Floods hit Sydney: BBC News Review 2022

January 31, 2023



Thousands of people are being told to leave their homes in Sydney, Australia, after parts of the city had had eight months’ rain in just four days.

Experts say they are caused by the La Nina weather pattern – made worse by climate change.

Video chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:22 – Story
1:03 – Headline 1: The BBC: Australia floods: 50,000 on evacuation alert after deluge hits Sydney
2:28 – Headline 2: CNN: Sydney is flooded, again, as climate crisis becomes new normal for Australia’s most populous state
3:42 – Headline 3: Evening Standard: Sydney floods ‘far from over’ as 50,000 face evacuation
5:13 – Language summary

Key words and phrases

deluge
heavy and sudden fall of rain; large number of tasks at the same time
* The storms brought a deluge.
* After my holiday, I have a deluge of emails.

new normal
new way of doing things that is different from the old way
* Working from home became the new normal because of Covid.
* Extreme weather is the new normal.

far from
not at all
* Home schooling during Covid was far from ideal.
* The film was far from perfect but still entertaining.

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  7. I don't get the pronunciation /dz/

  8. This 6 minutes program is so useful for me,thank you BBC Learning English 👍

  9. Reply
    Илья Горих January 31, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    Is 'deluge' equal l'torrent' ? Neil, have you shaved? You are on the track)

  10. thank you so much for this English program

  11. 👏👏👏👏🌹

  12. Reply
    Trọng Thức Huỳnh January 31, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    What a fascinating topic. Thanks for your contribution

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  15. Reply
    Quranic Man يبني اسرائيل January 31, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    It's pretty learning way

  16. Hi .Neil .BBC learning English .

  17. I really love the studio video!! Thanks

  18. That is soo helpful!

  19. Very nice issue👍🏻❤

  20. I find it interesting that you didn't address your differing pronunciations of "deluge".
    Neil used /delju:ʒ/
    while Beth used /'delju:dʒ/
    both being acceptable.

  21. It is very good. Thanks.

  22. Reply
    hukmdor_ xorazmshoh January 31, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    let's get to know each other

  23. Hi Neil. This is the question irrelevant to the topic but please advise me. Is that okay to write this sentence “ On the other hand, in addition to advantages, there are several disadvantages of the internet”
    An English learner from Vietnam

  24. Deluge of emails….

  25. Neil looks more handsome when he shave his beard

  26. Climate change is all bullshit .You people that keep the narrative going are all going to hell

  27. Dear Neil sir I am 22 years old I am interested in learning english

  28. 💒 The deluge fell on the roof of our house.
    💒 CELTA is the new normal for teaching English.
    💒 Taking online courses is far from authentic courses.

  29. No the world economic forum is using geo engineering to change the climate!! So they can control every aspect of our lives …wake up people please !!

  30. Reply
    Максим Матвеев January 31, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    Can we also say “far from being ideal”? Is it grammatically correct or “far from ideal” is the only possible option in this case?

  31. That's really interesting and useful way of studying! Thanks for your work!

  32. Reply
    Александр Муханов January 31, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    Hello from Moscow! Always glad to see a new video on your channel! Thanks for your work ❤️

  33. Reply
    Александр Муханов January 31, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    Hello from Moscow! Always glad to see a new video on your channel! Thanks for your work ❤️

  34. Of all natural disasters, flooding is my most favourite. Enjoy Australia!

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