David Beckham’s emails have been hacked. The people who did it wanted him to pay them to keep quiet. Neil and Catherine look at the language the world’s media is using to discuss this story – and show you how you can use it in your everyday English.
Key words and phrases:
leak
the act of making private information known to the public
blackmail
get money from someone by threatening to reveal their secrets
fury
extreme anger
This is a natural, unscripted programme so we don’t provide a transcript or subtitles. For more details and an exercise, visit our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/english-you-need/unit-1/session-2
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Hi…my favourite couple….amazing Catherine and Neil…😍😍😍🥰🥰
After the stuck on the car hours at traffic he turn to fiery
It is really helpful for none native speaker.
Your videos are the most helpful thing for improving listening skills!👍🏼👍🏼But I can't understand why news review from BBC learning English is mush more understandable for me than 6 minutes English. Does it depend on speaker's speech or maybe because I can see speakers and just like read from their lips?😂
Really interesting.
Neil and Catherine thank you for all your stories. Im learning English and for me is very important develop my skills ( listen ) after I replay the that you said. is an auxiliary… well for it.
Thank you so much for your beautiful Videos . Wish you all the best .
what wonderfuly work for you both thanks very much
excellent 😍 I really enjoy it .. and the topic is very interested topic
please. l want the subject about linguistic
please could you provide subtitles for the videos ???
HI Could any one explain the term TABLOID FODDER with more examples
Thks sooo much
Sir Mic Jagger
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you guys, I like your sense of humour.
Regards,
thanx
This is well done, although I think you should consider uploading subtitles for future videos as it would help learners check their understanding of what is being said.
Hey Nail it's great to see you. I am hearing your podcast but for the first time I see ya👍👍
This content is really good. I am watching it every time when it is uploaded!
Hello!
Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjXVX8ViSps&t=375s&ab_channel=BBCLearningEnglish#t=311s (5m11s)
Neil says: "They wanted a certain amount of money not to reveal the contents …"
Can one express the same in another way: "They wanted a certain amount of money for not revealing…"?
Could you kindly explain the difference between these two, if yes?
First time listening to BBC, really like this, but it would be better if subtitles 😀