Authentic Listening 2019

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AUTHENTIC LISTENING 2019
Exercise 1:
https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=713798977
In just a matter of hours, yesterday's fire 1)______ some of that history, but not nearly all of it.
The fire is out now. The 2)______ is gone, but the recognizable bell towers remain, and many
historic structures and artwork survived.
Because of the jetlag or because of some 3)______, I woke up in the middle of the night, could
not resist to check my phone.
And what's called behind the roof's a forest, which is a wooden support of the cathedral -
everything which has been put to 4)______ yesterday.
But it's also 5)______ to remember that it's not the first time that Notre Dame has to be rebuilt,
actually.
And then the cathedral kind of 6)______. And that's because of Victor Hugo - created some, you
know, 7)______ the cathedral in the early 19th century with his novel.
It must be hard to imagine this place ever truly being 8)______. I mean, there's just a 9)______
there that is incredible.
I think we are so lucky that the firemen - and I want to 10)______ their work - is that they have
been capable of 11)______ the fire.
Something more than special - it's really the - that's where our 12)_____ _, I think.
So I suspect investigation will be 13)_____ _, and we'll try to see what exactly happens.
Well, I think compared to my 14)______ in the middle of the Shanghai night, I feel - I still feel
15)______, but I'm quite hopeful.
In just a matter of hours, yesterday's fire ravaged some of that history, but not nearly all of it.
The fire is out now. The spire is gone, but the recognizable bell towers remain, and many
historic structures and artwork survived.
And because of the jetlag or because of some premonition, I woke up in the middle of the night,
could not resist to check my phone.
And what's called behind the roof's a forest, which is a wooden support of the cathedral -
everything which has been put to ashes yesterday.
But it's also weird to remember that it's not the first time that Notre Dame has to be rebuilt,
actually.
And then the cathedral kind of fall apart. And that's because of Victor Hugo - created some, you
know, buzz around the cathedral in the early 19th century with his novel.
It must be hard to imagine this place ever truly being gone. I mean, there's just a resilience there
that is incredible.
I think we are so lucky that the firemen - and I want to pay tribute to their work - is that they
have been capable of stoking the fire.
Something more than special - it's really the - that's where our heart beats, I think.
So I suspect investigation will be pursued, and we'll try to see what exactly happens.
Well, I think compared to my distress in the middle of the Shanghai night, I feel - I still feel
immensely sad, but I'm quite hopeful
stoke: to add fuel to a fire, make the fire more severe.
premonition: dự cảm
Exercise 2:
Many of the bombs went off at churches during 1)______. Although no individual or group has
2)______, the government is now blaming a little-known jihadist group.
Most of the areas were 3)______ to the public, and even the media was not allowed to enter into
the location.
So what we saw from outside was complete devastation. The first thing you see when you go to
the churches is the glass 4)______ all over the ground. And the walls have been 5)______ with
ball bearings that were thrown across the room and the premises after the explosion. Even the
6)______ have been riddled with small metal pieces.
In addition to these attacks on churches that targeted worshippers during Easter, there were also
attacks on 7)______.
Many of the people started 8)______ images of those who had died, images that they had put up
right before the attack.
There were several occasions where the public was evacuated so that the police can conduct
9)______. It started off fine, but tension has grown. And now it has come to a point that
10)______ has been imposed again for the second day.
There's been a social media 11)______.
The police have not 12)______ information as to what their identities are or whether they belong
to any organization.
What they're saying is any vital information can 13)______ their investigation.
Many of the bombs went off at churches during Easter Mass. Although no individual or group
has claimed responsibility, the government is now blaming a little-known jihadist group.
And most of the areas were cordoned off to the public, and even the media was not allowed to
enter into the location.
So what we saw from outside was complete devastation. The first thing you see when you go to
the churches is the glass scattered all over the ground. And the walls have been perforated with
ball bearings that were thrown across the room and the premises after the explosion. Even the
altars have been riddled with small metal pieces.
In addition to these attacks on churches that targeted worshippers during Easter, there were also
attacks on high-end hotels.
Many of the people started circulating images of those who had died, images that they had put
up right before the attack.
There were several occasions where the public was evacuated so that the police can conduct
search operations. It started off fine, but tension has grown. And now it has come to a point that
curfew has been imposed again for the second day.
There's been a social media blackout.
The police have not divulged information as to what their identities are or whether they belong
to any organization.
What they're saying is any vital information can impede their investigation.
perforate: thủng lỗ
curfew: lệnh giới nghiêm

Exercise 3:
An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 157 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia's capital. The airline says all of the passengers and 1)___________ are dead.
The accident took place at 2)___________.
The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines says that this was a 3)___________ plane.
Pictures show a huge 4)___________, and not much of the plane is left.
The last deadly crash was in 2010. It was 5)___________.
And just recently, the airport in Addis Ababa overtook Dubai as the No. 1 6)___________ into
sub-Saharan Africa.
Pilots complained at the time that Boeing had not given them a 7)___________ that some of the
8)___________ had changed.
An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 157 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia's capital. The airline says all of the passengers and crew aboard are dead.
And the plane, which was a Boeing 737-8 MAX (ph) took off at 8:38. And by 8:44, so just a few
minutes later, the plane had crashed.
The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines says that this was a brand new plane.
They show a huge crater, and not much of the plane is left.
The last deadly crash was in 2010. It was weather-related.
And just recently, the airport in Addis Ababa overtook Dubai as the No. 1 gateway into sub-
Saharan Africa.
You know, but pilots complained at the time that Boeing had not given them a proper warning
that some of the flight controls had changed.
crater: a large hole in the ground caused by the explosion of a bomb or by something large
hitting it
Exercise 4:
Dozens of people have been 1)___________ in a college admissions 2)___________.
At least 50 people have been charged with participating in 3)___________ that involve cheating
on college entrance exams, like the SAT and ACT. Some of their children were admitted to
4)___________ colleges, including Yale, Stanford, UCLA and the University of Texas, by
bribing coaches.
We're talking about 5)___________- fake test scores, fake 6)___________, fake photographs,
bribed college officials.
