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.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ an election n. - a vote to choose a leader or government
• ☐ ☐ ☐ dominate the headlines exp. - be the main story in the news
• ☐ ☐ ☐ secure victory exp. - succeed in winning
• ☐ ☐ ☐ parliamentary adj. - relating to a type of government (the U.K., Japan, Canada, Serbia)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ go to the polls exp. - vote in an election
• ☐ ☐ ☐ govern v. - lead and control a country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ emphatic adj. - very clear and strong
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be missing exp. - not be present; not be found
• ☐ ☐ ☐ annual adj. - happening once every year
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an official n. - a person with an important job in a government
• ☐ ☐ ☐ secretive adj. - not telling people things; hiding information
• ☐ ☐ ☐ work out phv. - figure out; calculate
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a voice n. - the power to share an opinion
• ☐ ☐ ☐ count v. - matter; be important

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

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1. A group led by students won the election in Serbia.
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2. People in Israel will vote on Monday.
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3. Many people think this is the most important election Israel has ever had.
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   False
   
   
4. Lula won the election by a very small number of votes.
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   False
   
   
5. The speaker wonders how Lula's victory will affect Brazil's economy.
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   False
   
   
6. A speaker says that 44 people in the Chinese military are missing.
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   False
   
   
7. It is hard to know who will go to the meeting because China keeps its political system secret.
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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 at 15 hours GMT on Monday the 26th of October, these are our main stories.

A student-led group has secured victory in parliamentary elections in Serbia.

Israelis go to the polls on Tuesday in what many see as the country's most important ever election.

And the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said he will govern for all Brazilians after an emphatic victory in the presidential election there.

But what will his victory mean for the environment?

If you had an empty chair for everyone who's missing, there would be 44 of them.

An annual meeting of top Chinese officials has begun in Beijing.

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.

A student-led gr_ _ _ has secured victory in parl_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ elections in Serbia. But who will lead the cou_ _ _ _ ?

Israelis go to the polls on Tuesday in wh_ _ many see as the country's most imp_ _ _ _ _ _ ever election.

And Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said he will gov_ _ _ for all Brazilians after an emphatic vic_ _ _ _ in the presidential election there. But what will his victory mean for the environment?

You look at the mili_ _ _ _ , for example. If you had an em_ _ _ chair for everyone who's missing, there would be 44 of them.

An ann_ _ _ meeting of top Chinese off_ _ _ _ _ _ has begun in Beijing, but the country's secretive poli_ _ _ _ _ sys_ _ _ means it's not even easy to work out who will be there and whose vo_ _ _ will count.

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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. These are our main stories with three elections [ taking over ] the headlines.

   [ dominating ]

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2. A student-led group has [ won ] in parliamentary elections in Serbia.

   [ secured victory ]

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3. Israelis [ vote ] on Tuesday.

   [ go to the polls ]

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4. Lula has said he will govern for all Brazilians after an [ very clear ] victory in the presidential election.

   [ emphatic ]

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5. If you had an empty chair for everyone who's [ absent ], there would be 44 of them.

   [ missing ]

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6. The country's [ hiding information ] political system means it's not even easy to [ figure out ] who will be there and whose voice will [ matter ].

   [ secretive ]   [ work out ]   [ count ]

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