Driverless car trial – BBC News Review 2022

April 23, 2022



A major trial of driverless cars on the public roads has been taking place in the UK city of Milton Keynes. Learn key vocabulary to help you talk about this news story.

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Video chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:32 – Story
1:50 – Headline 1: The Times: Driverless cars kick off by taking footballers to training
4:30 – Headline 2: BBC News:- Milton Keynes to hold large-scale driverless car trial
7:10 – Headline 3: Autocar: Driverless cars to hit public roads in Milton Keynes
10:00 – Language summary

Key words and phrases:
kick off – begin; start
– The match kicks off at six o’clock – so don’t be late!
– I’ll kick off the meeting with a look at our sales figures.

large-scale – involving many people or things
– Illegal logging has caused large-scale damage to the rainforests.
– Obesity has become a large-scale problem in the developed world.

hit – make an impact on
– The new computer game has hit the shelves.
– Coronavirus has hit the world economy.

To download the audio and a transcript and test your understanding, go to our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2022/unit-1/session-13

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  1. Reply
    BBC Learning English April 23, 2022 at 10:51 am

    Hi! We hope you enjoyed that video. Leave us a comment to let us know what you thought of it!

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  3. Lâu lắm rồi mới được nghe lại bài này. Hay lắm ạ 😘

  4. I have to kick off study today .

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    Kim Sejeong (김세정) Kpop April 23, 2022 at 10:51 am

    Thank You BBC .

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  13. I Kick of learn cooking

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  18. Đầu nè

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  20. Thanks guys, I love such a format:)

  21. Thank you so much for these amazing explanations of vocabulary. Always a big fan of your channel

  22. Well done! Thanks

  23. hi can you put the link of the story in the description ?

  24. I am learning a lot by watching your video🙏🙏🙏thank you a lot

  25. I like this program News Review. It is short and isn't that difficult but still we can see recent topics.

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  29. When is the large-scale production of self driving car hitting Africa? Expect it to kick off in Ghana anytime soon

  30. Reply
    Guled Ibrahim Marian April 23, 2022 at 10:51 am

    The eating food kick off the next few hours

  31. The practice session kick off at 8 o'clock so don't be late!

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