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.

• ☐ ☐ ☐ hail v. - praise publicly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ productive adj. - achieving good results
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the sidelines exp. - informal meetings outside the main event
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the UN General Assembly n. - the main meeting of all United Nations member countries
• ☐ ☐ ☐ global adj. - worldwide
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sanctions n. - official penalties put on a country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ground v. - stop from flying
• ☐ ☐ ☐ aircraft n. - planes, helicopters, etc.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ organized crime n. - crime run by large, powerful groups
• ☐ ☐ ☐ shut down phv. - close; stop from operating
• ☐ ☐ ☐ prompt v. - cause someone to act
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an entrepreneur n. - a person who starts a business
• ☐ ☐ ☐ egregious adj. - extremely bad
• ☐ ☐ ☐ defamation n. - false statements that harm someone's reputation
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a call for... exp. - a public demand for...
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be pulped exp. - be crushed and destroyed

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

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1. President Trump met Iranian officials in Washington DC.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Trump said his meeting with Iranian officials went well.
   True
   False
   
   
3. The new US sanctions could stop most Iranian planes from flying.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Colombia's president sent soldiers to deal with a criminal group.
   True
   False
   
   
5. A criminal group took control of Colombia's capital city.
   True
   False
   
   
6. A businessperson in Ghana makes school desks out of used plastic.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Someone wants Earl Spencer's book to be destroyed because it contains a mistake.
   True
   False
   
   
8. The book is about Princess Diana.
   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 in the early hours of Wednesday, the 23rd of September, these are our main stories.

Donald Trump hales what he calls a productive meeting with the Iranian officials.

Meanwhile, the US introduces global sanctions that could ground most Iranian aircraft.

An organized crime group shut down parts of Colombia's Caribbean coast, prompting the president to send in the army.

How an entrepreneur in Ghana turns waste plastic packaging into school desks.

The longer this book is on sale, the more egregious the damage from the defamation becomes.

Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

Donald Trump hales wh_ _ he calls a productive me_ _ _ _ _ _ with the Iranian off_ _ _ _ _ _ on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Mea_ _ _ _ _ _ , the US int_ _ _ _ _ _ _ global sanctions that could ground most Iranian air_ _ _ _ _ .

Also, an orga_ _ _ _ _ cr_ _ _ group shut down parts of Colombia's Caribbean coast, prompting the president to se_ _ in the army.

And we will look at h_ _ an entre_ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Ghana tu_ _ _ waste plastic packaging into sch_ _ _ desks.

The lon_ _ _ this book is on sa_ _ , the mo_ _ egregious the damage from the defamation bec_ _ _ _ .

Th_ _ _ has been a call for Earl Spencer's book about Princess Diana to be pulped bec_ _ _ _ of a fac_ _ _ _ er_ _ _ .

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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. Donald Trump [ praises ] what he calls a [ useful ] meeting with the Iranian officials.

   [ hails ]   [ productive ]

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2. The US introduces [ worldwide ] [ penalties ] that could [ keep from flying ] most Iranian aircraft.

   [ global ]   [ sanctions ]   [ ground ]

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3. An organized crime group [ closed ] parts of Colombia's Caribbean coast, [ causing ] the president to send in the army.

   [ shut down ]   [ prompting ]

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4. The longer this book is on sale, the more [ terrible ] the damage from the [ false claims ] becomes.

   [ egregious ]   [ defamation ]

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