THAT'S ENGLISH - LEVEL 3

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Improve Your English Quickly and Easily! Suggestions for Using the Podcasts

1 Listen to the podcast without reading the text.

2 Listen to the podcast for a second time and quickly write a few notes about what you hear.

3 Read the text with the podcast as you listen for the third time.

4 Read aloud with the podcast.

5 Try to explain what you have heard in your own words.

Word of the Day

Play deplete discuss
Definition:	(verb) Use up (resources or materials).
Synonyms:	wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume
Usage:	We must limit our use of substances that deplete the ozone layer or we will do irreparable harm to our planet.

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This Day in History

Christopher Reeve Is Paralyzed (1995)

Having starred in four Superman movies beginning in 1978, Reeve was an immensely popular actor by the 1990s. He was also an avid athlete and equestrian. During an event in 1995, his horse spooked before a jump, throwing Reeve. He landed on his head and was paralyzed from the neck down. He briefly considered suicide, but instead spent the rest of his life campaigning for spinal injury research. His friend Robin Williams was the first person to make Reeve laugh after the accident. How? More... Discuss

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Today's Birthday

Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794)

Cornelius was the patriarch of the famous Vanderbilt family. As a youth, he ferried freight and passengers in New York Harbor. As an adult, he gained control of most of the ferry lines around New York City and quickly expanded up and down the coast. He had similar success in the railroad business and died with an estate worth more than $100 million, the largest personal fortune accumulated in the US to that date. Why did Vanderbilt, who had 13 children, leave nearly everything to just one son? More... Discuss

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Quote of the Day

As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900) Discuss

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