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Why Employees At Apple And Google Are More Productive

★★★★, Business, Weekly_ArticleMarch 14, 2017

Direction: After a short greeting, read the following article out loud with your tutor. Go over highlighted vocab/expression to make sure you understand everything. [Business ★★★★] Why Employees At Apple And Google Are More Productive PHOTO: FLICKR USER ROGER SCHULTZ (P1) Companies …

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Weekly_ArticleJanuary 5, 2017

[People ★] Prince Harry in Africa [World News ★] Putin Friend to the USA [Language & Science ★★] Language barriers holding back global science [Business ★★] Ford Kills $1.6B Mexico Plant, Cites, but Doesn’t Credit, Trump [Culture ★★] Chinese New …

The 10 Rules of Packing

★★★★, Weekly_ArticleJanuary 5, 2017

[Travel ★★★★] (P1) When you’ve spent more than a decade on the road, you get asked some pretty interesting questions. The one query I get most, though, is about packing: what to take, what to leave, where to put it. …

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Woman busted smuggling teen refugee inside suitcase

★★★★, Weekly_ArticleJanuary 5, 2017

[World News ★★★★] (P1) A young woman has been caught trying to smuggle a teenage African migrant hidden in her suitcase into Spanish territory. (P2) Authorities stopped the 22-year old woman last week at a border crossing into Ceuta, one …

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White Rainbows Frequent Only 2 Places in the World

★★★, Science, Weekly_ArticleJanuary 5, 2017

[Science ★★★] (P1) Waterfalls are among the most reliable places to catch a rainbow, but only two on the planet offers up a regular display of its close cousin, the moonbow: Cumberland Falls in Kentucky and Victoria Falls on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border. …

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After Bizarre Scene, Rwandan Soccer Bans Witchcraft

★★★, Weekly_ArticleJanuary 5, 2017

[Sports ★★★] (P1) Rwandan soccer officials have added a new rule to the game: no witchcraft. The move comes after a bizarre turn of events at a match between teams Mukura Victory and Rayon Sports on Dec. 16. After hitting …

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IBM Working on Bot to Help Elderly Age at Home

★★★, Health, Technology, Weekly_ArticleJanuary 5, 2017

[Technology & Health ★★★] (P1) Assisted living facilities and personal nurses aren’t exactly cheap. And as the Baby Boomer generation ages, finding an affordable means of helping people age in the comfort of their own home could be good not …

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Chinese New Year

Culture, Weekly_ArticleJanuary 5, 2017

[Culture ★★] (P1) Chinese New Year is a very special time for many people. It is also called Spring Festival. The Chinese New Year always happens after January 1. This is because the Chinese used a different calendar long ago. As a …

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Ford Kills $1.6B Mexico Plant, Cites, but Doesn’t Credit, Trump

Business, Weekly_ArticleJanuary 5, 2017

[Business ★★] A gift from Ford for President-elect Donald Trump: The automaker on Tuesday announced that they will no longer construct a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico. Instead, they will create 700 new jobs in Michigan by way of a …

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Language barriers holding back global science

Language, Science, Weekly_ArticleJanuary 5, 2017

[Language & Science ★★] (P1) Language barriers are holding back science around the world. English is the language of science, but a third of research is not printed in English. Researchers from the University of Cambridge said scientists miss a …

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