Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ landmark [adj] - historic; highly significant
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a trial [n] - a legal case heard in court
• ☐ ☐ ☐ deliberately [adv] - on purpose; intentionally
• ☐ ☐ ☐ addictive [adj] - causing a strong urge to keep doing something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ intensify [v] - increase in strength
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the International Criminal Court [n] - a global court that rules on war crimes and other serious offenses
• ☐ ☐ ☐ impose [v] - officially put in place (a penalty or punishment)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sanctions [n] - official penalties placed on a country or person
• ☐ ☐ ☐ top officials [n] - high-ranking people in a government or organization
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Ebola [n] - a serious infectious disease
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an outbreak [n] - a sudden occurrence of a disease
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be under control [exp] - be handled effectively
• ☐ ☐ ☐ crucial [adj] - extremely important
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a wavelength [n] - a measure of a wave (light or sound)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ myopia [n] - a condition causing blurry distance vision
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ultraviolet [adj] - relating to invisible light just beyond violet in the spectrum
• ☐ ☐ ☐ UVA [n] - a range of ultraviolet light with a relatively long wavelength
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a treeshrew [n] - a small mammal related to primates [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ short-sighted [adj] - unable to see distant objects clearly

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

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1. A trial involving Meta is taking place in New York.
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2. Meta is being accused of deliberately making its platforms addictive to children.
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   False
   
   
3. The Trump administration has given its support to the International Criminal Court.
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4. The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in Congo is still not fully under control.
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5. In a study, ultraviolet light affected the vision of mice and treeshrews differently.
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   False
   
   
6. This research could help develop a treatment for short-sighted people.
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   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: 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 Wednesday, the 19th of August, these are our main stories.

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Meta denies deliberately designing platforms to be addictive to children.

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The Trump administration intensifies pressure on the international criminal court.

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The World Health Organization says it's still far from being under control.

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We actually showed that the crucial wavelength of light of preventing myopia was actually in the UVA.

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But in the treeshrew, we showed it went the other direction.

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We hear how treeshrews could be a big help to short-sighted humans.

Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

At the start of a landmark tr_ _ _ in California, Meta de_ _ _ _ deliberately designing pla_ _ _ _ _ _ like Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to chi_ _ _ _ _ .

The Trump administration intensifies pre_ _ _ _ _ on the international crim_ _ _ _ co_ _ _ by imposing more sanctions on top officials.

Wi_ _ the Ebola outbreak in Congo now one of the deadliest ev_ _ , the World Health Organization says it's still far from be_ _ _ under control.

And in the mouse, we act_ _ _ _ _ showed that the crucial wave_ _ _ _ _ _ of li_ _ _ of preventing myopia was actually in the UVA, ultraviolet A band. But in the treeshrew, we showed it went the ot_ _ _ dire_ _ _ _ _ .

We hear h_ _ treeshrews could be a big h_ _ _ to short-sighted hu_ _ _ _ .

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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. At the start of a [ historic ] trial in California, Meta denies [ on purpose ] designing platforms like Facebook and Instagram to be [ habit-forming ] to children.

   [ landmark ]   [ deliberately ]   [ addictive ]

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2. The Trump administration [ increases ] pressure on the international criminal court by [ putting in place ] more [ penalties ] on top officials.

   [ intensifies ]   [ imposing ]   [ sanctions ]

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3. With the Ebola [ sudden spread of a disease ] in Congo now one of the deadliest ever, the World Health Organization says it's still far from being [ managed ].

   [ outbreak ]   [ under control ]

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4. We actually showed that the [ essential ] wavelength of light of preventing [ nearsightedness ] was actually in the ultraviolet A band.

   [ crucial ]   [ myopia ]

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5. We hear how treeshrews could be a big help to [ can't see far ] humans.

   [ short-sighted ]

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