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Published: 7.24.2025
Level 3   |   Time: 1:16
Accent: British

Headlines from today's news. Visit the Global News Podcast (7.24.2025) for the full stories.


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triangle Directions 목표 Direcciones Instruções


  1. READ the VOCABULARY

    It is important to read the vocabulary before you listen to the audio. This will improve your ability to understand the audio. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. LISTEN to the AUDIO

    The first time you listen, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First try to answer all the questions from memory. Then listen again and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. LISTEN and READ the SCRIPT

    Listen again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO

    Es importante leer el vocabulario antes de escuchar el audio. Esto mejorará tu capacidad para entender el audio. También te ayudará a comprender cómo se usa naturalmente el nuevo vocabulario.

  2. ESCUCHA el AUDIO

    La primera vez que escuches, solo intenta entender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego escucha otra vez e intenta responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. ESCUCHA y LEE el GUIÓN

    Escucha nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. LEIA o VOCABULÁRIO

    É importante ler o vocabulário antes de ouvir o áudio. Isso vai melhorar sua capacidade de entender o áudio. Também ajudará você a compreender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. OUÇA o ÁUDIO

    Na primeira vez que você ouvir, apenas tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

    Primeiro tente responder a todas as perguntas de memória. Depois, ouça novamente e tente responder às perguntas que você não conseguiu.

  4. OUÇA e LEIA o ROTEIRO

    Ouça novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo vai ajudá-lo a perceber cada palavra individual e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.

  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Há várias atividades diferentes que se concentram em vocabulário, gramática e estrutura de frases.

  1. 어휘 읽기

    오디오를 듣기 전에 어휘를 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 오디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는 데 도움이 됩니다.

  2. 오디오 듣기

    처음 들을 때는 전체 상황을 이해하려고만 하세요.

  3. 질문에 답하기

    먼저 기억을 바탕으로 모든 질문에 답해 보세요. 그런 다음 다시 듣고 놓친 질문에 답해 보세요.

  4. 대본 보면서 듣기

    대본을 읽으면서 다시 들어 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 개별 단어를 더 잘 들을 수 있고, 듣기 정확성을 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

  5. 액티비티 하기

    어휘, 문법, 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 여러 가지 활동이 있습니다.

triangle Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario


  • ☐ ☐ ☐ demand [v] - strongly ask for something
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ mass [adj] - affecting many people
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ starvation [n] - extreme hunger, lack of food
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ latest [adj] - most recent
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a round of talks [exp] - official discussions
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ court files [n] - official legal documents
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a sex-offender [n] - a person guilty of a sexual crime
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ piece together [exp] - understand by collecting clues
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ inscriptions [n] - words carved into wood, stone, metal, etc.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the origin [n] - the beginning
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ enhance [v] - improve, make better
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ decipher [v] - figure out unclear writing or code

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



triangle Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas


  1. The World Health Organization wants full access to Gaza to provide aid.
    True
    False

  2. Russia and Ukraine met for several hours to discuss peace.
    True
    False

  3. They made some key agreements during their talks.
    True
    False

  4. The White House confirmed that Donald Trump's name appears in court files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
    True
    False

  5. A new artificial intelligence tool may help historians better understand ancient Russian inscriptions.
    True
    False



triangle Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión


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. He described the situation there as man-made mass [ famine, great hunger ].

    [ starvation ]



  2. Historian face many problems in [ reconstructing, understanding ] the past from ancient inscriptions.

    [ piecing together ]



  3. A new artificial intelligence tool could [ improve ] our understanding of human history.

    [ enhance ]



  4. It could help [ decode ] damaged inscriptions from ancient Rome.

    [ decipher ]



triangle Grammar 문법 Gramática Gramática (grammar words)


Directions: Choose the most natural word (only one word) for each blank.

Instrucciones: Elige la palabra más natural (solo una palabra) para cada espacio en blanco.

Instruções: Escolha a palavra mais natural (apenas uma palavra) para cada espaço em branco.

지시 사항: 빈칸마다 가장 자연스러운 단어(한 단어만)를 선택하세요.

  • The head (of) the World Health Organization has demanded full access for aid into Gaza, describing (the) situation there (as) man-made mass starvation.
  • (The) latest round of talks between Russia and Ukraine (has) ended in less (than) an hour without (any) major agreements.
  • The White House has rejected a Wall Street Journal report that Donald Trump (was) told (in) May his name appeared in court files related (to) the dead sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Historian face many problems in piecing together the past (from) ancient inscriptions.
  • They (are) usually incomplete. And also their origin and date may not (be) known.
  • But now (a) new artificial intelligence tool could enhance our understanding of human history (by) helping decipher damaged inscriptions from ancient Rome.



triangle Script 대본 Roteiro Guion


Visit the BBC Global News Podcast or this specific episode (7.24.2025) for the full stories.

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Julia McFarland, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 24th of July, these are our main stories.

The head of the World Health Organization has demanded full access for aid into Gaza, describing the situation there as man-made mass starvation.

The latest round of talks between Russia and Ukraine has ended in less than an hour without any major agreements.

The White House has rejected a Wall Street Journal report that Donald Trump was told in May (that) his name appeared in court files related to the dead sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Also in this podcast...

Historian face many problems in piecing together the past from ancient inscriptions. They're usually incomplete. And also their origin and date may not be known.

But now a new artificial intelligence tool could enhance our understanding of human history by helping decipher damaged inscriptions from ancient Rome.

Visit the BBC Global News Podcast or this specific episode (7.24.2025) for the full stories.

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