Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ right-wing [adj] - supporting traditional or conservative political values
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a round [n] - one stage of a multi-stage system (elections, sports)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an outsider [n] - someone not expected to win; not part of the established group
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a presidential election [n] - a vote to choose a country's president
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an incursion [n] - a sudden military advance into enemy territory
• ☐ ☐ ☐ strategically [adv] - in a way that gives a military or political advantage
• ☐ ☐ ☐ double [v] - increase to twice the amount
• ☐ ☐ ☐ advanced [adj] - at a late and serious stage
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pancreatic cancer [n] - a serious disease affecting the pancreas, an organ near the stomach
• ☐ ☐ ☐ purgatory [n] - a situation of great suffering or difficulty
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a plague [n] - a large, destructive invasion of animals or insects; also: a deadly disease
• ☐ ☐ ☐ assure [v] - tell someone confidently that something is true

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

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1. A right-wing candidate won the first round of Colombia's presidential election.
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2. Israel's military advance into Lebanon is the deepest in twenty-five years.
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3. Israeli troops captured a hospital in southern Lebanon.
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4. The new pill can almost double the survival time of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.
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5. The speaker says she uses coffee to try to catch mice in her home.
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6. People in Poland will now be able to ride the 666 bus.
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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 Monday, the 1st of June, these are our main stories.

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A right-wing political outsider has won the first round of Colombia's presidential election.

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And researchers have developed a pill that can almost double the survival time of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

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You wake up in the morning, the first thing you do is you get the dust pan and the brush out.

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That's not as good as getting a nice cup of coffee, I can assure you.

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We hear about purgatory in the form of a plague of mice in Australia.

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And in Poland, why people will now be able to take the 666 bus again.

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

A right-wing poli_ _ _ _ _ outsider has won the fi_ _ _ ro_ _ _ of Colombia's presidential ele_ _ _ _ _ .

Israeli tr_ _ _ _ have made their dee_ _ _ _ incursion into sou_ _ _ _ _ Lebanon in a qua_ _ _ _ of a cen_ _ _ _ , capturing a strategically located castle.

And researchers have developed a pill that can al_ _ _ _ dou_ _ _ the survival time of pati_ _ _ _ with advanced pancreatic cancer.

You wa_ _ up in the morning, the first th_ _ _ you do is you get the dust p_ _ and the brush out, and you go walking around trying to find the dead mice in your home. That's not as good as getting a ni_ _ cup of cof_ _ _ , I can assure you.

We hear about purgatory in the fo_ _ of a plague of mice in Australia.

And in Poland, why people will now be ab_ _ to take the 666 bus ag_ _ _ .

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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. A right-wing political [ not the favourite ] has won the first [ stage ] of Colombia's presidential election.

   [ outsider ] [ round ]

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2. Israeli troops have made their deepest [ military advance ] into southern Lebanon.

   [ incursion ]

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3. We hear about [ great suffering ] in the form of a [ destructive invasion ] of mice in Australia.

   [ purgatory ] [ plague ]

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4. That's not as good as getting a nice cup of coffee, I can [ tell you confidently ] you.

   [ assure ]

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