University English Podcast

This is a podcast which picks up a few interesting things that have appeared in the news in recent weeks. In this episode we have something on health, history and archaeology and world news. In health, we learn about an international collaboration to create a vaccine for COVID-19. You learn more about this important story here: https://blog.csiro.au/two-vaccine-candidates-acdp/ In the history/archaeology, we hear that an important sacred site has been destroyed by a mining company. You can learn more about this shameful story here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/26/rio-tinto-blasts-46000-year-old-aboriginal-site-to-expand-iron-ore-mine And finally, in world news we see that sometimes people are just a little too serious about things that aren’t very important. Read about it here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/11/not-the-perfect-time-to-ring-french-target-tasmanian-farm-over-rhubarb-champagne Worksheet Answers: 1. C  2. C  3. B