Elementary News Lessons – Page 3

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Elementary news lesson: Japanese workers work longer hours

April 2017: A typical employee in a Japanese company works around nine hours every day, an hour more than many other countries.

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Elementary news lesson: Elizabeth II celebrates 65 years as British queen

March 2017: Elizabeth II is the oldest monarch in the world and has been head of state for longer than any woman in history.

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Elementary news lesson: Formula One world champion retires

February 2017: Nico Rosberg retires from motor racing at the age of 31, just five days after becoming world champion.

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Elementary news lesson: Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize for Literature

January 2017: The announcement in late 2016 surprised some people, but others thought that Dylan deserved the prize.

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Elementary news lesson: 'Jungle' refugee camp in Calais closed

December 2016: The French authorities have moved around 7,000 r efugees to reception centres in different regions of France.

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Elementary news lesson: US presidential election

November 2016: On November 8th, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton and will become the 45th president of the USA.

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Elementary news lesson: Astronomers discover 'earth-like planet'

October 2016: The planet – Proxima b – orbits the star nearest to our own, and may have the conditions needed for life to develop.

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Elementary news lesson: UK votes to leave the EU

August 2016: On Thursday 23rd June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted in a national referendum to leave the European Union.