Between 2011 and 2018, wealthy parents paid Rick Singer, the head of a foundation and a for-
profit admissions 7)___________, more than $25 million.
Singer's foundation 8)___________ to be a charitable organization but was actually a front

Singer used to 9)___________ the money that parents paid him.
Joseph Bonavolonta says more than 30 parents 10)___________ their wealth to cheat the system
and set their children up with the best education their money could buy.
None of the schools named in the 11)___________ are under investigation for fraud. The U.S.
attorney's office says college admissions officers were tricked.
In federal court, Rick Singer pleaded guilty to 12)___________, 13)___________,

14)___________ to defraud the United States and 15)___________.
UCLA says it has placed its men's soccer coach on leave for allegedly taking bribes and, in a
statement, says the charges against him are 16)___________.
Dozens of people have been indicted in a college admissions cheating scam.
At least 50 people have been charged with participating in alleged conspiracy that involve
cheating on college entrance exams, like the SAT and ACT. Some of their children were
admitted to elite colleges, including Yale, Stanford, UCLA and the University of Texas, by
bribing coaches.
We're talking about deception and fraud - fake test scores, fake athletic credentials, fake
photographs, bribed college officials
Between 2011 and 2018, wealthy parents paid Rick Singer, the head of a foundation and a for-
profit admissions consulting service, more than $25 million.
Singer's foundation purported to be a charitable organization but was actually a front Singer
used to launder the money that parents paid him
He says more than 30 parents flaunted their wealth to cheat the system and set their children up
with the best education their money could buy.
None of the schools named in the court filings are under investigation for fraud.
In federal court, Rick Singer pleaded guilty to racketeering, money laundering, conspiracy to
defraud the United States and obstruction of justice.
UCLA says it has placed its men's soccer coach on leave for allegedly taking bribes and, in a
statement, says the charges against him are deeply disturbing.
Exercise 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y70wCd8LdoI
Facebook is now facing more 1)___________ over its advertising policies.
Facebook spends a large amount of money on settling lawsuits, which forces the company to
2)___________ demographic targeting in some areas.
Google has been hit by the EU with the third 3)___________.
4)___________ is mentioned as one of the key features to attract advertisers in the first place.
It’s been illegal under 5)___________ to disclose homes that are for sale to specific group of
people. In other words, it can be deemed as a 6)___________ against minority demographics.
1. fallout
2. axe: get rid of
3. antitrust fine
4. Micro-targeting
5. fair housing laws
6. censorship issue
Exercise 6:
There is an 1)___________ in the cosmos where time and space 2)___________.
Feryal Ozel is an 3)___________ at the University of Arizona.
Ozel says a black hole is like a 4)___________with such strong gravity that it 5)___________
everything.
It just distorts the space-time around it, and in the interior, it distorts it so much that even light is
6)___________.
In 2017, they used eight radio telescopes around the world to 7)___________ at the center of a
galaxy around 50 million light years away, a place where a black hole is thought to be
8)___________.
Around the black hole, there's this sort of 9)___________.
Scientists plan to use more telescopes to get better 10)___________ of this black hole.
There is an inexorable force in the cosmos where time and space converge.
She's an astrophysicist at the University of Arizona.
Ozel says a black hole is like a cosmic vacuum with such strong gravity that it sucks up
everything.
It just distorts the space-time around it, and in the interior, it distorts it so much that even light is
trapped.
In 2017, they used eight radio telescopes around the world to peer at the center of a galaxy
around 50 million light years away, a place where a black hole is thought to be lurking.
And then around the black hole, there's this sort of orangey halo.
Scientists plan to use more telescopes to get better close-ups of this black hole.
inexorable: that cannot be stopped or changed
astrophysicist: a scientist who studies the physical and chemical structure of the stars,
planets, etc
lurk: when something unpleasant or dangerous lurks, it is present but not in an obvious
way.
orangey halo: vầng hào quang có màu cam nhạt
Exercise 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pIe6CZX6PM
Co-teaching is a model of 1)_____________ in which two 2)_____________ work together in a

classroom which contains students of varying levels of need and ability.
There is no 3)_____________ between the roles of the teachers in the classroom.
Each team often comprises a 4)_____________ and a special education teacher.
The first teacher loves talking about individual students through all 5)_____________. She also
appreciates 6)_____________ as a good way to help struggling students.
The second teacher compares co-teaching with something like 7)_____________.
Herdorn Middle School receives extra support to meet 8)_____________.
Teachers are confident that the 9)_____________ will be further narrowed.
The method helps dispel 10)_____________ before students start practicing.
By not 11)_____________ students, they can learn together and build on each other’s strengths.
1. instructional delivery
2. certified teachers
3. clear delineation
4. content area general educator
5. phases
6. flexible grouping
7. cross-pollination
8. student achievement benchmarks
9. achievement gap
10. misconceptions
11. separating
Exercise 8:
Three Ivy League schools are alleged to have used 1)_____________ to limit the number of
Asian-American students admitted to their campuses.
This isn't the only complaint against Ivy League universities by the Asian-American
2)_____________.
Asian-American communities are going to continue our fight until you totally stop your
3)_____________ against our children.
The group is now asking the government to investigate 4) _____________ at Brown, Yale and
Dartmouth pointing to a study that concluded Asian-Americans need to score higher than white,
black and 5)_____________ students on the SAT to get into these colleges.
The number of Asian-American students at these elite colleges still far 6)_____________ their
representation in the general population.
Aaron Lewis is a 7)_____________ at Newton South High School, and he's checking in with
some of his seniors at a 8)_____________.
Lewis says while some families are looking for any edge in the college 9)_____________, he
never tells his Asian-American students that they might benefit from not checking the box
indicating their 10)_____________.
Isabella is Chinese Asian-American and says she thinks some Asian-American groups get too
caught up on the idea of discrimination at 11)_____________.
I'm pretty sure it does happen, but I think they're going a little too 12)_____________ with it.
Three Ivy League schools are alleged to have used racial quotas to limit the number of Asian-
American students admitted to their campuses.
This isn't the only complaint against Ivy League universities by the Asian-American Coalition.
Asian-American communities are going to continue our fight until you totally stop your
unlawful discrimination against our children.
