Sam Bankman-Fried expected to face eight criminal charges in New York

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When Harry Met Meghan

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Read the article, answer the questions and write a summary:

1. What is the author's attitude towards monarchy as a form of rule?

2. How did the royals treat Meghan Markle at the beginning as compared to later events?

3. What is the documentary 'Harry & Meghan' about?

4. According to the author, does monarchy have a chance?

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10 Best Countries to Move, Live, Work Abroad for Expats in 2022 | InterNations Expat Insider Survey

 

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The top 10 cities to live and work abroad this year

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1. What are the benefits of living in Valencia for expats?

2. How many respondents took part in the survey?

3. Describe the advantages of living in Dubai.

4. What factors were taken into consideration while deciding which city is the best?

A private celebrity chef in Beverly Hills shares what her millionaire clients eat in a week

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Read the article and answer the questions:

1. Who is 'Chef Bae' and what does she do in life?

2. What is healthy to eat/drink prior to having breakfast?

3. What is the best time of the day to eat heavy carbs?

4. How does the chef manage to achieve great flavour in the dinner dishes?

Phrasal verbs: life, crime and society

Break in – force entry

The burglar broke in and stole cash and some jewelry.

 Break out – escape from

The prisoners broke out of the prison during the fire. 

Get away – escape

I managed to get away from the police as I was faster than the others.

Get away with – not be punished for sth

My boss got away with tax fraud by bribing a judge.

Give up/in – hand yourself in

The thief gave himself up to the police. 

Let off – not punish/forgive

The police let us off in the end as we were not speeding too much.

Lock up – put in prison

We ought to lock up all corrupt politicians.

 Look into– investigate

The police are looking into the incident.

Run away – flee/ escape by running

We all ran away after the protest so that we were not detained. 

Tell off – shout at

The police told the children off.

Tell on – grass on

The witness told on his business partner to avoid further prosecution.

Tip off – give evidence against

The police were tipped off last night by a witness.

Make up 3 sentences with any of these phrasal verbs.

Why Belgium is now the cocaine capital of Europe

 

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1. What countries is the cocaine imported to Belgium from?

2. How many tons of cocaine were seized in Belgium in 2021?

3. How is the Balkan mafia related to the cocaine trafficking?

4. How are the Belgian police involved in the trafficking?

Golden Globes, Hobbled By Scandal, Set to Announce Noms

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1. What was the 2021 scandal about?

2. Why did Brendan Fraser say he would not attend the ceremony?

3. What are the favorites this year?

Participial Construction & Absolute Construction: Difference Explained

Every learner of English ought to know the difference between participial construction and absolute construction . These two constructions are the source of many an error often committed by English - users. 

What is participial construction? It is a common type of sentence construction in English . It consists of a participial phrase or clause followed by the main clause. The participle may be present participle ( - ing) or past participle ( -ed or -en). Look at these sentences :

*Singing loudly, John entered the room . 

*Tired from work, Kate went to bed early. 

*Having read the book, she returned it to the library. 

The first part of the sentence is called a participial phrase. The verbs in participial phrases are in the participle forms, present or past, and their subjects (not mentioned) are always the same as the subjects in the main clauses. So , remember that if you put a noun or pronoun other than the real subject (that is, subject of the participial phrase) at the beginning of the main clause, it may result in confusion ! Look at this sentence :

Walking in the grass, a snake bit her . 

What impression do you get? Was the snake walking? If you re-write the sentence as

Walking in the grass, she was bitten by a snake 

the sentence would make sense . 

Now, let me discuss Absolute Construction. This type of sentence construction makes use of absolute phrases. What is an absolute phrase? Well, it is different from participial phrases in that it explicitly mentions the subject. The subject is never mentioned in participial phrases. For example, "being rich" is a participial phrase , "he being rich" is an absolute phrase. Another difference between participial construction and absolute construction is that the subjects of absolute phrases are always different from those of their main clauses. For this reason the syntactic relation between the absolute phrase and the main clause is always a fragile one. Hence the name absolute construction. You know absolute means "independent" or "not related " etc. The absolute phrases serves to give additional details in a hurried manner, so to speak. Nonetheless, there is a strong semantic relation between the absolute phrase and the main clause. Look at these sentences:

*The party being over, the guests began to depart. 

*Her husband being away, she felt lonely and miserable. 

*All government offices will remain closed tomorrow, tomorrow being a holiday. 

*The doctor having arrived, she looked happy and cheerful. 

Make up 3 sentences with the absolute construction and post them below. 

Pay attention to your body's master clock | Emily Manoogian | TEDxSanDiegoSalon

 

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1. What do you know about a circadian rhythm?

2. Explain the phenomenon of 'social jetlag'.

3. What are the benefits of time-restricted eating?

The 7 types of rest that every person needs

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Read the article and answer the questions:

1. How many type of rest are there? Enumerate them.

2. Is getting more sleep always a solution to the problem? If yes/no, why?

3. What is creative rest about?