News Round Up # 386
From building bridges, to speeding. News Roundup number 386.
English in Use – Night Mayor before Xmas
Newspaper headlines explained
English In Use – ‘Hasta La Vista, PPI’
A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it’s all perfectly clear to the native speaker. ‘Hasta La Vista, Baby’ is an iconic catchphrase from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s title character in the 1991 sci-fi film Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The […]
English In Use – ‘The Spies Who Bug Me’
A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it’s all perfectly clear to the native speaker. Donald Trump’s lambasting of his country’s intelligence services for allegedly leaking material produced a headline of ‘The Spies Who Bug Me’ in The […]
English In Use – ‘Royal Fail’
A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it’s all perfectly clear to the native speaker.