The group is now asking the government to investigate admissions practices at Brown, Yale
and Dartmouth, pointing to a study that concluded Asian-Americans need to score higher than
white, black and Hispanic students on the SAT to get into these colleges.
The number of Asian-American students at these elite colleges still far outstrips their
representation in the general population.
Aaron Lewis is a guidance counselor at Newton South High School, and he's checking in with
some of his seniors at a graduation festival.
Lewis says while some families are looking for any edge in the college admissions game, he
never tells his Asian-American students that they might benefit from not checking the box
indicating their race or ethnicity.
Isabella is Chinese Asian-American and says she thinks some Asian-American groups get too
caught up on the idea of discrimination at big-name schools.
I'm pretty sure it does happen, but I think they're going a little too overboard with it.
go overboard: to be too excited or enthusiastic about something or about doing something
Exercise 9:
The path to this weekend's Oscar ceremony has included a lot of 1)______________. First there
was going to be a new category - Best Popular Film. Then there wasn't. There was a host, Kevin
Hart, whose long-ago 2)______________ tweets generated a controversy, so he stepped down.
The Motion Picture Academy's under a lot of pressure - financial pressure - because last year's
ceremony was the 3)______________Oscars in history. And low ratings mean low
4)______________ for the next year.
The problem is that 5)______________ take at least 10 minutes usually, right?
Spike Lee is 6)______________ for best director, as is Alfonso Cuaron, who's Hispanic. There's
a foreign film director, Pavel Pavlovsky, the Polish director of "Cold War." That category,
though, is 7)______________ I think because this has been a great year for women directors.
"Leave No Trace" is 8)______________. It was directed by Debra Granik. It's a hundred per cent
on Rotten Tomatoes. It's just an amazing picture.
And there's a movie that got - it got a bunch of other nominations, which is "Can You Ever
Forgive Me?" It got an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for Melissa McCarthy, Best
9)______________ for Richard E. Grant. Nicole Holofcener got a 10)______________
nomination. But they didn't nominate the director who pulls all that together.
The man calls pictures that people really like - "Black Panther," "A Star Is Born," "Bohemian
Rhapsody 9)______________ . They give people a 11)______________ in the Oscars. And that
should improve the viewership. By rights, this should be a very well-viewed Oscar ceremony
despite all the 12)______________.
The path to this weekend's Oscar ceremony has included a lot of backtracking. First, there was
going to be a new category - Best Popular Film. Then there wasn't. There was a host, Kevin Hart,
whose long-ago homophobic tweets generated a controversy, so he stepped down.
The Motion Picture Academy's under a lot of pressure - financial pressure - because last year's
ceremony was the least-viewed Oscars in history. And low ratings mean low ad revenue for the
next year.
The problem is that host monologues take at least 10 minutes usually, right?
Spike Lee is in the mix for best director, as is Alfonso Cuaron, who's Hispanic. There's a foreign
film director, Pavel Pavlovsky, the Polish director of "Cold War." That category, though, is
problematic I think because this has been a great year for women directors.
Well, "Leave No Trace" is extraordinary. It was directed by Debra Granik. It's a hundred per
cent on Rotten Tomatoes. It's just an amazing picture.
And there's a movie that got - it got a bunch of other nominations, which is "Can You Ever
Forgive Me?" It got a Oscar nomination for Best Actress for Melissa McCarthy, Best
Supporting Actor for Richard E. Grant. Nicole Holofcener got a screenplay nomination. But
they didn't nominate the director who pulls all that together.
The man calls pictures that people really like - "Black Panther," "A Star Is Born," "Bohemian
Rhapsody box office monsters. They give people a rooting interest in the Oscars. And that
should improve the viewership. By rights, this should be a very well-viewed Oscar ceremony
despite all the hassles.
Exercise 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rH_W5PN8ns&t=111s
Google was heavily fined for 1)______________.
Standard Oil and 2)______________ are given as examples of well-known monopolies.
As a measure to prevent Standard Oil dominating the market, the Supreme Court made a
3)______________, which required the company to be broken up.
EU regulators said Google forced device makers to pre-install Google apps, making it difficult
for competing apps to 4)______________. The EU ordered Google to 5)______________ its
apps from Android devices.
Goofle was also found guilty of 6)______________ in the search market.
As Google unfairly promotes search results, users are less likely to click on other
7)______________. In this case, Google is 8)______________innovation and competition,
which is risky.
So far the EU has 9)______________ when it comes to regulating big tech. While the EU fines
are still small compared to Google’s revenue, the bills could add up if more regulators start
10)______________.
1. violating EU antitrust rules
2. Microsoft
3. landmark antitrust ruling
4. gain traction (an idea, product, etc. becoming popular or being accepted)
5. unbundle (to sell a product or service separately when previously it had been sold
together with others)
6. abusing its dominance
7. listings and reviews
8. stifling (prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing)
9. taken a lead
10. trust-busting (the manipulation of an economy, carried out by governments around the
world, in an attempt to prevent or eliminate monopolies and corporate trusts)
Exercise 11:
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/07/692259131/trump-to-meet-with-north-koreas-leader-later-this-
month
In Singapore, the two leaders signed a _____________that called for _____________ of the
Korean Peninsula.
Joel Wit 's a former State Department official who led the first American _____________ in
North Korea in 1999.
Joel Wit thinks the first summit is sort of like _____________.
Unless you're a _____________to pick out the signs of what's happening, it appears nothing's
happening.
North Korea has agreed to _____________ all of its facilities to produce _____________ that's
used to build nuclear bombs.
Then you need to sit down and negotiate a _____________. You need _____________ that
they're actually living up to their word.
On the one hand, unless there's a substantial outcome from the summit, it could _____________
from the process. On the other hand, having President Trump meeting Kim Jong Un to talk about
where things stand and where they want to go is a good thing because at least from the North
Korean side, it will provide more _____________ to the process moving forward.
Whether the Trump Administration is able to confirm that Kim Jong Un is actually following
through on what he promises or not depends on the _____________.
Wit thinks any relationship between an American president and a North Korean _____________
has its limitations.
