There's jubilation in India over its famed music composer, AR Rehman, becoming the first Indian to win a Golden Globe for scoring the music of the film Slumdog Millionaire. Zubair Ahmed reports from Mumbai.
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This film has been nominated in the Oscars Best Motion Picture category. Watch the trailer.
Last week the announcement was made in Los Angeles of which films were in the running to win an award. In this programme we hear about the announcement ceremony in 2007 and get some reaction to the nominations.
r. The website contains fun interactive quizzes, grammar tables and an area for you to practise your written English.Click here to practise the Simple Passives.
Click here to practise the Continuous Passives.
Click here to practise the Presen Perfect Passives.
The version by Marvin Gaye of 'I heard it through the grapevine' became a number-one hit in the U.S. and the UK in 1968. The following is a more recent version of the song. Enjoy it!
Paul Weller & Amy Winehouse
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This is the spoof documentary broadcast on April Fools Day in 1957 about spaghetti crops in Switzerland.
Click here and read about the story and some of the witnesses memories!
Why not listen to a short story online? This is a tale with a strong message.
Listen and do the comprehension activity which you´ll find at the botton of the second page.
Then you can listen again and read the transcript.
Listen to Fred and Sabriya talking about their New Year resolutions (a decision to do something better or to stop doing something bad in the new year) and answer the questions.
http://www.elllo.org/Swiff0801Q/847Q-Sab-Keep.swf
Have your already made your own resolutions?
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