EDITOR’S INTRO

How you learn English with Hot English magazine

NOT SO COMMON EXPERIENCES

Objective To improve your reading and listening skills.

Have you heard of these four monuments?

Objective To improve your reading comprehension. Think about

ENGLISH IN ACTION... CONCERTS

Objective To learn some useful words and expressions

AUDIO DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC

Dear Dr Fingers, I always get confused about

LETTERS

Dear Hot English, I have a couple of

The Interview

DR FINGERS’ PRONUNCIATION COURSE

Part I – Revision Last month I told

VOCABULARY THE KITCHEN

This is the second part in our series on rooms in the house. This month we’ll be telling you all about the kitchen.

THE COOK

AUDIO FUNCTIONALLANGUAGE

THE RESTAURANT JOKE!

We’ve given you some language for talking about cooking. Now you can see that language in action. In this scene, Charles and Wendy are at a restaurant. They are very impressed with the food.

FOOD & DRINK TRIVIA

Here are some more interesting facts and figures from around the world

CLASSIC SONGS

Sing along to these extracts from classic songs!

THE BAND

“This month the most famous cover band in

15 USEFUL IDIOMS FOR WORK & BUSINESS

Native English speakers use idioms all the time. So, you need to understand their meaning if you want to follow conversations. In this lesson, you’ll learn 15 really useful idioms to use in business, work and life in general. This is another part of our popular series on idioms. Learn these ones and use them so you can sound more like a native English speaker!

IDIOMS EXERCISES

1 Exercise 1 Complete the definitions with the

FILM TITLES THAT GET LOST IN TRANSLATION

AUDIO Objective To improve your listening and reading

CROSSWORD

ANSWERS ON PAGE 49 Across 1: Hurt

WORDSEARCH & MATCHING

WORDSEARCH See if you can identify the word

GREEN IDIOMS

This month we are looking at some idioms with the colour green

RODEOS

AUDIO Those Damn Yanks 

THE YETI

You’ve probably heard of the legend of the Yeti – that big hairy monster that’s supposed to live somewhere in the Himalayan mountains near Mount Everest. Some people think it’s a bit of a joke. Others take it more seriously. Does the Yeti really exist? And if it does, what is it?

Weird World Cartoon

(glossary on previous page) Illustration by Jorge Tarruella

In The News...

Knickers! Last month British police officers were surprised

NEW ZEALAND THE SOUTH OF SOUTH ISLAND

Ruth is just back from a trip to New Zealand. She had a great time and she’s here to tell us why.

British bar chat

Authentic conversations by native British speakers

PREPPIES (US English)

Urban Tribes

Cartoon

Posh Dog

CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN BRITAIN

Those Bloody Brits

Dictionary of slang

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

Answers & scripts

NOT SO COMMON EXPERIENCES 4 READING II 1.

Business English

Learn over 500 useful business words and expressions!