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Spotlight Audio 2/2016
Introduction
[1] David: Welcome to the February 2016 edi-
tion of Spotlight Audio. I’m David Creedon
from Britain. Join me now for a 60-minute ex-
pedition around the English-speaking world —
with stories, language tips and exercises.
• N o time to practise English? There might be
more time than you think. In our Language
section, you’ll find 10 tips to turn everyday
activities into effective English lessons.
• E thiopia is a land of magnificent scenery and
breathtaking religious monuments. Come to
the Horn of Africa with us on a tour of this
very special travel destination.
• D oes the idea of making small talk in English
make you uncomfortable? No need to wor-
ry! The secret to successful conversations
can be found in this month’s English at Work.
People
[2] Who exactly is... Chris Rock?
David: Every year in the United States, the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
presents awards for achievements in the film
industry. Each award comes in the form of a
gold-plated statuette known as an Oscar. The
first awards were presented in 1929. Now let’s
listen to a report about comedian Chris Rock,
who will host the 88th Academy Awards on 28
February this year. As you listen, try to answer
this question: In which of New York’s five bor-
oughs did Chris Rock grow up?
This month, about 35 million people in more
than 200 countries will watch one man host
Hollywood’s premier event. The man is Chris
Rock, and the event is the 88th Academy
award Preis, Auszeichnung
borough Stadtbezirk, Stadtviertel
gold-plated vergoldet
host moderieren
magnificent großartig, überwältigend
premier event hier: bedeutendste
Veranstaltung
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Awards. Rock, who also hosted the Academy
Awards in 2005, grew up in a working-class
family in Brooklyn, New York. He was one of the
few black students at his school and was bullied
as a result. He left school at the age of 16 and, a
few years later, started doing stand-up comedy
in New York.
Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy saw Rock
performing one night and became his mentor.
He even gave him his first film role, in Beverly
Hills Cop II. Then, in 1990, Rock got a job on the
popular TV show Saturday Night Live — and be-
came a star. Soon he was getting big roles in big
films, and he later wrote, directed and acted in
his own movies, too.
One of Rock’s most popular projects is a TV
show he wrote and produced called Everybody
Hates Chris. It is based on his own schooldays
and was on TV from 2005 to 2009.
Rock, who is 51 this month, told Rolling Stone
that in the future, he wants to explore “more
universal, deeper things” in his comedy. “Peo-
ple deal with emotions in music all the time,
but comedians are always talking about what
they see. We seldom talk about what we feel.
That’s the next thing for me.” The Academy
Awards will take place on 28 February this year.
Source: Spotlight 2/2016, page 6
David: Were you able to answer the question?
In which of New York’s five boroughs did Chris
Rock grow up? The answer is: Brooklyn.
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A Day in My Life
[3] Michael Tangney Junior of Killar-
ney Jaunting Cars
David: County Kerry is one of the most pop-
ular tourist destinations in Ireland. Situated in
the south-west, Kerry has great natural beauty
— long sandy beaches, the highest mountains
in Ireland and Killarney National Park, a scenic
region of lakes, hills and forest. The town of Kil-
larney acts as a base for many people who want
to tour the area. One of the traditional ways
for tourists to get around is to take a ride on
a jaunting car. What’s that? Well, a “jaunt” is a
short journey you take for pleasure. A jaunting
car is a small horse-drawn carriage with seats
for people sitting back to back. In A Day in My
Life, we meet Michael Tangney Junior, one of
the owners of Killarney Jaunting Cars, a family
business founded more than 200 years ago.
Listen now as Tangney describes the kind of
work the family does. By the way, a “jarvey” is
the driver of a jaunting car.
We’ve over 12 jaunting cars on the road, and
when it’s busy, then we subcontract other
­jarveys in as well to help us out in the busy
­periods. We also do a lake cruise on the lakes
of Killarney and that starts from Ross Castle.
It’s a one-hour, glass-covered cruise. The cruise
would be something similar to the ones they do
in Amsterdam on the canals. That’s a new part
of the company; it started around the late 70s,
and it’s been operating since. It’s quite attrac-
tive, especially for elderly people if the weath-
er’s bad because it’s a covered-in cruise.
David: In the next excerpt, Tangney talks about
how traditional jaunting cars have been adapt-
ed to the demands of modern tourism.
So, traditionally the jaunting cars were two-
wheelers; they were known as a “sidecar” or a
“courting car”, and they’d hold about four peo-
ple, and the people would face outwards. You
may have seen one of the jaunting cars, the tra-
ditional sidecar, in the film The Quiet Man with
John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. But nowa-
days, the jaunting cars are a bit bigger, they
have four wheels, and they’d hold eight people.
People feel a bit safer with the four wheels ver-
sus the two wheels; especially for families with
young kids, they’re enclosed. The jaunting cars
also have roofs on them. Our Irish weather isn’t
pleasant all the time. We get a lot of wind and
rain in this part of Ireland, so they’re complete-
ly covered in and on that cooler or wet day in
Killarney, the people are completely dry.
David: Tradition is important for Tangney’s
family. Listen now as he describes the history
of the business. Tangney mentions the estates
where his ancestors worked as gamekeepers.
These estates were huge areas of land owned
by British or Anglo-Irish families during the
time Ireland was ruled by Britain. You’ll also
hear about the Gap of Dunloe, which is a nar-
row mountain pass to the west of Killarney Na-
tional Park.
The business, I suppose, started around the
1800s, providing tours in and around the na-
tional park on the jaunting cars. We do the boat
adapt anpassen
ancestor Vorfahre, Vorfahrin
bully mobben
carriage Kutsche, Wagen
cruise Schiffsreise
elderly älter
enclosed geschlossen
estate Anwesen, Landbesitz
excerpt (Text-)Auszug
gamekeeper Wildhüter(in)
glass-covered glasüberdacht
jaunt Ausflug, Spritztour
outwards: face ~ nach außen blicken
scenic malerisch
seldom selten
subcontract als Unterauftrag weitergeben
suppose annehmen, vermuten
two-wheeler zweirädrig
versus gegenüber
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tours, the open-boat tours, to the Gap of Dun-
loe. That’s quite an old tour in Ireland, the Gap.
