Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a blockade [n] - action to stop people or supplies from entering or leaving a place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ respond in kind [exp] - react the same way
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a secondary school [n] - school for students roughly aged 11–18
• ☐ ☐ ☐ precious [adj] - highly valued; of great importance
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a close relative [n] - a close family member such as a parent or sibling
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a myth [n] - a widely believed but false idea
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a perspective [n] - a way of viewing or understanding something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a search engine [n] - a program that finds information on the internet based on words you type
• ☐ ☐ ☐ bitter [adj] - painful; hard to accept

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

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1. Iran warned that it would respond to the US blockade.
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2. A shooting happened at a university in Turkey.
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   False
   
   
3. Xi Jinping met Russia's president.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Xi stated that the relationship between Russia and China needs to be improved.
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   False
   
   
5. A new search engine tells Germans if their family members were Nazis.
   True
   False
   
   
6. The man found three family members who had been Nazis.
   True
   False
   
   

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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 at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday, the 15th of April, these are our main stories.

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Iran has warned that it will respond in kind to the US blockade.

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China's Xi Jinping calls relations with Moscow precious.

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I've already found two close relatives, which destroys the myth that no one in our family was involved.

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To have my perspective changed at the age of 71 is a bitter shock.

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The search engine which tells Germans if members of their family were Nazis.

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

Iran has warned that i _ will respond i _ kind to the US blockade i _ i _ continues.

Officials in southern Turkey say at l e _ _ _ four p e _ _ _ _ have been killed in a shooting at a secondary s c _ _ _ _ .

China's Xi Jinping c a _ _ _ relations with Moscow precious as he meets Russia's foreign m i _ _ _ _ _ _ .

I've a l _ _ _ _ _ found two close relatives, w _ _ _ _ destroys the myth that no one in our family was i n v _ _ _ _ _ . To have my p e r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ changed at the age of 71 is a bitter s h _ _ _ .

The search en _ _ _ _ which tells Germans if m e _ _ _ _ _ of their family were Nazis.

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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. Iran has warned that it will [ react in a similar way ] to the US [ embargo, barricade ] if it continues.

   [ respond in kind ] [ blockade ]

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2. I've already found two [ immediate family members ], which destroys [ the misconception, the story ] that no one in our family was involved.

   [ close relatives ] [ the myth ]

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3. To have my perspective changed at the age of 71 is a [ harsh, severe ] shock.

   [ bitter ]

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