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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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VÝSLOVNOST
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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