Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ pay tribute exp. - give respect, especially after someone's death
• ☐ ☐ ☐ deny v. - say that something is not true
• ☐ ☐ ☐ keep away from (s/t) exp. - prevent something from reaching or affecting
• ☐ ☐ ☐ high-stakes adj. - involving a serious risk or important outcome
• ☐ ☐ ☐ raise the alarm exp. - warn people about a danger
• ☐ ☐ ☐ so-called adj. - commonly named this, though the name may not be accurate
• ☐ ☐ ☐ autonomous adj. - able to operate without human control
• ☐ ☐ ☐ jailing n. - the act of putting someone in prison
• ☐ ☐ ☐ censorship n. - control over what information the public can see
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a whiskey barrel n. - a large wooden cask used for aging a strong drink
• ☐ ☐ ☐ worth a fortune exp. - extremely valuable
• ☐ ☐ ☐ and all the rest of it exp. - and everything else

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

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1. Dolly Parton was famous for singing country and western music.
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   False
   
   
2. Dolly Parton passed away at the age of 85.
   True
   False
   
   
3. A top Instagram executive is currently on trial in the United States.
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   False
   
   
4. The executive admitted that Meta tried to hide any negative information about the platform.
   True
   False
   
   
5. The UN and Red Cross are concerned about drones that could use AI to kill people.
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   False
   
   
6. The story about a jailed artist in China relates to freedom of speech.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Someone bought a barrel of whiskey for under $25 and later learned it was extremely valuable.
   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: 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.

And in the early hours of Wednesday, the 26th of August, these are our main stories.

Tributes are being paid to the Queen of Country and Western music.

The head of Instagram denies encouraging employees to keep negative information away from the public.

And the UN and Red Cross raise the alarm about so-called killer robots.

What can the jailing of a Chinese artist tell us about censorship there?

It could have lost its alcohol content.

How it feels to buy a whiskey barrel for less than $200 and find out its worth a fortune.

Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

Tributes are being pa_ _ to the Queen of Country and Wes_ _ _ _ music, Dolly Parton, who has d_ _ _ at the age of 80.

The he_ _ of Instagram, one of Meta's most pop_ _ _ _ plat_ _ _ _ _ , denies encouraging emp_ _ _ _ _ _ to ke_ _ negative information aw_ _ from the public at a high-stakes tr_ _ _ in the US.

And the UN and Red Cross ra_ _ _ the al_ _ _ about so-called killer robots, autonomous drones that co_ _ _ use AI to attack and kill humans.

W_ _ _ can the jailing of a Chinese art_ _ _ tell us about censorship th_ _ _ ?

They've declared it being abso_ _ _ _ _ _ fant_ _ _ _ _ and all the rest of it because being that old, it could have lo_ _ its alcohol con_ _ _ _ .

How it feels to buy a whi_ _ _ _ bar_ _ _ for less than $200 and find out it's wo_ _ _ a fortune.

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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. [ Acts of respect ] are being paid to the Queen of Country and Western music, Dolly Parton.

   [ Tributes ]

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2. The head of Instagram [ says is not true ] encouraging employees to keep negative information away from the public.

   [ denies ]

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3. The UN and Red Cross raise the alarm about [ supposedly named ] killer robots, [ self-operating ] drones that could use AI to attack and kill humans.

   [ so-called ]   [ autonomous ]

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4. What can the jailing of a Chinese artist tell us about [ restricting of information ] there?

   [ censorship ]

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5. How it feels to buy a whiskey barrel for less than $200 and find out its worth [ a lot of money ].

   [ a fortune ]

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