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  Review related vocabulary: - lesson vocabulary  flashcards   - freshen up your restaurant English:     Read more about the topic: - Cloud kitchens: A technology-driven phenomenon (Forbes) -  Our ghost kitchen future  (The New Yorker) - 14 classic fast food dishes that are quicker than a takeaway (Delicious) Watch videos on the topic:   -  How COVID-19 accelerated the rise of ghost kitchens  (CNBC) -  Why McDonalds failed in Iceland  (CNBC) - The teens taking on Deliveroo (BBC)

  Review related vocabulary: - lesson vocabulary  flashcards   - Get your basics right with this video  teaching you how to talk about hobbies.  Read more about the topic: - How 'micro-parties' can boost your mental health (BBC) - Lockdown's army of novice runners (The Guardian) - How rest and relaxation became an art (BBC) - Houseplant advice you should ignore (The Guardian) - Pizza, kebabs, chicken tikka masala: make your own takeaway favourites (The Guardian) Watch videos on the topic:   - Why do we have hobbies? (Origin of Everything) - How to gain control of your free time (TED) - Try something new for 30 days (TED) - How to practise effectively (TED-Ed) - The 'fabulous ladies' book club helping to vaccinate their small town (BBC) 

  Review related vocabulary: - lesson vocabulary flashcards   Read more about the topic: - COVID has made inequality even worse  (The Guardian) - It's a matter of fairness  (FT) - Imlonely: How a YouTube music channel became a mental health hub (BBC) Watch videos on the topic:   - DanTDM: The world's richest Youtuber (BBC) - What happens after YouTube fame fizzles out? (BBC) -  Keep them poor (MotivationHub)

Read more about the topic: - Starting a business in the midst of a pandemic (FT) - The Spanish YouTuber who made 1 million in a week (El País / English edition) - This is how entrepreneurs can take action to navigate the COVID-19 crisis (Do Better) Watch videos on the topic:   - The entrepreneurs who launched a business during the lockdown (The Telegraph)  - Which businesses are benefitting from the COVID-19 pandemic? (Al Jazeera) - Why Africa's tech entrepreneurs are booming in lockdown (BBC)

  Review related vocabulary: - lesson vocabulary flashcards Read more about the topic: - 20 offices turned into 2,000 individual pods for post-Covid working - Clocking off: the companies introducing nap time to the workplace - Why you're more creative in coffee shops Watch videos on the topic:   -  Why working from home is good for business -  Prefab home office -  8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for

Review related vocabulary: - lesson vocabulary flashcard -  Nature Read more about the topic: - The most beautiful off-grid homes - Off-grid living mistakes and how to avoid them - The pros and cons of living off-grid Watch videos on the topic: - Exploring Alternatives: Living off-grid on a Tiny House Homestead for 6 years -  A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity - 27 years living off-grid on a self-built island homestead

  Review related vocabulary: - Business:  flashcards  (vocabulary) &  (flashcards)  phrasal verbs -  Technology Read more about the topic: Jeff Bezos's Masterplan (The Atlantic) Blue Origin (Our Mission) How Amazon became a pandemic giant (The Guardian) Watch videos on the topic: Is Amazon unstoppable? (The New Yorker)  read & listen! Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos (Frontline) Warehouses (Last Week with John Oliver)