Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a crew [n] - a group of people working together on a mission
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Apollo [n] - NASA's moon program from the 1960s–70s [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ civilian [adj] - not military; relating to ordinary citizens
• ☐ ☐ ☐ infrastructure [n] - basic systems a country needs (roads, power, water)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be sentenced [v] - be given an official punishment by a court
• ☐ ☐ ☐ fatally [adv] - in a way that causes death
• ☐ ☐ ☐ assault [v] - physically attack someone
• ☐ ☐ ☐ in custody [exp] - being held by police or authorities
• ☐ ☐ ☐ come about [phv] - happen
• ☐ ☐ ☐ curling [n] - a sport played on ice where players slide heavy stones toward a target [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a career span [n] - the full length of a person's career
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be under way [exp] - have started; be in progress

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

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1. The Artemis 2 traveled to the far side of the moon.
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2. Trump says people in Iran want the U.S. to bomb their country.
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3. Trump has promised to protect Iran's infrastructure.
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4. Nine police officers in India have received the death penalty.
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5. The victims in the India case were a father and his son.
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6. The first professional curling league is starting in Scotland.
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Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduzca el clip de audio e intente repetir lo que escucha. Haga clic en "Mostrar" para ver el texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

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And in the early hours of Tuesday, the 7th of April, these are our main stories.

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The crew of Artemis 2 are on their way home and have been talking about their mission to the far side of the moon.

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And we saw sights that no human has ever seen before, not even in Apollo.

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President Trump has repeated his threat to destroy civilian infrastructure.

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We'll hear how Iranians are preparing for the possibility of that happening.

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Seeing a professional league come about and within my career span is quite exciting for me, I think.

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The first ever professional curling league gets under way in Canada.

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

The crew of Artemis 2 are on t h _ _ _ way home and have been talking about their mission to the far s _ _ _ of the moon.

And we saw s i _ _ _ _ that no human has e _ _ _ seen before, not e _ _ _ in Apollo, and that was amazing for us.

President Trump c l _ _ _ _ Iranians want the U.S. to bomb their country, and has repeated his t h r _ _ _ to destroy c i v _ _ _ _ _ infrastructure. We'll hear h _ _ Iranians are preparing for the possibility of t _ _ _ happening.

Nine police o f _ _ _ _ _ _ in India are sentenced to death for fatally assaulting a father and son in custody.

And this is v _ _ _ exciting for us. We've d _ _ _ a lot in the sport, but seeing a professional league come about and w i _ _ _ _ my career span is q _ _ _ _ exciting for me, I think.

The f _ _ _ _ ever professional curling league g _ _ _ under way in Canada.

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Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

1. The [ group ] of Artemis 2 are on their way home.

   [ crew ]

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2. Nine police officers in India [ are condemned ] to death for [ lethally, causing death ] assaulting a father and son [ in police care ].

   [ are sentenced ] [ fatally ] [ in custody ]

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3. Seeing a professional league [ happen ] within my career [ duration ] is quite exciting for me.

   [ come about ] [ span ]

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4. The first ever professional curling league [ starts ] in Canada.

   [ gets under way ]

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