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.

12 comments

• English Club Indonesia says:
  

  The report is about the results of EIU’s best and worst cities based on several categories. The categories are healthcare, stability, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. Many cities are less desirable due to political instability and a bad economy. I’ll put my city in the less desirable group.

• Richard Skinner says:
  

  This is such a valuable place to find resources for us ESL teachers. Thank you! (from Venezuela).

• Prak says:
  

  hi Tara

  Thanks for nice information.
  Till today , I was not knowing liveable index will play major role in living cities.

  Thanks
  Pra

• leann says:
  

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• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  First, thank you for this wonderful lesson because all of us want to live in a city that to be liveable city.

  Second, it was easy for me and could understand it without seeing the text and could also fill in the blanks all words.

  Third, I wish all big cities of the world had some standards for living.

  Thank you, best wishes and have a nice weekend,
  Bijan from the Persian Gulf

• Ivy says:
  

  useful! Thanks

• Ankush says:
  

  Serves dual purpose, increasing knowledge base and improving listening skills

• Azita says:
  

  Good way for practice listening

• Irena says:
  

  Well-read, rigorously-worked out, fun to use! Thank you!

• Al Biss says:
  

  Sorry for previous comment, I’ve found them. 😃

• Al Biss says:
  

  Where are the answers? 😕

• Thorny says:
  

  I have answered all the question