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THE NIGHTMARE IS … BEGINNING?
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WORD OF THE DAY: A CLOSE RACE
The US election hangs in the balance. It is an extremely close race. Millions of votes have not been counted yet. And no candidate can claim victory as yet. But Donald Trump has already declared […]
EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
PANIC BUYING AHEAD OF A NEW LOCKDOWN
Britain faces another shutdown from Thursday. Shoppers loaded up trolleys and formed snaking queues outside stores. Panic buyers stock-up ahead of the four-week lockdown. Today they have stripped supermarket shelves bare. Shelves at a store in Devon […]
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EARTHQUAKE IN THE AEGEAN SEA
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has hit the Aegean Sea off Greece and Turkey. At least 14 people have died across Turkey and Greece. Emergency crews are working to find victims and survivors of the earthquake, which […]
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FRANCE UNDER ATTACK
Two people have been killed and one person has been critically injured in an attack in the south of France. One of the victims has been decapitated. The barbaric knife attack took place in and […]
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WORD OF THE DAY: to ROUND THE CORNER
Donald Trump says time and again that the country is rounding the corner when it comes to the pandemic. But facts tell a different story. The coronavirus is spreading faster than ever, numbers show. FILL […]
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BIDEN THINKS HE IS RUNNING AGAINST GEORGE BUSH
“Today, Joe Biden thought he was running against George Bush… for real.” With eight days till Election Day, Joe Biden cannot remember who he’s running against. Joe and Jill Biden were speaking to young voters […]
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WORD OF THE DAY: SWING STATES – КОЛЕБЛЮЩИЕСЯ ШТАТЫ
Swing states in the United States’ 2020 general elections are Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Sometimes, Georgia and Ohio are also included. VOCABULARY affect [ə’fekt] v. оказывать воздействие among [ə’mʌŋ] среди, из […]
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BANKSY’S ‘SHOW ME THE MONET’ SELLS FOR A SUM MONET COULD NEVER HAVE DREAMED OF
Banksy is a famous street artist. He has reimagined Monet’s “Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies.” He sees it as a modern-day polluted scene. He pictured a traffic cone and two shopping carts in […]