Mission 1 is specifically designed to meet the requirements of the First Certificate in English examination or any similar examination. It effectively combines language development and extensive exam training for all five papers (Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening and Speaking). Mission 1 is intended for intermediate learners.

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BBC Business English is a course for business people who want to use English confidently at work. It consists of this book and three audiocassettes.
BBC Business English contains:
realistic business situations set in several different countries,
lively dialogues which illustrate how business people talk on the telephone, in meetings, at conferences and on social occasions,
letters, memos, reports and other documents to provide reading practice and models for writing,
formal business vocabulary and informal idiomatic English presented in appropriate contexts.
The business dialogues and documents are supported by a range of activities and study aids:
exercises designed to develop vocabulary and practise grammar,
speaking and writing tasks to build confidence in discussing figures,
dictating exercises which test listening and writing skills,
a full answer key, including model answers where appropriate,
page-by-page notes on vocabulary, phrases and structures,
a glossary of specialist terms for easy reference.

BBC Business English is suitable for any learner of English at intermediate level or above. It is ideal for people who want to study in their own time, and can be used flexibly to fit a busy schedule. It can be studied unit by unit or selectively, for reference and revision. The cassettes can be played in a car or personal stereo. The course also provides a rich source of material for the classroom teacher.

 
U.S. President John F. Kennedy made his only inaugural address at 12:51 (ET) Friday, January 20, 1961, immediately after taking the presidential oath of office administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren.

The address is 1364 words and took 13 minutes and 59 seconds to deliver, from the first word to the last word, not including applause at the end, making it the fourth-shortest inaugural address ever delivered.

"I Have A Dream" is the popular name given to the historic public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., when he spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites among others would coexist harmoniously as equals. King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. Delivered to over two hundred thousand civil rights supporters, the speech is often considered to be one of the greatest and most notable speeches in history and was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a 1999 poll of scholars of public address.According to U.S. Congressman John Lewis, who also spoke that day as the President of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, "Dr. King had the power, the ability and the capacity to transform those steps on the Lincoln Memorial into a modern day pulpit. By speaking the way he did, he educated, he inspired, he informed not just the people there, but people throughout America and unborn generations."