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An increasing number of Democrats are saying that, as a protest, they won't attend Donald Trump's inauguration this week. Neil and Catherine look at the language the world's media is using to discuss this story - and show you how you can use it in your everyday English.

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News Review

Democrats to skip Trump inauguration

Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States on Friday 20th January. But many members of Congress from the opposition party, the Democrats, are refusing to attend.

Language challenge

How many syllables are there in the word inauguration?

a) 6
b) 4
c) 5

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The story

The number of Democrat members of the US Congress who've said they'll boycott Donald Trump's inauguration as president on Friday has risen to 26.

It follows Mr Trump's attack on the Democrat congressman John Lewis, who said he would not attend the ceremony because Mr Trump wasn't a legitimate president.

Key words and phrases

boycott
refuse to take part in something as a protest

legitimate
allowed by the law

swell
get bigger

To do

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Language challenge - answer

c) 5

End of Session 2

Join us in Session 3 for Lingohack - our video which teaches you words from the news using the latest BBC World News bulletins.

Session Vocabulary

  • boycott
    refuse to take part in something as a protest

    legitimate
    allowed by the law

    swell
    get bigger