DR FINGERS’UK / US WORDS

EDITOR’S INTRO

How you learn English with Hot English magazine 

Grammar fun

The future with the present continuous and “going to”

ERRORTERROR

Our mini-series on funny signs from English-speaking countries

DR FINGERS’PRONUNCIATION

INTONATION

HOT SONG

Our monthly song from new artists and bands

HOT SONG

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

X-MAS CRACKERS An unusual British Christmas tradition!

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

LONDONLIFE: DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Crank Calls

Telephone conversations to help improve your listening skills

DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC

Dear Dr Fingers, I have some language problems.

LEARN 21 TECHNOLOGY WORDS & EXPRESSIONS!

Technology is everywhere around us, at work, at home, in shops, airports, shopping centres... Technology brings us information, provides us with entertainment, and allows us to connect to the world. But do you know to talk about technology in English. These technology words and expressions will help you do just that! First, read over the definitions and examples. Then, see if you can do the exercises on the following page

EXERCISES TO HELP YOU REMEMBER THE WORDS & EXPRESSIONS!

Answers on page 46 1 Gap-fill exercise Complete the

CROSSWORD

ANSWERS ON PAGE 46 Across 1: To

Trivia Matching

Exercise See if you can do this matching

Weird Trivia

This is the second part of our mini-series on food. Find out where mayonnaise came from, how to identify a hot chilli pepper, and what Americans like to eat in their restaurants. Whoever thought that the world of food could be so exciting?

In The News...

Noise Pollution A single man in northern Germany

HORSE IDIOMS

This month we are looking at some horse idioms.

UK / US GRAMMAR

Over these past few months, we’ve been looking at some British and American language differences. In this article we’ll be looking at some of the differences in grammatical structures between the two versions of English. In fact, there are actually very few differences, most of which do not interfere with understanding. This is the start of a two-part series

BUSINESS CHAT

INSURANCE COMPANIES

WORDSEARCH

See if you can identify the word below. Then, try to find the word in the Wordsearch. Good luck!

VOCABULARYDIRECTIONS

Here is some useful vocabulary to use when you arrive at an airport

TYPICALDIALOGUES

GIVING DIRECTIONS

BUSINESSDIALOGUES

The Business Fair

DR FINGERS’VOCABULARY CLINIC USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Here are some more useful expressions for you to learn. Learning lots of expressions will improve your level of English, and help you with exams such as First Certificate, Advanced and Proficiency, which test your knowledge of these things. The images will help you associate the expression with its meaning.

Strange BUT True

Probability Zero

Dictionary of slang

Here we’ve got some examples of how to say things in different situations

British bar chat

Authentic conversations by native British speakers

PHRASALVERBS TO KEEP

The verb “to keep” has many different uses. Generally, we use this verb to refer to the state of possessing something. For example, “She keeps all her money under her bed.” Now let’s see some phrasal verbs with the verb “to keep”

Answers

UK / US WORDS 1. Line =a queue