Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ dismiss v. - reject as untrue or unimportant
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a claim n. - a statement that something is true, given without proof
• ☐ ☐ ☐ spy v. - secretly collect information about a person, company or country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a tech giant n. - a very large computer company
• ☐ ☐ ☐ suspected adj. - believed to be something, but not proven
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a spy n. - a person who secretly collects information for a government or group
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a drug gang n. - a criminal group that sells drugs
• ☐ ☐ ☐ recruit v. - get new people to join a group
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a summit n. - a meeting of world leaders
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a predecessor n. - something that came before
• ☐ ☐ ☐ It's out there. exp. - The information is now public.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ come clean exp. - admit the truth
• ☐ ☐ ☐ XXX-gate exp. - added to a word to name a public scandal
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sandpaper n. - rough paper used to make surfaces smooth
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a scandal n. - an event that causes public shock and anger
• ☐ ☐ ☐ vibrating adj. - shaking quickly and continuously
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a mattress n. - the soft, thick part of a bed that you lie on
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Alzheimer's n. - a brain disease that causes memory loss

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

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1. China has admitted that it spied on Nvidia.
   True
   False
   
   
2. According to reports, the head of Nvidia had a relationship with a person who may be a spy.
   True
   False
   
   
3. A criminal group in France is reported to be using young people to commit murders.
   True
   False
   
   
4. This year's UN climate meeting is taking place in France.
   True
   False
   
   
5. The cricket player has talked about the scandal many times in recent years.
   True
   False
   
   
6. The cricket player still plays for Australia's national team.
   True
   False
   
   
7. A kind of bed that shakes may lower the risk of Alzheimer's.
   True
   False
   
   

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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: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.

We're recording this at 15 hours GMT on Monday, the 9th of November.

China dismisses claims it spied on US tech giant Nvidia.

And the UN Climate Summit in Turkey opens.

Can it deliver where its predecessors failed?

Now everyone knows the truth. It's out there.

A former Australian cricket star comes clean on the sandpaper-gate scandal.

Plus, how vibrating mattresses can help reduce the risk of Alzheimer's.

Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

Instrucciones: Completa las letras que faltan.

Instruções: Complete as letras que faltam.

지시 사항: 빠진 글자를 채우세요.

Інструкції: Заповніть пропущені літери.

China dismisses cla_ _ _ it spied on US tech giant Nvidia, fol_ _ _ _ _ _ reports that Chief Executive Jensen Huang had a rela_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with a suspected spy.

We hear from ins_ _ _ the French drug gang recruiting teenagers to kill.

And the UN Climate Summit in Turkey op_ _ _ . Can it del_ _ _ _ where its predecessors fai_ _ _ ?

It's been eight years si_ _ _ I've spoken on this to_ _ _ . Now everyone kn_ _ _ the tr_ _ _ . It's out there.

A for_ _ _ Australian cricket star comes clean on the sandpaper-gate sca_ _ _ _ .

Plus, h_ _ vibrating mattresses can help re_ _ _ _ the ri_ _ of Alzheimer's.

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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.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?

1. China [ rejects ] claims it spied on US [ huge technology company ] Nvidia.

   [ dismisses ]   [ tech giant ]

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2. Chief Executive Jensen Huang had a relationship with a [ possible ] [ secret agent ].

   [ suspected ]   [ spy ]

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3. The UN Climate [ leaders' meeting ] in Turkey opens.

   [ Summit ]

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4. Can it deliver where its [ earlier versions ] failed?

   [ predecessors ]

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5. Now everyone knows the truth. [ It's public now ].

   [ It's out there ]

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6. A former Australian cricket star [ admits everything ] on the sandpaper-gate scandal.

   [ comes clean ]

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7. [ Shaking ] mattresses can help reduce the risk of Alzheimer's.

   [ Vibrating ]

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