Talking about elections 👆🏼👆🏼

#Lingohack

Today's Headlines:

New material could make sea water drinkable

China's bike hire schemes create fight for street space

Congo's beauty queen challenges prejudice

👇🏼👇🏼

#Lingohack


https://xn--r1a.website/UI_EnglishLessons

Words and phrases and definitions:

scarce
insufficient in quantity

crammed
full to the point of overflowing

plight
difficult and dangerous situation

#Jokes

A woman walks into a library and asked if they had any books about paranoia.

Librarian: "They're right behind you!"

#Lingohack


Today's Headlines:
US anti-vaccine movement grows more daring

Future of Welsh national parks report criticised

Damian Hirst opens new exhibition in Venice

👇🏼👇🏼

#Lingohack

https://xn--r1a.website/UI_EnglishLessons

Words and phrases and definitions:

side-effects
undesirable reaction to a medicine

green businesses
companies with a minimal negative impact on the environment

backstory
a story of the life of a fictional character

#The_English_We_Speak

Do you have a false friend? In The English We Speak we get to hear how one of Feifei's best friends isn't a friend at all and discover that there's a great word to describe them.

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

#The_English_We_Speak

https://xn--r1a.website/UI_EnglishLessons

#Jokes

News: Japanese princess to give up royal status so she can marry a commoner.

I'm pretty sure she'll bring that up every time she has a row with her husband.

#Jokes

The American President has challenged the British Prime Minister to a debate.

Nobody knows what may happen.

Trump may trump May or May may trump Trump.

#Jokes

I bought a wooden whistle. But it wooden whistle.
So I bought a steel whistle. But it steel wooden whistle.
So I bought a lead whistle. But it steel wooden lead me whistle.
So I bought a copper whistle. But the copper steel wooden lead me whistle.
So I bought a tin whistle. Now I can whistle.