It takes about five hours. So we started in the
1800s. My grandfather and great grand-uncle,
they would have been gamekeepers in the es-
tates, the Muckross Estate or the Kenmare Es-
tate. So that’s the tradition, and how we’re in-
volved in tourism, because we were working in
the estates, my family, providing tours and also
working for the landlords, as well. So jaunting
cars, horses and boats have been in our blood
for many, many years. Still to this day, it’s quite
popular with tourists to do the jaunts, the cruis-
es and the boats.
See Spotlight 2/2016, pages 8–9
Britain Today
[4] A cold welcome
David: Moving to a new country can be chal-
lenging. But what must it be like for refugees
from hot countries like Syria arriving in cold
countries like Scotland? Colin Beaven looks at
the issue with the help of some classic litera-
ture in this month’s Britain Today.
As you listen, try to answer this question: What
was the name of the ship that transported the
Pilgrim Fathers from England to America in
1620?
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Some of Syria’s refugees have been arriving in
Britain recently. It’s a minimal number com-
pared with those in Germany. Another 20,000
are to come here by 2020, but that’s all. The
UK’s approach to the crisis has been mainly
to help with the costs of the camps on Syria’s
borders.
The few refugees who are being accepted are
brought here directly by air. The first of the lat-
est 20,000 landed in Glasgow some weeks ago.
It was raining. After meeting officials, they were
taken to their final destinations: towns, villages
and islands around Scotland.
Refugees who have reached Europe by sea or
by land have no doubt had much worse jour-
neys, but what a shock to come straight from
a hot, dry country to one that’s wet and chilly.
How do you prepare people for such a con-
trast? In a television report, I saw how one
Canadian official went about it. He had the job
of telling some Syrians that they’d be living in
Edmonton — or perhaps it was Calgary.
“What’s the weather like?” was one of the first
questions they asked.
“It’s nice in summer,” he replied.
A good tactic: don’t mention the winter. Think
of the Pilgrim Fathers back in 1620. Would they
have sailed on the Mayflower if they’d known
about the winters they would face in New
England? Actually, I dare say they would have
sailed. They wanted religious freedom — and
it’s not as if they were sorry to say goodbye to
the weather in Britain.
Shakespeare describes it. There’s a line in a
song at the end of Twelfth Night, written just
a few years before the Mayflower’s departure:
“The rain it raineth every day.” He clearly had
strong feelings about it, for the line comes up
in every verse.
Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago, is best
known for his sonnets and plays, but he also
wrote really good weather forecasts.
It’s not just the rain. The same song has another
line in every verse: “With hey, ho, the wind and
the rain.” The wind can be even worse, especial-
ly in winter. According to one stereotype, the
British are inseparable from their umbrellas.
But that’s not true. With so much wind, umbrel-
las don’t last five minutes.
Other English classics tell the same story. Take
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë’s wonderful
novel. It’s so windy in the part of Yorkshire she
describes that the sound of branches hitting
the bedroom window gives one of the charac-
ters nightmares.
Is the weather any better in Scotland? Let’s look
at Shakespeare’s Scottish play, Macbeth. This
is how it starts: “Act I, Scene 1. A desert place.
Thunder and lightning.” Another accurate
weather forecast.
Then the first witch appears with more detail:
“When shall we three meet again? In thunder,
lightning, or in rain?”
Marvellous! No mention of wind. The Scots had
better weather than the English 400 years ago.
I’m not sure that’s still true.
If refugees arriving from Syria can find a bit of
religious and political freedom here, though,
the miserable winters will no doubt seem a
price worth paying.
Source: Spotlight 2/2016, page 13
David: Were you able to answer the question?
What was the name of the ship that transported
the Pilgrim Fathers from England to America in
1620? The ship was called the Mayflower.
approach Herangehensweise
branch Zweig, Ast
chilly kühl, frostig
desert abgelegen, einsam
great grand Urgroß-
I dare say ich wage zu behaupten
inseparable unzertrennlich
landlord Grundstücksbesitzer
last hier: aushalten, überstehen
marvellous wundervoll, phantastisch
miserable elend, trübsinnig
nightmare Albtraum
novel Roman
official Beamter, Beamtin
pilgrim Pilger-
raineth regnet
sonnet Sonett
stereotype (Rollen-)Klischee
thunder Donner
witch Hexe
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Travel
[5] Uncovering Ethiopia
David: For many of us, Ethiopia is still the coun-
try of hunger and tragedy that we remember
from the 1980s. Pictures of the famine went
around the world back then, and the charity
Band Aid was founded as a direct reaction to
the suffering. Today, however, the country
has largely recovered and is taking small steps
toward becoming a tourist destination. On the
next track, we’re going to visit Ethiopia. First,
let’s see how much you know about the coun-
try. Here are four questions for you to answer.
Ready?
Ethiopia is the only country in Africa never to
have been colonized. However, they had to
defeat one particular European nation twice to
retain independence. Was that nation Britain,
France or Italy?
It was Italy. In 1896, Italy first invaded, but
was defeated. Between 1935 and 1941,
fascist-ruled Italy occupied the land before be-
ing driven out by British, Commonwealth and
Ethiopian forces.
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Next question: the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
says they possess one of the most important
biblical treasures. Is it the Ark of the Covenant,
the box that contains the Ten Commandments;
the Holy Grail, the cup used by Jesus at the Last
Supper and then filled with his blood at the
Crucifixion; or the Holy Lance, the spear that
pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the
cross?
It’s the Ark of the Covenant. Ethiopian Chris-
tians believe that the biblical characters Solo-
mon and the Queen of Sheeba had a son called
Menilek who became Ethiopia’s first emperor.
He supposedly brought the Ark back from
Israel after a visit to his father. The Ark is now
kept in a chapel in the small town of Axum, in
Ethiopia’s northern highlands.
Now what about this one? What is the current
population of Ethiopia? Is it around 20 million,
50 million or 100 million?
The answer is around 100 million. Ethiopia is
the most populous landlocked country in the
world. It’s also the second-most populous na-
tion on the African continent after Nigeria.
