Learn English with an ESL Lesson from BBC News

• ☐ ☐ ☐ hire [v] - give someone a job
• ☐ ☐ ☐ latest [adj] - most recent
• ☐ ☐ ☐ abduction [n] - taking someone by force
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a diplomat [n] - a government official who works with other countries
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be measured [exp] - be careful, be realistic
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a life sentence [n] - prison for the rest of someone’s life
• ☐ ☐ ☐ blackmail [v] - threaten someone to get money or favors
• ☐ ☐ ☐ underage [adj] - under 18 years of age, not an adult
• ☐ ☐ ☐ innovative [adj] - new and creative
• ☐ ☐ ☐ lucrative [adj] - making a lot of money
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an attraction [n] - a place people visit
• ☐ ☐ ☐ financial [adj] - about money

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

1. Nigeria plans to hire 13 000 new police officers.
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   False
   
   
2. Hundreds of school children have been abducted in Nigeria.
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   False
   
   
3. America's top diplomat is hopeful about the Ukraine peace talks.
   True
   False
   
   
4. President Zelensky is less hopeful.
   True
   False
   
   
5. The leader of a Korean online sex crime group was sentenced to life in prison.
   True
   False
   
   
6. The woman is impressed by the Incas' ability to move large heavy stones.
   True
   False
   
   
7. There is concern about the environmental sustainability of tourism at Machu Picchu.
   True
   False
   
   

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. He plans to hire new police officers after the [ most recent ] [ kidnapping ] of hundreds of school children.

   [ latest ] [ abduction ]

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2. But President Zelensky is more [ restrained ].

   [ measured ]

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3. I think what really impressed me is just how [ creative ] the Incas were [ regarding ] building.

   [ innovative ] [ in terms of ]

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4. We hear whether Machu Picchu, Peru's most [ profitable ] attraction, is in financial trouble.

   [ lucrative ]

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Directions: Fill in the missing letters.

Nigeria's president announces p l _ _ _ to hire 30,000 new police o f f _ _ _ _ _ after the latest abduction of hundreds of school children.

America's top d i p _ _ _ _ _ leaves the Geneva peace t a _ _ _ on the Ukraine war expressing hope. But President Zelensky is m o _ _ measured.

A life s e n _ _ _ _ _ for the leader of a Korean online sex c r _ _ _ group for blackmailing hundreds of v i c _ _ _ _ , many underage girls.

I think w h _ _ really impressed me is just how i n n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the Incas were in terms of the building and being a b _ _ to cut stone before they had t o _ _ _ that really cut stone.

We hear w h _ _ _ _ _ Machu Picchu, Peru's most lucrative attraction, is in financial t r o _ _ _ _ .