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.

7 comments

• Alessia Pia says:
  

  That’s amazing. About the questions, all I can say is that i’m terrified from oceans, even if I like the environment, so I’d rather prefer swimming pools.

• Alberto says:
  

  I have no doubt that there are stunning natural places to swim in the World but we must be careful about it. I prefer to be safe using swimming pools.

• Editor says:
  

  Thank you @SUN. The term “deem” is now “deemed”, matching the form of the definition.

• SUN says:
  

  Hey,
  First of all, I wanna say thank you so much for your work! It’s been very useful and helpful :) However, I think I’ve found a little mistake here.

  I think the word ‘deem’ should be changed to ‘deemed’ at the pre-listening vocabulary section. Correct me if I’m wrong.

  Best regards,
  Sun.

• Editor says:
  

  Bizarre. Online, Cambridge give “lounge” as a noun only in British English. I can assure you that it is commonly used in the UK as both a noun and a verb. In cases like this I usually pull out my trusty 1995 copy of the Concise Oxford Dictionary — an actual book printed on real paper with real black ink, if you can remember those things. Turning to page 808 I find the word “lounge” defined as an intransitive verb and a noun. The Oxford definition for the verb is: 1 recline comfortable and casually; loll. 2 stand or move about idly

• Tara Benwell says:
  

  Interesting! We often use “lounge” as a verb. I’m surprised it’s not in the Cambridge Dictionary. Perhaps it is considered American English.

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  First, thank you for this news report.

  Second, I looked at a dictionary for the word “lounge”. I saw that it is both noun and verb ( to sit or lie in a relaxed way), but it is very interesting for me that the Cambridge Dictionary says it is only a noun.

  I’m confused that can we use the word as the verb or not?

  Best wishes and have a nice time,
  Bijan from the Persian Gulf