Madrid has recently mentioned that it has plans to create a LOW-EMISSION zone in the city centre and would ban all cars from polluting the city. The suggested TOLL is similar to the ones implemented in other European coutries such as London, Milan and Germany – called the CONGESTION CHARGE.If this gets the GO-AHEAD then only certain cars that achieve the Euro lll emission standards or higher would be allowed in the city centre and the rest would have to pay.
German cities require Euro lV and Diesel Particulate Filters for vehicles – this is a strict ENFORCEMENT.
Residents in the city would be EXEMPT from these measures - as they are in London, because they live in the city centre and therefore would not be expected to pay.
However if this goes ahead it would have a major impact on daily commuters and business deliveries and could reduce revenue activity and SCARE people from coming into the city.
What do you think of this issue?
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January 2012
Pretty....
by Radmila Gurkova
Pretty has many different meaning depending on how it is used.
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Noun
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Matt Cutts was “stuck in a rut” with his life so he took the advice of a fairly modern American philosopher – Morgan Spurlock – which was to, “do something new for 30 days”.
So he thought of doing something straightforward that he has always wanted to try and add it to his life but for ...
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The Friday posts about the history of English continue with this video about the impact of the King James Bible.
Have you heard any of these terms and phrases?
Why not try using some of them to talk about contemporary events.
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Roz Savage – Rows across the Pacific and embraces another big adventure
by Radmila Gurkova
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Roz Savage rows solo across many oceans – the Atlantic and the Pacific to name a few.
She has rowed over 8,000 miles and taken over three million oar strokes and spent more than 312 days alone on a 23 foot rowboat.
Roz has a love hate relationship wi...
The preposition across talks about movement from one side to another, usually two-dimensional lines for example Room, or a River.
How are we going to get ...
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Stephanie Kaster of Manhattan set out to plan the birthday party of a lifetime for her daughter. Little three year-old Sophie, had not have many birthday parties to compare to, so after careful deliberation and her mother Mrs Kaster saying:
"I just thought,...
