English

- BBC -

Children in need

vocabulary / expression

a charity _{an organization which is stabilished to provide money or help for those in need}

an appeal _{a request dor people to give money}

to raise money _{to get money for charity}

to fundraise _{to do something to get money for a particular charity}

a telethon _{a long television programme to raise money for charity}

to sponsor someone (to do smething) _{to agree to pay a certain amount of money if they complete a prticular challenge}

a donation _{a gift of money from a person or company to a charity}

Calling time on calling time [mp3] _script

vocabulary / expression

to call time on something _{to cancel something and bring an end to it - The government has called time on the no-tax experiment}

a pub _{a short form of 'A Public House' - a place where people can go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks}

to get drunk _{to drink too much alchohol so you are not able to control your speech or behavior as normal}

a licence _{legal permission to do something - A pub cannot sell alcohol without a licence.}

binge drinking _{when people drink a lot of alcohol very quickly, often just before a pub closes}