Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a summit [n] - a high-level meeting between leaders of different countries
• ☐ ☐ ☐ G7 nations [n] - the group of seven major world economies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the US)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ urge [v] - strongly encourage someone to do something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a concession [n] - something given up in a negotiation
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the Church of England [n] - the official Christian church of England
• ☐ ☐ ☐ four days on [exp] - four days later
• ☐ ☐ ☐ slavery [n] - the system of owning people and forcing them to work without pay
• ☐ ☐ ☐ reparations [n] - money paid to make up for past wrongdoing or harm
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be exposed to [exp] - come into contact with
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a climate hazard [n] - a dangerous weather or environmental condition
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be rescued [exp] - be saved from a dangerous or harmful situation
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the meat trade [n] - the business of selling animal meat as food
• ☐ ☐ ☐ plummeting [adj] - falling rapidly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ elusive [adj] - difficult to find
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be tracked down [exp] - be found after a long search
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a decade [n] - a period of ten years

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

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1. Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky are both attending the G7 summit.
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2. European leaders are pressuring Ukraine to accept more of Russia's demands.
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   False
   
   
3. The Church of England made a promise about slavery reparations more than two years ago.
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4. The Church of England still hasn't distributed any of the promised reparations money.
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5. Half of the world's children now face at least three climate hazards.
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6. A missing music star was found within a few years of people starting to look for him.
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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 at 15 GMT on Tuesday, the 16th of June, these are our main stories.

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European leaders urge Washington not to pressure Kiev into accepting concessions demanded by Moscow.

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Not a single dollar has been spent.

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Half of the world's children are now exposed to at least three climate hazards, threatening their health, education and survival.

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Hundreds of cats in Vietnam are rescued from the illegal meat trade.

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We also hear about plummeting trust in news across the world.

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And the story of an elusive music star who's been tracked down after more than a decade of searching.

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky meet at the summit of G7 nat_ _ _ _ as European leaders urge Washington not to pre_ _ _ _ _ Kiev into accepting concessions dem_ _ _ _ _ by Moscow.

Three years on from the Church of England's pro_ _ _ _ to sp_ _ _ millions on sla_ _ _ _ reparations, not a sin_ _ _ dollar has been sp_ _ _ .

And new a rep_ _ _ by the UN has found that half of the world's chi_ _ _ _ _ are now exposed to at least three climate hazards, threatening their hea_ _ _ , edu_ _ _ _ _ _ , and sur_ _ _ _ _ .

It is the biggest ca_ _ ever, that I've heard of, that pets have been rescued and ret_ _ _ _ _ to their owners.

Hundreds of cats in Vietnam are rescued from the ill_ _ _ _ meat tr_ _ _ .

We also hear about plummeting tr_ _ _ in news across the wo_ _ _ .

And the story of an elusive mu_ _ _ star who has been tracked down after more than a decade of searching.

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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. European leaders [ strongly encouraged ] Washington not to pressure Kiev into accepting [ things given up ] demanded by Moscow.

   [ urged ] [ concessions ]

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2. The Church of England promised to spend millions on slavery [ compensation payments ].

   [ reparations ]

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3. Half of the world's children are now [ at risk from ] at least three climate [ dangers ].

   [ exposed to ] [ hazards ]

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4. We also hear about [ rapidly falling ] trust in news across the world.

   [ plummeting ]

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5. The story of an [ hard to find ] music star who has been [ found after a search ] after more than [ ten years ] of searching.

   [ elusive ] [ tracked down ] [ a decade ]

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