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Spelling with Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker
"G-l-o-r-i-a is how you spell classic rock," writes Eamonn Fitzgerald.
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"The road to success is always ____________ ." Lily Tomlin
The Twenty Years' War is (almost) over
Debate: Does ethnotourism help or hurt native cultures?
This month in the Debate section of Spotlight, we look at an emerging trend in travelling: ethnotourism. Spotlight correspondent Lorraine Mallinder asked people in Montreal what they think about it.
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From India to Ireland... for golf
India's growing middle class is being targeted in a campaign to bring more of the country's golfers to Ireland. Arjun Atwal's win in the US last weekend has focused attention on a market that is potentially one of the biggest in the world.
Test your English, Test 1, September 2010
The train was about to leave, so she broke _______ a run.
Test your English, Test 2, September 2010
"Mummy, can you ____________ my hair?"
How to tell a story
Eamonn Fitzgerald writes: "Telling a story is not as easy as it sounds."
Tiger Woods really balls it up
A string of affairs made sports idol Tiger Woods balls up his marriage and career and rock the sports industry. Now, after his divorce, will Woods find his game again? Review idioms related to balls in general and golf in particular.
(UK vulg.) versauen"Samantha Cameron's baby was delivered by _______________ ."
The last days of summer at the British seaside
It's going to be a sunny 17 degrees today in Blackpool. Since the Industrial Revolution, Blackpool has catered for workers from across industrial Northern England, who packed its beaches and promenade. Let's head now to British coast.
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Katrina washed away the teddy bear
Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on 23 August 2005. On the morning of Monday, 29 August, it made landfall along the Gulf coast, causing destruction from Florida to Texas. But it was the city of New Orleans that suffered most.
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Students play a chain game to practise or revise vocabulary.
Jolie, Depp, Venice, Viagra and Facebook are the stars
Oscar season begins on 1 September. A top candidate for an Academy Award next year is The Tourist by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Hollywood's two biggest names — Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp — star in this thriller set in Venice.
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