CONTENTS
4 NEWS / FUN
Lockdown Laughs
6 ANNIVERSARY
The Pilgrim Fathers
8 THIS IS AMERICA
Is US High School Really Like the Movies?
10 ENGLAND
Strange Places and the Stories They Tell
12 LITERATURE
Hamlet, King of Thrillers
14 LANGUAGE
The Stories Behind Idioms
16 MATURITA
Listening
17 PUZZLES
The Puzzler, Strange World
18 SERIES: ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
Map of England
20 NEWS
Cooliosities: Cool and Curious Finds
21 MUSIC
Hot Tips from the Record Labels
22 ISSUE
Controversy and Casting in TV, Film and
Theater
24 ENVIRONMENT
The State of the Climate
26 TECHNOLOGY
The Internet from Space
28 JOBS
The World’s Most Exciting Jobs
30 FOOD AND DRINK
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
32 HUMOUR
Weird Names from Hollywood to Iceland
34 LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Let’s Practise
Solutions