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Our best stories of 2019 - Watch News Review

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Goodbye 2019 and hello 2020! In this special episode, Neil, Catherine, Georgina and Dan take a look at some of the biggest stories of the year. The stories Notre-Dame fire under control Senior fire officers in Paris say the blaze that's devastated Notre-Dame is now under control. The spire and roof of the medieval cathedral, one of the world's great religious landmarks, have been gutted. But the main structure, including the two towers, has been saved. A fireman has been badly injured. Greta Thunberg's UN speech Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg says: People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are at the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you! Climate change report: rich must pay for poor A study of how the world can adapt to climate change says the richest countries must invest billions of dollars to safeguard livelihoods, coastal cities, food and water supplies. The analysis has called for investment in early warning systems for storms and high tides and climate-resilient urban infrastructure. Key words and phrases: priceless so valuable that it cannot be priced Examples: Thieves managed to enter the museum but no priceless artwork was stolen. This is the last photo we ever took together. It's priceless to me. death stare look of hatred aimed at a person Examples: She gave her boss a death stare then announced she was quitting. Rob gave Neil a death stare after he took the last biscuit. pay off succeed and bring benefit Examples: If you study hard now, it will pay off later. You'll get a good job and have a good life. My investment was a bit of a gamble, but it really paid off. Now I'm a millionaire! You'll find a quiz on our website: https:bbc.in/2SGpCVv
Date: 2020-09-18

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Comments and reviews: 8

Jithu
Wow, it's good video and feel worthful. You all doing stunning jobs. it helps me a lot in speaking with my friends and colleagues with new vocabularies and phrases noticed from your video. They even told me, my English speaking has been better with new vocabularies and phrases used. Actually, this was because of seeing your English learning videos. Thank you...
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Ali
All December I listened in a circle to my archive of mp3 bbc records over the past year. 132 lessons every day for 5-6 hours. )))
Thanks to the BBC for the cool lessons !!!!!! Thanks to the presenters of the programs for their talent and work !!!
Happy New Year!!!
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Amany
I love to visit the international famous museums ; they have lots of priceless artworks.
I gave death stare to my child because he was impolite at the clinic.
If you work hard , you will pay off in your life.
Thanks so much
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Fbio
It's great that you guys brought the biggest news to the conversation so we can learn English with the subjects we talk about everyday. Happy new year!!!
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simona
Have a good year all the staff of BBC Learning English. Studying your lessons brings me more and more benefits ,it 's defenitely pays off!
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Amr
-Effiel tower is Pricless
-crying with laughter
-my father beated me with his death stare
- our project finally start to pays off
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Farshad
Dear Catrin ! You Changed your cloths faster than others ! ! !
You won Dear Catrin !
Nice cloths !
1:05 and 1:23 timeline!
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WMiguelMG
Greetings from Spain, your program is a fantastic way to learn your language. I will see every new program. Happy new year!!
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