Listen to News with Tara Benwell - Instructions:
1. Preview the vocabulary and read the gapfill text.
2. Play the news report and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Answer the comprehension questions by writing full sentences.
4. Use the discussion question to write an essay or discuss the story with other students.
5. Click "show Answers" to see the full text.
6. Pretend to be a news anchor by reading each story out loud.
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dateline: 04 February 2014
NB! From January 2020 Listen to News will change to Listen & Learn.
New Internet Suffixes To Hit The Market
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- suffix: a word ending; the last part of a domain name
- domain name: word used to identify a web address
- rollout: the slow release or introduction of something new
- go live: to become available to the public
- fraud: lying or cheating for one’s own financial gain
- costly: expensive
Written by Tara Benwell for EnglishClub
Tara Benwell is a Canadian freelance writer and editor who specializes in materials and articles for the ELT industry.