Here’s our final question. From 1930 to 1974,
Haile Selassie was emperor of Ethiopia. Which
religious movement believes that Haile Selassie
is the Second Coming of Christ? Is it Mormon-
ism in the US, Rastafari in Jamaica or the cargo
cults of the Pacific Islands?
It’s the Rastafari movement. Rastafari began
in Jamaica in the 1930s. The religion is based
on stories from the Old and New Testaments.
Rastafari sees Haile Selassie as the messiah who
will lead all the people in their area of African
origin back to Ethiopia, the original birthplace
of mankind. Ras Tafari is the combination of
Haile Selassie’s title and first name before he
became emperor.
See Spotlight 2/2016, pages 14–19
[6] Ethiopia, land of dreams
David: Now it’s time to look out over the green
and brown scrubland of the Tigray and feel the
cool breeze of the Ethiopian highlands on your
face. Join Spotlight correspondent Jim Eagles as
he visits this region of Ethiopia. As you listen to
an excerpt from the travelogue, try to answer
this question: Is the Tigray region in the north,
south, east or west of Ethiopia?
My lungs are sucking in the thin mountain air as
I fit my fingers into holds cut in the cliff face by
generations of Ethiopians who have climbed up
here to pray. I raise my right leg and try to find
a foothold — until the youngster who is help-
ing me takes hold of my shoe and pushes the
toe into the right place. One more effort and
I’m near the top. The arm of the old man who
is carrying my backpack with its heavy camera
equipment reaches over the brink, takes my
wrist and pulls me to safety.
Ark of the Covenant Bundeslade
brink Rand, Kante
cargo cult Cargo-Kult (eine millenaris­
tische politische religiöse
Bewegung aus Melanesien)
cliff face Klippenwand
Crucifixion Kreuzigung
defeat besiegen, schlagen
emperor Kaiser
excerpt (Text-)Auszug
famine Hungersnot
foothold Halt, fester Stand
Holy Grail Heiliger Gral
Holy Lance Heilige Lanze
landlocked landumschlossen
mankind  Menschengeschlecht,
Menschheit
pierce durchbohren
populous dicht besiedelt
retain bewahren
scrubland Buschland
Second Coming of Christ zweite Wiederkunft Christi
spear Speer
suck in einsaugen
supposedly angeblich
Ten Commandments Zehn Gebote
toe Zehe
travelogue  Reisebericht,
Reisebeschreibung
treasure Schatz
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“We’re here,” says our guide. “No more climb-
ing. That’s the church over there.”
Very happy to hear this, I look in the direction
he’s pointing and see, up against a cliff, the en-
trance to the ancient Mariam Korkor, the Church
of Mary. What really catches my attention from
here in the rocky Gheralta Mountains, though,
is the perspective of the spectacular landscape
far below. It has taken us two hours to climb
800 metres almost straight up from the high-
lands of the Tigray region in Ethiopia’s north to
the top of this escarpment, and the view from
here, at 2,400 metres, is fantastic. This is no
time for sightseeing, however. Our climb may
be over, but the final part of the journey still re-
quires concentration, since the track runs along
the edge of a cliff where a 400-metre fall is just
one wrongly placed footstep away.
Later, those members of our group who had
chosen not to make the climb reported what
they had heard from the bus driver: every year,
ten tourists die getting up to Mariam Korkor.
Maybe he was saying that just to make them
feel better about not going. But who knows?
Although I’m fit, by the time I’d climbed about a
third of the way to the top, I was working hard
to get enough oxygen into my lungs. The route,
which had begun with a climb up a river of big
rocks running down a steep part of the escarp-
ment, had my heart racing in terror.
Common sense triumphed in the end, though.
I handed my pack to the old man — who had
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followed me, hoping for just such a money-
making opportunity — and got his grandson as
a bonus. With their help, I made it past the river
of rocks, managed to walk up the dangerous
tracks and climbed the rocky steps to the top.
At Mariam Korkor, I am greeted by an aged
monk in yellow robes and a black hat who is
holding a carved wooden cross. He came here
as a seven-year-old novice and is now about 80.
When I ask who uses the church, our guide —
who owns the farm at the start of the climb —
explains that he and 300 fellow villagers climb
up every Sunday to attend Mass. The old monk
nods.
With a wave of his arm, he invites us into his
church. From the outside, it looks tiny, but
when we go through the small door, it is un-
expectedly large, with a huge nave cut directly
into the rock. There, by the light of candles and
the sun that shines through the door, the monk
shows us a holy book that looks centuries old as
well as wall paintings that are fading with age.
Ethiopia is famous for such rock-cut churches,
but — though Mariam Korkor has the best view
and scariest access of any I saw — the finest
examples are 400 kilometres further south in
the holy city of Lalibela in the Amhara region.
Legend says that King Lalibela had a vision in
which God asked him to build a new Jerusalem
for pilgrims, after the Muslim leader Saladin
had captured the old Jerusalem in 1187. Today,
the 11 churches he ordered to be cut into the
rock are Ethiopia’s main tourist attraction, of-
ten described as the eighth wonder of the an-
cient world.
Source: Spotlight 2/2016, pages 14–19
David: Were you able to answer the question?
Is the Tigray region in the north, south, east or
west of Ethiopia? It’s in the north of Ethiopia.
Everyday English
[7] Roses are red...
David: It’s that time of the year again, when
chocolate, flowers and gifts are exchanged
between loved ones. St Valentine’s Day takes
place on 14 February and is probably named
after a Christian priest put to death by the Ro-
mans in about the year 270. The legend says he
sent a letter to his jailer’s daughter, who he had
fallen in love with. The letter was signed “from
your Valentine”.
In our Everyday English section, we’re looking
at the words and phrases people use when
they talk about St Valentine’s Day. In our first
dialogue, Jeremy is home with his wife, Karen,
and teenage daughter, Evie, when the doorbell
rings.
attend Mass die Messe besuchen
capture erobern
carved geschnitzt
common sense gesunder Menschenverstand
escarpment Felswand, Steilhang
fade verblassen
jailer Gefängniswärter(in)
nave Kirchenschiff, Hauptschiff
novice Novize, Novizin
pilgrim Pilger(in)
robes Gewand
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Evie: I’ll get it!
Karen: Who could that be?
