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The Spotlight Podcast
1. Tool idioms
| On page 19 of our exercise booklet, Spotlight plus, this month, we look at English idioms to do with tools. You’ll hear lots of these in everyday situations.
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| Published on Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:14:11 +0100 - 2 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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2. Travelogs: Georgetown
| Spotlight's deputy editor, Claudine Weber-Hof, is here to tell us about something special in our November issue: the Travelogs booklet about Georgetown, in Washington, DC.
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| Published on Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:01:37 +0100 - 2 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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3. Replay: Taxis in the sky
| There’s a new airline in South Africa, and its business model is somewhat unusual. Santaco is named for its owner, the South African National Taxi Council, an organization of more than 100,000 taxi drivers.
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| Published on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:55:11 +0100 - 2 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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4. London after dark
| In certain parts of London, the streets are cold and lonely at night. Some even say that these areas are haunted by the ghosts of people who died long ago.
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| Published on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:14:09 +0200 - 3 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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5. Singing idioms
| On page 19 of our exercise booklet, Spotlight plus, we’re looking at idioms that have to do with singing. There are a lot of these in English, and you can use them in many everyday situations. Let's try some now.
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| Published on Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:14:10 +0200 - 2 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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6. Opera comes to the country
| Colin Beaven is Spotlight's British columnist. We can always count on him to give insight into life in the UK and to make us laugh at the same time. Listen to an excerpt of his column, titled "When opera comes to the country".
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| Published on Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:14:09 +0200 - 2 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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7. Replay: Violent nights
| In the Replay section of Spotlight Audio this month, one of our most interesting topics is the rioting and looting that recently took place in London. Let’s listen together to part of track 11 from Spotlight Audio.
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| Published on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:14:09 +0200 - 2 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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8. Hawaii: Paradise in the Pacific
| We’re going to Hawaii, land of surfboards, hula skirts, sunny skies and some very dramatic history. Spotlight correspondent Julian Earwaker visited the islands that make up the 50th US state.
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| Published on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:14:12 +0200 - 3 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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9. Lucky talk
| Are you feeling lucky? On page 19 of the September edition of Spotlight plus, our exercise booklet, you can practise expressions and idioms that have to do with luck. Let’s try an exercise based on this page.
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| Published on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:59:37 +0200 - 2 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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10. Agatha Christie
| In the September issue of Spotlight magazine, we’re taking a journey to England to learn about a writer loved by countless people around the world: Agatha Christie.
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| Published on Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:14:08 +0200 - 2 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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