Listening Library
Listening: Oven Fire in the Aft Galley
Cabin crew tackle a fire in the aft galley oven on a flight to Manchester — and the captain has to decide what to do next.…
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Structure
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Structure: ‘Too and enough’
Learn when to use too and enough with real examples from a stormy week at Chicago O'Hare.
Article
Free 19 Sep 2026
Thunderstorms Ground Hundreds of Flights at Chicago O’Hare
Storms and a closed runway made Chicago O'Hare the world's most cancelled airport this week.
Roleplay
Roleplay: Disruptive Passenger and Diversion to Nantes
You are the First Officer of an A320 over the Bay of Biscay when a passenger turns violent and the cabin crew restrain him. Work Brest…
Vocabulary
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Vocabulary: Six Terms from September’s Aviation News
Six real terms from the past four weeks of aviation news — runway excursion, marshaller, ground stop, type rating, general aviation and beyond visual line of…
Structure
Structure: ‘Cleft sentences’
Cleft sentences let you throw emphasis onto one part of an idea — drawn from a real airport-funding report.
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