Words from the news, explained in easy English. From: Israel orders West Bank closures after attack kills two soldiers.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- closures
You’ll hear words from the bulletin about closures and attacks in the occupied West Bank.
Closures are actions or rules that stop a place or route from being used.
- closures
You heard “closures” in the news.
Here, closures are rules that stop people from entering or leaving an area.
- closures
For example: Road closures can make the trip to work longer.
Road closures mean that roads are blocked or cannot be used.
- displaced
You heard “displaced” in the news.
Here, displaced means forced to leave the place where someone lives.
- displaced
For example: After the flood, several families were displaced from their homes.
The families had to leave their homes because of the flood.