• ☐ ☐ ☐ resume [v] - start again, continue
• ☐ ☐ ☐ intelligence sharing [n] - exchanging secret information
• ☐ ☐ ☐ military aid [n] - support for a country’s military
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a proposal [n] - a formal suggestion
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a ceasefire [n] - a temporary stop to fighting
• ☐ ☐ ☐ The ball is in your court. [exp] - It is your turn to act or decide.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ HIV [n] - a virus that weakens the immune system; the virus that leads to AIDS
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an epidemic [n] - a widespread disease outbreak
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a game-changer [n] - something that greatly changes a situation
• ☐ ☐ ☐ annual [adj] - happening once a year
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an injection [n] - medicine given with a needle
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a safety trial [n] - a test to check if a medicine is safe

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

1. The U.S. has stopped all intelligence sharing and military aid for Ukraine.
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2. Russia has agreed to a ceasefire.
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3. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was critical of the move.
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4. Marco Rubio has presented the plan to Russia.
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5. It is believed that the HIV epidemic could be ended by 2030.
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   False
   
   
6. The HIV injection will have to be taken once per year.
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Directions: What expressions from the audio have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

1. The U.S. has [ restarted ] intelligence sharing and military aid for Ukraine.

   [ resumed ]

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2. Marco Rubio said he would present the plan to Russia and that [ it was up to them ].

   [ the ball was in their court ]

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3. People are talking about trying to end the HIV [ global outbreak ] by 2030.

   [ epidemic ]

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4. Experts are saying this could be a real [ breakthrough ].

   [ game-changer ]

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5. An [ yearly ] injection designed to guard against HIV has completed an important early safety trial.

   [ annual ]

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Directions: Choose the most natural word.

• The U.S. has resumed intelligence sharing and military aid help money (aid) for Ukraine after the Ukrainians agreed confirmed accepted (agreed) to an American proposal for a month-long month-span month-duration (month-long) ceasefire.
• The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said told talked (said) he would present the plan to Russia and that the ball was in their pitch field court (court) .
• Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was a helping approved positive (positive) step.
• People are saying telling talking (talking) about trying to end the HIV epidemic by from until (by) 2030, and experts are saying telling talking (saying) this could be a real game-changer.
• An annual injection done built designed (designed) to guard against HIV has completed an important early safety test trial experiment (trial) .