Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ former [adj] - previous
• ☐ ☐ ☐ urge [v] - strongly encourage
• ☐ ☐ ☐ stand up for [phv] - defend, support
• ☐ ☐ ☐ rights [n] - legal or moral freedoms and protections
• ☐ ☐ ☐ amid [prep] - in the middle of, during
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ICE [n] - the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency
• ☐ ☐ ☐ retrieve [v] - get something back, recover
• ☐ ☐ ☐ remains [n] - what is left of a person’s body after death
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a hostage [n] - a person held captive
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a pact [n] - a formal agreement between people or groups
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ween (s/o) off (s/t) [phv] - slowly help (someone) stop using (something)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ John Logie Baird [n] - a Scottish inventor who helped develop the first working television system

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

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1. Bill Clinton urged Americans to stand up for their rights.
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2. The fatal shootings occurred in Massachusetts.
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3. Israel says it still has not received the remains of all of the hostages taken by Hamas.
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4. Clean energy might help reduce Europe's dependence on Saudi oil and gas.
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5. John Logie Baird showed that television broadcasting was possible.
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6. People are celebrating 100 years of television.
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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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We are recording this at 16 hours GMT on Monday, the 26th of January.

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The former US President Bill Clinton urges Americans to stand up for their right.

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It says it's retrieved the remains of the last hostage from Gaza.

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And can a clean energy pact help ween Europe off Russian oil and gas?

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Celebrating 100 years of television.

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

The former US President Bill Clinton urges Americans to stand up f _ _ their rights amid growing pre _ _ _ _ _ over the latest ICE killings in Minneapolis.

The Israeli military says it's retrieved the remains of the l a _ _ hostage from Gaza.

And can a clean e n e _ _ _ pact help ween Europe off Russian oil and g _ _ ?

What John Logie Baird achieved, w h _ _ he managed to do w _ _ _ those demonstrations is proof t _ _ _ it was possible.

Celebrating 100 y e _ _ _ of television.

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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. The [ previous ] US President Bill Clinton urges Americans to [ defend ] their rights.

   [ former ] [ stand up for ]

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2. The Israeli military says it has [ gotten back ] the [ body ] of the last hostage from Gaza.

   [ retrieved ] [ remains ]

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3. And can a clean energy [ deal ] help [ gradually reduce dependency ] Europe off Russian oil and gas?

   [ pact ] [ ween ]

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