Here are the keywords from our yesterday's post:

• to pony up = to pay / to cover expenses / to pitch in
• milestone = a very important successful event
• to desert = to abandon / to leave alone
• to lose the plot = not be able to act normally
• boom-and-bust = quick success and a quick failure
• to show up = to arrive somwhere / to make oneself visible

And below three new vocabulary items in a quick quiz:

Reading Comprehension: Facebook buys WhatsApp

Last week Facebook spent 19 billion dollars to buy WhatsApp: a mobile communicator. 

Here is a short reading comprehension task on the topic

The article below is taken from theweek.com.

Here. you can check your comprehension by answering 6 simple questions. 
Read the text and find the line where answers to the questions are.  After completing the task, you can check your answers. Additional keywords and materials coming soon!


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Listening Comprehension: How to Ski Jump?

Here is a short video about ski jumpers: how they train, what superstitions they have...

And below: a short listening comprehension for you. Select the option you think is correct, and click submit. After clicking "submit" you'll see a link to the answers. Click "edit your response" to compare your answers with the key