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

• Linda says:
  

  I’ll choose the tours from trained homeless people because I think that those tours are exciting, the new things are always more attractive than traditional ones

• English Club Indonesia says:
  

  The report is about a unique approach for homeless people in Dublin to earn money. They learn how to be tour guides. If usually you’ll have a professional as a tour guide, in Ireland, you’ll have homeless people doing it for you. If the homeless people are certified and dress well, I can take them to be my tour guide, but if they aren’t, I’ll skip them out.

• momo says:
  

  hi everyone! how can we make progress in speaking in this program?

  I am so happy to have a good opportunity for improving English so I believe this program can make everyone progress theirs too.

• phạm thùy an says:
  

  can i make friend with someone and contact? i want to improve my english and i am a girl

• Prak says:
  

  Hi Tara

  This is a quite an interesting subject.
  When I show the title of the news headline,I assumed the Government providing the free home for homeless people but when i was read that quite a different story.
  That`s Great.

  Thanks
  pra

• Thiru says:
  

  Its very useful to me

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

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

  Second, I could understand the subject without seeing the text and could fill in the blanks all words except the word purpose.
  You have spoken the words so clearly.

  Third, oh!
  It’s so good idea for homeless people.
  I wish all countries could do this idea too.

  Thank you and best wishes,
  Bijan from the Persian Gulf

• Thitima says:
  

  I will choose trained homeless person. In my opinion, I think teaching homeless person program very important because it will help homeless person to get many skill such as storytelling, and creative writing. This skill will provide their income and support them to be better life.

• David Martín says:
  

  Probably first I’d choose the traditional tour guide because in my view they’re more prepared and more professional, though tours from trained homeless people could be interesting too.

• Judit Mészáros says:
  

  Very good, very useful classes. Thank you.

• Daniela Aronovitch-Loiseau says:
  

  I like your classes

• Geta says:
  

  Your classes are very usseful.