Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a Secretary of Defense [n] - the head of a country’s military and defense department
• ☐ ☐ ☐ issue [v] - officially give or announce
• ☐ ☐ ☐ fresh [adj] - new, most recent
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a justification [n] - a reason
• ☐ ☐ ☐ alleged [adj] - said to be true, but not proven
• ☐ ☐ ☐ drug trafficking [n] - the illegal buying and selling of drugs
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the latest [adj] - the most recent
• ☐ ☐ ☐ indigenous [adj] - native to a place, originally from that land
• ☐ ☐ ☐ belongings [n] - personal things that someone owns
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ancestors [n] - family members from long ago
• ☐ ☐ ☐ vital [adj] - very important, necessary
• ☐ ☐ ☐ indicators [n] - signs

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

1. A fire happened at a nightclub in India.
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   False
   
   
2. More than 20 people were killed in the fire.
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   False
   
   
3. The US Secretary of Defense apologized for military actions targeting suspected drug-trafficking boats.
   True
   False
   
   
4. The podcast will report on peace talks between the US and Venezuela.
   True
   False
   
   
5. The Vatican is refusing to return cultural artifacts that belong to indigenous communities in Canada.
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   False
   
   
6. The speaker says the artifacts represent her history.
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   False
   
   
7. There have been delays in releasing the schedule for next year’s World Cup.
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   False
   
   

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. Pete Hegseth [ announces ] a fresh [ defense ] of attacks on [ accused, said to be ] drug trafficking boats.

   [ issues ] [ justification ] [ alleged ]

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2. We have [ the most recent ] from peace talks on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

   [ the latest ]

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3. The Vatican returns [ First Nations ] cultural artifacts to Canada.

   [ indigenous ]

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4. They are our belongings, our ancestors, [ important ] indicators of our nation's history.

   [ vital ]

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

Police in India say more than 20 p e o _ _ _ have been k i _ _ _ _ in a fire at a nightclub in Goa.

And the US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issues a f r _ _ _ justification of a t _ _ _ _ _ on alleged drug trafficking boats.

Also in this podcast, we have the l a _ _ _ _ from p e _ _ _ talks on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

The Vatican returns indigenous c u l _ _ _ _ _ artifacts to Canada.

These are not s i m _ _ _ artifacts. They are our b e l _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , our ancestors, vital indicators of our nation's h i s _ _ _ _ .

And we have an u p _ _ _ _ on the schedule for n e _ _ year's World Cup.