by Navita Thakur | Feb 27, 2020 | IELTS Reading Practice
The Truth about the Environment For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developed a hit-list of our main fears: that natural resources are running out; that the population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat; that species...
by Navita Thakur | Feb 27, 2020 | IELTS Reading Practice
BAKELITE – The birth of modem plastics In 1907, Leo Hendrick Baekeland, a Belgian scientist working in New York, discovered and patented a revolutionary new synthetic material. His invention, which he named ‘Bakelite’, was of enormous technological...
by Navita Thakur | Feb 27, 2020 | IELTS Reading Practice
What’s so funny? John McCrone reviews recent research on humour The joke comes over the headphones: ‘ Which side of a dog has the most hair? The left.’ No, not funny. Try again. ‘ Which side of a dog has the most hair? The outside.’ Hah!...
by Navita Thakur | Feb 27, 2020 | IELTS Reading Practice
Disappearing Delta A The fertile land of the Nile delta is being eroded along Egypt’s Mediterranean coast at an astounding rate, in some parts estimated at 100 metres per year. In the past, land scoured away from the coastline by the currents of the...
by Navita Thakur | Feb 27, 2020 | IELTS Reading Practice
Early Childhood Education New Zealand’s National Party spokesman on education, Dr Lockwood Smith, recently visited the US and Britain. Here he reports on the findings of his trip and what they could mean for New Zealand’s education policy A ‘Education To...
by Navita Thakur | Feb 27, 2020 | IELTS Reading Practice
The Birth of Scientific English World science is dominated today by a small number of languages, including Japanese, German and French, but it is English which is probably the most popular global language of science. This is not just because of the importance of...
