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. (Read more) ANGLICKY VÝSLOVNOST ČESKY 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. (Read more) ANGLICKY VÝSLOVNOST ČESKY 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. (Read more) ANGLICKY VÝSLOVNOST ČESKY 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. (Read more) ANGLICKY VÝSLOVNOST ČESKY devices \dyˈvájsiz\ zařízení ultimate \ˈaltymet\ konečný, definitivní eternity \iˈtérnyty\ věčnost © Q-LiFE Agency s.r.o., written by Tereza Koubková, inspired by Tomáš Kocman
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