Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ an anniversary [n] - the yearly date to remember an important event
• ☐ ☐ ☐ full-scale [adj] - complete, very large
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an invasion [n] - an attack in which an army enters another country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ deploy [v] - move soldiers into action
• ☐ ☐ ☐ troops [n] - soldiers in an army
• ☐ ☐ ☐ most wanted [exp] - the person the police most want to catch
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a cartel [n] - a criminal group that controls illegal trade
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an ambassador [n] - an official who represents a country in another country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ late [adj] - dead
• ☐ ☐ ☐ former [adj] - previous
• ☐ ☐ ☐ disruption [n] - a problem that interrupts normal activity
• ☐ ☐ ☐ power cuts [n] - times when electricity stops working
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be sick of (s/t) [exp] - be very tired or annoyed with (something)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ visibility [n] - how well you can see
• ☐ ☐ ☐ meditating [n] - focusing the mind quietly to relax

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

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1. Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago.
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2. El Mencho was arrested in Mexico on Sunday.
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3. Mexico has had to deploy thousands of troops to keep order.
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4. Peter Mandelson is a former British ambassador to Washington.
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5. Peter Mandelson has been arrested because of his connections to Russia.
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6. A major storm in the US caused travel disruption and power cuts.
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7. New research suggests that meditation could stop the spread of cancer.
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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: Reproduzca el clip de audio e intente repetir lo que escucha. Haga clic en "Mostrar" para ver el texto.

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

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And in the early hours of Tuesday, the 24th of February, these are our main stories.

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There have been more Russian attacks on Ukraine.

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Mexico deploys thousands of troops to maintain order...

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...after the country's most wanted cartel leader was killed on Sunday.

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A major storm in the US causes travel disruption and power cuts.

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I don't want to see no more snow.

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Could meditating twice a day reduce the risk of cancer spreading.

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

There have been m o _ _ Russian attacks on Ukraine o _ the 4th anniversary of Moscow's full-scale i n v _ _ _ _ _ .

Mexico deploys thousands of troops to m a i _ _ _ _ _ order after the country's m o _ _ wanted cartel leader, k n _ _ _ as El Mencho, was killed on Sunday.

Britain's former ambassador in Washington, Peter Mandelson, has been questioned by police after b _ _ _ _ arrested o _ _ _ his dealings with the late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A major storm in the US causes t r _ _ _ _ disruption and power cuts.

I'm sick o _ it. I don't want to see no more snow. Visibility is like zero. I can't see in front of my face r _ _ _ _ now. And I'm frozen.

And c o_ _ _ meditating t w _ _ _ a day reduce the risk of cancer spreading?

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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.

1. It is the 4th anniversary of Moscow's [ complete, all-out ] invasion.

   [ full-scale ]

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2. Mexico [ sends, stations ] thousands of troops to maintain order.

   [ deploys ]

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3. The country's most wanted [ criminal gang ] leader was killed on Sunday.

   [ cartel ]

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4. Britain's [ previous ] ambassador in Washington has been questioned by police.

   [ former ]

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5. He was arrested over his dealings with the [ deceased ] American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

   [ late ]

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6. I'm [ tired ] of it. I don't want to see no more snow.

   [ sick ]

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