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    <title><![CDATA[In Scotland, teddy bears are not an endangered species anymore - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:56:50 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[T his time we want to greet an unus u al and yet useful campaign started last twenty-first of September in Scotland. Glasgow Airport has launched an appeal to identify and reunite young passengers with hundreds of teddy bears left behind in planes or... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Why dogs fear fireworks? - B2]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 11:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[If you have ever wondered why our four-legged friends are so terrified during fireworks, the following public service announcement is probably what you are looking for. You might have some answers through the explanations of one of them, as well a good... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Aussie and British slangs – B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Actress Naomi Watts, who was born in England but moved to Australia in her teens, teaches us British and Australian slang in a video for Vanity Fair. In a previous one, actress Salma Hayek offered in a similar way a lesson on common Spanish expressions... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Count down from 100 to 0 - A1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:44:54 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In this compilation video of 100 characters from 100 different movies, revise how to count down from 100 to 0. The full list of movies is available by clicking here. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[How many English words do you know? - A2]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 11:28:43 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[As you probably already noticed, we do love animals at English For Grown Ups. This time, we encountered an incredibly intelligent border collie named Chaser, who is able to understand and respond to one thousand and twenty-two words in English. Through... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Let's talk about style - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 09:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Everyday, fashion-forward styles emerge in the streets of Paris, London or New-York and make us feel old-fashioned, even older than we really are. Haven’t we all, one day, felt less trendy trying to understand what a teen pop-star meant by saying “My... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Construction of the present perfect - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 13:54:42 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[For more on the Daily Mail: How humans bred some dogs to be unrecognizable from their ancestors CONSTRUCTION OF THE PRESENT PERFECT Positive form: Subject + auxiliary have/has + past participle The past participle is the -ed form of the verb. Humans have... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[When to use the present perfect, part 1 - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 13:54:10 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[You can use the present perfect when a past action has an impact on the present situation. Look, th e d og has broken his leg. The action took place in the past. We don’t care where or when. What matters is the impact on the dog’s present life: he has... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[When to use the present perfect, part 2 - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 13:52:55 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Use the present perfect when you want to talk about your life experience. In this case, what is really important is what happened and not when or where it happened. If it was the case, we would have used the preterit. When questioning someone’s life experience,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[When to use the present perfect, part 3 - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 13:52:04 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The present perfect can be used when something started in the past and is still happening now. I have lived in Paris for 10 years. This example means that you started living in Paris 10 years ago and still live in the French capital city. So it is very... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[“I am not your negro” - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 12:12:31 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Everybody has heard about Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. and about their fight for Civil Rights in America. But have you ever heard about James Baldwin? James Arthur Baldwin (1924–1987) was an African- A merican novelist, essayist, playwright,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cats and their verbs - B1]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Why do cats act so weird? People love cats because they are cute, and also because they can be cuddly, crazy, curious, wild and in the meantime peaceful. In the following animated TED-Ed lesson, Tony Buffington shows how cats’ behaviors such as exploring,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Police stories around the world – Kampala (Uganda) - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:00:42 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On the 9th of December 2016, the latest police parade in Kampala (Uganda) was a bit weirder than usual. To protest against sexual violence, to educate their community and raise money for rape crisis centres, women’s shelters and other sexual prevention... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Law is weird, but it is the law – B2]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[If you know someone who is about to travel abroad, the best advice you can give them is that they should consider the existing laws in the country they want to go to. Laws are written to rule a society and directly depend on its peculiarities and culture.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pregnancy - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2017 09:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In this brutally honest FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) poster about pregnancy, discover some of the most sarcastic answers given by an OB (obstetrician). useful vocabulary: moody: bad tempered, grumpy reliable: s.o or sth that can be trusted alimony:... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Canine Pawsecution Service - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In 2013, after an arrest in which he participated, PC Peach was asked by the British CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) to write a report about it. The thing is that PC Peach is neither a fruit nor a policeman, he is a police dog from a K9 (canine /'keinain/)... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Z pronounciation - A2]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[You probably noticed that the Brits pronounce the letter Z as /zed/, but how is it that the Americans say /zi:/ (= zee) instead? Simon Whistler of Today I Found Out will give you the answer in the following very interesting video. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Women and self-defense - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In the world we live in today, r ape and sexual assaults are some of the most common forms of crime against women. S ometimes i nappropriately referred as the « weaker sex », women used to be considered easy targets. But not anymore! In this ABC News... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Saint Patrick's Day Origins - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 21:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[To celebrate Saint Patrick's Day on the 17th of March and add some culture in your beer, have a look at the following video about the origins of this celebration day. If you are not too thirsty after that, you can also test your knowledge of this very... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[COPS AND DOUGHNUTS STEREOTYPE - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:25:26 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Roses are red, violets are blue, cops eat doughnuts (donuts in American English). In a very interesting and instructive episode, Today I Found Out comes back on the probable reason why the idea of American police officers (the boys in blue) eating doughnuts... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Something in the “hair” - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In 1964, a certain David Jones, who will later be known as David Bowie, was the leader of the band The Manish Boys. To gain visibility and publicity, they crea ted the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men. And it worked, as they appeared... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Vote with your butt - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In the United Kingdom, as anywhere in the world, many associations fight against littering. O ne of them decided to use humour to incite people to change their bad habits. A mong many other fun ideas, the environmental f oundation “Hubbub” has developed... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Netherlands welcomes Trump in his own words - A2 / B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:25:15 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On January the 20th, the whole world was watching the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States. In this hilarious video, the Dutch television decided to welcome President Trump in a manner he would understand, using his own words and lexical... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Surprising borders and geography - B2]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[These days, borders are a wide spread matter of concern. In the following video by Real Life Lore, you will discover the most surprising and peculiar situations concerning borders in Europe. You will also hear the word "Panhandle". It is a long and narrow... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Happy new year - Canty Hogmanay - B1]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 18:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[As you gear up to greet the New Year with a grand salute and joyful celebration, we want to shed a light on an outlandish Scottish custom for those celebrations. This traditional event which is called “Hogmanay” draws its origins in the 8th and 9th centuries,... ]]></description>
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