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.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ be sacked exp. - be fired from a job
• ☐ ☐ ☐ prey on exp. - hunt and harm; take advantage of
• ☐ ☐ ☐ vulnerable exp. - easily hurt or influenced
• ☐ ☐ ☐ deforestation exp. - cutting down large areas of forest
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hit a record high exp. - reach the highest level ever
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a drone exp. - a flying machine with no pilot
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the front line exp. - where the fighting is in a war
• ☐ ☐ ☐ drive exp. - cause; push forward
• ☐ ☐ ☐ territorial gains exp. - land taken from the enemy

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

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1. The White House press secretary has lost her job.
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   False
   
   
2. The press secretary had the job for about a month.
   True
   False
   
   
3. A gang in Sweden is helping young people stay out of trouble.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Deforestation in the Amazon is now at its lowest level on record.
   True
   False
   
   
5. The report says this trend is unlikely to continue.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Drones are being used in the fighting in Ukraine.
   True
   False
   
   
7. The drones are being used mainly to target infrastructure.
   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.

In the early hours of Saturday, the 18th of October, these are our main stories.

After just five days in the job, the White House press secretary has been sacked.

And we hear how deforestation in the Amazon has hit record lows.

And why that may not continue.

We're on the front line in Ukraine, where drone warfare is driving territorial gains.

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 ju_ _ five days in the job, the White House pr_ _ _ secr_ _ _ _ _ has been sacked.

The Swedish cr_ _ _ ga_ _ preying on vulnerable teenagers and tur_ _ _ _ them into vio_ _ _ _ criminals.

And we hear h_ _ deforestation in the Amazon has h_ _ record lows, and w_ _ that m_ _ not continue.

We can see w_ _ _ the drone is doing. It's loo_ _ _ _ for our men.

It is frightening w_ _ _ the drone flies straight at you.

We're on the front line in Ukraine, w_ _ _ _ drone warfare is dri_ _ _ _ territorial gains.

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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. After just five days in the job, the White House press secretary has been [ fired ].

   [ sacked ]

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2. The Swedish crime gang [ hunting and exploiting ] [ easily hurt ] teenagers and turning them into violent criminals.

   [ preying on ]   [ vulnerable ]

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3. And we hear how deforestation in the Amazon has hit [ the lowest levels ever ].

   [ record lows ]

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4. We're on [ the fighting area ] in Ukraine, where drone warfare is driving [ captured land ].

   [ the front line ]   [ territorial gains ]

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