2015-10-14
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6 (1.5 min.)
| Babel ['beIbl] Babylon ['bWbIlRn] divine [dI'vaIn] | theologians [LYi:R'lRudGRn] Magellan [mR'gelRn] | vaccine ['vWksi:n] diaspora [daI'WspRrR] Noah’s Ark ['nRuRz'Q:k] |
Jonas Salk ['dGRunRs'sO:k] – a US scientist who produced the first successful vaccine against polio.
'maverick – an independent person who has ideas and behaviour that are very different from other people’s.
The Epic of Gilgamesh – originally written before 1900 B.C., it is probably the oldest written story in the world describing the Sumerian [su'mIRrIRn] King Gilgamesh of Uruk in Babylonia.
power broker – a person or country that has a lot of influence and uses it to control other people or countries.
