The news is a consistent source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery that never ceases to exist and always comes out with more and more material each day. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it is without a doubt a piece of your everyday routine that can’t go ignored.
Whether it is to understand the ramifications of recent legislation passed, to hear about recent events and grasp the potential consequences to your country, or simply hear about what is happening in other countries in order to compare them to what’s happening in yours, the news is certainly a staple in our lives and the most consistent way to get information.
This is why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds: learning English and keeping up with what is happening in the world. We hope our challenging daily exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, will satisfy both of those above worlds in a satisfactory and also entertaining way.
So enough about introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:
Now that you’ve had a listen, let’s put your knowledge to the test with some of our vocabulary and comprehension exercises:
Ancient Romans Invented Recycling - Definition Match
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Put the following words to the correct definitions.
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AHEAD OF THE CURVE
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EARTHQUAKE
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EXCAVATIONS
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MOUNDS
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RATHER THAN
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RUBBISH
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SEVERAL
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TO BURY
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TO DUMP
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TO PILE UP
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TO REPURPOSE
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TO SORT
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TO TRACE
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Ancient Romans Invented Recycling - Fill in the Blank
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Fill the empty spaces with the proper words.
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AHEAD OF THE CURVE – EARTHQUAKE – EXCAVATIONS – MOUNDS – RATHER THAN – RUBBISH – SEVERAL – BURIED – DUMPED – PILED UP – REPURPOSED – SORTED – TO TRACE
- (Excavations) reveal that (rubbish) left outside the city walls wasn’t just (dumped). It was being collected, (sorted) and resold. They were expert engineers, way (ahead of the curve) on heating, aqueducts and the use of concrete as a building material. Now research has shown that the Romans were also masters at recycling their rubbish. Researchers at Pompeii, the city (buried) under volcanic ash when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, have found that big (mounds) of waist apparently dumped outside the city walls were in fact “areas for cycles of use and reuse”. Professor Allison Emmerson, an American academic who is part of a large team working at Pompeii, said rubbish was (piled up) along almost the entire external wall on the city’s northern side, among other sites. Some of the mounds were (several) metres high and included bits of ceramic and plaster, which could be (repurposed) as construction materials. These mounds were previously thought to have been formed when an (earthquake) occurred in the city about 17 years before the volcano erupted, Emmerson said. Most were cleared in the mid-20th century, but some are still being discovered. Scientific analysis has now (traced) some of the waste from city sites to suburban deposits, and back to the city, where the material was used for buildings. “This discovery can shed light on the modern garbage crisis. The countries that most effectively manage their waste have applied a version of the ancient model, prioritising reuse (rather than) simple removal,” said professor Emmerson.
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Ancient Romans Invented Recycling - True or False
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An Italian professor discovered the recycling methods used in Pompeii.
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It was immediately evident as to why people in Pompeii left mounds of rubbish around the city.
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Most of the recycling was used for construction.
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Romans are known for having been advanced in many fields of society.
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Today, we can learn a lot from the Roman method of recycling.
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And that’s it for today’s English lesson, where you can improve your English with the news and current events. Do you have any comments or special requests for us for the next edition of Learn English with the News? Be sure to leave any feedback you have in the comments section below, as we would love to help you on your quest to learn the English language!
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