USEFUL VOCABULARY AT THE OFFICE

EDITOR’S INTRO

Why are you learning English? To get a better job, to pass an official English exam, to travel, or just to communicate in English? Learn Hot English magazine helps with all this

Hollywood Stars

Do Hollywood stars guarantee a film’s success?

THE NAME GAME

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

STORY TIME

Jokes, anecdotes and stories as told by native English speakers

Political Protest

POLITICIANS IN THE LINE OF FIRE

AT THE OFFICE USEFUL VERBS & EXPRESSIONS

THIS IS ANOTHER PART IN OUR SECTION ON USEFUL VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS. THIS MONTH: AT THE OFFICE

LET’ TALK ABOUT: Meat

• I’ll have a rare steak, please. (not cooked very

The Telephone

•May I speak with Mr Green, please? I’d like to

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

It cost about €7,000 to make. It took only seven

DR FINGERS’ ERROR CORRECTION CLINIC

IN THIS SECTION, DR FINGERS IDENTIFIES AND CORRECTS TYPICAL ERRORS

Small Talk

2. Ask someone if they want to come to a

GRAMMAR FUN

THIS MONTH, WE’RE LOOKING AT THE PRESENT PERFECT WITH “YET” AND “ALREADY”

Sport Time

E-mail correspondence between two friends

Neighbours from Hell

Home Sweet Home? Not with a noisy neighbour

HOW TO UNDERSTAND BODY LANGUAGE IN MEETINGS!

Body language* is important in meetings. It can help you understand what other people are really saying; and it can help you transmit the right messages. In this lesson, you will learn 10 top tips for understanding body language in meetings

BODY LANGUAGE IN MEETINGS!

You can understand a lot about people by studying their body language. Learn the meanings behind these typical examples of body language in meetings, and use the information to your advantage!

How to... learn English effectively

THIS MONTH WE’RE LOOKING AT HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELY

PHOTO MAGIC

PHOTOS OF THE MONTH FROM THE NEWS

The Election

Politics on a grand scale

SINGIN' & DANCIN'

HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP MUSICALS OF RECENT TIMES

MID-LIFE CRISIS

DO YOU KNOW ANY MIDDLE-AGED PEOPLE WHO ARE STARTING TO ACT STRANGELY? HAVE THEY JUST BOUGHT A NEW SPORTS CAR? ARE THEY LOOKING FOR A CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES? ARE THEY DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET INTO SHAPE? THEY MAY BE GOING THROUGH A MID-LIFE CRISIS. THIS IS A TOPIC THAT HOLLYWOOD HAS DEALT WITH IN A NUMBER OF FILMS. BUT FIRST, WHAT EXACTLY IS A MID-LIFE CRISIS?

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS & PENELOPE CRUZ

HE’S WON AN OSCAR TWICE FOR BEST ACTOR IN THE

VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER IS FREQUENTLY IN THE NEWS... FOR GOOD REASONS. JUST RECENTLY, VANCOUVER, MELBOURNE AND VIENNA WERE NAMED THE WORLD’S MOST LIVEABLE CITIES. AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WAS VANCOUVER. IN FACT, THE SURVEY, BY THE LONDONBASED ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT (EIU), DESCRIBED VANCOUVER AS “ALMOST PERFECT”. SO, WHAT’S VANCOUVER GOT TO OFFER?

Mobile Madness

The invention we love to hate

DR FINGERS’ VOCABULARY CLINIC problems

HERE ARE SOME MORE USEFUL AND INTERESTING EXPRESSIONS FOR YOU TO LEARN. THIS MONTH: MORE “PROBLEMS”

QUIRKY NEWS & CORNY CRIMINALS

What would you do if you won the lottery? The

Coq au vin

HERE’S ANOTHER CLASSIC BUT SIMPLE DISH FROM OUR RESIDENT FRENCH COOKS, TIPHAINE AND PAULINE

Business Ideas

Business inventors try to sell their ideas

DICTIONARY OF SLANG

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

Year in Review: 1999

WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN 1999? WHERE WERE YOU? HOW OLD WERE YOU? WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER? JOIN US ON A LITTLE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE TO 1999

French English

OUR MONTHLY LOOK AT ENGLISH ACCENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN BOTH ENGLISH-SPEAKING AND NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES. THIS MONTH: THE FRENCH ENGLISH ACCENT

Mystery Time

A look at the mystery of the Jack the Ripper killings

WAYIDIOMS

THIS MONTH, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME “WAY” IDIOMS

You Can’t Read That!

Why some people want to stop you choosing what to read

The News

HERE ARE SOME TYPICAL PHRASAL VERBS THAT YOU CAN FIND IN NEWS ARTICLES. MORE NEXT MONTH

SIMILE

THIS MONTH’S WORD OF THE MONTH IS... “METAPHOR”