British teatime

Spotlight
6 2016
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EINFACH ENGLISCH
British teatime
A living tradition
pages
of essential
grammar and
vocabulary
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CONTENTS
34 Time for tea
14 Great Irish homes
We visit Curraghmore and Tourin, grand houses
with beautiful gardens in Ireland’s south-east.
THIS MONTH
6 People
Names and faces from around the world
8A Day in My Life
A US woman who drives a bookmobile
Experience the living tradition of British teatime
— complete with special recipes!
22 Britain’s EU exit?
10 World View
What’s news and what’s hot
13 Britain Today
Colin Beaven on Britain and the EU
20 Debate
Is democracy in danger?
26 I Ask Myself
Amy Argetsinger on the US president in Cuba
28 Language
Great books in our summer reading special
38 History
Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald died 20 years ago
40 Press Gallery
A look at the English-language media
42 Arts
Films, apps, culture and a short story
62 Around Oz
Peter Flynn on the nutty Brits
64 The Lighter Side
Jokes and cartoons
65 American Life
Ginger Kuenzel on summer boating drama
66 Feedback & Next Month
Your letters to Spotlight and upcoming topics
68 My Life in English
Will Britain vote to leave the EU? We give you
the basics of the Brexit debate.
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27 Easy English
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53 Everyday English
All about house-warming parties
55 The Grammar Page
How to use reported questions
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58 Spoken English
Ways of using the word “come”
59 Word Builder
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60 Lost in Translation
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61 Crossword
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