Words from the news, explained in easy English. From: Four tankers reportedly catch fire after striking mines in Strait of Hormuz.
Transcript
Vocabulary in this episode
- international news
You’ll hear useful words from the bulletin about international news.
News about events in different countries around the world.
- bulletin
You’ll hear useful words from the bulletin about international news.
A short, formal news report.
- unauthorized
You heard “unauthorized” in the news.
Not officially allowed.
- unauthorized
For example: The visitor entered the office through an unauthorized door.
The door was not officially allowed for visitors to use.
- evacuated
You heard “evacuated” in the news.
Moved people away from a dangerous place.
- evacuated
For example: Firefighters evacuated the families from the building.
The firefighters moved the families away from danger in the building.
- constrained
You heard “constrained” in the news.
Limited in what someone can do or say.
- constrained
For example: She felt constrained by the rules at work.
She felt the rules limited what she could do.
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In this episode
- Four tankers reportedly catch fire after striking mines in Strait of Hormuz
- Binance investigates suspected record-breaking hack
- Christine Lagarde to leave European Central Bank early
- Deadly floods hit Syria
- Maria Corina Machado returns to Venezuela and calls for elections
- China expels record number of Communist Party officials
Sources
- RechercheThe report describes Iran’s restriction of Strait of Hormuz traffic since the war began on February 28; the waterway normally carries about one-fifth of global oil consumption.
- RechercheBinance said early checks indicated the incident may have involved an engineer's compromised laptop, which allowed unauthorized withdrawals.
- Associated PressEuropean Central Bank head resigns, allowing EU leaders to choose successor before French election - ABC News
- RechercheAs historical context, UNICEF reported in June that flooding had adversely affected 17,000 people so far that year; 700 families, including about 2,000 children, had been displaced, and 49 water-treatment plants in Deir Az Zor and Raqqa had gone out of service.
- RechercheInterim President Delcy Rodríguez said elections would be held but did not give a date.
- RechercheNPR reported that, when US troops ousted Nicolás Maduro in January, Trump installed Rodríguez as interim president rather than Machado, and US officials initially focused on business deals for Venezuela’s oil and gold reserves.
- RechercheAt the fifth plenum, a political gathering in Beijing, 33 Communist Party members were expelled; 279 Central Committee members attended, compared with 376 originally named in 2022.
- RechercheXi has made the anti-corruption fight a central pillar of his rule since taking power in 2012; the BBC says the latest expulsions bring removals under his third term to 51, compared with 35 and five in his first and second terms.