English for Weekend WEEK #15, launched 8th April 2015 TOP NEWS Václav Havel’s office Do you want to see Václav Havel’s office? You can watch it on the internet. The first room is for free. But if you want to see more, you have to pay 80 crowns. The money goes to Václav and Dagmar Havel Foundation Vision 97. (Read more) ANGLICKY VÝSLOVNOST ČESKY office \ˈofis\ kancelář for free \for frí\ zdarma foundation \faunˈdejšn\ nadace 1. SPORT Mercedes needs a new strategy Mercedes has a new programme. They boasted that they are going to “win the whole season”. But two weeks later Vettel defeated all their drivers. They plan to put few new things on the car. (Read more) ANGLICKY VÝSLOVNOST ČESKY boasted \ˈboustyd\ chlubili se defeated \dyˈfítyd\ porazil drivers \ˈdrajvrz\ jezdci, řidiči © Q-LiFE Agency s.r.o., written by Tereza Koubková, audio by Adéla Pracná, inspired by Tomáš Kocman 2. POLITICS Wife of Petr Nečas goes to court A court investigates Jana Nečasová. She got gifts for more than 9 million crowns. But she didn’t pay gift tax. If the court says it’s true, she will go to prison. (Read more) ANGLICKY VÝSLOVNOST ČESKY investigates \inˈvestygejts\ vyšetřuje gift tax \gift taks\ darovací daň prison \ˈprizn\ vězení 3. TECHNOLOGY A mailbox in your head The internet helps people to communicate faster. In the past we waited days or weeks for a letter. Today we don’t want to wait that long. In the future we could have a mailbox in our head. We could write and send messages in our brain. (Read more) ANGLICKY VÝSLOVNOST ČESKY communicate \ˈkomjunykejt\ komunikovat waited \ˈwejtyd\ čekali future \ˈfjůčr\ budoucnost © Q-LiFE Agency s.r.o., written by Tereza Koubková, audio by Adéla Pracná, inspired by Tomáš Kocman
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