PIG IDIOMS

EDITOR’S INTRO

How you learn English with Hot English magazine

PRONUNCIATION IN SONGS

DR FINGERS’PRONUNCIATION

QUIZ ARE YOU ENGLISH?

The English are a special race: they drive

FUNNY SIGNS

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

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

66 years ago!

In this article we’ll be looking at some people and products who are celebrating their 66th (more or less) anniversary. Find out what was happening all those years ago back in the mid 1950s

BUSINESS DIALOGUES

Listen to this dialogue and learn lots of useful business vocabulary and expressions. The answers are on page 46

Crank Calls

Telephone conversations to help improve your listening skills

HOT SONG

Our monthly song from new artists and bands

Story time

Jokes, stories and anecdotes as told by native English speakers

HOW RHYME CAN HELP YOU LEARN WORDS!

How do you learn new words? Do you

HOW RHYME CAN HELP YOU LEARN WORDS!

EXERCISES!

Biography Keira Knightley

All about the British-born actress Keira Knightley (star of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.)

WORDSEARCH

ANSWERS ON PAGE 46

In The News...

AUDIO

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. The answers to the exercise are on page 46

Trivia Matching

Exercise

Weird Trivia

This is the third part in our mini-series

CROSSWORD

ANSWERS ON PAGE 46

DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC RISE, RAISE & ARISE

Dear Dr Fingers, I have some language problems.

BUSINESS CHAT

Listen to this interview and learn lots of useful business vocabulary and expressions

VOCABULARY BODY ORGANS

Find out what you’ve got in your body, and what it does for you

TYPICALDIALOGUES THE CONSULTATION

AUDIO

Fluency Practice

English language speed and fluency practice to help you improve your speaking

Strange BUT True

True stories from around the world that are hard to believe!

Dictionary of slang

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

British bar chat

Authentic conversations to help improve your listening skills

PHRASALVERBS TO MAKE

The verb “to make” has many different uses. Generally, we use this verb to describe the construction of something. For example, “We made a cake.” Now let’s see some phrasal verbs with the verb “to make”

Answers

ENGLISH QUIZ Mostly “a” = you are international.