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Session 2

Who will host the next Olympics: Paris or Los Angeles? Neil and Rob teach you the language the world's media is using to discuss this story.

ክፍለ-ስራሓት ናይዚ ምዕራፍ

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ድምር ነጥቢ ናይዚ ክፍለ-ስራሓት 2

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Activity 1

News Review

Olympic cities for 2024 and 2028

Is it going to be Paris or Los Angeles? The International Olympic Committee is expected to accept bids from both cities, but which will get to host the greatest sporting show on earth first?

Language challenge

There's an expression containing a part of the body which means to approve something. To give something the ______.

a) fingers-up
b) hands-up
c) thumbs-up

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

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The story

The International Olympic Committee's expected to approve bids later from both Paris and Los Angeles to host the summer games.

The IOC meeting in the Swiss city of Lausanne is expected to take the unusual step of awarding both the 2024 Olympics and those for 2028.

Key words and phrases

lobbies
tries to persuade people in authority to take a certain action

to OK
to agree or give approval for something to happen

woo
try to persuade someone to support you by being nice to them

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.

ኣገናዕ፡ ፈተናኹም ዛዚምኩም
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
x / y

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Language challenge - answer

c) thumbs-up

End of Session 2

Join us in Session 3 for Pronunciation in the News - our video which teaches you pronunciation using the latest BBC World News bulletins. 

Session Vocabulary

  • lobbies
    tries to persuade people in authority to take a certain action

    to OK
    to agree or give approval for something to happen

    woo
    try to persuade someone to support you by being nice to them

ምሉእ መወከስ ማህደረ-ቃላት ተመልከት

መራገፊ ማእከል

ትሕዝቶ ናይ ሓድሽ ትምህርቲ