Listen to News with Tara Benwell - Instructions:
1. Preview the vocabulary and read the gapfill text.
2. Play the news report and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Answer the comprehension questions by writing full sentences.
4. Use the discussion question to write an essay or discuss the story with other students.
5. Click "show Answers" to see the full text.
6. Pretend to be a news anchor by reading each story out loud.

26 comments

• Linda says:
  

  Recycling paper is a way to prevent climate change
  Reducing plastic items, especially nylon bags because its main reason causes environmental pollution

  Thanks for the information you shared in your podcast
  I think Greta Thunberg is a great person

• Stone Fu says:
  

  I think doing something to protect earth is more essential than an anouncement.

• English Club Indonesia says:
  

  Yes, I like to bring my own bag when I go grocery shopping. It helps me avoid using unnecessary paper bags or plastic bags.

• Arianna ledesma says:
  

  random

• Arianna ledesma says:
  

  no comment

• Ahmed says:
  

  Don’t waste water or food or paper and don’t throw papers on the street on the ground.

• Joseph says:
  

  This person is grand, we need more people like hem

• Tea says:
  

  nice

• kolat says:
  

  Third, I have heard in TOEFL exam, there is one comprehension like the one that you present for your students each week, so thank you so much for this new comprehension that you present for us because if one day every of your students wants to have TOEFL, he/she is ready for the exam.

  Fourth, The Climate Change is one of the most important problems that the human beings are worry about this and I’m sorry to tell you some of leaders of countries aren’t interested in this subject.
  Thus, thanks to Greta for her trying for this subject and also thanks to Time Magazine for choosing Greta as the person of the year.

• Liss says:
  

  Nice!

• JuanEs says:
  

  I Ask, is possible to reverse impact of carbon emissions

• Aksana Miakish says:
  

  Yes, of course. I sort garbage, if possible, I use public transportation. Buy from local farmers

• Ngọc Nguyễn says:
  

  I love it

• Abdirahman Hadliye says:
  

  IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ARTICLE. NOWADAYS WE HEARD ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AS WELL AS GLOBAL WARMING AS A RESULT NOW WE GET THE WHAT WE ARE DOING ON OUR EARTH IF WE DIDN’T STOP GASES THAT WE EMISSION INTO THE AIR AND DEFORESTATION OUR LIFE WILL BE SO DIFFICULT.
  THANK YOU

• Thida Lwin says:
  

  I have planted in my home.I think trees absorb gas missions from cars.So having many trees have made climate change.

• Hassan Ali says:
  

  It’s very interesting article about a brave girl.

  Congratulations.

  Hassan Ali

• JuanEs says:
  

  Greta Thunberg is a young brave and her commitment whit the environment is admirable.

  Thanks this news report.

• Miguel says:
  

  I have one oppinion very chebre in all first

• ‬‏Yahya Abdulghani says:
  

  he Climate Change is the most dangerous trouble which threatens our life and our children’s future on the surface of our beautiful planet. we all must move to confront this danger.

• Alfonso says:
  

  I’ve just stopped using all the lights at my house.

• Hy says:
  

  Dear Tara
  First of all i want to thank you for sharing this useful podcast. except the word division i found that the others are quite easily for beginners to comprehend its
  Second, climate change is really a huge problem that humans are being encountered. I used to turn to be emotional when i saw the tape about polar bears starved for lack of food.

• emilien says:
  

  Nice

• Samir Zemarialaie says:
  

  Easy

• Stark says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  Thanks for sharing this podcast,

  It was an interesting news. I’m very interested in climate change hoping one day people change their activities to reduce pollution. I had some troubles to listen but I’ve learned something new today. I’m not good at listening but I hope I’ll learn new things through your podcasts
  Again thank you so much

  With appreciation,
  Stark

• Adael says:
  

  Hi Tara.

  thanks for share this article and thanks for you time,

  It was great for me listen this new, I had some problems to listen correctly the word “challenged”. the rest of the blanks I filled correctly, (after listen two or three times).

  The discussion question it´s interesting for me. Personality I don´t prevent the climate change, I have a car and I use it all days. I work in a Oil Company, I think that one of the changes that’s I can do, will be:

  A less or TV and respect in the use of electric energy,
  A less use of the car.
  Walk more in the city.

  A global outlook: I don´t believe that the world´s leaders have a efficient policies about the climate change, the last example: the out of control fire in Australia.

  One more time: Thank you.!
  Best wishes from South America.

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  First, thank you for this week’s audio news report.

  Second, it was easy for me and could understand the subject without seeing the text and could answer all questions of comprehension correctly, but couldn’t fill in the blanks the words “climate”, “school” and “decision”.

  Third, I have heard in TOEFL exam, there is one comprehension like the one that you present for your students each week, so thank you so much for this new comprehension that you present for us because if one day every of your students wants to have TOEFL, he/she is ready for the exam.

  Fourth, The Climate Change is one of the most important problems that the human beings are worry about this and I’m sorry to tell you some of leaders of countries aren’t interested in this subject.
  Thus, thanks to Greta for her trying for this subject and also thanks to Time Magazine for choosing Greta as the person of the year.

  Finally, thanks to you for choosing the news for us.

  Best wishes and have a nice weekend,
  Bijan
  from the Persian Gulf