Kanye West says he’ll run for president: BBC News Review 2022

June 26, 2022



Rapper Kanye West has officially launched his campaign for the 2020 US presidential election, with an unorthodox rally in Charleston, South Carolina. Neil and Catherine look at the vocabulary in the news around this story.

Video chapters
0:00 – Introduction
0:35 – The story
1:39 – Headline 1: US election 2020: Kanye West launches unconventional bit for presidency
4:49 – Headline 2: A tearful Kanye West launches presidential campaign with rambling rally
7:15 – Headline 3: God, abortion and better acoustics: Kanye West launches campaign with chaotic rally
9:10 – Language summary

Vocabulary:
launches a bid
starts an attempt to achieve something

• NASA has launched a bid to put the first human on Mars.
• Our rivals have launched a takeover bid.

rambling
confusing and too long

• My boss’s rambling meetings make everyone confused.
• Her rambling answer didn’t make things very clear.

chaotic
without order; confused
• I felt exhausted after attending a chaotic children’s party.
• There were chaotic scenes in the shops on Black Friday.

To download some notes, the audio and take a test, go to our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview/unit-14/session-152

*Please note: We have decided to activate YouTube’s automatic subtitles on this video. The BBC is not responsible for the accuracy of YouTube automatic subtitles.

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  1. Reply
    BBC Learning English June 26, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    🗣️ Pronunciation Tip: Long Vowel https://youtu.be/KHllC40_u1Q

  2. Hi, Catherine I like very much your rings

  3. Ramble on . right?

  4. 在中國,許多人為反對習近平總理的酷刑而鬥爭,他們尋求正義,他們都在抗議街頭對習近平的暴行。
    In the china many people struggling against the torture of his prime minister xi jinping they looks for the Justice they all are protesting against xi jinping brutality on the streets

  5. Reply
    Franco Alemán M.A. June 26, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    Caterine.." I never had been into a shop at blackfriday and I´ll never will" hahahahaha

  6. His rambling explanation only makes the situation chaotic.

  7. *Launches a bit===
    Starts to attempt to achieve something*

    Rambles
    Confusing and too long

    Chaotic
    Without order, confused

  8. *Launches a bit===
    Starts to attempt to achieve something*

  9. Hello i'm ceci from argentina and have strong difficults to see trough te computer ..is usually?

  10. Reply
    Urmidhara Chatterjee June 26, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    💖💖💖

  11. Reply
    Chinese SushiSushi June 26, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    chaotic,rambling,launch a bid

  12. Reply
    Chinese SushiSushi June 26, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    launch a bid,

  13. utterly clueless.
    BBC tactics: spinning the truth, leaving out essential details, or outright lying.

  14. Useful video!

  15. I learn new words

  16. Thank you very much for this video. The words are always explained very well and in a humorous way. I love you two.

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    Tiggy, Darvin and Marvin June 26, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    Coronavirus is ruining our lives

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    Tiggy, Darvin and Marvin June 26, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    Wow

  20. Recently, most of countries are launching a takeover bid for vaccine of covid-19.

  21. Love from Vietnam. I like your voice

  22. Yas💙

  23. I am fond of your great performance as usual. Thanks.

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  25. Best couple teachers on BBC 💜

  26. Watch the movie “Idiocracy”!!!!

  27. British websites and apps are the best for learning English.

  28. I missed them on studio.

  29. The pricipal has launched a bid to prevent taunting in the school

  30. The company launched to bit to buy a brand-new system to serve users
    His speech was quite rambling, I didn't know what he was trying to get to.
    Sadly, I always leave the kitchen chaotic after cooking.

    Guys, If you think my sentence are good enough, please give me a thumbs up…

  31. The funniest s**t I ever heard in my life about Kanye West lol

  32. Your app doesn't work

  33. Nice to see you again!

  34. Both are doing a great job. Thanks a lot for your work.

  35. Thanks a bunch, guys))

  36. WOW 2.85M subscribers. Go to 3M. Is this rambling about something? Thank you for all your lively programs. Interesting!

  37. You say Kanye's X -friend Elon Musk is Now the 5th richest man in the world because of his stock is valued high TODAY, Yet failed to mention the REAL reason was because of Warren Buffetts Huge Charity Donation, with won't go down in Value next week, The BIGGER HEADLINE is or should be the SIZE of the Donation.

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