Jeremy: No idea. I’m not expecting anyone, are
you?
Karen: No. There’s a delivery van in front of the
house. Oh, maybe it’s those books I ordered.
That was fast.
Evie: Look, Mum! Flowers. For you!
Karen: For me? Who on earth would send me
flowers? Oh, red roses — they’re beautiful! Jer-
emy? Are these from you, you old charmer?
Jeremy: I’m afraid not. I sort of forgot about
Valentine’s Day. Is there a card?
Evie: Mum? Have you got a secret admirer?
Karen: That’s highly unlikely at my age. Are you
sure they’re not for you, Evie?
Evie: No. I just assumed they were for you,
Mum, because nobody’s going to send me
flowers, is he?
Jeremy: Why not? You never know.
Karen: Jeremy, it was you, wasn’t it? Come on,
own up, or I’m calling the florist’s.
Jeremy: No... oh, all right! It was me. But they
got the order wrong. They were supposed to
deliver two bouquets — one for each of you.
(doorbell rings)
Evie: I’ll get it.
Source: Spotlight 2/2016, pages 55–56

David: A “charmer” is a person who acts in a way

that makes them attractive to other people. An
“admirer”, on the other hand, is someone that
likes you and finds you attractive.
In the next dialogue, Jeremy, Karen and Evie
are still wondering who the flowers are for. A
“florist’s” is a shop that sells flowers and plants.

Evie: Ha! Maybe they’re for you, Dad. They’re

probably from that lady down the road who al-
ways flirts with you.
Karen: This is ridiculous. Isn’t there a name on
them?

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American Life
[8] How to make work a pleasure
David: What kind of working environment do
you have? Many people spend their working
lives sitting at a desk with a computer in front
of them. Our American Life columnist, Ginger
Kuenzel, however, has found a much better
place to write her articles.
As you listen, try to find a noun that describes a
telephone conversation in which three or more
people take part.
Some people dream of having a corner office.
Not me. I work from a cabin on a mountain
lake. It would be hard to beat my workspace.
My morning commute is from my kitchen to
my couch, coffee cup in hand. As I wait for my
laptop to start, my view is of the lake — and,
occasionally, a deer on the path out front.
Before you turn green with envy about this
comfortable work environment, however, I will
admit that there are some disadvantages. For
example, I can’t sit out on my deck during a
conference call. A motorboat racing by or birds
squawking overhead are a dead giveaway that
“someone” on the call is not sitting in a cubi-
cle like everyone else. I’ve also learned some
tricks: When people ask where I’m calling from,
I no longer say, “From the shores of beauti-
ful Lake George.” I now say “New York,” and
let them picture me sitting in a small office in
Manhattan.
Perhaps the most important thing I’ve learned,
though, is how to get out of those deadly con-
ference calls. It’s not that I have any problem
with working, but I want to do it in my own
time. And that’s not at 1 p.m. on a spectacular,
sunny day — which is when clients invariably
want to schedule such calls. I prefer to work
early in the morning or in the evening so that
I can get out and enjoy the day. After all, that’s
why I live here. But I’m not completely inflexi-
ble. On rainy days, I can make myself available
at any time.
What’s the trick, then, to getting clients to ac-
cept the fact that I’m not always available for a
call? I’ve developed a list of reasons to explain
assume annehmen, vermuten
cabin Hütte
commute Arbeitsweg, Pendlerstrecke
cubicle Zellenbüro
dead giveaway verräterisches Zeichen
deck Veranda
deer Rotwild
delivery van Lieferwagen
envy: turn green with ~ grün vor Neid werden
invariably ausnahmslos
noun Substantiv
out front draußen
ridiculous lächerlich
shore Ufer
squawk krächzen
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why they’ll have to reschedule the call or send David: Were you able to find a noun that de-
me an e-mail instead. But in case any of you scribes a telephone conversation in which
find yourselves in need of excuses — I mean three or more people take part? The answer is:
reasons, of course — I’m happy to share some a conference call.
with you for the new year.
If you’re planning a hike, your response to a re-
quest for a meeting could be, “Sorry, but I have Replay
another high-level meeting at that time.” If
you’ve been invited to go sailing, tell the client, [9] A look at recent news events
“I’ve got another commitment, but I should be
able to sail through that and be available later David: Coming up next is Replay, where we
in the afternoon.” When the forecast is for hot, look at a story in the news and practise the lan-
sunny weather, and you don’t feel like working guage you need to talk about it.
too hard that week, you can say, “I’m just trying
to keep my head above water, so I won’t be able Welcome to Replay, the listening exercise in
to take on that project at the moment.” which we look at a recent news story, its back-
Would you rather be out paddleboarding than ground and language. I’m Inez Sharp. In this
stuck on some call? Here’s what you can say: edition:
“I’ve got a lot to skim through this morning. Why the West cannot defeat Isis alone.
Can we hold the call later in the day?” Natu- Remember, if you don’t understand some-
rally, the client will have no idea that what you thing, you can always go back and listen to it
are skimming through is water. And if you just again.
want to hang out at the beach for the day, tak-
ing an occasional swim to cool off, you tell the
client, “I’m about to dive into something that
will probably take most of the day.”
So, now that you have all the right excuses, all
you need to do is find an employer who will let
you telecommute.
Source: Spotlight 2/2016, page 67

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[10] Defeating Isis
In a moment, you’ll hear part of an editorial from
The Guardian. The writers say how they believe
that the brutal jihadist movement known as Isis
can be defeated. Let’s start, though, by looking
at the background to this organization. It began
to take shape in the early 2000s, when a militant
extremist from Jordan, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,
created an arm of al-Qaeda in Iraq. The group’s
aim was to stop the US intervention in Iraq. After
al-Zarqawi was killed by US forces in 2006, the
group expanded to include other rebel groups
in Iraq, and began calling itself “Islamic State in
Iraq” (ISI). In 2010, an Iraqi, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,
became the new leader of ISI; soon, they were
also fighting to overthrow the government of
President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. In the spring
of 2013, Baghdadi brought together the ISI
groups in Syria and Iraq under the name “Islamic
State in Iraq and the Levant” (Isis). Beginning in
December 2013, Isis captured dozens of towns
in northern Iraq. In June 2014, the group re-
named itself “Islamic State”. Today, the terrorist
organization that has carried out attacks around
the world is referred to by both names: Isis or
Islamic State. Now you’ll hear the first excerpt
from The Guardian. Two useful verbs you might
like to know are to “pursue”, meaning to “follow
or chase something or somebody”; and to “stand
against something”, meaning to “oppose or re-
sist something, perhaps in a brave way”.
