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Spotlight 9/2010

LANGUAGE
Ready to look for a new job? To get going, you'll need a perfect CV. We teach you all about the language of CVs to ensure your career success.

Restaurant meals in China tend to be ordered communally, with over-ordering a sign of respect.

It went from famine to fat in five decades. Now China is on a diet. Weight Watchers, the champion of global weight loss, is trying to cash in. Slimming product sales grew 10 percent in 2008 to Rmb6 billion (€690 million), according to Euromonitor.

Hungern

Jahrzehnt

Verfechter, Vorkämpfer

abkassieren

Milliarde(n)

Read all about it! The September Spotlight

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

Spotlight 8/2010

LANGUAGE
See how well you can read in English. We guide you through a comprehension test from telc (The European Language Certificates).

Spaghetti in Southampton

"There is nothing like an Italian meal to get you into the mood for singing"

Travelogs 7/2010: Enjoying Martha's Vineyard

Travelogs July: Enjoying Martha's Vineyard

Some people call it a "royal with cheese".

These are golden days for McDonald's

On 15 May 1940, two brothers, Richard and Maurice (Dick and Mac) McDonald, opened their first restaurant in San Bernadino. Despite wars and recessions and an image that became a byword for Yankee imperialism, McDonald's keeps on expanding.

Read all about it! The June Spotlight

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

A woman in Bangladesh dries rice. Photo: Jan Stuermann

Dried rice

The price of rice in Bangladesh has been rising. Food inflation jumped to 10.56 percent in January. Now the world's fourth-biggest rice producer plans to import 300,000 tonnes of rice and 750,000 tonnes of wheat before the end of the month.

Got the munchies?

Dagmar Taylor asks: "Can you learn English in a sweet shop?"

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