• ☐ ☐ ☐ Parliament Hill [n] - Canada's federal government buildings
• ☐ ☐ ☐ tariffs [n] - taxes on imported or exported goods
• ☐ ☐ ☐ accept (s/t) lying down [exp] - passively accept (something) negative without fighting back
• ☐ ☐ ☐ come into effect [exp] - start to happen
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a general election [n] - a nationwide election to choose the leader of a country
• ☐ ☐ ☐ advocate [v] - publicly support
• ☐ ☐ ☐ autonomous [adj] - independent, self-governing
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a region [n] - an area
• ☐ ☐ ☐ vital [adj] - important
• ☐ ☐ ☐ NASA [n] - the U.S. government agency responsible for space exploration (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a space telescope [n] - a telescope placed in space to observe stars, planets, galaxies
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be launched [exp] - be sent into space
• ☐ ☐ ☐ survey [v] - systematically examine
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an orbit [n] - a path around a planet
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the Earth's Poles [n] - the North Pole, the South Pole, the northernmost and southernmost points on Earth
• ☐ ☐ ☐ infrared instruments [n] - scientific tools that measure infrared radiation
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sweeping [adj] - wide
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a wide-angle view [exp] - a wide perspective that captures a large portion of a scene
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a galaxy [n] - a very large system of stars
• ☐ ☐ ☐ cosmic glow [exp] - the faint/low light of space

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

1. Canada says it will not accept the new US tariffs without resistance.
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2. The US has imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian agricultural products.
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3. A pro-independence party won Greenland's recent general election.
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4. Greenland's new government has declared independance from Denmark.
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5. SpaceX has launched a new space telescope called SPHEREx.
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6. SPHEREx will map the Earth's surface using infrared technology.
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Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

1. Canada will not accept new tariffs [ without reistance ].

   [ lying down ]

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2. US President Donald Trump's 25% tariff on steel and aluminum [ started ] at midnight.

   [ came into effect ]

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3. Greenland is an [ self-governed ] region of Denmark.

   [ autonomous ]

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4. President Trump says it is [ very important ] to US security, and he plans to control it.

   [ vital ]

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5. It will survey the sky every six months from [ a circular path ] over Earth's Poles.

   [ an orbit ]

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6. Infrared instruments are expected to provide a sweeping wide-angle view of hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared [ interstellar ] glow.

   [ cosmic ]

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Directions: Choose the correct preposition. Nothing (Ø) is possible.

• The message Ø of to on into (on) Parliament Hill right now: Canada will not accept new tariffs lying down.
• US President Donald Trump's 25% tariff Ø of to on from (on) steel and aluminum came Ø of to on into (into) effect Ø of to at from (at) midnight.
• The center-right Demokraatik Party took about 30% Ø of to at over (of) the vote, but the party is advocating Ø of to at over (Ø) a-take-it-slow approach Ø of to on for (to) independence.
• Greenland is an autonomous region Ø of to on into (of) Denmark, but President Trump says it is vital Ø of to on for (to) US security, and he plans to control Ø of to on into (Ø) it.
• NASA's newest space telescope is about to start mapping Ø of to on for (Ø) the entire sky.
• The SPHEREx Observatory was launched Ø of to on from (Ø) last night Ø of to on from (from) California.
• It will survey Ø of to on from (Ø) the sky every six months Ø of to on from (from) an orbit Ø of to on over (over) Earth's Poles.
• Infrared instruments are expected to provide Ø of to on for (Ø) a sweeping wide-angle view Ø of to on into (of) hundreds Ø of to on from (of) millions Ø of to on for (of) galaxies and their shared cosmic glow.