In April, carnage came to a university campus in
Kenya. In July, bombs poured blood on to the
streets of Jos in Nigeria. In November, there
had already been mass murder in Beirut, even
before it arrived in Paris. The disparate diners,
drinkers and dancers of the 10th and 11th ar-
rondissements were deemed to be targets sim-
ply because they were all pursuing happiness
in their own way. Violent jihadism can threat-
en any society on earth that stands against its
vision of a humourless, lifeless homogeneity,
capture fassen, ergreifen
carnage  Blutvergießen, Gemetzel,
Massaker
carry out ausführen
commitment Verpflichtung
deemed: be ~ to be sth. als etw. erachtet werden, als
etw. gelten
defeat besiegen, schlagen
diner Restaurantgast
disparate verschieden
editorial  redaktioneller Beitrag,
Leitartikel
excerpt (Text-)Auszug
high-level auf hoher Ebene, hochrangig
hike Wanderung
Levant Morgenland, vorderer Orient
overthrow umstürzen
paddleboarding Stand-up-Paddeln
pursue verfolgen, streben nach
skim through sth. etw. überfliegen, etw.
durchgehen
telecommute Telearbeit machen
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where unbending obedience is continually en-
forced by the sword.
Source: © Guardian News & Media 2015
In the excerpt that you just heard, The Guardian
referred to the many people — non-Muslims
and Muslims — who have been killed or injured
by Isis attacks simply because they were living
their lives in a way that the jihadists found im-
moral. This makes Isis dangerous — not just for
the West, but also for governments around the
world, says The Guardian. In the next excerpt,
we’ll find out why Isis is a threat that cannot be
ignored. Before you listen, here are two words
that are useful to know: when something is “ur-
gent”, it needs to be taken care of very quickly;
a “catalogue” in this context is a list.
The whole world has an interest in seeing off
this ideology, which creates a particular shared
interest, too, in seeing Islamic State collapse.
By holding substantial territory in Iraq and
Syria, Isis not only inspires ideologues... It also
provides a training ground where wide-eyed
youngsters can go to become battle-hardened
soldiers; it is a real place ... where logistics and
bomb-making can be learned as practical skills.
The “destruction” of Isis, of which President
Hollande spoke..., is thus a legitimate and ur-
gent objective. The doubt concerns whether
Paris — or for that matter Washington or Lon-
don — has the means to accomplish this aim
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without creating anew the conditions in which
Isis was incubated. Given the catalogue of failed
western interventions during this young centu-
ry — from Afghanistan to Iraq and on to Libya
— it is hard to have any confidence here. ...
Source: © Guardian News & Media 2015
Next, in the final excerpt, The Guardian discuss-
es why action should be taken against Islamic
State soon. The editorial describes Isis as a class
apart, meaning not comparable to other terror-
ist organizations. It also says that a UN-backed
process may have a chance of success. If we
add the suffix “-backed” on to a word, we mean
“supported by”.
Yet there are strategic and moral costs to inac-
tion too. Every possible means to tighten the
existing oil and trade embargoes on Isis must
be deployed. Bankrupting this ... force ... is a
necessary start. In the aftermath of Paris, there
is rare unanimity that Isis stands in a class apart
from other adversaries. This might create an
opening for UN-sanctioned action. The diffi-
culties are legion... But a UN-backed process ...
would be more likely to defeat Isis without rec-
reating the familiar problems of recent western
intervention.
In Isis, the world faces a common enemy. It will
not be beaten without common resolve.
Source: © Guardian News & Media 2015
[11] Words and phrases
Let’s see if you can remember the meanings
of some words and phrases from the text. I’m
going to give you a definition. Do you know the
word that fits this definition? Ready?
•W
 hich verb describes to “follow or chase
something or someone”? to pursue
•  hich multi-word verb means to “oppose or
W and CBS News.
resist something bravely”? to stand against
•  his noun can be used to mean a “list”. cat-
T
alogue
•  his phrase describes a situation that is un-
T
like any other. a class apart
•  his suffix is added to a word to mean “sup-
T
ported by”. -backed.
With that, we end Replay for this month. We
hope you’ve found our explanations useful. Till
next month: goodbye.
Language
[12] 10 tips for your English week
David: Learning a language successfully takes
time and commitment. Luckily, there are things
you can easily fit into your weekly schedule that
will help you to learn quickly. They won’t take
much time but will still help improve your lan-
guage skills. So here we go with Spotlight Au-
dio’s top 10 tips for your English week.
Number one: If you go online to read news re-
ports, try reading a few articles in English, too.
You can easily look up difficult words in online
dictionaries like LEO.org For British English,
try the BBC News and Guardian websites. For
American English, try Voice of America, CNN
accomplish erreichen, schaffen
adversary Gegner(in), Widersacher(in)
battle-hardened kampferfahren
commitment Einsatz
common resolve gemeinsame Entschlossenheit
deploy anwenden, einsetzen
enforce sth. etw. durchsetzen, etw.
erzwingen
for that matter was das betrifft
ideologue Ideologe, Ideologin
legion zahlreich
see sth. off etw. verabschieden
substantial bedeutend, beträchtlich
sword Schwert, Säbel
thus demzufolge, folglich
unanimity Einvernehmen
unbending obedience unbedingter Gehorsam
unlike anders als
wide-eyed naiv
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Number two: You know all that planning, day-
dreaming and commenting you do in your
head? Try doing it in English. At the start, it’s
a challenge. You won’t be anywhere near as
fast as in German, and it’s tiring. But keep wor-
king at it, and you’ll soon see an improvement.
That’s because we often plan, daydream and
comment on the same things over and over
again. When you run into a difficult word, ex-
pression or sentence structure, make a note of
it and look it up when you have time.
