News Review: Greenest summer ever for UK

Neil and Catherine teach you how to use language in the news in your everyday English. The story The British National Grid – that’s the system of wires that takes electricity from its sources into people’s homes – was the most environmentally friendly ever this summer. Over half of the energy consumed came from low-carbon sources – that’s things like solar and wind power rather than coal or oil. Key words and phrases: enjoys (experiences something as an advantage), spells trouble (suggests there may be future problems) bleed (take a lot of money from). For more, visit our website: