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11/06/2019 |
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LESSON PLANS
China's Huawei will build Russia's 5G network (June 08, 2019) - a lesson plan with AUDIO
"The Chinese technology company Huawei will set up Russia's 5G communications network."
Try the same news story at these easier levels: 5G Network - Level 4 or 5G Network - Level 5
Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities,
crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)
(breakingnewsenglish.com)
Cartoon character ban could come to candy bars (June 06, 2019) - a lesson plan with AUDIO
"Candy and chocolate manufacturers in the UK may have to stop using cartoon characters on their products."
Try the same news story at these easier levels: Cartoon Characters - Level 0, Cartoon Characters - Level 1 or Cartoon Characters - Level 2
Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities,
crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)
(breakingnewsenglish.com)
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Guy FAWKES
List of Guy Fawkes-related emojis:
(https://emojipedia.org/guy-fawkes/)

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GB: 9 prétendants pour remplacer Theresa May?
(20minutes.fr)

Voici les portraits des prétendants pour prendre la tête du parti conservateur après Theresa May:
de gauche à droite :
Boris Johson, Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove, Esther McVey, Jeremy Hunt,
Rory Stewart, Sajid Javid, Matt Hancock et Dominic Raab. — AFP
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NASA
Nasa to open International Space Station to tourists - with a picture and a video - 7 June 2019
"Nasa is to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020, priced at $35,000 (£27,500) per night."
(BBC)

"Private astronauts will be permitted up to 30 days' travel to the ISS"
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04/06/2019 |
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LESSON PLAN
Scientists puzzled by flashes on the moon (June 04, 2019) - a lesson plan with AUDIO
"Scientists across the world are puzzled as to why there are flashes appearing on the surface of the moon."
Try the same news story at these easier levels: Moon Flashes - Level 4 or Moon Flashes - Level 5
Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities,
crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)
(breakingnewsenglish.com)
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D-DAY
D-Day through a painter's eyes: remembering Albert Richards, the youngest War Artist
(telegraph.co.uk)

The Drop, 1944, by Albert Richards
D-Day: Veterans and world leaders mark 75th anniversary - with pictures and videos - 6 June 2019
"The only words we can say to veterans are "thank you", Theresa May told a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion...
In Edinburgh, 15 D-Day veterans were presented with the Knight of the Légion d'Honneur Cross at the French Consulate"
+ Video: Hundreds of veterans gathered in Normandy for the anniversary
+ Video: D-Day: Paratroopers land in France to mark 75th anniversary
+ Video: Mrs May and Mr Macron say 'thank you' to D-Day veterans
+ Video: "I don't think I should tell you what I saw because it was so horrible"
+ Video: Donald Trump praised troops at a service in the US war cemetery at Omaha Beach
+ Video: Veteran Harry Billinge, 93, on his memories of friends who died during the Normandy invasion in 1944
+ Follow updates as veterans honoured at commemorations
+ What were the D-Day landings?
+ 10 things you might not know about D-Day
(BBC)
D-Day: Trump praises Allied forces in speech on 75th anniversary - VIDEO - 6 June 2019
"Hundreds of veterans are gathered in Normandy for the 75th anniversary of the largest combined land, air and naval operation in history.
Donald Trump addressed the audience with a commemorative speech praising the efforts of Allied troops.
The US president was at a service at the US war cemetery at Omaha Beach."
(BBC)
In pictures: D-Day landings commemorated - 5 June 2019
"President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have departed for Ireland after the third and final day of their UK state visit.
Mr Trump joined the Queen, PM Theresa May and 15 other world leaders in Portsmouth to commemorate the 75th anniversary
of the largest combined land, air and naval operation in history - the D Day landings."
Day two of state visit in pictures
Day one of state visit in pictures
Here are pictures of some of the events on Wednesday.
(BBC)
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VISA APPLICANTS
VISA APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT SOCIAL MEDIA HISTORY - with 2 videos - 3 June 2019
"Under a new State Department policy, almost all visa applicants to the United States will be required to submit the social media usernames,
email addresses and phone numbers they’ve used in the past five years."
[HuffPost]
US Now Requiring Visa Applicants to Provide Social Media Details - Text + Audio + Picture - 3 June 2019
"The United States is now requiring nearly all visa seekers to provide personal details about their social media activities.
The new requirement is expected to affect about 15 million foreigners seeking U.S. visas each year."
(learningenglish.voanews.com)
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FACIAL RECOGNITION
The pros and cons of facial recognition - with a video - 21 May 2019
"The use of facial recognition technology has already generated a heated debate
on whether it is a necessary tool to combat crime or an unlawful breach of privacy."
(telegraph.co.uk)
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