Number three: Do you watch films and TV se-
ries on DVD or Blu-ray? If what you’re watching
has an English-language option, turn it on. If
the accents are too strong or the characters
use a lot of slang, use the subtitles, as well.
Replay any section you’re having trouble with.
With practice, you’ll be able to train yourself to
understand the most exotic accents — even
Texan!
Number four: Is there a book you love and
are thinking of rereading? Maybe it’s available
in English. You know the story already, so this
time, you can concentrate on the different
language. You may even get a completely new
insight into the story. What’s certain is you’ll
learn a huge amount of English. This works just
as well with audiobooks.
Number five: Almost every phone nowadays
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has a recording function. Use it to record your-
self speaking, having a conversation or reading
a text in English. How do you sound compared
to a native speaker? Think about ways you can
work on your pronunciation and intonation.
Number six: To improve your writing skills, keep
a diary or blog. Or what about Twitter? You’ll
soon be working out the best ways to express
yourself. Try to write at least one entry a week.
Number seven: So you’re writing a blog, but
you hate making mistakes. Who can correct
you? Native speakers, of course! Language ex-
change websites like lang-8.com allow language
learners from around the world to help each
other with writing. For instance, you might
correct an Irish person who’s learning German,
while a Canadian corrects your English. lang-8.
com also has an app for iPhone users called HI-
Native.
Number eight: Perhaps you’re doing some
housework or sitting on a bus or train. Those
are perfect opportunities to go online and lis-
ten to talk radio... in English, of course. Wheth-
er you understand a little or a lot, repeated
exposure to native speech will greatly improve
your listening skills. You’ll also learn about sen-
tence construction and pronunciation. Try the
excellent BBC Radio 4, RTE Radio 1 from Ireland
or NPR from the US.
Number nine: Have you ever played video
games? Role-playing games (RPGs), in particu-
lar, are surprisingly good for practising read-
ing, listening and even speaking skills. RPGs
are usually set in a fantasy world and involve a
lot of dialogue. The quality nowadays is really
high, the stories are well-written and famous
actors sometimes voice the characters. Many
RPGs also give you the opportunity to take part
in huge communities of online players. Com-
munication can be typed on screen or spoken
through a headset.
Number ten: Is any of the music you listen to
sung in English? Why not look at the lyrics or
even try to learn them? It’s great practice for
rhythm and intonation. Of course, the better
the quality of the English original, the higher
the learning potential. There are also websites
like lyricstraining.com where you can test your
listening skills by listening to songs and then
typing out the lyrics. The more words you get
correct, the more of the song you hear.
See Spotlight 2/2016, pages 30–35
English at Work
[13] Small-talk skills
David: Each month, business communications
expert Ken Taylor joins us in the studio with tips
on using English at work. This month, he gives
tips on how to improve your small-talk skills.
Ken: Hello. This is Ken Taylor from London.
How good is your small talk in English? Many of
us have problems with social conversation. We
know the words and expressions to do with our
work but stumble when it comes to creating a
good atmosphere through small talk.
But if you listen carefully, your business partner
will often leave clues as to their interests. You
can then follow up these clues with questions
and inputs of your own.
Listen to this short social conversation between
Mike and June over a cup of coffee before the
meeting starts. They share experiences by vol-
unteering information about themselves, lis-
tening to what each other is saying and by ask-
ing questions based on the information they’ve
been given.
anywhere: not ~ near nicht annähernd
clue Hinweis
exposure hier: Kontakt, Umgang
lyrics Songtext
stumble stolpern, stammeln
subtitle Untertitel
tiring ermüdend
volunteer  hier: von sich aus sagen,
freiwillig anbieten
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Mike: How was your trip over? No hold-ups?
June: No. Not like last time. Do you remember?
I was three hours late because of flight delays.
Mike: Same thing happened to me on my last
holiday.
June: Did it? Where did you go?
Mike: I took my two boys to Barcelona for a few
days.
June: Any particular reason?
Mike: The boys are big football fans. And their
hero is Lionel Messi.
June: He’s one of the few footballers I’ve heard
of. How old are your boys now?
Mike: Thirteen and eleven. You’ve got a small
daughter, haven’t you?
June: Yes, Elizabeth is three now. Luckily, my
mum and dad are retired and live nearby, so
they pick her up from kindergarten each day.
Mike: That’s good. Our parents don’t live so
close. So they don’t see their grandchildren so
often.
Ken: Did you hear how they both took an active
part in the conversation?
Now you try.
In this exercise, you’ll hear Mike make a state-
ment.
In the pause, ask him a follow-up question.
Then you’ll hear a model response from June.
Don’t worry if your question is not the same as
hers. The important thing is to keep the con-
versation moving along. Ready?
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Mike: I’ve just been away on holiday.
June: Where did you go?
Mike: I took my two boys to Barcelona for a few
days.
June: Any particular reason?
Mike: The boys are big football fans.
June: How old are your boys now?
Mike: Eleven and thirteen. They’re away at my
parents’ at the moment.
June: Where do they live?
Mike: The US. Our family is American.
June: Which part of the US are you from?
Mike: Massachusetts. But my parents now live
in Florida.
June: Do you have the chance to see them very
often?
Mike: Oh, yes. They’re retired and come over
quite often. They love the chance to go to the
theatre in the West End.
June: Do you like the theatre, too?
Mike: I’m more a sports enthusiast myself.
June: Are you a football fan like your boys?
Mike: I like all sports — but especially football
and basketball.
Ken: Well done. This conversation could have
continued for hours!
If you just ask some questions and listen care-
fully to the answers before asking the next
question, you can learn a lot about your busi-
ness partners.
But don’t forget to offer some information
about yourself, too. Social conversation is a
two-way exchange.
David: If you have a question for Ken, send it
by e-mail to language@spotlight-verlag.de
If Ken chooses your question to print in Spot-
light magazine, you’ll receive a free copy of his
book, Dear Ken... 101 answers to your questions
about business English.
See Spotlight 2/2016, page 59
Peggy’s Place
[14] Dinner for three
David: Romance is in the air at Spotlight’s very
own London pub, Peggy’s Place. Peggy’s hus-
band, Phil, has received an interesting Val-
entine’s Day card, but who’s it from?
