Weblinks

Visit these websites to practise your reading and learn more about some of the topics in New English File Upper-intermediate.


1A – Read some more interviews from The Guardian's Q&A series. Which of the people do you find most interesting?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/dec/23/spaceexploration.weekendmagazine
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2007/feb/03/weekend7.weekend
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1321786,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2005/apr/16/weekend7.weekend

1B – Find out more about handwriting analysis. Is any of the writing like yours?
http://www.britishgraphology.org/analyses.htm

1C – Do a first aid quiz. Would you know what to do in a crisis?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/first_aid/skills_test/index.shtml


2A – Read different people’s opinions on what to wear for an interview. Which piece of advice do you agree with most strongly?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/1502404.stm

2B – Read 20 tips for a better flight. Do you agree with the advice?
http://www.epinions.com/trvl-review-5AAC-1893B8EF-39D8F8D5-prod3

2C – Read some more mini-sagas and learn some tips on how to write your own.
http://www.squidoo.com/minisaga


3A – Read about how to avoid being a victim of crime. Does the text contain useful advice?
http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/personalsafety.htm

3B – Find out more about tropical cyclones, tsunamis, tornadoes, thunderstorms, droughts, and blizzards.
What is the most surprising fact that you have found?

3C – Are you a risk taker? Take this quiz to find out.
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/A/alive/quiz.html


4A – How much do you know about survival in the wilderness? Read this and find out.
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/survival/basic.htm

4B – What's your arguing style? Which description fits you best?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/relationships/couples/comm_conflictstyle.shtml

4C – Do a 'smile quiz'. Can you tell when a smile is true or false?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/


5A – Read about a music psychology research experiment. What do you think of the conclusions?
http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/03/seven-ways-music-influences-mood.php

5B – Find out more facts about sleep. Did you find out anything you didn’t know?
http://www.horlicks.co.uk/sleep-better/sleep-facts.aspx

5C – Read about the media habits of young people in the UK. Do the facts surprise you?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/16/television.socialnetworking


6A – Read some famous speeches of the 20th century. Have you heard or read any of them before?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/greatspeeches

6B – Find out what happened to the young people who appeared in Amish in the City.
http://www.newline.com/amishinthecity/where.html

6C – Read about some modern inventions and their inventors. Which story is the most interesting?
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/iap/inventors_main.html


7A – Read the opinions of older people about modern life. Do you agree?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3706800.stm

7B – Read the results of a survey and find out how honest the British really are.
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=104173

7C – Find out about more words that have come into English from different languages. How many of the words do you know?
http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/changlang/activities/lang/twentieth/loanwords.html

 
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