Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ dramatic [adj] - sudden, surprising, intense
• ☐ ☐ ☐ whisk (s/o) away [phv] - move (someone) quickly away from a place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ correspondents [n] - journalists who report news for a media organization
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a booming noise [n] - a deep, loud sound
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a rifle [n] - a long gun fired from the shoulder
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a shooter [n] - a person who fires a gun
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be apprehended [v] - be caught and arrested by police
• ☐ ☐ ☐ at the scene [exp] - at the place where something happened
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a special envoy [n] - an official representative sent on a diplomatic mission

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

---

1. Security agents quickly moved President Trump away from a dinner.
   True
   False
   
   
2. The noises at the dinner sounded like bombs.
   True
   False
   
   
3. The President was not hurt in the incident.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Police are still looking for the shooter.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Trump decided not to send his envoys to Pakistan.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Trump announced this decision after the dinner.
   True
   False
   
   
7. A bus exploded in Colombia a few days before an election.
   True
   False
   
   

Score:

---

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.

Clip 1

And in the early hours of Sunday, the 26th of April, these are our main stories.

Show Hide

Clip 2

Security agents whisked President Trump away from a dinner for White House correspondents...

Show Hide

Clip 3

...after there were loud noises sounding like gunfire.

Show Hide

Clip 4

And that's where I heard the noise come from.

Show Hide

Clip 5

He posted on social media that a shooter had been apprehended.

Show Hide

Clip 6

We'll hear from BBC reporters who were at the scene.

Show Hide

Clip 7

President Trump announced that he would not be sending his two special envoys to Pakistan.

Show Hide

Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

In dramatic e v _ _ _ _ in Washington, security a g _ _ _ _ whisked President Trump away f _ _ _ a dinner for White House correspondents a _ _ _ _ there were loud noises sounding l _ _ _ gunfire.

And that's w h _ _ _ I heard the noise c _ _ _ from, and to me it s o _ _ _ _ _ like that booming noise that all rifles m _ _ _ .

The President is safe. He p o _ _ _ _ on social media that a shooter had b _ _ _ apprehended. We'll h _ _ _ from BBC reporters who were at the scene.

A few hours b e _ _ _ _ the dinner, President Trump announced that he w _ _ _ _ not be sending his two special envoys to Pakistan for t a _ _ _ about the war with Iran.

And we hear about a d e _ _ _ _ explosion on a bus in Colombia j _ _ _ weeks before a presidential election.

Score:

---

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. In [ striking ] events in Washington, security agents [ moved quickly ] President Trump away from a dinner for White House [ journalists ].

   [ dramatic ] [ whisked ] [ correspondents ]

   Show Hide
   
   
2. To me it sounded like that [ deep, loud ] noise that all [ long guns ] make.

   [ booming ] [ rifles ]

   Show Hide
   
   
3. He posted on social media that a [ gunman ] had been [ caught, arrested ].

   [ shooter ] [ apprehended ]

   Show Hide
   
   
4. We'll hear from BBC reporters who were [ there, present ].

   [ at the scene ]

   Show Hide
   
   
5. President Trump announced that he would not be sending his two [ diplomats, representatives ] to Pakistan for talks.

   [ special envoys ]

   Show Hide