In News Review we talk about Kobe Bryant and teach new vocabulary. Kobe Bryant’s wife is suing the owner of the helicopter that crashed last month killing him and their 13-year-old daughter. The lawsuit was filed just before a memorial service was held in Los Angeles last night. Neil and Georgina teach you the language the world’s media is using to discuss this story.
Vocabulary:
files
presents something officially, often in a law court
• The singer filed a lawsuit against her former agent.
• I filed for divorce last year.
negligent
careless about responsibilities
• The government was negligent in its attitude to voters.
• The airline was found to be negligent after the crash.
wrongful
unfair, illegal or morally wrong
• He threatened to sue his employer for wrongful dismissal.
• The police were sued for wrongful arrest.
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In a previous News Review we talked about a man on honeymoon in Sardinia who was saved from drowning by an Olympic swimmer. Watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vneHV7c05eE&list=PLcetZ6gSk968l1s4WuxwyhiyEUmg5GOZC&index=34&t=0s
🍬 Yara filed for divorce three years ago.
🍬 Some fathers are negligent about their reponsiblities to their children.
🍬 Some professors punish the students with wrongful grades.
the US senate filed impeachment against Trump for his negligent use of his power and wrongful endorsement of his supporter that break the capitol and enter in to it before handed in his power to Biden
Kobe's estate should be sued. He forced the pilot to fly, probably threatening to fire him. Shame on Kobe–he killed himself and his daughter.
very $$ hungry perhaps make sense coming from her..b.s..
Helpful!
Thank you.
Kobe not death
What happened to Neil's glasses?
I may undersdand the kobe widow need to point a guilty for this such drame . You should consider that as an opportunity to really know what it happened ,and in fact it s what she wants throught this action
It would be more better if there were more questions for quizzes
Is the firing story true? Please answer.
it's interesting how the prefix "-ful" , meaning "full of", doesn't preserve the double l…
Thanks for the video!
Have a good day
Appreciate the modifications that you make from time to time but I liked the old set up more.Anyway, you guys do a good job!
file, negligent, dismissal
👍❤💕 thanks for the lesson… ,
Chesman
The best team, from Ecuador
Poor that woman and she will live a whole life without her daughter and husband. What a wrongful life. Thanks Georgina and Neil for the wonderful story and useful words.
Please enable auto subtitle!
The negligence of helicopter operator led to the wrongful death of Kobe and his daughter. Then, his wife has filed a lawsuit to sue the helicopter company. It was a gloomy day!
They always talk about Rob and bisquit.
yeah, it helps me a lot!
I will file my tax return next month. We don’t trust him,cause he’s negligent. The car crash on the parterre., due to the driver’s wrongful operation
BBC why don’t you make a video about 10,000 of the most popular English words? Make a series by highlighting each word with a separate video with examples, lively and interesting.