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Listening: Turbulent Approach to Dublin
How to do this dictation Play the audio and write down everything you hear. Listen as many times as you need. Then use the answer key…
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19 May 2026
FAA Orders Airbus A350 Oxygen Clamp Fix
The United States Federal Aviation Administration published a mandatory airworthiness directive on 14 May 2026 requiring operators of all Airbus A350-900 and A350-1000 aircraft to address…
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Structure: ‘The passive voice in formal writing’
Practise identifying and correcting passive voice errors drawn from aviation reporting — the Boeing–China trade deal in context.
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Listening: Bird Strike on Departure from Porto
You’re going to hear about an incident at a European airport involving an aircraft just after takeoff. Listen carefully for what happened, what the crew did…
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17 May 2026
China Orders 200 Boeing Jets in Trump’s Trade Deal
In a significant breakthrough for both US-China commercial aviation and Boeing’s strained global order book, President Donald Trump announced on 14 May 2026 that China had…
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Structure: ‘Time clauses’
Practise connecting events in time using when, before, after, while and as soon as — with situations drawn from a real airport security incident.
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