Aprende inglés con las noticias: subastan diamante rosado por $28,5 millones
En esta nueva serie, los periodistas de la BBC te ayudan a practicar inglés con los titulares de las noticias de la semana. Mira el video y aprende nuevo vocabulario.
Titulares y transcripción en inglés
EU and Africa heads discuss migrant crisis
Russia's weapons threat
Rare diamond sells for more than $28m
More than 60 leaders from Europe and Africa are in Malta for a two-day summit on how to stem the flow of migrants into the European Union. The European Commission is offering €1.8bn to start a trust fund for development in Africa.
President Putin has declared that Russia is working on weapon systems that can penetrate any anti-missile shields: relations with the West, it seems, still deteriorating. Moscow has repeatedly expressed concern over the expansion of an American ballistic missile defence system into Eastern Europe. At a meeting of Russian defence chiefs, he said his country would take all necessary retaliatory steps.
A rare pink diamond – the largest of its kind ever to appear at auction – has sold for $28.5m. The cushion-shaped diamond weighing 16 carats and graded vivid fancy pink was the star lot at a Christie's jewellery sale in Geneva. The price narrowly beat its pre-sale estimate that was $23m to $28m. The diamond, owned by an American family, has been bought by an unidentified Hong Kong buyer who is said to have named it 'The Sweet Josephine'.
Vocabulario
stem the flow stop the movement / parar el movimiento
deteriorating becoming worse / empeorándose
retaliatory steps action to harm someone because they have harmed you / en represalia
star lot (here) most popular item in an auction / lote más popular en subasta
Ejercicio
Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.
stem the flow / deteriorating / retaliatory steps / star lot
1. We decided not to walk up the mountain when we saw the weather was _______ .
2. There was so much rain that we had to use blankets and towels to try to _______ of water coming under the door.
3. I decided to bid for the ________ but someone else offered a much higher price.
4. I told my lawyer to take ________ against the newspaper that published false stories about me.
Respuestas
1. We decided not to walk up the mountain when we saw the weather was deteriorating.
2. There was so much rain that we had to use blankets and towels to try to stem the flow of water coming under the door.
3. I decided to bid for the star lot but someone else offered a much higher price.
4. I told my lawyer to take retaliatory steps against the newspaper that published false stories about me.
