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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 rescuer n. - a person who saves someone from danger
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a tunnel n. - a long passage under the ground
• ☐ ☐ ☐ devastating adj. - causing severe damage or harm
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a flash flood n. - a sudden, fast-moving flood
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an anti-immigration party n. - a political party opposed to immigration
• ☐ ☐ ☐ stand down phv. - resign from a position or job
• ☐ ☐ ☐ undercover adj. - working secretly to get information
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a foreign donation n. - money given by someone from another country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ film v. - record video of something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a carmaker n. - a company that produces cars
• ☐ ☐ ☐ cut (jobs) v. - eliminate positions at a company
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a chick n. - a baby bird
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a sea eagle n. - a large bird of prey that lives near water
• ☐ ☐ ☐ nurse v. - care for someone until they recover
• ☐ ☐ ☐ back to health exp. - to a state of being well again
• ☐ ☐ ☐ devoted adj. - showing great love or loyalty
• ☐ ☐ ☐ five years on exp. - five years later
• ☐ ☐ ☐ That's it. exp. - It is over. It is finished.

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

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1. Rescuers in Nepal found the two survivors more than a week after the flooding began.
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   False
   
   
2. Two Reform party officials were secretly filmed.
   True
   False
   
   
3. The two Reform party officials are refusing to quit their positions.
   True
   False
   
   
4. The German carmaker Volkswagen announced plans to cut between 10 and 1000 jobs.
   True
   False
   
   
5. A badly injured sea eagle chick was rescued after it was abandoned by its parents.
   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.

And at 15 hours GMT on Friday, the 4th of September, these are our main stories.

Rescuers in Nepal pull two people alive from a tunnel.

Undercover journalists filmed them talking about foreign donations.

The German carmaker Volkswagen is cutting tens of thousands of jobs.

The story of the badly injured sea eagle chick nursed back to health by his devoted parents.

For an eagle to get an injury and a broken wing, that's it normally.

And now here he is, three years on, and he's still with us.

Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

Rescuers in Nepal pull two peo_ _ _ al_ _ _ from a tunnel, nine days af_ _ _ the devastating fl_ _ _ flo_ _ _ .

Two off_ _ _ _ _ _ from the British anti-immigration pa_ _ _ , Reform, stand down after undercover jour_ _ _ _ _ _ _ filmed them talking about for_ _ _ _ donations.

The German carmaker Volkswagen is cutting tens of thou_ _ _ _ _ of jobs.

The story of the ba_ _ _ inj_ _ _ _ sea eagle ch_ _ _ nursed back to hea_ _ _ by his devoted parents.

For an eagle to get an inj_ _ _ and a bro_ _ _ wi_ _ , that's it normally. But he is a true sur_ _ _ _ _ . And now here he is, three years on, and he's st_ _ _ with us.

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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. ...nine days after the [ extremely damaging ] flash floods.

   [ devastating ]

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2. Two officials from the British anti-immigration party, Reform, [ resigned ].

   [ stand down ]

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3. [ Secret, Hidden identity ] journalists filmed them talking about [ money from another country ].

   [ Undercover ]   [ foreign donations ]

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4. The German carmaker Volkswagen is [ eliminating ] tens of thousands of jobs.

   [ cutting ]

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5. The story of the badly injured sea eagle chick [ cared for ] back to health by his [ loving ] parents.

   [ nursed ]   [ devoted ]

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6. For an eagle to get an injury and a broken wing, [ that's the end ] normally.

   [ that's it ]

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7. And now here he is, three years [ later ].

   [ on ]

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