaccines […]

BEGINNER

The Letter Writer

Ali, who was working a long way from home, wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only […]

EVENTS & HAPPENINGS

GANGSTERS AGAINST CORONAVIRUS

Gangsters and militias in Cidade de Deus, Brazil, have deployed vehicles with massive loudspeakers blaring  (= shouting) prerecorded messages to inform residents in the slums (favelas) that they must shelter in place amid the COVID-19 outbreak, reported Reuters.  “Whoever is in the street screwing around or going for a walk will receive […]

NEWS & EVENTS

PIRATES OF THE XXI CENTURY

Germany criticizes the United States for what one top lawmaker in Berlin called “an act of modern piracy” after US authorities “confiscated” a Chinese-manufactured shipment of 200,000 protective masks […]