DR FINGERS’UK / US WORDS

This is another part in our series on the differences between British and American English. Here are some more objects that are described differently in Britain and the States

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AUDIO DR FINGERS’ PRONUNCIATION INTONATION

Hello, everybody, and welcome to my pronunciation course! (The answers to the exercise are on page 46)

AUDIO Vocabulary: The weather

Rainy (answers on page 46) Windy Sunny Snowy

Story time

In this section you can hear native English speakers telling each other jokes

CLASSIC SONGS

“Dancing Queen” by ABBA (Swedish group) You can

HOT SONG

AUDIO Our monthly song from new artists and bands. This month: Heather Greene

Crank Calls

Telephone conversations to help improve your listening skills

DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC

Dear Dr Fingers, I was wondering if you

EFL, VIP, B2B, FBI… UNDERSTAND 24 USEFUL ACRONYMS IN ENGLISH!

How many acronyms* do you know in English? Acronyms are common in writing and speaking. So, it’s important that you understand the most important ones. In this article, you’ll learn some acronyms in English, which will really help with your listening and speaking skills. In most cases, it’s necessary to say each letter separately, unless indicated

EFL, VIP, B2B, FBI…UNDERSTAND 24 USEFUL ACRONYMS IN ENGLISH!

EXERCISES TO HELP YOU REMEMBER THE WORDS!

CROSSWORD

ANSWERS ON PAGE 46 Across 1: To

INTERVIEW HORROR STORIES

Have you ever had a bad interview? You know, the kind of interview in which you arrive late because you were caught up in traffic. Or one in which you can’t seem to express yourself properly. The following stories are all about people’s nightmare experiences during interviews. Read them and learn from other people’s mistakes. By Andrea (US Spelling)

Animal Matching

Exercise See if you can do this matching exercise. Look at the list of things (1 to 12), and the photos ( A -K ). Write a letter next to the name of each thing in the list below. Answers also on page 46

Animal Trivia

Here are some more interesting and fascinating facts about animals

CAT IDIOMS

Here are some more cat idioms.

In The News...

Historical Breakthrough Professor Gruber of the “University of

VOCABULARY GARDENS

Here is some useful vocabulary related to gardens

TYPICAL DIALOGUES

ANSWERS ON PAGE 46 THE GARDEN In this conversation,

BRITISH GARDENS

What are the most popular hobbies in your country? Swimming, fishing or skiing, perhaps? Of course the British are different and one of the most popular hobbies in Britain is gardening. Why? And what’s it all about?

GARDENS

This is a fascinating interview with Dr Horatio

WORDSEARCH

See if you can identify the word below. Then, try to find these words (here on the right) in the Wordsearch. Good luck!  

ENGLISH ACCENTS IN HOLLYWOOD

For decades now, Hollywood has been making films with goodies and baddies. Which ones do you prefer? These days there’s a new trend to use actors with posh English accents as the baddies. Why is this?

ENGLISH BADDIES IN HOLLYWOOD

For quite a while now, Hollywood has been using English actors with English accents to play the parts of baddies. And one of their favourites is Alan Rickman (London 1946). He’s starred in numerous films as a baddie, and plays them perfectly as the smooth-talking gentleman with a sadistic nature. Let’s look at Alan Rickman as a baddie in Die Hard (1988)

The Interview

US Style (America n English) There may come

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 GIVE

The verb “to give” has many different uses. Generally, we use this verb to refer to offering something. For example: “I gave him 30 euros.” Now let’s see some phrasal verbs with the verb “to give”

Answers

UK / US WORDS 1. Apartment = flat;