C1 Things to come

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/796427696/study-grindr-tindr-and-other-apps-share-sensitive-personal-data-with-advertisers  NPR Study: Tinder, Grindr And Other Apps Share Sensitive Personal Data With Advertisers

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/22/798126153/exclusive-seattle-area-voters-to-vote-by-smartphone-in-1st-for-u-s-elections  Exclusive: Seattle-Area Voters To Vote By Smartphone In 1st For U.S. Elections

 https://www.npr.org/2020/01/16/796786350/pigeonbot-brings-robots-closer-to-bird-like-flight  'PigeonBot' Brings Robots Closer To Birdlike Flight'

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/27/799402801/canada-wins-u-s-loses-in-global-fight-for-high-tech-workers   Canada Wins, U.S. Loses In Global Fight For High-Tech Workers

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/02/apps-that-track-babies-and-give-data-to-tech-firms-parents 'You can track everything': the parents who digitalise their babies' lives

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/dec/02/psychology-human-biology Know thyself: Quantified Self devotees who live by numbers

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180822-this-jordan-greenhouse-uses-solar-power-to-grow-crops How to use seawater to grow food in the dessert

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dyc2 The NHS, AI and Our Data (for class debate)

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-apple-amazon-nhs-health-data  Everyone should be worried by big tech's huge NHS data grab (for class debate)

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/805291279/losing-sleep-over-the-quest-for-a-perfect-nights-rest  NPR Sleep trackers can make it harder to fall asleep

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/07/803145517/from-delivery-trucks-to-scooter-moving-vans-fleets-are-going-electric NPR From delivery trucks to scooter-moving vans, fleets are going electric
https://nesslabs.com/jomo From FOMO to JOMO 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08h7tg6  The 5G con that could make you sick

B2.1 Ing and to infinitive

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/infinitives-gerunds-grammar Infinitive or gerund?

C1 Unit 4 Fit as a fiddle

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/fiddle FIDDLE- IDIOMS

https://english.best/tests/comparisons-with-as-as/  COMPARISON WITH AS .... AS

https://www.npr.org/2017/01/08/508765671/what-doesnt-kill-us-invites-practical-medical-benefits "WHAT DOESN'T KILL US", BY SCOTT  CARNEY

https://www.ihbristol.com/useful-english-expressions USUFUL EXPRESSIONS

https://www.npr.org/sections/fitness-nutrition/ FITNESS & NUTRITUTION

https://www.nhs.uk/news/ BEHIND THE HEADLINES - NHS

https://www.who.int/  WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mdl65 BBC Radio 4  Cosmetic Surgery. Following the PIP breast implants scandals, has the cosmetic surgery industry cleaned up its up?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/11/795010044/feeling-artsy-heres-how-making-art-helps-your-brain  NPR Feeling Artsy? Here's How Making Art Helps Your Brain

https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/joy-missing-out-finding-balance-wired-world  "The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World"

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-54311-x NATURE-  Light therapy with boxes or glasses to counteract effects of acute sleep deprivation

B2.1 Listening practice

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening-intermediate.php listenings

https://www.ihbristol.com/useful-english-expressions Useful Expressions

C1 Summarasing statistics

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/advanced-c1/describing-a-table

B2.1 Unit 4

          https://agendaweb.org/verbs/future-simple-exercises.html Will and Be going to

C1 Unit 3 Money

https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/gig-economy Gig economy, definition

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/01/the-dark-side-of-the-sharing-economy/ The dark side of the sharing economy

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/11/13/244860511/whats-mine-is-yours-for-a-price-in-the-sharing-economy What's mine is yours (for a price) in the sharing economy

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/11/14/244568645/how-the-sharing-economy-is-changing-the-places-we-work How the sharing economy is changing the places we work

https://www.gov.uk/contract-types-and-employer-responsibilities/zero-hour-contracts 

0-hours contracts 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertberger/2014/04/30/top-100-money-quotes-of-all- time/#67d9ed574998 Top 100 Money Quotes of All Time

http://www.businessenglishresources.com/idioms-exercises-idioms-about-money/ Idioms about money

https://www.consciousconnectionmagazine.com/2016/02/social-enterprise-examples-and-principles/ 10 Social interprise examples

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/21/781138076/u-s-canada-border-communitculture-changes-as-security-tightens Nothern border communitry's culture changes as security tightens

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/judge-says-sugar-dispenser-claim-is-compensation-culture-gone-mad-1.1630183  Judge says sugar dispenser claim is ‘compensation culture gone mad’

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion.html Inversion I

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g85-inversion-multiple-choice.php Inversion II

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g85-inversion-multiple-choice.php Inversion III

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/20/not-too-shabby-what-will-it-take-to-make-secondhand-clothes-mainstream  Not too shabby: what will it take to make secondhand clothes mainstream?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vkrgl  BBC radio 4- Why are Hollywood actresses paid less than men?