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 stories from world news, and the environment. In our first story, we learn about the situation regarding the population and the falling birthrate in Japan. You read more about it here: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/99520f842b44-japan-sees-record-low-number-of-babies-born-in-2019.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/10/cf30f5d6ea06-japan-early-childhood-staff-feel-least-valued-among-8-nations-oecd.html In our story on the environment, we see that Scotland has set a record high temperature. You can learn more about this here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/29/remarkable-high-as-scottish-temperature-record-is-broken Worksheet Answers: D 2. B