Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ scrap [v] - cancel a plan
• ☐ ☐ ☐ controversial [adj] - causing strong public disagreement
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a stake [n] - a share of ownership in a business or event
• ☐ ☐ ☐ outrage [n] - strong public anger
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be hacked [exp] - have a computer system broken into illegally
• ☐ ☐ ☐ rogue [adj] - acting alone and out of control
• ☐ ☐ ☐ accountability [n] - responsibility for your own actions
• ☐ ☐ ☐ greater [adj] - more; larger
• ☐ ☐ ☐ shed light on (s/t) [exp] - give new information about (something)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ indigenous [adj] - native to a particular place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ adopt [v] - take in and raise as your own
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be forged [exp] - be created
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a capuchin monkey [n] - a small, intelligent monkey from Central and South America [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a marmoset monkey [n] - a very small monkey from South America [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a macaque monkey [n] - a monkey found across Asia and North Africa [image]

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

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1. FIFA canceled its plan to sell shares in its competitions to private investors.
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2. FIFA's plan to sell shares was met with strong disapproval around the world.
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3. The head of a tech company hacked by an AI system is planning to sue for damages.
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4. A new discovery in the Amazon shows how indigenous civilizations used light to create energy.
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5. A monkey adopted a baby monkey from a different species.
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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: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

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

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.

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And in the early hours of Saturday, the 1st of August, these are our main stories.

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FIFA scraps its controversial plan to sell stakes in its competitions.

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And the head of a tech company hacked by a rogue AI agent calls for greater accountability.

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A discovery in the Amazon rainforest sheds new light on ancient indigenous civilizations.

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We found one case where a capuchin monkey adopted a little marmoset monkey.

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The unlikely friendships forged in the animal world.

Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

FIFA scraps its controversial plan to se_ _ st_ _ _ _ in its competitions to pri_ _ _ _ inve_ _ _ _ _ after a glo_ _ _ outrage.

And the he_ _ of a tech company hacked by a rogue AI ag_ _ _ calls for gre_ _ _ _ accountability.

A dis_ _ _ _ _ _ in the Amazon rainforest sheds new li_ _ _ on anc_ _ _ _ indigenous civilizations.

We found one case wh_ _ _ a capuchin monkey adopted a little marmoset monkey. Or th_ _ _ was a case of a macaque monkey who m_ _ _ fri_ _ _ _ with a chicken.

The unlikely friendships forged in the animal wo_ _ _ .

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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.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?

1. FIFA [ cancels ] its controversial plan to sell [ ownership shares ] in its competitions to private investors after global [ public anger ].

   [ scraps ]   [ stakes ]   [ outrage ]

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2. The head of a tech company [ broken into ] by a [ out-of-control ] AI agent calls for greater [ responsibility ].

   [ hacked ]   [ rogue ]   [ accountability ]

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3. A discovery in the Amazon rainforest [ explains for the first time ] ancient [ native ] civilizations.

   [ sheds new light on ]   [ indigenous ]

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4. We found one case where a capuchin monkey [ took in ] a little marmoset monkey.

   [ adopted ]

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5. The unlikely friendships [ formed ] in the animal world.

   [ forged ]

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