Spotlight English: Advanced

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Sep 8, 2021 • 10min

Sending COVID-19 Vaccines Around the World (Advanced Program)

Adam Navis and Liz Waid give a short history of how people around the world get vaccines. We will have to use many of these methods to deliver vaccines that everyone needs – the COVID-19 vaccines. How do you get vaccines?Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinhttps://spotlightenglish.com/health-medicine/sending-covid-19-vaccines-around-the-world/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioSign up for our weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/spotlightenglish/spotlight-newsletter Are you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com
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Sep 2, 2021 • 20min

Can a Country Ever Heal? (Conversation Program)

Join Adam and Liz in a conversation about a very difficult topic. For many years, the native people in Canada were treated very badly by the Canadian government. The Canadian government and the native people have worked toward reconciliation, or forgiveness. They are working to heal the terrible effects of many years of colonialism. But is this even a possible task? How does the government apologize and do better?Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinhttps://spotlightenglish.com/history/truth-and-reconciliation-for-canada/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioSign up for our weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/spotlightenglish/spotlight-newsletter Are you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com
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Sep 1, 2021 • 13min

Truth and Reconciliation for Canada (Advanced Program)

In Canada, there is a long, sad history of abuse towards native people. Bruce Gulland and Megan Nollet look at this terrible history, and an attempt to bring healing. Can a country ever reconcile a difficult situation?Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinhttps://spotlightenglish.com/history/truth-and-reconciliation-for-canada/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioSign up for our weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/spotlightenglish/spotlight-newsletter Are you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com
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Aug 26, 2021 • 17min

Who Tells the True Story of YOUR Country? (Conversation Program)

Join Liz and Adam as they talk about China Achebe. Achebe was from Nigeria. He saw that media around the world did not show the true culture of Nigeria and Africa. So, he set out to tell the story of African people Is there an author who tells about your culture very well? Adam mentions a few authors in this program. Here are links so you can check them out. Haruki Murikami: https://www.harukimurakami.com/Jose Saramago: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1998/saramago/biographical/Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinhttps://spotlightenglish.com/biography/nigerian-writer-chinua-achebe/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioAre you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com
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Aug 19, 2021 • 14min

Finding Beauty in Hard Times (Conversation Program)

Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinJoin Liz and Adam as they tell about the Cellist of Sarajevo. We discuss our program Music in War, which tells the story of this performer named Vedran Smailović. People around the world have experienced war. But finding beauty in these hard times is often difficult. We are in a hard time right now with COVID-19! How do you find beauty in hard times? https://spotlightenglish.com/music/music-in-war/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioSign up for our weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/spotlightenglish/spotlight-newsletter Are you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com
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Aug 12, 2021 • 18min

The Strangest Food You Have Ever Eaten! (Conversation Program)

Food full of poison. Rotten food. Food that is just plain strange! In today's conversation Adam and Liz talk about taboo foods. These are usually foods that most people will not eat. They are foods other people or cultures may think are gross or even immoral! Join this conversation between two native English speakers. Have you ever eaten a taboo food?Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinhttps://spotlightenglish.com/food-drink/taboo-food-would-you-eat-this/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioSign up for our weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/spotlightenglish/spotlight-newsletter Are you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com
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Aug 11, 2021 • 10min

Taboo Food Would You Eat This (Advanced Program)

Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinWould you eat decaying food? What about poisonous food? Liz Waid and Adam Navis look at these and other taboo foods - foods that most people will not eat. Are there foods in your culture that other cultures find taboo?https://spotlightenglish.com/food-drink/taboo-food-would-you-eat-this/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioSign up for our weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/spotlightenglish/spotlight-newsletter Are you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com
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Aug 5, 2021 • 15min

Magnetic Rays of Light: Aurora Borealis (Conversation Program)

Nature is often amazing! Join Adam and Liz as they have a real English conversation about the phenomenon of the Northern Lights – also called Aurora Borealis. These lights have been happening in northern countries since the beginning of the earth. But what causes them and why are they so interesting? Have you seen anything like the Northern Lights? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinhttps://spotlightenglish.com/science-and-technology/nature/northern-lights/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioSign up for our weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/spotlightenglish/spotlight-newsletter Are you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com
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Jul 29, 2021 • 13min

How do You Make a Difficult Choice? (Conversation Program)

Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinJoin our REAL English conversation about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This man from Germany made a difficult choice. He believed that violence was never the answer. But yet, he decided to join a group killing another man. How and why did he decide to do this? Adam and Liz discuss making difficult choices. How do you make difficult choices?https://spotlightenglish.com/biography/bonhoeffer-making-difficult-choices/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioSign up for our weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/spotlightenglish/spotlight-newsletter Are you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com
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Jul 28, 2021 • 10min

Bonhoeffer: Making Difficult Choices (Advanced Program)

Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/joinWould you ever harm someone on purpose? Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid look at the difficult ethical choice made by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. What guides people to make the right choices?https://spotlightenglish.com/biography/bonhoeffer-making-difficult-choices/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-appleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradioSign up for our weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/spotlightenglish/spotlight-newsletter Are you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice English by writing a comment. Visit our website to follow along with the script: http://spotlightenglish.com

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