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.

11 comments

• English Club Indonesia says:
  

  The flight departs from Seoul to San Francisco. The mom apologized in advance for any sounds her 4-month-old baby might make. Inside the goodie bags, there were candies, earplugs, and a note. As realistic as it is, it could be annoying to listen to a baby crying on a long journey. For this reason, actually, every airline should prepare earplugs in case they are needed by passengers.

• Amanda says:
  

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• Kuri says:
  

  oh wow, it very very good

• Galo says:
  

  Wow, what a caring person this Korean mom is! Very refreshing story.

• Mariam says:
  

  I dont like this site
  This is just annoying
  I mean this doesn’t help me in anything

• Habiba says:
  

  👍🏼

• Mariam says:
  

  This is a very not a good presentation because i think it is really meant for 3 year olds

• Jeong Hojin says:
  

  Thank you for Tara Benwell.
  I’ve feeling very happy during I am reading this article.
  I think that you were select very interesting topic. I will expect your next article.

• J.A says:
  

  I wrote the powerful instead of thoughtful. 🤦‍♂️

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

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

  Second, it’s a bit more difficult than the last week, but I could understand the subject without seeing the text and could only fill in the blanks the word “passengers”.

  Third, it’s the first time that I hear about this interesting subject on a long flight and it’s more interesting for me that the baby didn’t make a peep.

  Oh!
  The very good baby!

  Thus the passengers were lucky for goodie bags that they got and the baby was silent during the flight.

  The Good mom = The Good baby.

  I send my love flowers for this wonderful mom and baby from Iran that’s the land of Cyrus the Great who’s one symbol of love in IRAN’s history & culture.

  Best wishes and have a great time in nice Canada,
  Bijan from the Persian Gulf

• Ahmed Harber says:
  

  not sure i get the first word