English for Weekend
WEEK #15, launched 8th April 2015
TOP NEWS
Václav Havel’s office
A virtual tour of the Prague office that the late former Czech president Václav Havel used
after his departure from the post will be available from April. The virtual entry into the first
room is free, while the tour of the rest of the office is charged at 80 crowns or 2.99 euros.
The money will be used to finance further development of the Foundation Vision 97.
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available
\eˈvejlebl\
dostupný
charged
\ˈčárdžd\
účtovaný, zpoplatněný
development
\dyˈvelopment\
rozvoj, vývoj
1. SPORT
Mercedes has a new defensive strategy
Mercedes expects to bring forward some of its 2015 Formula 1 development programme to
fend off the emerging threat from Ferrari. Just two weeks after Mercedes won the Australian
Grand Prix, the champion team was defeated by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. The result followed
a substantial reorganisation of Ferrari's F1 programme.
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bring forward
\bring ˈfórward\
předvést, předložit
emerging
\iˈmérdžin\
vnikající
substantial
\sabˈstenšl\
podstatný
© Q-LiFE Agency s.r.o., written by Tereza Koubková, inspired by Tomáš Kocman
2. POLITICS
Wife of Petr Nečas charged with tax evasion
The Czech State Attorney's Office in Olomouc launched in mid-March criminal proceedings
against Jana Nečasová over her failure to pay more than 700 thousand crowns in gift tax. She
may be sentenced up to ten years in prison. According to her file, she did not pay a gift tax in
29 cases, in which she received gifts worth approximately 9 million crowns.
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proceedings
\proˈsídingz\
soudní řízení
gift tax
\gift taks\
darovací daň
sentenced
\ˈsentensd\
odsouzena
3. TECHNOLOGY
A mailbox in your head
As internet connections become faster and more of the devices we carry help keep us online,
it can sometimes feel like we’re on the verge of spontaneous email communication. Not long
ago we routinely waited days or weeks for a letter – today even waiting hours for a reply can
feel like an eternity. Perhaps the ultimate way to speed up online communication would be
to push towards direct brain-to-brain communication over the web.
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devices
\dyˈvájsiz\
zařízení
ultimate
\ˈaltymet\
konečný, definitivní
eternity
\iˈtérnyty\
věčnost
© Q-LiFE Agency s.r.o., written by Tereza Koubková, inspired by Tomáš Kocman