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

• Galo Mejia says:
  

  Good going for the fighter. The thieve surely will learn the lesson.

• Alberto says:
  

  I am too old to learn martial arts! Hehehe.

• Muhammad Harbia says:
  

  I really enjoyed this listening for being able to learn new vocabularies.
  thank you very much

• Marie-Danielle O’Reilly says:
  

  I had a hard time to understand the story. It’s the vocabulary which was harder than before. But, I really love learning new words.
  Tara, please , continue your news stories…I always have a pleasure when I see you on my screen.

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

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

  Second, it’s more difficult than the last week because I couldn’t understand the subject well (of course without seeing the text).

  Your speaking ‘s speed is normal and your words are clear, but I could fill in the blanks only the words “fighter” and “posted”.

  Third, it’s not surprised to hear a professional female fighter used her material arts skills to fight off the mugger because now we can see and hear about some girls and women who are learning the skills for private defence.

  I myself believe that not only women and girls should learn about private defence, but also men should learn about it.

  Teacher Tara,
  Thanks to you and also English Club for helping the learners free of charge.

  My wish is to meet you in real space in New Year 2019.

  Best wishes and have a hot heart in cold winter of Canada,
  Bijan from the Persian Gulf

• bethania valença says:
  

  It was so good for me. I can learn fast.

• David Deal says:
  

  Thanks for this great resource! My students really enjoyed it and learned a lot. Great story too!

• virender says:
  

  I heard the news for the first time. It is good for learning english language. Keep posting more content. Thanks

• kidda Anan says:
  

  thank for this great news funny story too. make me happy to learn hahaha

• Gyorgyi Meads says:
  

  Dana White is a man, so it should be his Instagram account.

• imi says:
  

  Hi and thanks
  It has very good phrasal verbs to help learners for listening to news and speaking