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.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a protest n. - a public event to show strong disagreement
• ☐ ☐ ☐ crisis talks n. - urgent meetings to deal with a serious problem
• ☐ ☐ ☐ condemn v. - say publicly that something is very wrong
• ☐ ☐ ☐ clash v. - fight; argue strongly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ death row n. - the part of a prison for people sentenced to death
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an inmate n. - a person in prison
• ☐ ☐ ☐ regain v. - get back
• ☐ ☐ ☐ consciousness n. - the state of being awake and aware
• ☐ ☐ ☐ botched adj. - done badly; failed
• ☐ ☐ ☐ execute v. - kill as a legal punishment
• ☐ ☐ ☐ score a penalty exp. - make a goal from a free shot given after a foul
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an appearance n. - a time someone takes part in a game or event
• ☐ ☐ ☐ age v. - make older; let alcohol mature over time

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

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1. About 250,000 people joined the school protests in France.
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2. It was the largest day of school protests so far.
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3. The French government criticized the police for how they handled the protestors.
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4. Christa Pike still has not woken up after a failed attempt to put her to death.
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5. Messi missed a penalty in his last game for Argentina.
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6. Messi will stop playing football for Argentina.
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7. Scientists think space might help whiskey get older more quickly.
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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.

And in the early hours of Wednesday, the 7th of October, these are our main stories.

After a quarter of a million French people take part in the biggest day of school protests yet...

...the government holds crisis talks and condemns those who have clashed with the police.

Lionel Messi retires from international football, scoring a penalty on his final appearance for Argentina.

Scientists are sending whiskey into space. We ask why.

We are thinking that it might be able to age our whiskey faster.

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.

After a qua_ _ _ _ of a million French peo_ _ _ take part in the biggest day of sch_ _ _ protests yet, the government ho_ _ _ crisis talks and condemns th_ _ _ who have clashed with the po_ _ _ _ .

The American de_ _ _ r_ _ inmate Christa Pike regains consciousness after a botched att_ _ _ _ to execute her.

Lionel Messi ret_ _ _ _ from international football, sco_ _ _ _ a pen_ _ _ _ on his final appearance for Argentina.

Scientists are sen_ _ _ _ whiskey into space. We ask w_ _ .

We are thinking that it mi_ _ _ be able to age our whiskey fa_ _ _ _ .

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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. The government holds [ urgent meetings ] and [ strongly criticizes ] those who have [ fought ] with the police.

   [ crisis talks ]   [ condemns ]   [ clashed ]

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2. The American death row [ prisoner ] Christa Pike [ wakes up ] after a [ failed ] attempt to [ put her to death ].

   [ inmate ]   [ regains consciousness ]   [ botched ]   [ execute her ]

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3. Lionel Messi retires from international football, scoring a penalty on his final [ time playing ] for Argentina.

   [ appearance ]

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4. We are thinking that it might be able to [ mature ] our whiskey faster.

   [ age ]

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