Skip to main content
Sensations English Logo
LEVEL C1

Shadowing the newsreader

Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.

Hide View

This year's victor of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest is Mr Happy Face - a hairless, 17 year old, Chinese crested dog, which overcame stiff competition from nine other unattractive-looking rivals at the decades old event in California.

The pooch was taken in last year by musician Jeneda Benally.

Even though he's afflicted with a range of ailments, this mutt has a penchant for snoozing - an activity frequently accompanied by woofing and snorting - and he's also prone to emitting bizarre sounds when animated.

This world title can now boost his accomplishments further.

Amongst the other contenders for the coveted award was Wild Thang, belonging to Anne Lewis, who'd also had her eye on the prize.

Michelle Grady and her canine companion Jinny Lu were competition newbies.

Jinny was adopted following her recovery from a mountainside cow shed in South Korea, suffering from neglect.

Her owner, Grady, had evidently been counting on her dog's most remarkable defining feature to carry her to victory.

In honour of the individuality rendered by such imperfections, the organisers of the world-renowned contest invite dogs of any form under the sun, and for spectators such as Cincinnatus Hibbard, the experience has encouraged him to re-evaluate the notion of 'cute'.

REGISTER NOW

Get videos, articles, games and study tools!

Learn at six levels from A1 to C1
Or sign up with your Email
By clicking “Sign Up” above you are accepting our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.
Already have an account? Sign in

Sign up with email

Enter the following information to create your account.
All sign up options

Log in Or create an account

or

Forgot password?

reset password or login

Crop Image

Crop preview
Add to homescreen