They signed a broad statement that called for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
He's a former State Department official who led the first American nuclear inspection in North
Korea in 1999.
It's sort of like watching grass grow.
And so unless you're a trained observer to pick out the signs of what's happening, it appears
nothing's happening.
North Korea has agreed to dismantle all of its facilities to produce fissile material that's used to
build nuclear bombs.
Then you need to sit down and negotiate a detailed agreement. You need measures to verify
that they're actually living up to their word.
On the one hand, unless there's a good outcome from the summit, a substantial outcome from the
summit, it could detract from the process. On the other hand, having President Trump meeting
Kim Jong Un to talk about where things stand and where they want to go is a good thing because
at least from the North Korean side, it will provide more political momentum to the process
moving forward.
That depends on the subsequent negotiations.
I think any relationship between an American president and a North Korean dictator has its
limitations.
Exercise 12:
The 1)_____________ Kacey Musgraves won album of the year. Childish Gambino became the
first 2)_____________ to win record and song of the year.
Savage, the 3)_____________, could not attend the ceremony because he is fighting
4)_____________ from the U.S.
Drake was reported to be a 5)_____________ as well. So it was a real surprise when he walked
on stage to accept his award for best rap song, "God's Plan."
Drake began by talking about being a 6)_____________ from Canada misunderstood by the
music business.
Drake was 7)_____________ before he finished. Later, a spokesperson from the show told
reporters backstage that producers thought Drake was finished talking and offered him a chance
to finish, but he declined.
As Portnow announced, this is his final year at the academy. He addressed that
8)_____________ by saying the Grammys and the industry must include more
9)_____________.
From the Motown Records I wore out on the South Side to the "Who Run The World" songs that
10)_____________ me through this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story.
Alicia Keys reiterated the reference to superstar Beyonce's female 11)_____________.
The telecast was dominated by women performers, from Dolly Parton to Lady Gaga - who won a
Grammy for the song she 12)_____________ for the movie "A Star Is Born" - Diana Ross, Cardi
B and Janelle Monae.
It's huge to me. I mean, I'm a kid from the '90s from Lilith Fair, you know. And those women
were just dominating those 13)_____________. They were getting 14)_____________. They
were becoming record executives themselves. And to watch that 15)_____________ for the last
20 years has been 16)_____________.
And now we know the country singer Kacey Musgraves won album of the year. Childish
Gambino became the first hip-hop artist to win record and song of the year.
And one of the artists featured on "This Is America," 21 Savage, couldn't be there because the
British-born rapper is fighting deportation from the U.S.
Drake was reported to be a no-show as well.
Drake began by talking about being a mixed-race kid from Canada misunderstood by the music
business.
Drake was cut off before he finished.
As Portnow announced, this is his final year at the academy. He addressed that controversial
remark by saying the Grammys and the industry must include more female voices.
From the Motown Records I wore out on the South Side to the "Who Run The World" songs that
fueled me through this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story.
Alicia Keys reiterated the reference to superstar Beyonce's female empowerment cry.
The telecast was dominated by women performers, from Dolly Parton to Lady Gaga - who won a
Grammy for the song she co-wrote for the movie "A Star Is Born" - Diana Ross, Cardi B and
Janelle Monae.
It's huge to me. I mean, I'm a kid from the '90s from Lilith Fair, you know. And those women
were just dominating those platforms. They were getting record deals. They were becoming
record executives themselves. And to watch that backslide for the last 20 years has been
heartbreaking.
Exercise 13:
Last year, 1)_____________ erupted when the president of the Recording Academy, which gives
out the Grammys, said women should, quote, "step up" if they wanted to be recognized in the
music industry
The road to this year's Grammy Awards show has been 2)_____________.
Last year, Lorde, who was the only female nominee for Album of the Year, was not allowed to
3)_____________.
Melinda Newman, West Coast editor of Billboard magazine, says the Recording Academy is just
part of a 4)_____________.
A lot of the hue and cry from Portnow's remarks really are 5)_____________ of just the general
music industry and the lack of diversity in the general music industry.
Stacy L. Smith is the 6)_____________ of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University
of Southern California
Twenty-three percent of the 700 songs in our sample had one of 10 male songwriters attached to
them, 23 percent of the songs. So culturally, we're allowing 10 men to 7)_____________.
They were hit on. They were the object of 8)_____________. They felt personally unsafe in
certain situations. Oftentimes their contributions were ignored or not acknowledged, even
9)_____________ by the people they were working with.
The Grammy organization is hoping that it can emerge from last year's 10)_____________ as a
leader. Tina Tchen is a co-founder of the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund and was Michelle
Obama's 11)_____________. Last spring, the Recording Academy asked Tchen to lead its new
task force for inclusion and diversity. She's well aware that the music industry stats for women
are 12)_____________.
Earlier this month, the Recording Academy announced a new program. It's asking any business
or individual who hires 13)_____________ to consider at least two women for any project.
We have taken decades, if not millennia, to get in this position with respect to how women
advance in our 14)_____________, not just in this industry
The Recording Academy did expand the number of nominees in its top 15)_____________.
Last year, outrage erupted when the president of the Recording Academy, which gives out the
Grammys, said women should, quote, "step up" if they wanted to be recognized in the music
industry.
The road to this year's Grammy Awards show has been bumpy.
Last year, when singer Lorde, who was the only female nominee for Album of the Year, was not
allowed to perform solo. That was one of the things that led up to Neil Portnow's step up
comments.
Melinda Newman, West Coast editor of Billboard magazine, says the Recording Academy is just
part of a larger issue.
So in some ways, a lot of the hue and cry from Neil Portnow's remarks really are reflective of
just the general music industry and the lack of diversity in the general music industry.
Stacy L. Smith is the founder and director of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the
University of Southern California
Twenty-three percent of the 700 songs in our sample had one of 10 male songwriters attached to
them, 23 percent of the songs. So culturally, we're allowing 10 men to set the norms.
They were hit on. They were the object of innuendo. They felt personally unsafe in certain
situations. Oftentimes their contributions were ignored or not acknowledged, even dismissed by
the people they were working with.
