animals

TV show gets dogs barking mad

Eamonn Fitzgerald asks: "Is this a frequency only dogs can hear?"

Travel: An African folk story

In the February Spotlight, we visit South Africa. To get you in the safari mood, here's Tina Crail from South Africa to tell us a popular folk story about the Baboon and the Leopard.

Spotlight Audio 2/2010

Around Oz
13. The climate debate heats up down under (p. 40)

Vocabulary
18. In a hotel room (see pp. 46–47)

Spotlight 2/2010

LANGUAGE

To become fluent in English, it helps to learn about the cultures that speak it. Vanessa Clark teaches you expressions like "Here's looking at you, kid".

Read all about it! The February Spotlight

Eamonn Fitzgerald writes: "Find out what's coming in the February Spotlight."

The Dubai International Racing Carnival from 28 January to 5 March.

Bad news for Dubai could be bad for horses

His horses have won every major event in racing, with the lone exception of the Kentucky Derby. In the past two years, he has invested £150 million in buying 10 horses, which are flown to his training facilities in a custom-built 747.

Pip Squeak, Num Nums, Chunk and Mr. Squiggles. The Zhu Zhu Pets.

They don't eat or run around at night

Zhu Zhu (pronounced zoo zoo) Pets are five different battery-operated hamsters: Chunk, PipSqueak, Mr. Squiggles, Num Nums and Patches. They are very popular with girls. This is not surprising, as girls also own the majority of live hamsters.

Let's talk turkey! Food at Thanksgiving - Medium

Explore words and idioms connected to the food Americans enjoy most at Thanksgiving: turkey. But can you guess what the white settlers ate every day back in 1621? Here's a tip: it wasn't turkey or hamburgers!

Cat or dog?

If you are a cat owner, I hope your cat has never woken you like this!

Test your English, Test 2, November 2009 - Difficult

Let's ____________ a tour of Washington, DC.

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Where to Go When: <br>Great Britain and Ireland

Where to Go When: Great Britain and Ireland

Reisetipps für Grossbritannien und Irland, nach Jahreszeiten und Themen sortiert, von Geschichte und Kultur über Natur bis hin zu Festivals und Events.