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.

10 comments

• Richard says:
  

  My parents has had Stan Lee help for to raise me. By through Spider Man stories, he did teach me about responsability, character strong, resilience and honesty, when I was just a teenager. He went a important part of my life and I’m badly grateful to him forever.

• RAMANAMBOHIYRA Eddy says:
  

  thank you for this listening!

• toby says:
  

  nihao

• Daniel R. says:
  

  I like that, it is the second time listening here and I think your exercises are really good and clear.

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  Wow!

  This audio news report is more difficult than last week. I could only understand 40% of your words ( without seeing the text).

  In addition, I could only fill in the blanks the words “recent” and “numerous”.

  I guess the audio news report is in advanced level.

  Anyway, I’m so happy to hear Stan Lee inspired by the civil rights movement in the early ’60s.

  I myself believe that the artists ( an actor, a musician, a dancer,or other performer ) should help for improving civil right in the world by creating the best work of art.

  Teacher Tara thanks to you, Teacher Josef and English Club for helping the learners free of charge kindly.

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

• Galo Ramiro Mejia says:
  

  Stan Lee will be very missed for his talent. The new popular anime cartoon can’t compare to any of his work.

• khalid says:
  

  It is very a very nice activity ,

• Jessica Caronia says:
  

  It is sad to know that people all around the world will only know us if we are already dead.

• Nguyễn Thu Phương says:
  

  Yup

• imi says:
  

  This kinds of information about people around the world reminds me this sentence ” Whenever someone dies any place in this world part of our body dies too” condolence to his family and peace upon him.