Kardashian and West to divorce – News Review 2022

June 5, 2022



After nearly seven years of marriage, reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her husband the superstar rapper Kanye West are getting divorced. The couple have four children. Neil and Catherine have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.

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Kanye West says he’ll run for US president: https://youtu.be/DToOEhbwE2U
Is red meat really bad for you?: https://youtu.be/67bRNdqQ7ec

Video chapters:
0:00​​​​ – Introduction
0:32​ – Story
1:21​ – Headline 1: Kim Kardashian files for divorce from Kanye West after nearly seven years of marriage
4:10​​ – Headline 2: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West call it quits after tumultuous 2020
7:12​​ – Headline 3: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to split $2 BILLION fortune evenly — unless he goes on Twitter rants
10:20​​​​ – Language summary

The story:

They’ve been having problems for the last several years out of their seven-year marriage.
So, no – this has not come as a big surprise to people who have been following them, but it’s big news.

Key words and phrases

files for (something)
makes a legal request for (something)

They’d been talking about it for years, but now she’s filed for divorce, it’s becoming a reality.
The company director filed for bankruptcy because of the pandemic.

call it quits
stop an activity

After years of injuries, she finally decided to call it quits and retire from football.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle called it quits on royal life.

rants
angry, often loud complaints

Don’t ask Neil about his internet service provider – he’ll have a rant about it for hours.
Please stop ranting and I’ll try to help you.

More here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview/unit-17/session-182

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28 Comments
  1. Reply
    BBC Learning English June 5, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    Related stories:

    Kanye West says he'll run for US president: https://youtu.be/DToOEhbwE2U​

    Is red meat really bad for you?: https://youtu.be/67bRNdqQ7ec

  2. When Neil or Catherine says "clik the link below", I'm the happiest person in the world

  3. I bet there are better choices for News Review series… For educational reasons it's still good material as any other because we learn new words/phrases, etc. but looking into some other people's lives… meh…

  4. Reply
    محمد بلهادي الجزائري June 5, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    thank you very much

  5. They'd been ranting about what they were not happy about each other. They decided to call it quits and would file for divorce.

  6. Reply
    Lorenzo Ballantini June 5, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    Beautiful wallpaper 🙂 Catherine

  7. Thank you 2 teachers

  8. Reply
    ทรงกฤษณ์ ทิมกลั่น June 5, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    How importance she is, only a boop shower.

  9. 'Call it quits ' reminds me of another
    phrase ,'call it a day'. It's interesting that it is not days but a day.

  10. The ranting part about Neil was quite funny😀 now I won't forget what it means to rant

  11. Reply
    Brigitte saint-pé June 5, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    Hello to both of you
    Considering how long you have been talking to us about it, I would allow myself to ask Neil to elaborate about "the English for cats". It would be very appreciated, Thanks a lot.

  12. Reply
    Brigitte saint-pé June 5, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    Hello to both of you

  13. Reply
    Sergio M F Valeriano June 5, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    If BBC decides to call it quits News Review I will become a ranter.

  14. Where are the subtitles ?

  15. Rants…dilapidated roads made people to go on rants

  16. Flamboyant faces of our BBC teachers

  17. Catherine always wears gold earing..I am gonna file for her expensive earing which covet me🤣

  18. Files for….we have filed for extension of narrow road

  19. I like Neil, maybe i am too superficial, he is so handsome

  20. I don't call it quits from watching bbc news review

  21. Great job you are doing to teach us English

  22. Neil….you look like the fighter knights in Game of throne series.
    You and Catherine are the best for this programme

  23. And so they'll soon become the very legendary ……… exes ,

  24. My favorite couple. Hugs from Brazil

  25. File a lawsuit

  26. Amazing content! I love this programme. Keep it up, I was wondering the English for cats was real or you guys were just joking?

  27. That's it: they are so awesome, impressive heroes and heroines on the stage, in clips, on TV etc…but they appear to be weak and irresponsible enough to bear marriage and solve its inevitable issues like normal humans. Thus, they are fake stars and their fame and power are just based on illusion and blindness of society.

  28. congratulations BBC News for excelllent lessons and important suport to development of English language around the world

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