LIFE & STYLE

EASL students need kissing

Here’s a listening exercise that is a fun change of pace, involving informal English use. All you must do is find Katy’s song, and fill in the blank spaces in the lyrics below. This is not the Queen’s English, but it is still a great test of your listening skills. Corner a native English speaker to check your work!

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Booming blockbuster business in Vancouver

Vancouver and the rest of British Columbia are well-known for their part in the film and television industry. BC is the third largest production area for foreign production in the industry after New York City and Los Angeles, and the fourth largest for domestic (Ontario being third), earning the nickname “Hollywood North.”

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Insensitive selfies

“Selfie” was declared the word of the year in 2013 by the Oxford English Dictionary. A self-portrait photograph, the selfie is considered a trend by the millennials. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other such social platforms are flooded with selfies of young people.

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Has the time of the Avengers ended?

Avengers: Age of Ultron, the newest addition to Marvel’s ever-growing cinematic universe, takes place a few years after the events of The Avengers, with the superhero team facing off against Ultron, a robot bent on destroying humanity in an attempt to achieve world peace.