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.

8 comments

• English Club Indonesia says:
  

  The toll-bridge was finally inaugurated over the River Gambia. The structure had taken decades to build due to conflicts and an unstable political situation. This new bridge brings good news to the people of West Africa, as it will provide another mode of connection to other places. Without the toll-bridge, people would need to travel longer to reach their destination, and that would be a headache.

• willie says:
  

  I think it would be nice if there were different people to read out the news stories to make more interesting for students of English.

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  First, thank you for this week’s audio news report that’s the good news too because it’s about to improve friendship between two countries in Africa.

  Second, this audio news report is more difficult than the last week (my opinion). Of course, I could understand the audio news report without seeing the text, but it’s also longer than the last week.

  I could fill in the blanks all the words except “either”.

  In addition, it’s exactly two years that I’m your students on English Club and it’s a proud to me to have a kind teacher like you.

  Third, as I told you above I’m so happy to hear the good news from Africa because we hear the bad news in our everyday life again and again that we become so bored.

  Thanks to you and dear Mr.Josef who’s the founder of English Club for helping the learners free of charge.

  Best wishes and have a wonderful week in nice Canada,
  Bijan from the Persian Gulf

• Abdoul Aziz Dia says:
  

  Very happy as teacher of English in Senegal to listen and practice a podcast on my country. This podcast will be very helpful to me because it’s very topical. Elsewhere Casamance being my birth region I am very happy for that bridge.

• Saliou yatt says:
  

  I’m a teacher of English in Senegal and I often use your audios for listening lessons in my classes. This one is just fantastic. It’s topical for my students.
  Thanks a zillion. Hats off!

• Nolg22 says:
  

  good morning everybody
  I’m glad of this new connection between two countries in hoping that will be under a good idea of peace
  People need to communicate it’s easier through internet or cellphone than by road
  have an excellent day bye

• Marie-Danielle O’Reilly says:
  

  I learned something today.
  Gambia is a country in Africa.
  Thank you , Tara🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭

• imi says:
  

  Although this listening is for learning English but i am very glad to hear Governments have constructed something to connect west African people easily together. Congratulate to all of them