Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a party [n] - a political group that competes in elections
• ☐ ☐ ☐ populous [adj] - having a large number of supporters
• ☐ ☐ ☐ surge ahead [phv] - move quickly into the lead
• ☐ ☐ ☐ resign [v] - voluntarily leave a job or position
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a court [n] - a body with judges that makes official legal decisions
• ☐ ☐ ☐ rule [v] - make an official legal decision
• ☐ ☐ ☐ The WHO [n] - the World Health Organization; the United Nations' global health agency
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be underway [exp] - already happening
• ☐ ☐ ☐ trace [v] - find or track the location of someone
• ☐ ☐ ☐ disembark [v] - leave a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a cruise ship [n] - a large ship that carries passengers on pleasure trips
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an outbreak [n] - a sudden spread of a disease
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hantavirus [n] - a dangerous virus spread by rodents, causing serious illness
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be detected [v] - be found or discovered
• ☐ ☐ ☐ end-to-end encryption [n] - a security system where only the sender and receiver can read messages
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Meta [n] - the US tech company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
• ☐ ☐ ☐ cave [v] - give in to pressure; stop resisting
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a major U-turn [n] - a complete reversal of a decision or policy
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a parent company [n] - a company that owns or controls another company

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

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1. Both of the UK's two main political parties lost support in local elections.
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2. Reform UK is a right-wing party.
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3. South Africa's president has been found guilty of theft.
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4. There are calls for South Africa's president to quit.
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5. The WHO is trying to find people who left a cruise ship before the virus was discovered.
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6. Instagram made a change that gave users more privacy in their messages.
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7. Meta is trying to resist government pressure regarding privacy.
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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 hours GMT on Friday, the 8th of May, these are our main stories.

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The UK's two main political parties suffer huge losses in local elections.

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The populous right-wing reform UK party surges ahead.

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South Africa's president faces calls to resign.

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He will be investigated over the theft of more than half a million dollars.

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The WHO says efforts are underway to trace anyone who disembarked from a cruise ship.

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End-to-end encryption is one of the key ways in which children can keep themselves safe online.

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We're worried that Meta are perhaps caving to government pressure.

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

The UK's two main p o l _ _ _ _ _ _ parties suffer h u _ _ losses in l o _ _ _ elections as the populous right-wing reform UK party surges a h _ _ _ .

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa f a _ _ _ calls to r e _ _ _ _ after a court rules he will be investigated o _ _ _ the theft of m _ _ _ than half a million dollars.

The WHO says efforts are underway to trace a n _ _ _ _ who disembarked f _ _ _ a cruise ship b e _ _ _ _ an outbreak of hantavirus was detected.

End-to-end e n c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is one of the key ways in w _ _ _ _ children can keep t h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ safe online. We're w o r _ _ _ _ that Meta are perhaps caving to government p r e _ _ _ _ _ .

Privacy groups e x p _ _ _ _ concern a _ _ _ _ Instagram turns off end-to-end encryption for direct messages in a m a _ _ _ U-turn by parent c o m _ _ _ _ Meta.

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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. The right-wing Reform UK party [ moves quickly into the lead ].

   [ surges ahead ]

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2. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa faces calls to [ leave his job ] after a court [ officially decides ] he will be investigated.

   [ resign ] [ rules ]

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3. The WHO says efforts are [ in progress ] to [ track down ] anyone who [ got off ] from a cruise ship before an [ wave, flare-up ] of hantavirus was detected.

   [ underway ] [ trace ] [ disembark ] [ outbreak ]

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4. We're worried that Meta are perhaps [ giving in ] to government pressure.

   [ caving ]

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5. It is a major [ policy reversal ] by [ owning company ] Meta.

   [ U-turn ] [ parent company ]

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