Helen: What made you do that?
Peggy: I don’t know. I suppose I was feeling
sentimental.
Helen: Will Phil appreciate it?
Peggy: I certainly hope so. Those things are re-
ally pricey.
Helen: I wouldn’t know. It’s not my thing.
Peggy: Don’t spoil it for me.
Sean: What’s Helen spoiling?
Peggy: Nothing. Just a gesture...
Sean: Come on, Peggy! Tell me your little se-
cret.
Peggy: No!
Sean: Please, pretty please!
Peggy: OK, OK. I sent Phil a Valentine’s card.
Sean: Oh, is that all? That’s no secret.
Peggy: Did you know about this? Did Jane tell
you?
Sean: No. I saw Phil earlier. He told me. He was
so chuffed.
Peggy: Really?
Helen: That’s sweet. Did he know who it was
from?
appreciate würdigen, schätzen
chuffed UK ifml. froh, sehr zufrieden
copy Exemplar
gesture Geste
pretty please bitte, bitte!
pricey ifml. kostspielig
spoil verderben
suppose annehmen, vermuten
21
Sean: No, but he was making a list of possible
candidates.
Peggy: What? Doesn’t he know the card’s from
me?
Helen: I thought the point was that it was anon-
ymous.
Peggy: But I put in loads of clever things that
only the two of us would understand.
Sean: Too clever for Phil, obviously.
Helen: Hi, Phil! How are you today?
Phil: Pretty good.
Helen: Let me guess: you got a Valentine’s card,
didn’t you?
Phil: I certainly did.
Sean: So any idea who the sender was?
Phil: I’m almost certain it was a lady who is very
close to my heart.
Helen: So?
Phil: I’m not saying, but I can tell you that the
card was very racy.
Peggy: Racy, huh?
Phil: Yes. Sometimes you think you know
someone; and then suddenly, out of the blue:
bam! They really surprise you.
Peggy: How exactly would you define racy,
Phil?
Jane: Hi, Mum!
Peggy: Hi, Jane! I wasn’t expecting you.
Jane: Mum, I need to talk to you. Do you have
a moment?
Peggy: Right now? What’s it about?
Jane: Let’s just say it’s about romance, but it’s
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sort of secret.
Sean: Ooh! Another secret! I love secrets.
Helen: Come on! You can share it with us. Did
you get a Valentine’s card, too?
Jane: All right. If we’re playing a guessing
game, you’re getting warmer.
Phil: You got two Valentine’s cards?
Jane: No, but maybe this little cupid forgot to
post the one she was given.
Helen: Spoiler alert!
Peggy: What! You didn’t post the card I gave
you for Phil?
Jane: I’m so sorry, Mum!
Phil: So the card isn’t from you?
Peggy: Er... no.
Phil: And the invitation to a saucy rendezvous?
Peggy: Show us the card.
Sean: Hmm! I see lots of clues. Look! There’s a
German flag in the corner of that heart, and it’s
signed Agleh.
Helen: Agleh? Agleh?
Sean: That’s Helga written backwards.
Helen: There’s only one thing for it: Phil will
have to go to this saucy rendezvous, won’t he?
Peggy: Yes. It’s going to be a very saucy rendez-
vous — for three.
Source: Spotlight 2/2016, page 58
Spoken English
[15] Up and down
David: In Spoken English, we’re looking at
ways of using the words “up” and “down”. Peo-
ple sometimes use “up” and “down” to refer to
movement towards the north and south. For
example:
“We live in Dublin, but we’re thinking of going
up to Belfast for a short break next weekend.”
Now use either “up” or “down” to complete the
following sentences.
“Working in Edinburgh is great, but I still like
to go ______ to London sometimes to see my
friends.”
“Working in Edinburgh is great, but I still like
to go down to London sometimes to see my
friends.”
“Our flight lands in Los Angeles on Thursday,
and then we’re driving ______ to San Francisco
on Saturday.”
“Our flight lands in Los Angeles on Thursday,
and then we’re driving up to San Francisco on
Saturday.”
And what happens if the place you’re travelling
to is on a similar line of latitude? You can use
“across” or “over”. For example:
“The next time you’re in Ottawa, why don’t you
come over to Montreal and pay me a visit?”
Incidentally, “up” and “down” can also be used
to refer to movement towards places of greater
or lesser importance. For example:
“The knight rode up to the castle gate.”
Or:
“She ran out of the house and down the gar-
den.” In this case, the house is seen as more
important than the garden.

Try these sentences using “up” and “down” to
refer to movement towards places of greater or
lesser importance.
about: What’s it ~? Worum geht’s?
clue Hinweis, Anhaltspunkt
cupid Amor, Cupido
guessing game Ratespiel
incidentally übrigens, nebenbei bemerkt
knight Ritter
line of latitude Breitengrad
loads of massenhaft
out of the blue ifml. 
aus heiterem Himmel
pretty ifml. hier: ziemlich
racy feurig, gewagt
saucy UK ifml. anzüglich, gewagt
spoiler alert Spielverderberalarm
23
“The teacher called the schoolboy ______ to his
desk.”
“The teacher called the schoolboy up to his
desk.”
“This city life is so stressful. Why don’t we go
______ to the country for a few days?”
“This city life is so stressful. Why don’t we go
down to the country for a few days?”
Well done if you got those correct. For more
ways of using the word “up”, turn to page 60 of
the February issue of Spotlight.
See Spotlight 2/2016, page 60
Short Story
[16] Olivia’s piano
David: We hope you’ve enjoyed the last hour
with us. To finish up, let’s listen to a short story
from author John Bell Smithback. In “Olivia’s pi-
ano”, a young man moves to a new neighbour-
hood and is introduced to a world of music by
the girl next door.
Olivia lived with her mother on one side of
us, and on the other side was a big house
that seemed to have a piano in every room.
We’d moved in only recently, and I was feeling
completely uprooted. Then the music began,
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and that’s how I met Olivia. She tapped on
the screen door and asked if she could sit on
our back steps to be closer to the music. Then
she said, “You know who that is playing, don’t
you?” I didn’t know.