The Grammy organization is hoping that it can emerge from last year's condemnations as a
leader. Tina Tchen is a co-founder of the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund and was Michelle
Obama's chief of staff. Last spring, the Recording Academy asked Tchen to lead its new task
force for inclusion and diversity. She's well aware that the music industry stats for women are
abysmal.
So earlier this month, the Recording Academy announced a new program. It's asking any
business or individual who hires record producers or engineers to consider at least two women
for any project.
We have taken decades, if not millennia, to get in this position with respect to how women
advance in our broader culture, not just in this industry.
The Recording Academy did expand the number of nominees in its top categories.
innuendo: an indirect remark about somebody/something, usually suggesting something

bad or rude; the use of remarks like this
abysmal: extremely bad or of a very low standard.
Exercise 14:
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/20/696413632/whats-changed-between-u-s-and-north-korea-since-
first-summit
If all goes to plan, one week from today, President Trump will be in Hanoi, Vietnam, preparing
to sit down for a 1)___________ with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. So far, this one is
coming together with decidedly less 2)___________ than the first time these two met.
This time, Trump's tone is less 3)___________ and on the substance and the central U.S. demand
that North Korea give up nuclear weapons.
Frank Aum was 4)___________ for North Korea at the Defense Department during the Obama
administration.
Well, I'm speculating here, but I think he is trying to create the impression that he is not
5)___________.
President Trump certainly is looking for a foreign policy victory. And it's interesting that you've
seen a 6)___________ in his policy towards North Korea over the last six months. And I think
that's probably, actually, a 7)___________ of what's to come at Hanoi.
Stephen Biegun is the 8)___________ for North Korea.
Before the Singapore summit, President Trump described it by saying that it would be a get-to-
know-you meeting, plus. So that sounded very 9)___________, just establishing a relationship
with Kim Jong Un. So I had very - actually had very 10)___________ out of Singapore.
I think a lot of the ideas have had a chance to 11)___________ a little bit more. You're hearing
more reports about 12)___________ from both sides. That gives us a little more optimism going
into Hanoi.
One, I think, right off the bat is to 13)___________ their dismantlement of their nuclear test site
at Punggye-ri and the 14)___________ test site at Tongchang-ri.
To go even further, a commitment to 15) ___________ their production of fissile material and
16)___________ missiles - that would be a significant win for us as well.
Right now, their main interest is to get some 17)___________.
If all goes to plan, one week from today, President Trump will be in Hanoi, Vietnam, preparing
to sit down for a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. So far, this one is
coming together with decidedly less drama than the first time these two met.
This time, Trump's tone is less heated and on the substance and the central U.S. demand that
North Korea give up nuclear weapons.
He was senior adviser for North Korea at the Defense Department during the Obama
administration.
Well, I'm speculating here, but I think he is trying to create the impression that he is not
desperate for denuclearization.
President Trump certainly is looking for a foreign policy victory. And it's interesting that you've
seen a radical shift in his policy towards North Korea over the last six months. And I think that's
probably, actually, a helpful indication of what's to come at Hanoi.
But in the remarks from Stephen Biegun, who's the special representative for North Korea.
Before the Singapore summit, President Trump described it by saying that it would be a get-to-
know-you meeting, plus. So that sounded very superficial, just establishing a relationship with
Kim Jong Un. So I had very - actually had very low expectations out of Singapore.
I think a lot of the ideas have had a chance to marinate a little bit more. You're hearing more
reports about potential concessions from both sides. That gives us a little more optimism going
into Hanoi
One, I think, right off the bat is to reaffirm their dismantlement of their nuclear test site at
Punggye-ri and the missile test site at Tongchang-ri.
To go even further, a commitment to freeze or cap their production of fissile material and
ballistic missiles - that would be a significant win for us as well.
Right now, their main interest is to get some sanctions relief.
marinate: dầm, ngâm (ý tưởng, kế hoạch)
ballistic missile: tên lửa đạn đạo
Exercise 15:
Some education experts and 1)___________ argue that if the U.S. does not boost the number of
workers in those jobs, that America will lose its 2)___________ as a global innovator. But others
say that there is no STEM crisis at all; that this is actually a 3)___________, and that colleges
should 4)___________ STEM and the humanities into a broader education.
So part of what got us thinking about this is a recent article in "The 5)___________ of Higher
Education" that questioned whether there is actually a shortage of American workers in the
STEM fields.
In the old days - not that long ago - the 6)___________ was you got a general education, and
then you could do anything.
And anything, for most workers, means having a job that's fairly focused as a STEM worker; but
then moving on to management or into a 7)___________, or into a government job. So STEM
has become the place where you go if you want to have a lot of alternatives, 10 years
8)___________
With the exception of two STEM fields, at the moment - 9)___________ and architecture, both
of which have been 10)___________ by the housing collapse - STEM graduates are the most
highly paid. The most highly paid major is still - has been, for five or six years -
11)___________, which earns about $120,000 a year, over a lifetime.
And that is, if you're going to be a teacher now, you need a master's degree. If you're going to be
- work in psychology as a 12)___________, you need a master's degree. If you are an art major
and you want to get a 13)___________ job, you need a master's degree. You're crazy if you
don't go to 14)___________ if you're a STEM major.
So let's now, for the time that we have left, kind of focus on kind of two different questions.
There's, like, the 15)___________ of how it actually works to be in this economy right now,
studying STEM versus studying other things. And then I want to address the 16)___________ of
social questions of whether it's good that it works that way.
You could argue that these students tend to have more income opportunities later on, that that's
perfectly fine. If it costs - the 17)___________ cost is more, then that's perfectly fine..
If we give kids who go into STEM and business, and some of the other high-paying majors - and
high-cost majors, in the case of STEM - we are going to reinforce intergenerational reproduction
of 18)___________.
I'm a lot more tempted to have people take humanities courses and to shut down my hard
technical courses because I can get a lot more students - more 19)___________ with my money
by selling humanities than selling STEM.
It is, in the end, the function of any higher education curriculum in a 20)___________.
So do - does this whole question about what should happen in the humanities, does that play in -
humanities versus STEM - where does that debate play in this whole question of maintaining
America's 21)___________?
