ENGLISH BITES
ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation
English Bites is an educational series and integrated website that explains the everyday usage of the English language while giving colourful insights, through the story, into Australian life, society and culture. Each episode begins by playing a recent news story, then breaks it down into individual words and phrases, metaphors, similes, analogies or puns. English Bites. It's a magazine. It's a language course. It's a website. And it's a whole lot of fun.
link:
http://australianetwork.com/englishbites/
Toy StoryThis story is about collecting toys. We'll look at the expression 'by far', the phrasal verb 'move on', and a common irregular past tense.
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GrampiansThis story is about a national park known as the Grampians.
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Fitness FanaticsThis story is about a fitness centre run by a young couple. We'll look at the expressions 'day-to-day' and 'day in, day out', as well as explaining what it means to fly by the seat of your pants.
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Sea LionsThis story is about swimming with sea lions. We'll look at the expressions 'all walks of life' and 'something else', as well as the phrasal verb 'get on'.
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Berkelouw's BooksThis story is about a book shop in the country. We'll look at the phrasal verb 'coming up to', and the expressions 'going strong' and 'going from strength to strength'.
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Martindale HallThis story is about a grand colonial house in South Australia, Martindale Hall.
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Bush RetreatThis story is about a place where to stay in the Tasmanian bush.
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Scarecrow CompetitionThis story is about a scarecrow competition in an Australian country town. We'll look at some shortened words and idioms such as 'down in the dumps'.
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Oyster FarmThis story is about a farm in the sea - an oyster farm. We look at some suffixes that form adjectives and discover when 'at the moment' is.
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Gus the FishermanThis story is about a man who makes is living by fishing.
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Maria IslandThis story is about an island off Tasmania's east coast called Maria Island. We'll look at a couple of useful spelling rules and explain what 'what have you' means.
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Forest ProtestingThis story is about people trying to stop trees in Tasmania being cut down to make paper.
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Thanh BuiThis story is about an Australian singer who has a Vietnamese background. We'll look at tag questions and rhetorical questions, as well as the expressions odd one out and there you go.
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Little RedThis story is about a band called Little Red. We'll look at the word harmony and the expressions 'work out' and 'from scratch'.
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BerrimaThis story is about a town called Berrima. We'll look at the word historic and the expressions live in, live on and 'up to scratch'.
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MonopolyThis story is about a contest to find out who is best at playing the board game Monopoly. We'll look at the word champion, and what it means to use something up, and the word 'malarky'.
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City LightsThis story is about a graffiti art project in Melbourne called City Lights. We'll look at some words for streets and reveal what clamp down means.
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Welcome studentsThis story is about international students in Melbourne. We'll give you some useful spelling tips and explain the expression 'laid back'.
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Edited by Ruitor2 - 7/1/2011, 10:23
