Europe's deep freeze

Here is a link to a video about the weather in Europe:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34795620#34795620http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34795620#34795620
Watch it and answer the following questions:

1. What are some of the consequences of heavy snow?
2. What are British winters usually like?
3. What's the temperature in Norway?
4. What are these Dutch skaters doing?
5. What about Paris? How do people feel about the city being covered in snow?
6. What are some of the problems in Germany?
7. Is the weather going to change?

Crime Vocabulary

Here is a podcast from the BBC that will help you review crime vocabulary. Listen to it and do the different tasks.


Prison restaurant.mp3

Listening Practice

Here are some webpages to practice your listening skills for the final exam. These are mainly news pages with very short news items:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/news_summary/8070822.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/

Some American English, might come in handy, as well; Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab has lots of stuff:

http://www.esl-lab.com/

And for some practice with advertisements, check out this webpage:

http://www.advertisementave.com/