Learn English with an article from The Guardian

Today we’ll work on our vocabulary by reading an article from an online UK newspaper, The Guardian. This article was written by Julia Kollewe and Rob Davies, and it’s about robots being used to pick raspberries. You will probably encounter some new English vocabulary and expressions. We’ll learn words such as: quivering, shift, tweak, punnet, and expressions such as let loose. I recommend reading this and other articles aloud, to help you with pronunciation and fluent speaking.

In my opinion, low-skilled workers will slowly (but surely) be replaced by robots. I took a look at the original article in the Guardian and it was written earlier than 2020. Guess how many improvements they could have been since then??The only thing it can slow down a bit the use of automatic machinery is the price of electricity. In Spain, it has sharply increased this year, while the labour costs keep more or less stable.
As always, a pleasure to watch your videos and learn English with you.
Thanks a lot Gill ;)

knopfler86

raspberry is not fruit, it is berry. You should know.

KarteNoire

Hello!
“A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry

Gill

THANK YOU GILL

RABIA 6

This summer I’ve heard about the challenges of agriculture in my country (growing and picking berries). Very interesting video. Thank you a lot!

shirly

Thank you a lot Jill, I like you so much when you explain,and read.

Simunedda15

Thanks so much

berkestayn

Thank you very much Mrs. Gill…?

airsidesafety

Learning new words with Gill is amazing. There could be no better lesson than this.

Thank you Gill!

Old School Never Fails!) Thanx, Gill

Valery teacher

It’s really Good way to learn English vocabulary.

satratey

it is very interesting

omotayoososipe

Well-done, Guardian.

Seif Eldawla

Well-done,

Seif Eldawla

Thank you so much, Gill, very useful, I like read Guardian, especially out loud)) I do adore your pronunciation, really British, and trying to imitate))

helenmarigold

Thank you!

Mallita50

Thank you.

Mudhiririzaportia

Hurray! 10 out of 10. Thanks for teaching, Jill!☼

Alinyok

Many thanks Gill, for this interesting topic! I watched video given in the article. I took almost one minute to the robot to pluck only one fruit in the way as a toddler might do. :-)

MartaBee

amazing class

edamorei

It is very helpful especially to know new words. I like it.

Joyce Nangwa

Thank you

Damaris Pico

Thank you, i got to learn new vocabukaries and it was informative too.

Eman.Zaki

You said field grop is propably vegetables

I googled and found this dedinition:

Definition of field crop
: an agricultural crop (such as hay, grain, or cotton) grown on large areas.

tuula

An exciting test. I like to put my English language skills to the test. It will be great if this is a constant control of my knowledge. Thanks for the interesting test!