Spotlight 4/2010

CONTENTS
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Spotlight April 2010

LANGUAGE
Verbs

We show you how to combine different verb forms to tell a story in the past.

So the story goes

FOOD
Courses

Learning to cook and learning to speak English are good basic skills.

Learning to cook in Ireland

TRAVEL
Australia

Merridy Eastman takes us to her home in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania

Going home to Hobart

Spotlight 04/2010 magazine contents

THIS MONTH'S TOPICS

People

Names and faces from around the world

A Day in My Life

A journalist and mother in Zimbabwe

World View

What's news and what's hot

Britain Today

Colin Beaven on energy in Scotland

Information politics

Opinion polls - studies that ask people what they think - play an important role in politics. With Britain facing an election soon, we take a look at how polls may influence who gets into office.

I Ask Myself

Amy Argetsinger on White House parties

Travel to Tasmania

Novelist Merridy Eastman takes us to her home in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania

Around Oz

Peter Flynn on Australian wool

Debate

Can cars and bikes share the road? People in Montreal have their say

History

Benjamin Franklin, the American inventor

Press Gallery

A look at the English-language media

Arts & Short Story

The latest books, films and events, plus a short story about a terrible night

The Lighter Side

Jokes and cartoons

American Life

Ginger Kuenzel on April Fool's Day

Feedback & Impressum

Your letters to Spotlight - and our responses

Next Month

What's coming next month in Spotlight

Before You Go

Paul Smith on the fear industry

IN THE MAGAZINE: 16 language pagesVocabulary Housework - spring cleaning

The Grammar Page Gerunds

Everyday English Easter with the kids

Language Cards Pull out and practise

Travel Talk Coping with delays

Peggy's Place The latest from a London pub

English at Work Ken Taylor answers your questions

Spoken English Using the word "well"

Word Builder A focus on the words in Spotlight

Crossword Find the words and win a prize

Perfectionists Only! Nuances of English