With summer in full swing, in the northern hemisphere, and temperatures soaring, let's look at what we should be doing to protect ourselves from the _1_ rays of the sun. Extreme temperatures mean extra care needs to be taken.
When your skin's been exposed to too many of these rays, you get what's known as _2_. Ouch!
Some time ago we asked the readers of our newsletter to send in their top English learning tips. In no particular order, here is what our readers said. We hope these will help you with your English. A big thank you to everyone who sent in their tips.
In my opinion, every single person has her / his own way to learn English.
Have you ever looked back at your life and found yourself wondering how you got to where you are today? Ever noticed how every single decision you've ever made has, directly or indirectly, brought you here?
Amazing, isn't it, when you think about it...
Every month we ask our newsletter readers to send in their questions to Tim, our English teacher at EC Brighton, about the English language. Here are your questions:
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June's Star Question - Thanks to Thao from Vietnam:
Michael Jackson, the legendary King of Pop, passed away on Thursday 25.
Paramedics were called to the singer's house in Bel Air following an emergency phone call. It is believed that he suffered a cardiac arrest. Although the paramedics tried to resuscitate, he was pronounced dead two hours later at the UCLA medical centre.
Read the following news story and complete the exercise underneath. Some other key-words are linked to the Cambridge Online Dictionary:
A strange story surfaced in the American media this week about a New York man who was arrested for pretending to be his dead mother. Why would someone do something like that? For money, of course!
An EC student has been learning English at EC Cape Town. While he was there he stayed in Mountain View Residence. Read what he thought about his accommodation and take the key word quiz.
