• ☐ ☐ ☐ a storm [n] - a very strong wind and rain
• ☐ ☐ ☐ close in on [phv] - move toward, approach, get near
• ☐ ☐ ☐ catastrophic [adj] - very serious or causing great damage
• ☐ ☐ ☐ flooding [n] - too much water covering land
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be off track [exp] - not going in the right direction
• ☐ ☐ ☐ way [adv] - very, much, far
• ☐ ☐ ☐ mass killings [n] - many many people killed at the same time
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the RSF [n] - Rapid Support Forces (Sudan’s paramilitary group)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ seize [v] - take control of suddenly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a stronghold [n] - a base, a place defended by a group
• ☐ ☐ ☐ domineering [adj] - bossy, trying to control others
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Fawlty Towers [n] - a famous 1970s British comedy TV show [ link ]

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

1. Jamaica is being threatened by the strongest storm of the year.
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2. The UN says the world is making good progress toward its Paris climate goals.
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   False
   
   
3. Satellite images from Sudan show possible mass killings by RSF fighters.
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4. The actress Prunella Scales has died at the age of 90.
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5. Prunella Scales played Basil Fawlty’s daughter in Fawlty Towers.
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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 world's strongest storm of the year [ approaches, nears ] Jamaica.

   [ closes in on ]

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2. There are warnings of [ devastating ] flooding and several deaths have already been reported.

   [ catastrophic ]

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3. The UN warns that the world is still [ extremely ] [ not on course ] to meet its Paris climate goals.

   [ way ] [ off track ]

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4. They [ captured ] the army's last stronghold in the west of the country.

   [ seized ]

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5. She played Basil Fawlty's [ bossy ] wife in Fawlty Towers.

   [ domineering ]

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Directions: Choose the most natural word (only one word) for each blank.

Instrucciones: Elige la palabra más natural (solo una palabra) para cada espacio en blanco.

Instruções: Escolha a palavra mais natural (apenas uma palavra) para cada espaço em branco.

지시 사항: 빈칸마다 가장 자연스러운 단어(한 단어만)를 선택하세요.

• (The) world's strongest storm of (the) year closes in on Jamaica (with) warnings of catastrophic flooding (and) several deaths already reported.
• It comes as (the) UN warns that (the) world (is) still way off track (to) meet its Paris climate goals.
• The actress Prunella Scales, (who) played Basil Fawlty's domineering wife in Fawlty Towers, (has) died (at) the age of 93.