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.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ chair v. - lead (a meeting)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ coordinate v. - organize different actions to work together
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a flood n. - a large amount of water covering land that is normally dry
• ☐ ☐ ☐ mourn v. - feel or show sadness for someone's death
• ☐ ☐ ☐ analyse v. - examine in detail
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the Middle East n. - the region including countries such as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Egypt
• ☐ ☐ ☐ prioritize v. - decide the order of importance
• ☐ ☐ ☐ reveal v. - show
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a tag n. - a mental marker, a small label
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be bombarded by (s/t) exp. - be overwhelmed by a large amount of something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ commit (s/t) to memory exp. - store something in your mind so you can recall it later
• ☐ ☐ ☐ call on (s/o) exp. - publicly ask or demand that someone do something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ clone v. - make an identical copy of something

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

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1. China is refusing to send aid to flooded regions in Nepal and Tibet.
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   False
   
   
2. China has asked other countries for help responding to the floods.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Norway's king died at the age of 80.
   True
   False
   
   
4. The conflict between Iran and the US began six months ago.
   True
   False
   
   
5. The new study found that our brains store almost everything we see and hear as an important long-term memory.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Actors want a law to stop companies from using AI to copy people's voices without permission.
   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 at 14 hours GMT on Friday, 28th August, these are our main stories.

The Chinese President Xi Jinping has chaired an emergency meeting to coordinate rescue efforts.

Norway mourns as King Harold the Fifth dies at the age of 89.

And we analyse the situation in the Middle East six months since the start of the conflict between Iran and the United States.

A new study reveals that our brains apply a special tag to events as they happen.

We are both male British voices for sure.

More than 80 actors are calling on the British government to give every person a legal right to own their voice.

Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

The Chinese President Xi Jinping has chaired an emer_ _ _ _ _ me_ _ _ _ _ to coordinate res_ _ _ eff_ _ _ _ following the dea_ _ _ floods in Nepal and Tibet.

Norway mourns as King Harold the Fifth d_ _ _ at the age of 89.

And we analyse the situ_ _ _ _ _ in the Middle East six months si_ _ _ the start of the con_ _ _ _ _ between Iran and the United States.

A new study reveals that our brains ap_ _ _ a special tag to ev_ _ _ _ as they ha_ _ _ _ to help us prioritize our mem_ _ _ _ _ .

Every day, our senses are bombarded by so m_ _ _ information t_ _ _ our brain needs a way to fig_ _ _ out what is act_ _ _ _ _ important that we're seeing and we're hearing that needs to be committed into a long-term mem_ _ _ .

We are b_ _ _ male British voices for sure. However, I am not David Attenborough for an_ _ _ _ out there who mi_ _ _ be confused.

More t_ _ _ 80 actors are calling on the British government to give every pe_ _ _ _ a legal right to o_ _ their voice because of fa_ _ _ _ voices cloned by AI.

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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. The Chinese President Xi Jinping has [ run ] an emergency meeting to [ organize ] rescue efforts.

   [ chaired ]   [ coordinate ]

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2. Norway [ feels sad ] as King Harold the Fifth dies at the age of 89.

   [ mourns ]

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3. And we [ examine closely ] the situation in the Middle East.

   [ analyse ]

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4. A new study reveals that our brains apply a special tag to events as they happen to help us [ decide what matters most ] our memories.

   [ prioritize ]

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5. Every day, our senses are [ overloaded with ] so much information that important things need to be [ stored ] into a long term memory.

   [ bombarded ]   [ committed ]

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6. More than 80 actors are [ publicly asking ] the British government to give every person a legal right to own their voice because of famous voices [ copied exactly ] by AI.

   [ calling on ]   [ cloned ]

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