dateline: 09 August 2017
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Teenage Migrants Drowned By Smuggler
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- migrant: a person who travels from one place to another to find work or a better life
- smuggler: a person who illegally moves goods or people from one place to another for profit
- overboard: off a water vessel
- abort: to suddenly stop or end
- spot: to see
- authority: a person who has powers or who enforces rules
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Teenage Migrants Drowned in Yemen By Smuggler
Comprehension Questions
- How did at least 29 teens die?
- What did the IOM discover?
- Why did the smuggler abort the trip?
Discussion Questions: Every day migrants risk their lives to find a better life by paying human smugglers for transportation from their war-torn homelands. Should governments allow this type of migration to take place, or should more be done to stop this?
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6 comments
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Alberto says:
I think governments should allow this kind of migration. Contrary to popular belief there isn´t a strong influx of the migrants and we should preserve the freedom of movement.
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Bijan says:
Greetings Sir Josef,
First, thank you so much.
Second, I got my answer with your nice explanation very well.
Third, my method for listening to the audio news reports is to study them carefully. Thus, I search for each word in several dictionaries and look at the sentences for finding grammar subjects that have learned them before.
Fourth, forgive me for disturbing you and Teacher Tara. I like all of you with all my heart.
Finally, I sincerely invite you and Teacher Tara to visit my country. My country has a lot of tourist attractions that Persepolis is one of them. In addition, I believe that I can be the best translator for you for taking to historical places of Iran.
I hope my wish will come true soon.
Best wishes,
Bijan from the Persian Gulf -
Josef says:
@Bijan
a water vessel = a vessel (countable) for water (uncountable) = a boat or ship 🚢
a water vessel is therefore countable
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Bijan says:
Hi Tara,
Sorry.
You have said about the meaning of the word overboard “off a water vessel” while the Cambridge Dictionary says about the overboard:
“over the side of a boat or ship and into the water.”I’m so sorry because I cannot get the meaning of “off a water vessel”.
In addition, I read on English Club (nine of speech) that the word water is an uncountable noun that cannot get “a” (some water).
Thus, I’m confused about the meaning of “off a water vessel”.
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Bijan says:
Sorry.
…what differences are there …Thanks again,
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Bijan says:
Hi Tara,
First, thank you for this news report.
Second, I’m so sorry to hear about teenage migrants drowned in Yemen by smuggler.
Third, you had talked about traffickers several weeks ago,so I wanted to know what difference are there between the traffickers and the smugglers?
Thus, I searched for both the traffickers and the smugglers in the Cambridge Dictionary:
Trafficker:
“a person who trades in illegal goods, especially drugs, or who buys or sells people or makes money from the work people are forced to do, such as sex work: drug traffickers,…, Human Traffickers.”Smuggler:
“someone who smuggles (to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally).”Thanks a lot and have a great weekend,
Bijan from the Persian Gulf