EnglishClub : Listen to News : Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce Engagement

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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.

dateline: 29 November 2017

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce Engagement

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

engagement: a plan to get married
divorcee: a person who has been married before and has left the marriage
mutual: having something in common; shared
chapel: a place of worship

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce Engagement

Comprehension Questions

Who is getting married?
What is the bride-to-be known for in America?
When and where will the wedding take place?

Discussion Questions

It has been 81 years since King Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry an American divorcee. Do you think the Royal Family will be accepting of Prince Harry marrying a divorcee in these modern times?

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2 comments

Alessia Pia says:

It sounds like a fanfiction story. I’ve always liked their relationship.
Bijan says:

Hi Tara,

First, thank you for this week’s news report.

Second, wow! Thank you for telling us this good news. I myself always love to hear the good news like engagement, marriage, wedding and so on.

Third, I believe love doesn’t know any border, so it’s interesting to know prince Harry is 33 years old and Meghan Markle is 36 years old. In addition, in my opinion prince Harry is nicer than Meghan Markle.

Finally, We have a proverb in Farsi language that says:
we should look at a woman from a lover’s eyes.
It means that if a boy loves a woman, we should look at the woman from the boy’s eyes, not from our eyes.
We also have a love story in Iranian tradition stories that we call it “Lili and Majnon love story”. Majnon means a crazy person in English language. Majnon has become crazy because of Lili ‘s love and loves lili very much. Some people blame him and tell him Lili isn’t beautiful, why do you love her so much? Are you a crazy for this love?
Majnon says:
You should look at her from my eyes.

Best wishes and have a great weekend in nice Canada,

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