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Video shows panic, bad weather in Mexican plane crash | Learn English phrasal verb ‘sum up’
Episode 76
A plane crashed shortly after taking off from the city of Durango, Mexico, but all 103 people on board survived the frightening ordeal. A passenger’s…
8 years ago
Stunning McDonald’s Monopoly scam to be a movie | Learn English phrase ‘at random’
Episode 75
The McDonald’s Monopoly game—the fast-food chain’s most popular promotion—was scammed for over ten years by one man and a small group of associates, …
8 years ago
Video shows Amazon man living with no human contact | How to use ‘much less’ in English
Episode 74
The government of Brazil released a video of a lone indigenous man surviving in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. He was part of an “uncontacted tribe…
8 years ago
Fires leave a Greek seaside town in ashes | Learn English phrase ‘flat-footed’
Episode 73
Greece faced its most devastating tragedy in over a decade when a wildfire swept through a seaside town, killing 80 people; destroying 1,500 homes; a…
8 years ago
Study says we stop discovering new music at age 28 | Learn the English phrasal verb ‘settle in’
Episode 72
Recent studies by music streaming services Deezer and Spotify have found that most people reach an age of “musical paralysis.” Younger listeners tend…
8 years ago
Rome’s new subway unearths ancient treasures | Learn a new way to use the English word ‘twist’
Episode 71
Rome is building a new subway and archaeologists keep finding hidden treasures buried deep beneath the city. The artifacts range from small tiles and…
8 years ago
Kitchen robots can now prepare your meals from scratch | Learn English phrase, ‘brace yourself’
Episode 70
Several companies are developing robots to automatically prepare restaurant meals. One California restaurant has a machine that makes a burger start-…
8 years, 1 month ago
Movement growing to eliminate plastic straws | Learn English phrase ‘gathering steam’
Episode 69
The movement to eliminate plastic straws is spreading: the UK government plans to ban them and Starbucks has already announced it will re-design its …
8 years, 1 month ago
AMLO landslide as Mexico votes for change | Learn English phrase ‘strike a chord’
Episode 68
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a populist leader who twice lost presidential races in Mexico, swept to a landslide victory July 1 as Mexicans overwhelm…
8 years, 1 month ago
Second World Cup trophy for France as Croatia falls short in the final
Episode 67
In a high-scoring and at times odd final, France defeated Croatia 4-2 to win its second World Cup in history, putting an end to Croatia’s improbable …
8 years, 1 month ago