• ☐ ☐ ☐ dire [adj] - very serious, urgent, terrible, grim
• ☐ ☐ ☐ devastating [adj] - causing great damage or suffering
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an earthquake [n] - a sudden shaking of the ground
• ☐ ☐ ☐ rubble [n] - broken pieces of stone, brick, or concrete from a destroyed building
• ☐ ☐ ☐ fading [adj] - slowly disappearing
• ☐ ☐ ☐ call on [phv] - officially ask to do something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ humanitarian [adj] - related to helping people
• ☐ ☐ ☐ blame (s/o) [v] - say that (someone) is responsible for something bad
• ☐ ☐ ☐ far-right [adj] - politically extreme and conservative
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a candidate [n] - a person running for an election
• ☐ ☐ ☐ polls [n] - surveys measuring public opinion
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a conviction [n] - a formal statement that someone is guilty of a crime
• ☐ ☐ ☐ embezzlement [n] - the act of secretly taking money from a company illegally
• ☐ ☐ ☐ misogyny [n] - hatred or prejudice against women

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

1. An earthquake struck Mandalay four days ago.
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2. Israel has been blamed for the deaths of 15 Palestinian medics and aid workers.
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3. Marine Le Pen is currently leading in the polls for the 2027 French elections.
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4. Marine Le Pen has been convicted of a crime.
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5. A new movie about online misogyny is causing political debate in the U.K.
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Directions: What expressions from the audio have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

1. The situation in the Burmese city of Mandalay is said to be [ dreadful ].

   [ dire ]

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2. Hopes of finding people alive under the [ debris, ruins ] are fading.

   [ rubble ]

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3. The U.S. has [ urged ] all sides in Gaza to respect international humanitarian law.

   [ called on ]

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4. She has strongly attacked her conviction for [ stealing money from a company ].

   [ embezzlement ]

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5. How a TV drama looking at online [ hatred of women ] is causing political debate in the UK and beyond.

   [ misogyny ]

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Directions: Choose the correct form of each word.

• The situation in the Burmese city of Mandalay is said saying (said) to be dire four days after a devastated devastating (devastating) earthquake.
• Hopes of finding people live alive (alive) under the rubble are faded fading (fading) .
• The U.S. has called on all sides in Gaza to respect respectful (respect) international humanistic humanitarian (humanitarian) law.
• France's far-right leader leadership (leader) Marine Le Pen, the stronger strongest (strongest) candidate in the polls for the elect elections (elections) in 2027, has strongly attacked her convict conviction (conviction) for embezzle embezzlement (embezzlement) .
• Is she dead death (dead) then?
• How a TV drama looking at online misogyny misogynistic (misogyny) is caused causing (causing) politic political (political) debate in the U.K. and beyond.