We're giving too many people occupational and job training - sometimes, 22)___________ - and
denying them the benefits of a full education.
And we discovered fairly quickly, when women began buying cars, that men, who were
engineers - and principally, men - were making cars for other engineers. They had no empathy
for the customer. They were making machines, and wanted to make the most 23)___________
machines with no sense at all, no empathy for the people who would buy them.
And is there any push to kind of 24)___________ how teachers are taught or the value that we
place on that profession?
And in the American system now, in the American economy, that success depends almost
25)___________ on how well they do in school.
Some education experts and policymakers argue that if the U.S. does not boost the number of
workers in those jobs, that America will lose its competitive edge as a global innovator. But
others say that there is no STEM crisis at all; that this is actually a myth, and that colleges
should integrate STEM and the humanities into a broader education.
So part of what got us thinking about this is a recent article in "The Chronicle of Higher
Education" that questioned whether there is actually a shortage of American workers in the
STEM fields.
In the old days - not that long ago - the notion was you got a general education, and then you
could do anything.
And anything, for most workers, means having a job that's fairly focused as a STEM worker; but
then moving on to management or into a regulatory roll, or into a government job. So STEM
has become the place where you go if you want to have a lot of alternatives, 10 years down the
road.
With the exception of two STEM fields, at the moment - civil engineering and architecture, both
of which have been hard-hit by the housing collapse - STEM graduates are the most highly
paid. The most highly paid major is still - has been, for five or six years - petroleum engineer,
which earns about $120,000 a year, over a lifetime.
And that is, if you're going to be a teacher now, you need a master's degree. If you're going to be
- work in psychology as a counselor, you need a master's degree. If you are an art major and you
want to get a decent job, you need a master's degree. You're crazy if you don't go to graduate
school if you're a STEM major.
So let's now, for the time that we have left, kind of focus on kind of two different questions.
There's, like, the nuts and bolts of how it actually works to be in this economy right now,
studying STEM versus studying other things. And then I want to address the broader sort of
social questions of whether it's good that it works that way
You could argue that these students tend to have more income opportunities later on, that that's
perfectly fine. If it costs - the baseline cost is more, then that's perfectly fine.
If we give kids who go into STEM and business, and some of the other high-paying majors - and
high-cost majors, in the case of STEM - we are going to reinforce intergenerational reproduction
of economic privilege.
I'm a lot more tempted to have people take humanities courses and to shut down my hard
technical courses because I can get a lot more students - more bang for the buck with my
money by selling humanities, than selling STEM.
It is, in the end, the function of any higher education curriculum in a modern republic.
So do - does this whole question about what should happen in the humanities, does that play in -
humanities versus STEM - where does that debate play in this whole question of maintaining
America's global competitiveness?
We're giving too many people occupational and job training - sometimes, fairly narrowly - and
denying them the benefits of a full education.
And we discovered fairly quickly, when women began buying cars, that men, who were
engineers - and principally, men - were making cars for other engineers. They had no empathy
for the customer. They were making machines, and wanted to make the most powerful and
elegant machines with no sense at all, no empathy for the people who would buy them.
And is there any push to kind of rethink how teachers are taught or the value that we place on
that profession?
And in the American system now, in the American economy, that success depends almost
entirely on how well they do in school.
bang for the buck: get better value for the money you spend or the effort you put in to
something
nuts and bolts: practical facts about a particular thing, rather than theories or ideas about
it
baseline: a line or measurement that is used as a starting point when comparing facts
down the road: in the future
Exercise 16:
The Monday after the Oscars is full of red carpet 1)___________, Twitter threads and
2)___________ and occasionally some big 3)___________ or snafu that has everybody talking.
Last night, it was a surprise win in the final category, Best Picture.
Twice a story of 4)___________ told through a white person's perspective won in a year that Lee
offered a much 5)___________ of race in America.
And then the 6)___________ is given to a film that many people have criticized for being an
7)___________ about race told from the perspective of a white saviour.
So there's definitely been some 8)___________ as far as the representation of people of colour
winning.
"Green Book" is a 9)___________ movie. It doesn't really require a lot of 10)___________ or

11)___________.
History was made in other ways last night, too. Hannah Beachler won for 12)___________
design. Ruth Carter won for 13)___________ design. Both of them worked on the movie "Black
Panther."
I pretty much expected "Green Book" to win, so I pretty much made 14)___________ with that.
But I do feel that the wins for Ruth Carter and Hannah Beachler were especially significant,
having two black women winning in 15)___________.
We have, you know, Ryan Coogler, Barry Jenkins, who has been, you know, a very
16)___________ for women directors and for black women.
There's a long history of the Oscars giving the Best Picture award to a movie that
17)___________, consensus says, was probably the 18)___________.
There were a lot of people that were 19)___________ for "A Star Is Born." or "Bohemian
Rhapsody."
The Monday after the Oscars is full of red carpet recaps, Twitter threads and think pieces and
occasionally some big snub or snafu that has everybody talking. Last night, it was a surprise win
in the final category.
Twice a story of racial reconciliation told through a white person's perspective won in a year
that Lee offered a much sharper critique of race in America.
And then the top honor is given to a film that many people have criticized for being an overly
simplistic story about race told from the perspective of a white savior.
So there's definitely been some gains as far as the representation of people of color winning.
Green Book" is a feel-good movie. It doesn't really require a lot of critical thinking or self-
analysis.
History was made in other ways last night, too. Hannah Beachler won for production design.
Ruth Carter won for costume design. Both of them worked on the movie "Black Panther.
I pretty much expected "Green Book" to win, so I pretty much made peace with that. But I do
feel that the wins for Ruth Carter and Hannah Beachler were especially significant, having two
black women winning in non-acting categories.
We have, you know, Ryan Coogler, Barry Jenkins, who has been, you know, a very vocal
advocate for women directors and for black women.
There's a long history of the Oscars giving the Best Picture award to a movie that in hindsight,
consensus says, was probably the wrong pick.
