Unit 2: News Review
How to use the language from the latest news stories
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Session 15
An international delegation is meeting to avert an environmental catastrophe. Dan and Catherine teach you how to use language from this news story in your everyday English.
Activity 1
News Review
Global pollution: seeking solutions
Ministers from around 100 countries are meeting to finish a declaration to fight global pollution.
Language challenge
An environmental meeting in Kenya has met to discuss global pollution including toxic paint and limiting ocean plastic. Which of these is not a synonym for ‘limit’?
a) hinder
b) inhibit
c) restrict
d) slacken
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The story
Environment ministers from about a hundred countries are meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to try to finalise a declaration to combat pollution.
Challenges include banning the use of toxic lead in paint and limiting the amount of plastic that finds its way into the ocean.
Key words and phrases
Armageddon
a highly destructive event
pact
formal agreement
rampant
increasingly out of control
To do
Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.
News Review quiz
3 Questions
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
Hint
formal agreementQuestion 1 of 3
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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increasingly out of controlQuestion 2 of 3
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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a highly destructive eventQuestion 3 of 3
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Language challenge - answer
d) slacken
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