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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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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When Neil or Catherine says "clik the link below", I'm the happiest person in the world
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…
thank you very much
They'd been ranting about what they were not happy about each other. They decided to call it quits and would file for divorce.
Beautiful wallpaper 🙂 Catherine
Thank you 2 teachers
How importance she is, only a boop shower.
'Call it quits ' reminds me of another
phrase ,'call it a day'. It's interesting that it is not days but a day.
The ranting part about Neil was quite funny😀 now I won't forget what it means to rant
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.
Hello to both of you
If BBC decides to call it quits News Review I will become a ranter.
Where are the subtitles ?
Rants…dilapidated roads made people to go on rants
Flamboyant faces of our BBC teachers
Catherine always wears gold earing..I am gonna file for her expensive earing which covet me🤣
Files for….we have filed for extension of narrow road
I like Neil, maybe i am too superficial, he is so handsome
I don't call it quits from watching bbc news review
Great job you are doing to teach us English
Neil….you look like the fighter knights in Game of throne series.
You and Catherine are the best for this programme
And so they'll soon become the very legendary ……… exes ,
My favorite couple. Hugs from Brazil
File a lawsuit
Amazing content! I love this programme. Keep it up, I was wondering the English for cats was real or you guys were just joking?
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.
congratulations BBC News for excelllent lessons and important suport to development of English language around the world