BECAUSE READING IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
Week 46 2016
WORLD NEWS
Iraq Nimrud: Inside ancient city reduced to rubble
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38000153
FRANCE
Part of an Eiffel Tower staircase up for auction (video with English subtitles)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38007867
Macron joins presidential race to ‘unblock France’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37994372
Sting tribute for Bataclan victims (in French)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37965242
Marine Le Pen: Trump win boosts my chances (You’ll have been warned)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37964776
UK, USA & Canada
The Trump resistance movement builds
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38005262
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
French confectioners battle Chinese firm over Calissons d’Aix
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38005875
Obama defends globalisation on Germany visit
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38006937
Culture shocks for Chinese ex-pats working in the West
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161115-the-weird-world-of-the-western-workplace
Oil industry faces boom-and-bust, warns IEA energy group
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38000177
What the state of your desk says about you
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161108-what-the-state-of-your-desk-says-about-you
HEALTH
We’ve got human intelligence all wrong (We are only different from animals in one crucial respect)
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161108-weve-got-human-intelligence-all-wrong
Stress ‘changes brains of boys and girls differently’
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37936514
Why does this woman think she is ugly? (She has BDD, of course!)
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37923088
QUIZ
Can you spot the fake stories? (my score: 2/7)
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38005844
OTHER SITES
The Independent: Nine times Donald Trump has already betrayed the US voters who put their faith in him
EDUCATION & FAMILY
Online bullying counselling on increase, says Childline
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37970725
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Five of Attenborough’s greatest moments
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161115-five-of-attenboroughs-greatest-moments
Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37997864
20 world-changing ideas to make tomorrow better
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161113-20-world-changing-ideas-to-make-tomorrow-better
CULTURE (including LANGUAGE)
Pidgin – West African lingua franca
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38000387
Entertainment Week in Pictures: 6-12 November
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37929076
Tongue twisters to get you tongue tied (What the French for “tongue-twister”?)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-37952197
TRAVEL
Why is airline food so bad?
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20161115-why-is-airline-food-so-bad