Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ high stakes [exp] - involving serious risks or very important outcomes
• ☐ ☐ ☐ dissuade [v] - persuade someone not to do something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ drop a demand [exp] - stop insisting on something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the Arctic [n] - the cold area around the North Pole
• ☐ ☐ ☐ on good authority [exp] - based on information from a trusted source
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a regime [n] - a government
• ☐ ☐ ☐ back away from [phv] - stop supporting, stop pursuing
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a leaked recording [exp] - a secretly recorded audio that becomes public
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the Taliban [n] - an Islamist political and military group that controls Afghanistan
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hardliners [n] - people with very strict political views who resist change
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pragmatists [n] - people who focus on realistic solutions
• ☐ ☐ ☐ carry out [phv] - do, complete
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an evacuation [n] - the organized removal of people from a dangerous place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a contingency [n] - a planned response for a possible emergency
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an astronaut [n] - a person trained to travel and work in space

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

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1. Donald Trump has abandoned his demand for Greenland.
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2. Donald Trump says he was told that Iran has stopped killing protesters.
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3. Donald Trump said he is no longer considering military action against Iran.
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4. A leaked recording reveals divisions among Taliban leaders in Afghanistan.
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5. The International Space Station has carried out its first medical evacuation.
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6. Astronauts regularly train for emergency scenarios even if they have never occurred before.
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7. Four astronauts left the International Space Station a year earlier than planned due to health issues.
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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 Thursday, the 15th of January, these are our main stories.

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High stakes talks on Greenland's future at the White House failed to dissuade the US president to drop his demand for the Arctic island.

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After days of threats against the regime, is he backing away from military action?

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A leaked recording of the Taliban in Afghanistan obtained by the BBC reveals political divisions between hardliners and pragmatists.

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The International Space Station carries out its first medical evacuation.

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So, while this hasn't happened before, it's often been trained for and considered.

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Four astronauts leave the station a month early after one of them develops a serious health issue.

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

High stakes t a _ _ _ on Greenland's future at the White House failed to dissuade the US president to drop his d e m _ _ _ for the Arctic island.

Donald Trump says he's b _ _ _ told on g _ _ _ authority the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped.

After days of threats a g a _ _ _ _ the regime, is he backing a _ _ _ from military action?

The International Space Station carries o _ _ its first medical evacuation.

There's always a lot of thought that goes i _ _ _ the contingency scenarios.

So, w h _ _ _ this hasn't happened before, it has o f _ _ _ been trained for and considered.

Four astronauts leave the station a month e a _ _ _ after one of them develops a serious health i _ _ _ _ .

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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. They failed to [ persuade not to do ] the US president to [ give up ] his demand for the Arctic island.

   [ dissuade ] [ drop ]

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2. Donald Trump says he's been told [ reliably ] the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped.

   [ on good authority ]

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3. After days of threats against the [ authoritarian government ], is he [ reconsidering ] military action?

   [ regime ] [ backing away from ]

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4. A [ revealed, made public ] recording of the Taliban reveals political divisions between [ strict conservatives ] and [ realists ].

   [ leaked ] [ hardliners ] [ pragmatists ]

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5. The International Space Station [ completes successfully ] its first medical evacuation.

   [ carries out ]

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6. There's always a lot of thought that goes into the [ backup plan ] scenarios.

   [ contingency ]

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