dateline: 28 March 2018
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Ski Resorts Blanketed with Orange Snow
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- blanketed: covered as if with a blanket
- tint: a colouring
- run: a pathway that skiers and snowboarders use to go down a mountain
- observatory: a building with telescopes for looking at space
- transfer: to move from one place to another
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Ski Resorts Blanketed with Orange Snow
Comprehension Questions
- What is the report mainly about?
- What caused this odd experience for skiers and snowboarders?
- Why does the report mention Greece?
Discussion Questions
Do you think humans will ever ski on Mars?
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One comment
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Bijan says:
Hi Tara,
First, thank you for this week’s news report.
Second, it’s the first time in one year that I couldn’t understand the news at all, without seeing the text.
Third, I couldn’t also fill in the blanks the words Africa, Athens and Greece. I should confess listening is the most difficult part of English language for me.
Sometimes, I get tired and hopeless that why is the listening so difficult for me?
Please, you know that writing, reading and speaking are easier than listening for me, even to understand the grammar is so easy for me.I’m surprised how a baby or a child learns speaking with listening to its mother, but it’s difficult for us (learners of English) do it in the same way.
I think, maybe, if a learner like me would live with a British or an American family, he could improve listening and speaking sooner than now.
I’m so sincere to tell you when I see you do the best to pronounce the audio news reports in the best way for your student free of charge, so I also decide to listen to your voice again and again and again.
This is the one secret that dear Mr.Josef told me by his email before.
Fourth, it’s very interesting for me that the sandstorm from Africa can affect to many countries in Eastern Europe even Russia. As I know there is a long distance between Russia and Africa.
I wish we could see it by a video on the Internet.
Best wishes and have a great weekend in nice Canada,
Bijan from the Persian Gulf