I know there were a lot of people that were rooting for "A Star Is Born." There were people that
were rooting for "Bohemian Rhapsody."
recap: the act of repeating or giving a summary of what has already been said, decided, etc
think piece: An in-depth article that discusses a topic thoroughly and elaborates the
writer's point of view, to inspire deep thought related to the article's subject
root for: support or hope for the success of (a person or group entering a contest or
undertaking a challenge).
Exercise 17:
The suspense at last night's Academy Awards had been over who would get best picture. Would
"Black Panther" be the first 1)___________ to get the Oscar? Or could a Spike Lee movie,
"BlacKkKlansman" win the top prize? NPR's Mandalit del Barco was on the 2)___________ and
in the press room at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to report.
In the end, "Green Book" 3)___________ the Oscar for best picture.
We made this film with love and we made it with 4)___________. We made it with respect.
Mahershala Ali won best 5)___________ for his work in the film playing Don Shirley whose
essence, he said, that he tried to capture.
It was co-written by Vallelonga's son Nick, who picked up the Oscar for 6)___________.
A delightedly 7)___________ Olivia Colman seemed genuinely surprised to 8)___________
Glenn Close for her best actress Oscar.
Another genuine moment of 9)___________ in the show was when Samuel L. Jackson opened
the envelope for best 10)___________ - "BlacKkKlansman."
Decades after his movie "Do The Right Thing" 11)___________ on the screen, this was Lee's
first competitive win. In 1983, he won a student Academy Award for "Joe's Bed-Stuy
Barbershop: We Cut Heads." And in 2015, he earned an 12)___________ Oscar.
"Black Panther" didn't win for best picture either, but it did win for 13)___________.
One of the most 14)___________ moments in the show was an 15)___________ with "A Star Is
Born's" Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, who won an Oscar for 16)___________.
Mexico did, however, win an Oscar for 17)___________ for Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma." Five of
the past six best directing Oscars have gone to directors from Mexico, including this year to
Alfonso Cuaron. His work on "Roma" also earned him a best 18)___________ Oscar.
Someone definitely not in the background was Rami Malek's Freddie Mercury. Malek won the
Oscar for best actor for his 19)___________ of the Queen frontman in the movie "Bohemian
Rhapsody," which took home four 20)___________ in all.
The filmmakers behind "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse" talked about wanting to make
people feel powerful and seen. The movie won the Oscar for 21)___________.
I caught up with my colleague Nina Totenberg. Our 22)___________ was in the film "RBG,"
which was nominated for best documentary.
But the notorious RBG herself, Ruth Bader Ginsburg - she stayed in Washington to tend to her
day job on the 23)___________.
The suspense at last night's Academy Awards had been over who would get best picture. Would
"Black Panther" be the first 1)____ foreign-language film_______ to get the Oscar? Or could a
Spike Lee movie, "BlacKkKlansman" win the top prize? NPR's Mandalit del Barco was on the
2)_____ red carpet______ and in the press room at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to report.
In the end, "Green Book" 3)_____ took home______ the Oscar for best picture.
We made this film with love and we made it with 4)_____ tenderness______. We made it with
respect.
Mahershala Ali won best 5)_____ supporting actor______ for his work in the film playing Don
Shirley whose essence, he said, that he tried to capture.
It was co-written by Vallelonga's son Nick, who picked up the Oscar for 6)____ original
screenplay_______.
A delightedly 7)_____ befuddled______ Olivia Colman seemed genuinely surprised to 8)_____
beat out______ Glenn Close for her best actress Oscar.
Another genuine moment of 9)_____ levity______ in the show was when Samuel L. Jackson
opened the envelope for best 10)______ adapted screenplay_____ - "BlacKkKlansman."
Decades after his movie "Do The Right Thing" 11)______ exploded_____ on the screen, this
was Lee's first competitive win. In 1983, he won a student Academy Award for "Joe's Bed-Stuy
Barbershop: We Cut Heads." And in 2015, he earned an 12)_____ honorary______ Oscar.
"Black Panther" didn't win for best picture either, but it did win for 13)_____ original
score______.
One of the most 14)_____ touching______ moments in the show was an 15)_____ intimate
duet______ with "A Star Is Born's" Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, who won an Oscar for
16)_____ Original Song______.
Mexico did, however, win an Oscar for 17)_____ foreign language film______ for Alfonso
Cuaron's "Roma." Five of the past six best directing Oscars have gone to directors from Mexico,
including this year to Alfonso Cuaron. His work on "Roma" also earned him a best 18)_____
cinematography______ Oscar.
Someone definitely not in the background was Rami Malek's Freddie Mercury. Malek won the
Oscar for best actor for his 19)______ portrayal_____ of the Queen frontman in the movie
"Bohemian Rhapsody," which took home four 20)______ trophies_____ in all.
The filmmakers behind "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse" talked about wanting to make
people feel powerful and seen. The movie won the Oscar for 21)______ animated feature
film_____.
I caught up with my colleague Nina Totenberg. Our 22)_____ legal affairs correspondent______
was in the film "RBG," which was nominated for best documentary. But the notorious RBG
herself, Ruth Bader Ginsburg - she stayed in Washington to tend to her day job on the 23)____
Supreme Court_______.
befuddled: confused and unable to think normally
levity: behaviour that shows a lack of respect for something serious and that treats it in an
amusing way
Exercise 18:
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692508990/despite-few-details-and-much-doubt-the-green-new-
deal-generates-enthusiasm
We heard a lot on the program yesterday about 1)___________ Democrats' new plan to address
climate change. The Green New Deal, as it's being called, would also transform the U.S.
economy. This plan is getting a lot of attention, even though it's unlikely to pass both
2)___________.
Our energy future will not be found in the dark of a 3)___________ but in the light of the sun.
Massachusetts 4)___________ Ed Markey announced the 5)___________ on Capitol Hill with

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The vision in the Green New Deal is more 6)___________ than a specific plan. It doesn't even
mention some of the usual ideas for addressing climate change, such as carbon taxes or
7)___________ and trade programs.
We have 12 years, according to science, if we are going to meet the challenge of the climate
crisis. And to do that, we have to tackle fossil fuels 8)___________.
Green New Deal backers say they want more high-speed trains to make air travel less necessary
and more electric cars and 9)___________. Energy expert Amy Myers Jaffe with the Council on
Foreign Relations says changing the existing 10)___________ in the U.S. would be an
extraordinary effort.
