Family survives pirate attack | Selena gets Hollywood star | Plus English expressions on behalf and hitch a ride
An American family escaped a pirate attack in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon and survived in the jungle for three days. Selena, the Mexican-American artist known as the Queen of Tejano music received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this month.
In the second half of the program, we review the English expressions ‘hitch a ride’ and ‘on behalf’.
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