Showing posts with label unit 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unit 9. Show all posts
Charles Saumarez-Smith is the former director of the National Gallery in London. The gallery is home to one of the greatest collections of Western European paintings in the world.
In this edition of People and Places, we go with Charles for a walk around the lively London streets of Soho and Covent Garden. Why? Well, the National Gallery was putting 44 life-size, framed paintings on the walls of alleyways, shops and restaurants.
Find out why!
Click here to listen to the programme.
In this edition of People and Places, we go with Charles for a walk around the lively London streets of Soho and Covent Garden. Why? Well, the National Gallery was putting 44 life-size, framed paintings on the walls of alleyways, shops and restaurants.
Find out why!
Click here to listen to the programme.
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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From Danny Boyle, director of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later, comes the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
This film has been nominated in the Oscars Best Motion Picture category. Watch the trailer.
This film has been nominated in the Oscars Best Motion Picture category. Watch the trailer.
It's that time of year again when the movie industry rewards the achievements of the past twelve months. On 22th February it's the big one, the Oscars.
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.
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.
You can practise the passive voice in English if you click on the links below. Every programme is downloadable as an mp3 and features an expert commentary on that week's gramma
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.
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.
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