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Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...le Are you well? Audio 1 I am fine/very well, and you? Audio 2 You are welcome. Audio 3 I am also fine/very well. Audio 4 You are very welcome. Audio 5 Using the following two lists, match each numbered item with the correct letter. Are you well? I am fine/very well, and you? You are welcome. I am also fine/very well. You are very welcome. a.Audio 3 b.Audio 5 c.Audio 4...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Park Hill Estate
History & The Arts

Park Hill Estate

...Le Corbusier, had, with his Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles, signalled a new approach to social housing: relatively low-rise blocks, packed with amenities. Park Hill is one of the most spectacular examples of new approaches to communal living in post-war Britain. Consisting of 995 dwellings, and housing over two thousand people, it occupies an entire hill overlooking...
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Article 5 mins
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
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Get ready for beginners’ French

...le français’?...When you hear people speaking French, do you wish you could join the conversation? Or do you have a passion for French culture and want to immerse yourself in it? Perhaps you have an opportunity to work in a French-speaking country? There are lots of reasons for wanting to learn French. If you have decided that now is the time for you to learn another...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What does President Macron mean for Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

What does President Macron mean for Brexit?

...Le Pen. Where these two candidates also differed markedly, therefore, was on their attitude to how the UK should leave the EU. During the tetchy drama of the presidential TV debate, Macron was at pains to explain to Le Pen that leaving the EU – which she had threatened to do by calling a British-style In/Out referendum – inevitably carries a large exit bill. In other...
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Advanced Spanish: Language in context
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Language in context

...2 para evaluar tus respuestas. Aparte del número de hablantes, ¿en qué se diferencia una lengua viva de una lengua muerta? ¿Por qué cada generación de jóvenes inventa su propia manera de hablar? ¿Cómo afecta el medio que usamos para comunicar (libro, radio, computadora, teléfono móvil) al desarrollo general de una lengua? ¿Cómo piensas que nos comunicaremos...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)
History & The Arts

Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)

...Le Corbusier criticised the Americans' lack of urban planning). The response of European architects to the Americans' technological advances (including bridges and other building forms as well as skyscrapers) would lead to the development of Modernism. And in the early twentieth century, technological advances were rapidly changing western society. Road and rail networks...
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Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...les autres. More fundamentally, like any club managing “commons” the EU must protect itself against freeriding. For most clubs, benefits can spill over to outsiders, and it is unfair for these outsiders to benefit without contributing. The UK cannot, therefore, get a better deal now than David Cameron was granted last February, and so the concessions sought on free...
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The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...2. Complete the sentence: The concept of ‘effervescence‘… a) … was used by Le Bon and is ignored by contemporary crowd scientists. b) … relates mainly to fizzy drink originating from the Italian region of Calabria. c) … applies to a personal characteristic not seen in groups. d) … was originally proposed by Le Bon and subsequently re-examined by contemporary...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs