Social Issues
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Bridging the Digital Divide with Free WiFi
English Level: Intermediate Listening: Bridging the Digital Divide with WiFi Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: The digital divide can be seen in rich and poor countries but also in rich and poor people within one city. New York City has a plan to give people from poor backgrounds access to the Internet by converting old public phones into free WiFi hotspots.
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Chronic Diseases an ‘Impending Disaster’ for Some Nations
English Level: Upper Intermediate Listening: Chronic diseases Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: Voice of America tells us all about the threat of non-communicable diseases in developing countries.
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Listening: Globalization
English Level: Upper Intermediate Listening: Globalization Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: We look at the effects of globalisation on society, politics and culture, both good and bad.
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The World Water Crisis
English Level: Upper Intermediate Listening: The World Water Crisis Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: This program looks at one the most important issues in the world today: the lack of clean water in developing countries.
