Learning English

Rishi Sunak - New UK PM

Rishi Sunak has taken over from Liz Truss as prime minister, after she spent just 45 days in office.

Beth and Sian teach you the vocabulary used in headlines about this story.

Vidiyoo daawwadhuuti shaakala kana xumuri

NEWS REVIEW PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE - SUBSCRIBE HERE

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Did you like that? Why not try these?

• Liz Truss - New UK Prime Minister
• Fast Food: Bad for the brain?
• Cancer vaccine?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The story  

Rishi Sunak - New UK PM

Rishi Sunak has taken over from Liz Truss after she spent just 45 days in office.

Truss resigned after being heavily criticised for her economic plan which saw the value of the pound drop significantly.

Rishi Sunak, the country’s first British Asian prime minister, will have urgent issues to deal with, including the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.

Opposition parties are calling for a general election.

Key words and phrases

bruising
painful

• My football team suffered a bruising loss last night.
• It was a bruising defeat for the runners-up in the race.

Rishinomics
the economics of Rishi Sunak

• Many hope Rishinomics will help the economy of the country.
• An increase in defence spending is often associated with Reaganomics.

steep learning curve
(the need to) learn a lot in a short amount of time

• When she moved to the UK from Vietnam, it was a steep learning curve.
• It was a steep learning curve when they became parents to twins.

To do

Try our quiz to test yourself on today's language.

Downloads

You can download the audio and PDF document for this episode.

More

We hope you enjoyed News Review. You can find more episodes here.