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.

22 comments

• English Club Indonesia says:
  

  Once, I found a wallet inside a mall rest room, and handed it to the janitor nearby.

• Jack says:
  

  Last year, My family found a wallet when we came back to our hometown, in the wallet had nearly 500 USD. We tried to find the owner’s information and luckily we found a driver’s license. So I took a picture and posted it on Facebook. and so many people shared it with other people. After 1 hour, my phone rang, a man said that was his wallet. I checked the information carefully and returned back to him. He was so appreciative for my behavior.

• Jeanne Pascal says:
  

  I will be lucky if I find valuable item or money in plain sight.
  It’s fair to bring it at the police station or to call them.
  The person might be in trouble to find the item. I trie to be in the place of that person and it hurt to be in such situation.
  Sorry I’m learning English.

• Abdirahman Hadliye says:
  

  when I was young I have found 1,000SLSHILIN but unfortunately, I didn’t tell anyone because I think that time it is a gift from A GOD.
  thank you

• Natalia Baquero says:
  

  I have found a small amount of money in the streets like 50 pesos or max. 2000 pesos, and i have taken it. Maybe the correct thing to do in that situation is leave the money there, but I think if you see money in the streets you´re just gonna take it beacuse you want it, but no, I have never found a valuable thing in public except for money.

• Mariana Castr0 says:
  

  I have never found anything valuable in public. But I’m sure that if that ever happened to me I would give it to the police, like the person did when they found the envelope.

• Isabella Gutierrez says:
  

  I don’t know if it’s just lucky, but it felt awesome

• Isabella Gutierrez says:
  

  N3C
  yesterday I found 50.000 pesos in an old jacket, I

• Simon Lagos says:
  

  In my opinion, it’s fair that when you found something, you take it to reception, etc… because the person who lost that object, will easily find it, asking for it in the reception, etc…
  But if the owner does not come to claim it in less that 2 weeks you can keep the object

• Mariajossé Nieto says:
  

  I haver never found money or valuable item in public, but if i will found i try to to return in to the owner or give it to the police.

• Bella A.D.G. says:
  

  NC3
  I have never found anything like these letters it’s a very curious case but if I do ever find an envelope full of this much money I would also return it because the person might need it

• Valeria Alvarez says:
  

  Never found an objects or money and place public but if i found something i go to the reception or police iffce and give this objects or money that if found in this place public.

• Valeria Alvarez says:
  

  Never found an objects or money and place public but if i found something i go to the reception or police iffce and give this objects or money that if found in this place public.

• Isabella Cogua says:
  

  One time i found one piece of paper which had 10 thousand pesos when i was younger , it was awesome , i felt rich for a sec

• Yaeli Karo says:
  

  I have never found something with a big value (money), but the things i have found, i have always taken them to the lost and found or try to reach the owner

• Sara Ramírez says:
  

  N3C

• Marco says:
  

  Hello Tara,

  Yes, I have found money in the street. I tried to find the owner but I have never been lucky. On the other hand, I found a cell phone in the cinema one year ago. It was an strange situation because I spend long time waiting for the owner at the entrance. When I arrived to my house, the cell phone rang and I took the call, It was the owner, she was worried because his mobile phone had a lot of photos and contacts about his work.

  I told her that I wanted to return her phone, she was so happy due to I tried to helped her with this situation. After that, we continue to keep in touch and the end she became my girlfriend, amazing jejeje!!!

  P.D. Thanks for this opportunity because I tried to improve my writing skill.

• Farida says:
  

  that’s cool

• Rakesh says:
  

  yes, I interact with many such incidents.
  I am a shopkeeper in a sweet shop. many customers come in a day. so, I remembered an incident.

  A customer left his fruit bag in my shop. so, we know that fruits become useless after a few days. one of my friend entered into my shop. he saw that bag. and asked to me. whose bag this is?. i replied, it is of a customer. he forgets his fruit bag. then next day again my same friend came and he saw that bag. again 3rd day he saw that. so, he asked me for eating these fruits. i also thought, owner of this fruit bag will not come. then we started eating in a back room in my shop. then at that time owner of the fruit bag came. and I came to the counter table. he asked me about his fruit bag. I was totally confused. because that time me and my friend were eating his fruit in back room. but I don’t know what to tell him. so, I told him. I did not see your fruit bag.

  after that, I was very upset. and then I decided to not repeat it again.
  thanks Tara
  from India

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  First, thank you for this nice lesson.

  Second, I could understand the subject without seeing the text, but some words weren’t clear for me because I think the news is a bit difficult to me.

  In addition, I couldn’t answer the question three of comprehension and also couldn’t fill in the blanks the words department and package.

  Third, in my opinion, it’s unfair that if no one tries to claim the envelopes for two weeks, they are returned to the people who found them because two weeks are so small period.
  In addition, it’s better that the police to announce in the famous newspapers about them because it’s possible to find the owners of the envelopes.

  Fourth, according to Iran’s civil law this time is one year, not two week.

  Teacher Tara,
  You, Mr.Josef and English Club are into my soul and heart.

  Thank you and best wishes,
  Bijan
  from the Persian Gulf

• Li Wenming says:
  

  Recent years, there are a lot of good man cases in CHINA which whose found a bag with a lot of money. Usually, the guy was staying at the place where he found the bag, but sometimes, they chose reported to the policeman, and then, the police will issue a loss bulletin to people for several days till the losser come to station to claim.

• GLON says:
  

  It’s a good event for the person who discover the envelop
  In France if we find out something like that the delay is not one week but one year