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Plastic-munching superworms offer hope for recycling
Reading comprehension. Reducing the amount of plastic we use is a must. Still any way by which we can biodegrade the plastic we have overproduced is welcome, some discoveries are just amazing, and they bring a spark of hope.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
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3D-printed meat & cultured meat
Two adapted pieces of news from The Guardian dealing with food business new developments to combat climate change and animal cruelty. Check the 2 short (2-minute approx) Youtube videos before reading.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type:
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Is nuclear power needed as the world transitions to clean energy?
2020 IAEA Forum (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Text, comprehension and vocabulary questions. Debate and opinion sharing. With answers.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 19
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Stop �super-cool� e-cigarette from taking off among kids, UK told
Reading comprehension with exercises. Newspaper article dealing with the controversy generated in the UK by the release of the new e-cigarette Juul, which has become popular among kids through social media, when it was intended to help adult smokers to cut down on nicotine intake.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: article
Downloads: 41
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Wellington Arch
You can use this text as a model to encourage your students to write their own description of a familiar monument, sculpture or place. The text has been adapted from the thriller "The Verdict" by Nick Stone.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 9
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Fun family robot
Will interactive robots for the family become mainstream?
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
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Modern Technology: self-driving buses, drones, robots, VR and so forth
Listening comprehension on modern technologies, for the better or worse. Also, there is the report of a minor accident with a self-driving bus in Stockholm.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type:
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Detroit, boomtown gone bust (July 2013)
Effects of Globalization.
International Herald Tribune, Friday, July 26,2013.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 31
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ORAL SKILLS TEST: MAKING SUGGESTIONS
Three different ORAL EXAM MODELS each of them containing three mini-situations which the students have to role play, it will take about 5-6 minutes per group of three students. Adaptable to two. First, there is a revision exercise about suggestions to correct with the whole class.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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Stirring goat�s milk into spider silk
Scientific research newspaper article from the International Herald Tribune. Amazing spiders!
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 47
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