LITTLE JOKES

EDITOR’S INTRO

WHY ARE YOU LEARNING ENGLISH? TO GET A BETTER JOB,

Service with a Smile!

Look at the subtitle, “Tourist anger at bad service in

The Name Game

THIS IS ANOTHER PART IN OUR SERIES OF FAMOUS NAMES WITH MEANING. MORE NEXT MONTH

Are you a survivor?

WHAT KIND OF SURVIVOR ARE YOU? DO YOU LIKE TO “ROUGH IT”? OR DO YOU PREFER TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE LEAD THE WAY? TAKE THIS QUIZ AND FIND OUT

USEFUL VOCABULARY

THIS IS ANOTHER PART IN OUR SECTION ON USEFUL VOCABULARY. THIS MONTH: ISLAND VACATION

USEFUL VERBS & EXPRESSIONS

THIS IS ANOTHER PART IN OUR SECTION ON USEFUL VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS. THIS MONTH: TRAVEL

Island Day-trippers

Special English-speaking islands around the world

Story Time

Five-year-old Kristin is on the couch, talking with her parents

BASIC ENGLISH: The weather

SOCIAL ENGLISH: The weather

LISTEN AND REPEAT THESE EXPRESSIONS. THIS MONTH: THE WEATHER

DR FINGERS’: ERROR CORRECTION CLINIC

IN THIS SECTION, DR FINGERS IDENTIFIES AND CORRECTS TYPICAL ERRORS

What colour are you?

What’s a personality quiz? Do you like doing them? How

GRAMMAR FUN: Travel

THIS MONTH, WE’RE LOOKING AT CONFUSING WORDS RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF TRAVEL

Hiring Out a Car

You're going to listen to a conversation about hiring a

Desert Island Poll

IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND, AND COULD ONLY BRING ONE ITEM, WHAT WOULD IT BE? WE ASKED THE HOT ENGLISH STAFF THE SAME QUESTION. HERE’S WHAT THEY SAID

Neighbourly Love

Two neighbours went to court after an ongoing dispute

The Simpsons

The Simpsons (1989-present) is a satirical series that follows a

DR FINGERS’ GRAMMAR

Thank you for writing in. I think I can see

TRIVIA MATCHING

MATCH THE WORDS (1 TO 12) TO THE PHOTOS (A

WEIRD TRIVIA

THIS IS ANOTHER PART IN OUR MINI-SERIES ON STRANGE FACTS. WHOEVER THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS SO NOTABLE?

Corny Criminals

HERE’S ANOTHER PART IN OUR SERIES ON GOOD, BAD AND FUNNY CRIMINALS

Nojito

TRY THESE ISLAND TREATS. THEY ARE PERFECT RECIPES FOR YOUR ISLAND-RELATED THEME PARTY

A Taste of Luxury

Listen and underline the dishes you hear from each course

Ahoy There, Matey

HERE ARE THREE ISLAND-THEMED TELEVISION SHOWS TO WATCH!

Unsolved Mysteries Off the Radar

SOME POLICE CASES ARE SOLVED. OTHERS REMAIN A MYSTERY FOREVER. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME VERY STRANGE CASES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE DISAPPEARING. HERE ARE THEIR STORIES

The Strait of Gibraltar

THE BODY OF WATER BETWEEN SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA IS KNOWN AS THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR. IT'S HAD A FASCINATING HISTORY

LOST AN ISOLATED COINCIDENCE.

Imagine a tropical island totally hidden from the rest of

HOW TO SOUND GOOD ON THE PHONE!

People can’t see you when you’re speaking on the phone,

Face to Face: Ibiza vs Mykonos

GREECE AND SPAIN ARE BOTH MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES WITH GREAT HOLIDAY ISLANDS. BUT WHICH ISLAND WINS THE TITLE AS THE BEST PARTY ISLAND – IBIZA OR MYKONOS?

GRAFFITI

HERE ARE SOME MORE EXAMPLES OF BRITISH TOILET GRAFFITI

Misheard Lyrics

HERE ARE SOME MORE OF THOSE TOUGH-TO-UNDERSTAND SONG LYRICS. SEE IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHICH OPTION IS THE CORRECT LYRIC

How to save a pub!

What do you think the title means? Why do you

VOCABULARY: The Fast Food

HERE ARE SOME COMMON WORDS OR OBJECTS THAT YOU WILL SEE OR HEAR AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT

(NOT SO) TYPICAL DIALOGUES: Restaurant

IN THIS DIALOGUE, FRANK IS IN A PIZZA RESTAURANT

DR FINGERS’ VOCABULARY CLINIC: power

HERE ARE SOME MORE USEFUL AND INTERESTING EXPRESSIONS FOR YOU TO LEARN. THIS MONTH, WE HAVE SOME MORE EXPRESSIONS TO DESCRIBE POWER

RIDDLES & quirky news

”A fire service that can’t even keep its own fire

Who’s at Fault?

You’re going to hear an argument between a married couple

DUMB LAWS

HERE ARE SOME MORE CRAZY LAWS FROM THE US. (US ENGLISH SPELLING) THIS MONTH:WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia Facts

◻ Mother’s Day was first celebrated at Andrews Church in

DICTIONARY OF SLANG

HERE WE’VE GOT SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW TO SAY THINGS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

DR FINGERS’ ERROR CORRECTION CLINIC

IN THIS SECTION DR FINGERS IDENTIFIES AND CORRECTS TYPICAL ERRORS

LISTENING: Get it Write

What’s a scriptwriter? What does a scriptwriter do? Imagine the

KNIFE IDIOMS

THIS MONTH WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME “KNIFE” IDIOMS

Professional Sabotage

The bad things bad people do at work

Work and Career

THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF OUR SECTION OF CAREER-RELATED PHRASAL VERBS. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS FROM BELOW. MORE NEXT MONTH. ANSWERS ON PAGE 59

NUMBERS

411 If someone says, “Give me the 411 on the