If you like learning about the current news and improving your English for the IELTS or TOEFL at the same time, this English lesson is for you. While watching a news report about the Donald Trump and Joe Biden and even Elon Musk trying to find a peace agreement with Israel and Iran, you will learn English phrasal verbs, English idioms,, and other advanced English vocabulary that can really stump English learners.
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An End to the Fighting in Gaza
- Humanitarian aid: Help like food, water, or medicine given to people in need.
The organization sent humanitarian aid to families after the earthquake.
- Intensifying: Getting stronger or worse.
: The conflict between the two countries is intensifying as fighting continues.
- Five consecutive days: Five days in a row, without any breaks.
: It rained for five consecutive days last week.
- Extensive discussions: Long and detailed talks about something important.
: The leaders had extensive discussions about how to stop the fighting.
- Ceasefire proposal: A plan to stop fighting for some time.
: The countries are reviewing a cease-fire proposal to end the violence.
- Negotiator: A person who talks to both sides to make an agreement.
: The negotiator helped the two countries agree on a peace plan.
- Potential: Possible, but not certain.
: There is potential for peace if both sides stop fighting.
- Cease-fire: An agreement to stop fighting for a time.
: The cease-fire allowed people to leave the war zone safely.
- Diplomatic offramp: A way to solve problems through talking instead of fighting.
: The negotiators are looking for a diplomatic offramp to avoid more violence.
- Acquiesced: Agreed to something without fighting back.
: They acquiesced to the cease-fire even though they wanted to keep fighting.
Highways often have off ramps.
- Relatively optimistic: Feeling somewhat hopeful about a situation.
: She was relatively optimistic that the peace talks would succeed.
- Side letter: A small extra agreement added to a bigger deal.
: The leaders signed a side letter to allow more trucks with food.
- Preempt: To do something before someone else can.
: They preempted the attack by starting peace talks early.
- Proxy of Iran: A group that acts on behalf of Iran.
: The proxy of Iran was accused of starting the recent attacks.
- Injecting himself: Becoming involved in a situation.
: He is injecting himself into the peace talks to offer his help.
- Private citizen: A person not in the government or military.
: As a private citizen, she worked to help refugees.
- SEC: The government group that regulates businesses and the stock market.
: The SEC ensures companies follow the rules in trading.
- FAA: The government group that regulates airplanes and flying.
: The FAA checked the airport to make sure it was safe.
- FCC: The government group that regulates communication like TV and radio.
: The FCC stopped a TV program for breaking the rules.
- Conflict of interest: When someone has two roles that might cause a problem.
: He had a conflict of interest because he worked for both sides.
- Unprecedented: Something that has never happened before.
: The cease-fire is unprecedented because both sides rarely agree.
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