Spotlight - 14.2019

Spotlight 14/

Contents

Issue 14 , 2019

6 In the Spotlight E M A

News and views from^

around the world

10 Peggy’s Place M

Visit Spotlight’s very own

London pub

12 The UK in Germany A

A whisky bar in deepest Bavaria —

an unexpected treat

16 Britain Today E

Colin Beaven on Alexa, Amazon’s

“cloud-based voice service”

24 Press Gallery A

Comment from the

English-speaking world

25 I Ask Myself A US

Amy Argetsinger on

a chaotic White House

26 American Life M US +

Ginger Kuenzel on watching

ourselves and our leaders

36 A Day in My Life M +

Meet a master bread baker from

Dorset, England

46 Arts M

Two films and an exhibition

62 Around Oz A

Peter Flynn on the state of the

building industry

64 Short Story M

“The revelation”

66 Nature M

A special wilderness school for

children in South Africa

72 The Lighter Side E

Jokes and cartoons

74 Feedback & Next Issue E M A

Your letters to Spotlight

and upcoming topics

4 CONTENTS

76 My Life in English M

German actress Silke Bodenbender

15 Sprachseiten

47 NEW Just Judi M US

Judith Gilbert on gendered words

in English

48 Vocabulary M +

Words and phrases about moving

house

50 The Grammar Page M +

On using “if” and “whether”

51 Language Cards E M A

Pull out and practise

53 Lost in Translation A

A fun look at interesting

words

54 Everyday English M +

Dialogues on keeping in touch

with friends

56 Spoken English M +

Phrases related to parts of the body

57 English at Work M +

Ken Taylor answers

your questions

58 The Basics E +

Easy English

59 NEW Little Lights

Learn English with your kids

61 Crossword E M A

Find the words

and win a prize

40

Let’s talk

business

M US

Time for business English:

read our dialogues about contact-

ing people, agreeing, planning and

brainstorming. You’ll even learn

some useful new words to use at

your next meeting.

Fotos: Elena Zakharova, Igor Kovalchuk, Mrs_ya/Shutterstock.com; David John Weber; Matthias Weinrich, LightFieldStudios/iStock.com

18

Activate

your verbs

M

Almost every sentence we speak or

write includes a verb. To put your

mastery of verbs to the test, read our

entertaining Christmas story and do

the exercises that go with it. Can you

think of a more enjoyable way

to improve your English?