This week’s lesson is on the subject of phobias. There are a huge number of recognised phobias, ranging from the well known, such as claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), to the very rare, such as leukophobia (fear of the colour white).
Following the radiation leak at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, caused by the terrible earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on 11th March, this lesson discusses some of the pros and cons of nuclear power.
This week’s lesson is about the film industry awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – otherwise known as the Oscars. The 83rd Oscars ceremony took place in Los Angeles on 27th February.
This week’s lesson is about lucky escapes from life-threatening situations that people found themselves in while taking part in outdoor activities. Two of the incidents are true and happened recently, and one of them is fictitious.
This week’s lesson is about WikiLeaks, an organization that has hardly been out of the news since late November last year when it released the contents of more than 250,000 confidential telegrams between the US State Department and US embassies around the world.
The subject of this week’s lesson is sharks, whose fearsome reputation has been created partly by films such as Jaws and maintained by incidents such as the ones off the coast of Egypt in December last year. The truth is, however, that humans are an infinitely greater threat to sharks than they are to us.
This week’s lesson is about an iconic figure with a red costume, a white beard, and a sledge pulled by reindeer. For many children, of course, Christmas would not be the same without him.