Unit 11: News Review
How to use the language from the latest news stories
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Session 109
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg makes her feelings clear to world leaders at the UN climate change summit in New York. Neil and Catherine teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.
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News Review
Greta Thunberg's UN speech
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg makes her feelings clear to world leaders at the UN climate change summit in New York.
Language challenge
Which word means 'criticise someone strongly in public'?
a) renounce
b) denounce
c) announce
ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

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The story
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg says: "People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are at the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"
Key words and phrases
fairy tales
stories people have invented which disguise the truth
• The idea that there can be zero unemployment is just a fairy tale.
• It's a fairy tale to think humans could live on Mars.
death stare
look of hatred aimed at a person
• She gave her boss a death stare then announced she was quitting.
• Rob gave Neil a death stare after he took the last biscuit.
how dare you
used to express anger at someone's actions
• You borrowed my clothes without asking! How dare you!
• How dare they put the price of flights up during school holidays!
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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The correct word is a question word which asks about manner.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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The correct word implies that there is an object as well as a subject of a death stare.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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The first word means 'a small imaginary human-like being that has magical powers and can fly'.Question 3 of 3
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
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Language challenge answer
b) denounce
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