Daily bread 02/16/2018

• BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / Transport of the future

  • Transport of the future

  • Since the days of the horse and cart, the way we travel has been developing and improving with a desire to move faster. One new idea – called Hyperloop One - is to travel at high speed in a pod through a metal tube. But will it catch on?

     

    Rob and Neil discuss the future of transport and explain some useful items on vocabulary on the journey.

     

    This week's question:

     

    According to the Guinness World Records, in which country has the fastest ever speed of a train been recorded? Is it…

     

    a) China

     

    b) Japan

     

    c) France
    
    Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

  • commonplace
  • automation
  • prototype
  • far-fetched
    
  • maglev
  • vacuum

• Latin American Herald Tribune - Liverpool Thrashes Porto 5-0 in Champions League

  • powered
  • hope for a miracle
  • the return fixture
  • on the shelf
  • deflected off
  • grazing the cross-bar.
  • as the minutes passed
  • breakthrough
  • demoralized hosts
  • conceded a second goal
  • pounced on a loose ball
  • shook off a defender
  • to pull one back
  • the dying seconds
  • knock in the rebound
  • bitter memories
  • kept their feet firmly on the accelerator
  • exploited a giveaway
  • all but guarantees
  • a berth in

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