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.

9 comments

• Alberto says:
  

  I think that if we were more careful most of the fires could be prevented.

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  First, thanks to you and Teacher Josef who’s the founder of the website for your efforts for presenting the best subjects for the learners on English Club.

  Second, I could understand the subject of the audio news report without seeing the text and could fill in the blanks all the words except the words village and suspect.

  Third, your speaking’s speed is normal, but I agree with my dear friend Iy about this subject that this audio news is difficult because I myself tried so much for understanding the words and nearly nine times listened to the audio news report.

  Fourth, I’m so sorry for hearing the bad news in Greece.
  Now, I read on the news that this situation has happened in the north of California too.

  Teacher Tara,

  I don’t know how to tell you and Teacher Josef:
  Thank you.

  I have been on line for learning English since 2009, but I didn’t find a website like English Club that has everything for learning English.

  You and Teacher Josef spend your times for the learners free of charge while I know that no one does this on other websites.

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

• ly says:
  

  difficult

• Aurelio Salinas says:
  

  Hello!
  This is a common problem to places in America and Europe , mostly caused by high temperatures during Summer time .However some are arson cases difficult to avoid.
  Best Regards.
  Aurelio

• imi says:
  

  Thanks for your up-to-date issue and important one as well.The most useful part of this lesson is questions regarding the news because you are not only intending to evaluate the listening but also speaking which are two critical subjects for learning any languages. But i don’t know why you use abandoned instead of left or ran away because this word means leave a place without intention to get back. By the way, thank you for all subjects and materials.

• shamsy says:
  

  your news is useful for me because they are interesting and up to date news and also I can listen to them easily.so it is a good way that I can improve my English.

• Deborah says:
  

  Loved this listening exercise, will be very useful for my students.

• Galo says:
  

  I am not am English teacher yet, but I can see that the material here provided is could be very useful and a great teaching tool. Thanks.

• Willie says:
  

  This is great warm up material excellent and simple!!!