1. I’m trying to record / produce a podcast for my website, but my microphone isn’t working.
2. Have you been following the progress of the Large Hadron Collider project near Geneva?
3. Due to the global economic crisis there has been a sharp increase in unemployment.
4. Demonstrators were protesting in Brussels yesterday against the high unemployment figures.
5. How dare you call me a liar. I have never been so insulted in all my life.
6. Brazil produces and exports a lot of coffee.
7. Because of the wide use of CCTV cameras in the UK, street crime has decreased by 17% in the
last 12 months.
8. Bob ate 9 boiled eggs in 3 minutes. That must be a record.
9. The public transport system in Japan is one of the best and most efficient in the world.
10. More people are looking for natural, chemical-free produce these days. Especially organically
grown fruit and vegetables.