• ☐ ☐ ☐ governing [adj] - leading or controlling a country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a majority [n] - more than half
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a general election [n] - a vote to choose the country’s leaders
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the Labor Party [n] - a left-leaning political party in Australia
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be upended [v] - be greatly changed
• ☐ ☐ ☐ MSF [n] - short for Médecins Sans Frontières, a medical charity
• ☐ ☐ ☐ condemn [v] - say something is very bad or wrong
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a civil war [n] - a war between groups in the same country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ influential [adj] - having the power to change things
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an investor [n] - a person who invests money in stocks and companies
• ☐ ☐ ☐ shareholders [n] - people who own part of a company
• ☐ ☐ ☐ retire [v] - stop working, usually because of age
• ☐ ☐ ☐ soaked [adj] - very wet
• ☐ ☐ ☐ swamp [v] - cover with water
• ☐ ☐ ☐ slathering [adj] - drooling (water from the mouth), looking very hungry
• ☐ ☐ ☐ infested [adj] - full of

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

1. The Labor Party in Australia gained seats in the recent general election.
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2. Donald Trump’s tariff policy had an impact on the Australian election.
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3. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) praised the safety conditions in South Sudan.
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4. The civil war in South Sudan will likely end soon.
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   False
   
   
5. Warren Buffett plans to retire from his company in the next month.
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   False
   
   
6. A group of 15 people survived a plane crash in the Amazon.
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   False
   
   
7. The survivors included three women and a child.
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Directions: What expressions from the audio have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

1. It was [ disrupted ] by Donald Trump's policy on tariffs.

   [ upended ]

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2. The medical charity MSF has [ criticized ] a deadly attack on one of its hospitals in South Sudan.

   [ condemned ]

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3. Warren Buffett is one of the world's most [ famous, persuasive ] investors.

   [ influential ]

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4. Three women and a child, their socks [ wet ] with the water.

   [ soaked ]

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5. How five people whose plane crashed in [ full-of-alligators ] waters in the Amazon managed to survive.

   [ alligator-infested ]

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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.

• Australia's governing Labor Party has won (an) increased majority in the general election, (which) was upended (by) Donald Trump's policy on tariffs.
• The medical charity MSF has condemned a deadly attack (on) one of its hospitals in South Sudan as fears grow of return (to) civil war there.
• Warren Buffett, (one) of the world's (most) influential investors, has surprised shareholders by announcing he'll retire (by) the end of the year.
• Three women and a child, their socks soaked (with) the water swamping literally at their feet below, and (the) slathering mouths of several alligators looking (at) them. Hungry alligators.
• How five people (whose) plane crashed in alligator-infested waters in the Amazon managed (to) survive.