 | ||
 | ||
 | ||
 | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |  Big hills and small mountains This week, Yvonne and Callum ask: is there any difference between a really big hill and a small mountain? This week's question: Which of these three places is proud to have the world's highest hill? a) Beverley Hills b) Dar Es Salam c) Oklahoma Listen out for the answer to this question at the end of the programme!
[an error occurred while processing this directive] Vocabulary from the programme locals people who live in a very specific area (informal) classified as put into a group with other similar things or people Example: Mynydd Graig Goch in North Wales is soon to be classified as a mountain. assumed supposed something to be true, perhaps wrongly Example: The officials assumed that the hill was less than 2,000 feet high even though they hadn't measured it. cartographers people whose job it is to draw maps downgrade to give less importance to something or someone than they had before mounds of earth small piles of soil which look like very small hills the summit the top, peak or highest point of a mountain Example: The mountaineer wanted to reach the summit before lunchtime. Extras  Download this programme (mp3 - 2.9 MB)  Programme script (pdf - 25 K)Related Links Survey turns hill into a mountain The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain* *The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||
| | | |
| |||
 | ^^Back to top | | |
