บทเรียน 27: Phrasal verb myths
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- 1Go beyond intermediate with our new video course
- 2Reported speech in 90 seconds!
- 3If or whether?
- 45 ways to use 'would'
- 5Let and allow
- 6Passive voice
- 7Unless
- 8Mixed conditionals
- 9The zero article - in 90 seconds
- 10The indefinite article - in 90 seconds
- 11The. That's right - the! Learn all about it in 90 seconds
- 12The continuous passive
- 13Future perfect
- 14Need + verb-ing
- 15Have something done
- 16Wish
- 17Word stress
- 18Different ways of saying 'if'
- 19Passive reporting structures
- 20The subjunctive
- 21When and if
- 22Inversion
- 23Phrasal verbs
- 24The future
- 25Modals in the past
- 26Narrative tenses
- 27Phrasal verb myths
- 28Conditionals review
- 29Used to - review
- 30Linking words of contrast
บทเรียนย่อย 2
Preparations are taking place for Muhammad Ali's funeral this week. Neil and Sian look at how the world's media is reacting and pick out the words and phrases you need to talk about the story
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News Review
Muhammad's funeral plans
Hollywood star Will Smith and former boxer Lennox Lewis will carry Muhammad Ali’s coffin at his funeral.
Language challenge
If you write a book about someone's life it's called 'a biography'. If you write a book about your OWN life it's called:
a) a selfie book
b) a self-biography
c) an autobiography
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The story
It’s been announced that the Hollywood star Will Smith and the former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis will be pallbearers at Muhammad Ali’s funeral.
Smith played Ali in the 2001 movie of the same name, earning an Oscar nomination and becoming a family friend.
Ade Adedoyin – BBC News
That procession will start around 9am local time. The hearse will pass through the main streets of Louisville, down an avenue that bears his name, through the neighbourhood he grew up and also down Broadway where the parade was held to honour him when he won gold in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
Key words and phrases
heavyweight
a weight in boxing, typically the heaviest category
nomination
(here) the act of choosing someone as a candidate to receive an award
pallbearers
people who help to carry the coffin at a funeral
memorial
an event or object to honour or remember a person who has died
a biopic
film about the life of a real person
an autobiography
a book about a person's life, written by that person
bear
(here) to carry
To do
Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.
News Review quiz
3 Questions
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news
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Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news
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It isn't the same syllable that is stressed in 'memory'Question 1 of 3
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Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news
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A 'pallbearer' is someone who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral.Question 2 of 3
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Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news
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Think about the words 'biopic', 'biology' and 'biography'.Question 3 of 3
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Language challenge - answer
The answer is: c) an autobiography
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
heavyweight
a weight in boxing, typically the heaviest categorynomination
(here) the act of choosing someone as a candidate to receive an awardpallbearers
people who help to carry the coffin at a funeralmemorial
an event to honour or remember a person who has died
also an objecta biopic
film about the life of a real personan autobiography
a book about a person's life, written by that person