She told me his name, and I was so surprised
I almost knocked over my glass of lemonade.
“Really? He’s on television!” I exclaimed.
“Everyone in the world knows him.”
She nodded. “It’s his mother’s house. He comes
to play for her.”
Almost every afternoon, Olivia would sit with
me on the back steps to listen to that famous
man. He often performed on different pianos,
the classics on a loud one in the front room,
and jazz and modern pieces on a piano at the
back of the house. When he felt in the mood to
play light music, he went upstairs.
“Pianos are like violins. Each one makes its own
music,” Olivia informed me. “The loud one in
the front room is probably a Steinway. He plays
Beethoven and Bach on that. The one for Schu-
bert and Chopin is probably a Baldwin. And that
one now, the one he’s playing upstairs, I think
maybe that’s a Yamaha. He plays music from
the movies on that one.”
“Do you suppose there’s a candelabra on all of
them?” I asked.
She smiled and closed her eyes. Ever so softly
she began singing along to “Moon River.”
“Do you play the piano?” I asked.
“In a way. But on mine, all you hear is ‘plink,
plink, plink.’ I play at it, not on it — mostly to
make my mother happy. She’s got Hunting-
ton’s.”
“I’m sorry,” I said, and with no more music com-
ing from the house, Olivia stood up and went
home.
When summer came to an end, so did our con-
certs. The famous pianist returned to Holly-
wood, and I went away to college. I was so busy
studying that I didn’t have any time to reflect
on those musical afternoons until, just after
Christmas, a letter came from Olivia telling me
that her mother had died. “She’s at peace now,”
she said, “and when spring comes, I’ll give her
a concert.”
I sent a card of condolence, returned to my
books, and waited for the ice to melt and the
days to get warm again. Then it was spring, and
I’d hardly been back in the house for an hour,
my suitcase sitting on my bed unpacked, when
I heard the familiar knock on the back door.
“I know you’ve got a million things to do,” she
said, “but will you come with me to a concert
tonight?”
“Sure. When?”
“Sometime after ten.”
It wasn’t all that warm when I walked next door
to meet her. She came down her front walk car-
rying a long suitcase and smiled.
“Where are we going?”
“Just follow me,” she said, and she handed me
the suitcase to carry. It wasn’t exactly light.
Olivia talked a little about her mother, and how
she had encouraged her to play the piano since
she was five. When the famous piano player
wasn’t in the neighborhood to serenade them,
Olivia amused her mother by playing herself.
“Our piano was out of tune, but so was I. Moth-
er didn’t care. I don’t think she noticed.” She
stopped. “We’re here,” she said.
We were standing at the front gate of the mu-
nicipal cemetery, a place surrounded by a tall,
wrought-iron fence. It was as dark as pitch, and
the gate was locked.
“Hand this to me when I get to the top,” she
said, pointing to the suitcase, and like a mon-
key, she began to climb up the gate.
I held the case up to her and climbed up to join
her. We repeated the exercise going down the
other side.
“You’ve been here before?” I asked, but she
didn’t answer me.
We walked down one path after another, and
then up a grassy knoll and stopped. “Here,” she
said. “Take a seat.”
candelabra Kandelaber, Armleuchter
exclaim ausrufen
grassy knoll Grashügel
municipal cemetery städtischer Friedhof
out of tune verstimmt
pitch Pech
suppose vermuten, annehmen
uprooted entwurzelt
wrought-iron fence schmiedeeiserner Zaun
25
I sat on a granite gravestone and watched as
she opened a couple of latches on the suitcase.
She held it out and began to shake it. Bending
down, she made adjustments of some kind,
then stood back. “I found it at a pawnshop, a
portable organ,” she exclaimed. She leaned
over the keyboard, her feet pumping a mile
a minute on the bellows, her fingers pulling
out stops. In the cold darkness, the cemetery
was filled with the sounds of Bach. The mu-
sic bounced off the gravestones. Then she
changed the tempo and began to play music
from Jesus Christ Superstar.
The cemetery was in the middle of town. There
were houses on the other side of the fence,
and as I listened to Olivia, lights went on in the
windows around us. Undisturbed, she went
right on playing.
“We’re waking people up,” I said.
“I know,” she laughed. “They probably think the
ghosts are having a party.”
At that moment, a spotlight began to flash
around from outside the gate. “I think it’s the
police,” I said.
The light came closer, and Olivia stopped play-
ing. “Do you believe in ghosts?” she asked.
“My aunt does,” I answered.
She seemed to accept my answer. “I do,” she
said and folded the organ back into its case
again. We sat in silence, watching the lighted
windows go dark one by one. Looking down,
the name on the gravestone could be clearly
26
seen. Out of curiosity, I asked Olivia what her
family name was.
“I’m Olivia d’Orcaby,” she answered, and d’Or-
caby was the name engraved on the stone I’d
been sitting on.
She leaned close, a smile on her face. “Thank
you,” she said. “I think you and I have made my
mother really happy tonight, don’t you?”
Source: Spotlight 2/2016, pages 46–47
Conclusion
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Erin Perry (People, American Life, Language)
Inez Sharp (Replay, English at Work, Peggy’s Place)
Ken Taylor (English at Work)
Interviews:
John Stanley (A Day in My Life)
Tonstudio: Cebra Studio, Gröbenzell
Titel: Corbis

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Contents 2 2016

1. Introduction 1:27 Language

People
2. Who exactly is... Chris Rock? 2:37
A Day in My Life
3. Michael Tangney Junior of Killarney
Jaunting Cars 3:54
Britain Today
4. A cold welcome 5:33
Travel
5. Uncovering Ethiopia 3:36
6. Ethiopia, land of dreams 4:52
Everyday English
7. Roses are red... 2:44
American Life
8. How to make work a pleasure 4:24
Replay: Recent news events
9. Introduction 0:54
10. Defeating Isis 5:27
11. Words and phrases 1:30
12. 10 tips for your English week 5:25
English at Work
13. Small-talk skills 5:22
Peggy’s Place
14. Dinner for three 3:53
Spoken English
15. Up and down 2:45
Short Story
16. Olivia’s piano 7:24
17. Conclusion 0:32
Total playing time 62:26

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