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• ☐ ☐ ☐ Shell [n] - a major international oil company
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pump oil [exp] - extract oil from the ground
• ☐ ☐ ☐ widespread [adj] - happening over a large area
• ☐ ☐ ☐ scrap [v] - cancel; get rid of
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the Trump administration [n] - the US government under President Trump
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a fund [n] - a large amount of money
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a critic [n] - someone who expresses disapproval
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a payout [n] - a large sum of money paid to someone
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a rioter [n] - someone who takes part in a violent public disturbance
• ☐ ☐ ☐ quantum [adj] - relating to the smallest possible units of energy or matter
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a computing chip [n] - a small piece of hardware in a computer
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a predecessor [n] - something that came before; the earlier version
• ☐ ☐ ☐ switch up [phv] - change; alter
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a protein [n] - a molecule in the body that performs essential biological functions
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the immune system [n] - the body's defense system against disease and infection
• ☐ ☐ ☐ shrink [v] - make smaller
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a tumor [n] - an abnormal growth of cells in the body caused by cancer

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

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1. Shell knew it was causing pollution while it was pumping oil.
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2. The Trump administration canceled its $1.8 billion fund.
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3. Critics said the fund could have given money to people who attacked the US Capitol.
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4. Microsoft's new quantum chip is a thousand times faster than its predecessor.
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5. There is a new pill that has been shown to shrink tumors in 16 types of cancer.
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6. The new drug changes proteins inside cancer cells.
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This edition is published in the early hours of Wednesday, the 3rd of June.

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Shell pumped oil for years despite knowing it was causing widespread pollution.

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The Trump administration scraps plans for a 1.8 billion dollar fund...

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...that critics said could give payouts to rioters who attacked the US capitol.

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And Microsoft says its new quantum computing chip is a thousand times more reliable than its predecessor.

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This new drug actually switches up proteins on the cancer surface.

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The pill which has been shown to shrink tumors in six types of cancer.

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BBC News finds that Shell pu_ _ _ _ oil for years des_ _ _ _ knowing it was cau_ _ _ _ widespread poll_ _ _ _ _ .

The Trump admi_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ scraps pl_ _ _ for a 1.8 billion dollar fund that critics said could give payouts to rioters who att_ _ _ _ _ the US cap_ _ _ _ .

And Microsoft says its new quantum computing ch_ _ is a thousand ti_ _ _ more reli_ _ _ _ than its predecessor.

This new drug actually switches up pro_ _ _ _ _ on the cancer sur_ _ _ _ so that the imm_ _ _ sys_ _ _ can now see the cancer and can then des_ _ _ _ the cancer cell.

The pill which has been sho_ _ to shrink tu_ _ _ _ in six types of cancer.

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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. BBC News finds that Shell pumped oil for years despite knowing it was causing [ large-scale ] pollution.

   [ widespread ]

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2. The Trump administration [ cancelled ] plans for a 1.8 billion dollar [ pool of money ].

   [ scraps ] [ fund ]

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3. Critics that said it could give [ money payments ] to [ violent protesters ] who attacked the US capitol.

   [ payouts ] [ rioters ]

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4. Microsoft says its new quantum computing chip is a thousand times more reliable than its [ earlier version ].

   [ predecessor ]

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5. This new drug actually [ changes ] proteins on the cancer surface.

   [ switches up ]

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6. The pill which has been shown to [ make smaller ] tumors in six types of cancer.

   [ shrink ]

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