SPEECH ETIQUETTE IN ACTION: I DIDN’T MEAN TO INTERRUPT

It may be quite easy to get a news item by ear, especially when it is read distinctly into the microphone. Всё ли понятно в этой фразе?  Если нет, вернёмся к ней ниже.* Hong Kong […]

The Russian vaccine, Sputnik V,  “has an impressive 91.6 percent efficacy rate against the virus.” It “is completely protective against severe cases of Covid-19.” NYT  efficacy [‘efɪkəsɪ] эффективность rate [reɪt] уровень, величина: efficacy rate эффективность, уровень […]

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 […]