dateline: 24 October 2018
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Explosive Devices Mailed to Obama, Clinton, and Others
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- suspicious: mysterious or unknown; potentially harmful
- explosive: a device that can explode, a bomb
- secretary of state: the head of foreign affairs in the US
- CIA: Central Intelligence Agency, the US foreign intelligence agency
- CNN: Cable News Network, a US news channel
- intercept: to block or prevent someone or something from reaching its destination
- intended: planned
- FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation; the US domestic intelligence and security agency
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Explosive Devices Mailed to Obama, Clinton, and Others
Comprehension Questions
- What is this report mainly about?
- Why does the report mention CNN?
- What is implied about the sender of the packages?
Discussion Questions
Many critics of President Trump accuse him of being a divisive leader. President Trump, in contrast, blames the media for setting a negative political tone. What can and should the president do to try to unify the nation and prevent further political attacks? Do you agree that the media is partly to blame for the political divide in America?
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6 comments
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RAMANAMBOHITRA Eddy says:
salama!it is helpfull for me to understand english.
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Galo Ramiro Mejia says:
I rather not to comment on political issues, but I will say that current White House politics are disgusting to say the least
Thanks.
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Nayana. From Sri Lanka says:
A new hope to a new day. I am very happy with your lessons. Specially I like to the listening lesson.
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David Martín - Spain says:
The President Trump represent all the Americans, so he should condemn this violent acts and calm down his own fans in order to prevent further political attacks.
The media is allowed to explain the news, in an objective way, and also their journalist are allowed to show their own opinions by means of opinion articles, never in the news.
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Bijan says:
Hi Tara,
I don’t know why, but your voice in this audio news report is so special because it’s so soft and clear and can pat the ears.
Maybe, you have used a new method, but I don’t know again, and it’s only my opinion. If I’m incorrect, I hope someone to tell me about this subject.
Thus I could understand the audio news without seeing the text easily and could fill in the blanks all the words except the word headquarters.
Finally, I think about the main subject that it’s because of November’s elections that, maybe, one party wants to destroy another party.
We have a proverb in Farsi language that says:
Politics doesn’t have a father and a mother.It means everything is possible in the world of politics.
But, as president Donald Trump has also said, I myself believe that political violence and threats have no place in the world and the people should decide about their future themselves.
Teacher Tara,
Thanks again to you and also Teacher Josef who’s the founder of the website for helping the learners kindly.
Best wishes and have an excellent week in nice Canada,
Bijan from the Persian Gulf -
Marie-Danielle O ‘Reilly says:
Thank you Tara!
You are a great help for me.
I love it because the way you speak it’s so clear, I am able to understand every single word.
I tried to listen different articles about the same story, but I get lost.
Explosive Divices Mailed to Obama, Clinton ,and others, I got 1 mistake after listening two times the article. Recipients, I forgot the « t «
From Switzerland, Danielle