Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a ceasefire [n] - an agreement to temporarily stop fighting
• ☐ ☐ ☐ due to [exp] - expected to, scheduled to
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a civil servant [n] - a government employee
• ☐ ☐ ☐ dismissive [adj] - treating something as unimportant
• ☐ ☐ ☐ vet [v] - carefully check someone's background
• ☐ ☐ ☐ over [prep] - because of
• ☐ ☐ ☐ links [n] - connections, associations
• ☐ ☐ ☐ chaos [n] - complete disorder and confusion
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a circus [n] - a traveling show with acrobats, clowns, and animals, usually held in a large tent
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an implant [n] - object surgically placed inside the body
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a control [n] - test subject that receives no treatment in a scientific experiment
• ☐ ☐ ☐ precision [n] - exactness, accuracy
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the wild [n] - a natural environment that is not controlled or developed by people

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

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1. Trump says the US is in a strong position in its negotiations with Iran.
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2. The ceasefire between the US and Iran ended on Wednesday.
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3. A British civil servant said Peter Mandelson's background was checked carefully.
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4. Peter Mandelson was the UK's ambassador to Washington.
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5. Mandelson lost his job because of his connections to Russia.
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6. A tiger escaped from a circus in Russia.
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7. Scientists put cocaine into the water to study its effects on fish.
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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 16 GMT on Tuesday, the 21st of April, these are our main stories.

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He believes the United States is in a very strong negotiating position with Iran.

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The ceasefire between the two countries is due to end on Wednesday.

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The UK ambassador to Washington was fired last September.

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Chaos at a circus in Russia as a tiger escapes from the arena.

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A scientific study that involved feeding cocaine to fish.

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And that gave us a real experimental precision in determining how these drugs actually affect fish behavior in the wild.

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We'll tell you what the researchers discovered.

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

President Trump has said he believes the United States is in a very strong negotiating p o s _ _ _ _ _ with Iran as the ceasefire b e _ _ _ _ _ the two countries is due to end on Wednesday.

A former top British civil s e r _ _ _ _ , who said the Prime Minister's office had a dismissive a t t _ _ _ _ _ towards the vetting of Peter Mandelson. The UK ambassador to Washington was fired l _ _ _ September over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Chaos at a c i _ _ _ _ in Russia as a tiger escapes f _ _ _ the arena.

And a scientific study that i n v _ _ _ _ _ feeding cocaine to fish.

We gave them e i _ _ _ _ implants containing cocaine, and a control implant w h _ _ _ had no drugs. And that gave us a real experimental precision in determining how t _ _ _ _ drugs actually affect fish b e h _ _ _ _ _ in the wild.

We'll tell you w _ _ _ the researchers discovered.

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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 [ truce, stop fighting ] between the two countries is due to end on Wednesday.

   [ ceasefire ]

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2. The Prime Minister's office had a [ not taking seriously ] attitude towards the [ background checking ] of Peter Mandelson.

   [ dismissive ] [ vetting ]

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3. The UK ambassador to Washington was fired last September [ because of ] his [ connections ] to Jeffrey Epstein.

   [ over ] [ links ]

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4. We gave them either [ inserted devices ] containing cocaine, and a control [ inserted device ] which had no drugs.

   [ implants ] [ implant ]

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5. That gave us a real experimental [ accuracy, exactness ] in determining how these drugs actually affect fish behavior in [ nature ].

   [ precision ] [ the wild ]

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