British Council - LearnEnglish - Themes PodcastsLearnEnglish Themes Podcasts are for learners at Intermediate to Advanced level and cover a large number of themes.LearnEnglish Podcasts - Themes - Festivals- August 25, 2008 There are festivals going on somewhere in the world every day of the year. We have selected a few of the more unusual, colourful festivals from around the world.http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes-festivals LearnEnglish Podcasts - Themes - Slavery- August 18, 2008 Slavery is the idea that a human is someones property, that heshe can be bought, sold and owned; and forced to work without being paid. This concept has been around for thousands of years and all major civilizations used slaves at some point.http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes-slavery LearnEnglish Podcasts - Themes - Youth Culture- August 11, 2008 Student power: when most people think of strikes, they think of factory workers asking for better pay and conditions, or perhaps refusing to work to support a colleague who has been unfairly sacked.http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes-youth-culture-student-power LearnEnglish Podcasts - Themes - Olympic Games- August 4, 2008 In 2004 the Olympic Games returned to its home in Greece, where it began around 3000 years ago. The first recorded Olympic festival took place in 776 BC. Similar festivals had been organised for at least two or three centuries prior to this, but 776 BC saw the start of a regular festival which was to take place every Olympiad, or four year period.http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes-olympics |