Unit 22: Towards Advanced
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Session 2
Three men have been rescued from Australia's most famous rock, Uluru. Find out more with Neil and Catherine as they look at how the world's media is reacting and the words you need to talk about the story.
Activity 1
News Review
Uluru rescue
Australia's Aboriginal people urge visitors not to climb on the famous rock. But thousands do every year.
Language challenge
Which fictional characters have in recent years come to mean 'stupid people' in British English.
a) The Teletubbies
b) The Muppets
c) The Simpsons
ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ
The story
Three men have been rescued from Australia's most famous rock, Uluru - formerly known as Ayer's Rock. The climbers – all from Australia and in their early 20s – got into difficulties when they left a designated pathway and got stuck in a crevice.
They were brought to safety after an 11-hour rescue operation. Australian indigenous groups consider the 350-metre sandstone monolith to be sacred and urge visitors not to climb it.
Key words and phrases
designated
officially having a particular purpose
indigenous
describes people, plants and wildlife that have lived in a certain place for longer than later arrivals
sacred
connected with religion or considered to be holy or precious.
To do
Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.
News Review quiz
4 Questions
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news
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Officially having a particular purpose.Question 1 of 4
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news
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Describes people, plants and wildlife that have lived in a certain place for longer than later arrivals.Question 2 of 4
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news
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Neil says that his record collection is not to be touched because they are very special to him.Question 3 of 4
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news
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Are the Muppets very serious?Question 4 of 4
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
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Language challenge - answer
b) The Muppets. In British English, if you think someone is behaving in a stupid way, you can call them a muppet.
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
designated
officially having a particular purposeindigenous
describes people, plants and wildlife that have lived in a certain place for longer than later arrivalssacred
connected with religion or considered to be holy or precious.
