Thursday, 4 November 2010

ESL Podcast 581 – Reading a World Map

http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=8710270

- compass (n): small flat round device having arrow on it, it points to N 
Give her a compass and she can find her way around anywhere.
- equator (n): an imagination line in the earth that split it into two parts
All right. You look above the equator and I'll look below it,
- sort of : kind of, somewhat
I sort of feel like I'm on an adventure myself. 
- to make heads and tails of sth: to be able to understand sth
I can't make heads or tails of this map
- statistics (n): detail info
I'll look it up on the Internet and get you all of the vital statistics you'd want


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- camping rough : integral part of his character
For British cyclist Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second nature.
- under his own steam : without help
 London mayor Boris Johnson often riding to work under his own steam

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Thanks,
Duy Lam

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