Words from the news, explained in easy English. From: Typhoon Champi kills one and disrupts Taiwan.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- bulletin
These words come from the bulletin about an attack, a typhoon, elections, measles, and protests.
A bulletin is a short, official news report.
- typhoon
These words come from the bulletin about an attack, a typhoon, elections, measles, and protests.
A typhoon is a very strong tropical storm.
- elections
These words come from the bulletin about an attack, a typhoon, elections, measles, and protests.
Elections are events where people vote to choose leaders.
- measles
These words come from the bulletin about an attack, a typhoon, elections, measles, and protests.
Measles is an illness that can spread from person to person.
- protests
These words come from the bulletin about an attack, a typhoon, elections, measles, and protests.
Protests are public events where people show that they disagree with something.
- roadworks
For example: The roadworks disrupted traffic on my way to work.
Roadworks are repairs or other building work on a road.
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- Typhoon Champi kills one and disrupts Taiwan
- France deploys 70,000 police for protests
- Ukraine says Starlink service is stable again
- Gunmen kill seven at a funeral in Jordan
- Students challenge Serbia’s governing party in elections
- US measles cases rise amid a wider outbreak
Sources
- RechercheThe report describes Champi as having started as a super typhoon and as one of the strongest storms in the Pacific that year; Taiwan's Central Weather Administration put gusts near its center at around 126 kilometres per hour as the storm weakened.
- RechercheA France 24 report also described Champi as heading towards China and Japan after battering Taiwan with heavy rain and winds reaching up to 180 kilometres per hour; it reported 56,000 households without power.
- CBC NewsFrance deploys thousands of police amid a new wave of protests | CBC News
- France 24France braces for new protests - France 24
- The Associated Press, carried by ABC NewsUkraine says Starlink speed limits lifted after a slowdown that hobbled its drones - ABC News
- RechercheKarak has a minority Christian population. In 2016, gunmen killed 10 people, including seven police officers, in a series of attacks in Karak and wounded dozens; Jordanian security forces killed the attackers after a long standoff.
- RechercheSerbian students selected candidates to run for parliament in Sunday’s elections, aiming to end 14 years of government by Aleksandar Vučić.
- CIDRAPUS measles cases hit 4,588, more than twice last year’s total | CIDRAP
- RechercheMeasles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. The 2026 total had reached roughly twice the 2,289 cases reported for all of 2025.