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• ☐ ☐ ☐ a government agency [n] - an official organization run by the government
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Anthropic [n] - an artificial intelligence company
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a firm [n] - a company
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an AI model [n] - a computer system that uses AI to perform tasks
• ☐ ☐ ☐ mass [adj] - involving many people
• ☐ ☐ ☐ domestic [adj] - related to things inside a country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ surveillance [n] - closely watching people
• ☐ ☐ ☐ autonomous [adj] - able to operate independently without human control
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a congressional committee [n] a group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress who study issues
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an acquaintance [n] - a person you know but not very well
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an auditorium [n] - a large hall for performances
• ☐ ☐ ☐ phenomenal [adj] - great
• ☐ ☐ ☐ scrap [v] - cancel
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a glacier [n] - a large, slow-moving mass of ice [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the mining industry [n] - the business of digging minerals or resources from the earth
• ☐ ☐ ☐ launch [v] - start, introduce
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a streaming platform [n] - an online service for watching videos over the Internet

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

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1. President Trump ordered the government to stop working with the AI company Anthropic.
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2. Anthropic refused to let its AI models be used for surveillance and autonomous weapons.
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3. Bill Clinton refused to testify in front of a congressional committee.
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4. Neil Sedaka has died at the age of 80.
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5. Neil Sedaka said he often felt uncomfortable performing on stage.
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6. The president of Argentina is fighting to protect glaciers in his country from the mining industry.
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7. The English Premier League will offer its own streaming platform next season.
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This edition is published in the early hours of Saturday, the 28th of February.

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President Trump orders US government agencies to stop doing business with Anthropic...

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...after the firm said it won't allow its AI models to be used for mass domestic surveillance.

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The former US President Bill Clinton tells a congressional committee he did nothing wrong.

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I realized then I liked the attention.

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And the English Premier League is to launch its first direct-to-customer streaming platform next season.

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President Trump o r _ _ _ _ US government agencies to s t _ _ doing business with Anthropic a f _ _ _ the firm said it won't allow its AI models to be u _ _ _ for mass domestic surveillance or making f u _ _ _ autonomous weapons.

The f o _ _ _ _ US President Bill Clinton tells a congressional committee he did n o _ _ _ _ _ wrong during his a c q u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with Jeffrey Epstein.

The American singer-songwriter, Neil Sedaka, has d i _ _ aged 86.

I wrote a rock and roll song c a _ _ _ _ Mr. Moon. I played it i _ the school auditorium. The response from the kids w _ _ phenomenal. I realized then I liked the attention.

Argentina's President Javier Milei tries to scrap l a _ _ protecting glaciers from the mining i n d _ _ _ _ _ .

And the English Premier League is to launch i _ _ first direct-to-customer streaming platform n _ _ _ season.

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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?

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1. The [ company ] said it won't allow its AI models to be used for [ large-scale ] [ inside the country ] [ monitoring ] or making fully [ self-directed ] weapons.

   [ firm ] [ mass ] [ domestic ] [ surveillance ] [ autonomous ]

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2. He says that he did nothing wrong during his [ brief encounter ] with Jeffrey Epstein.

   [ acquaintance ]

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3. The response from the kids was [ excellent ].

   [ phenomenal ]

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4. Argentina's president tries to [ get rid of ] laws protecting glaciers from the mining industry.

   [ scrap ]

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5. The English Premier League is to [ introduce ] its first direct-to-customer streaming platform next season.

   [ launch ]

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