Backers say they also want to eventually 11)___________ nuclear energy. Methane is an
especially 12)___________ greenhouse gas. And 13)___________ produce a lot of it.
A group called the 14)___________ held a web meeting with supporters around the country.
Organizers planned three weeks of 15)___________, including visits to pressure members of
Congress to sign on to the Green New Deal.
Some have criticized activists for not understanding the 16)___________ of what they're
demanding.
You know, they have an energy and a will to innovation that is not only 17)___________.
We heard a lot on the program yesterday about 1)_____ congressional______ Democrats' new
plan to address climate change. The Green New Deal, as it's being called, would also transform
the U.S. economy. This plan is getting a lot of attention, even though it's unlikely to pass both
2)_____ houses of Congress______.
Our energy future will not be found in the dark of a 3)______ mine_____ but in the light of the
sun.
Massachusetts 4)_____ Senator______ Ed Markey announced the 5)_____ resolution______ on

Capitol Hill with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The vision in the Green New Deal is more 6)______ framework _____ than a specific plan. It
doesn't even mention some of the usual ideas for addressing climate change, such as carbon taxes
or 7)______ cap_____ and trade programs.
We have 12 years, according to science, if we are going to meet the challenge of the climate
crisis. And to do that, we have to tackle fossil fuels 8)______ head on_____.
Green New Deal backers say they want more high-speed trains to make air travel less necessary
and more electric cars and 9)_____ charging stations______. Energy expert Amy Myers Jaffe
with the Council on Foreign Relations says changing the existing 10)_____ fleet of cars______
in the U.S. would be an extraordinary effort.
Backers say they also want to eventually 11)_____ phase out______ nuclear energy. Methane is
an especially 12)_____ potent______ greenhouse gas. And 13)_____ cows______ produce a lot
of it.
A group called the 14)_____ Sunrise Movement______ held a web meeting with supporters
around the country. Organizers planned three weeks of 15)_____ activism______, including
visits to pressure members of Congress to sign on to the Green New Deal.
Some have criticized activists for not understanding the 16)_____ scope______ of what they're
demanding.
You know, they have an energy and a will to innovation that is not only 17)____ infectious but
inspiring_______.
potent: powerful
Exercise 19:
There's been almost - I think I can fairly use the word - panic over these YouTube videos, where
this 1)___________, Momo, tells youngsters to harm themselves.
The 2)___________ is that it 3)___________ in the middle of a YouTube video that your kids
are watching and 4)___________ them to join this challenge where they commit suicide.
I think it's a mass sort of 5)___________, but it's being 6)___________ by mainstream news
organizations.
You know, some say it's a 7)___________ that's inducing kids to kill themselves.
I think that this is extra believable and 8)___________ for a couple of reasons. One is that the
image itself - the Momo image is 9)___________ and is 10)___________ to a lot of people. I
mean, there is this real image that is 11)___________ in people's minds.
The second thing that's different about it is that it's true that bad actors use YouTube to
12)___________ kids.
And then finally, people feel really 13)___________ about, you know, screen time for kids. And
the 14)___________ are always changing.
There's been almost - I think I can fairly use the word - panic over these YouTube videos, where
this 1)_____ disturbing-looking ______, Momo, tells youngsters to harm themselves.
The 2)_____ hoax______ is that it 3)_____ pops up______ in the middle of a YouTube video
that your kids are watching and 4)_____ induces______ them to join this challenge where they
commit suicide.
I think it's a mass sort of 5)_____ parental panic______, but it's being 6)_____ fueled ______ by
mainstream news organizations.
You know, some say it's a 7)_____ viral challenge ______ that's inducing kids to kill
themselves.
I think that this is extra believable and 8)_____ problematic ______ for a couple of reasons. One
is that the image itself - the Momo image is 9)______ memorable _____ and is 10)_____
scary______ to a lot of people. I mean, there is this real image that is 11)_____ sticking______
in people's minds.
The second thing that's different about it is that it's true that bad actors use YouTube to 12)_____
prey on______ kids.
And then finally, people feel really 13)______ guilty_____ about, you know, screen time for
kids. And the 14)_____ guidelines ______ are always changing.
hoax: a humorous or malicious deception

Exercise 20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_NKO6-OSz0
The patient has been HIV free for 18 months without taking any 1)___________.
There are a lot of similarities between the London patient and the 2)___________ patient, who
was treated around 10 years ago.
The London patient underwent both pretty rigorous 3)___________ and a stem cell transplant as
part of the treatment.
It is the 4)___________ that has taken hold in the London patient and led to his HIV
5)___________.
Doctors are cautious about calling this procedure a 6)___________.
Doctors need to figure out why this 7)___________ transplant works in some cases but not in
others.
The Berlin patient was being treated actually for a very aggressive 8)___________.
The London patient went through advanced, rigorous and pretty 9)___________ treatments.
The patient has been HIV free for 18 months without taking any 1)_____medication______.
There are a lot of similarities between the London patient and the 2)_____Berlin______ patient,
who was treated around 10 years ago.
The London patient underwent both pretty rigorous 3)_____chemotherapy______ and a stem
cell transplant as part of the treatment.
It is the 4)_____resistant gene______ that has taken hold in the London patient and led to his
HIV 5)_____receding______.
Doctors are cautious about calling this procedure a 6)_____cure______.
Doctors need to figure out why this 7)____bone-marrow_______ transplant works in some cases
but not in others.
The Berlin patient was being treated actually for a very aggressive 8_____leukemia______.
The London patient went through advanced, rigorous and pretty 9)_____robust______
treatments.
Exercise 21:
Today a big announcement about HIV/AIDS - a second man's HIV infection is in

1)___________. This is being 2)___________ as a milestone in the search for a cure, which
prompts a question.
This has to do with a man with HIV and cancer who got a 3)___________.
His 4)___________ were really quite smart. And they decided to look for a 5)___________ who
also had a CCR5-delta 32 6)___________.
Doctors had, of course, tried to 7)___________ the results in those intervening years.
You're right that there had been attempts to 8)__________ what had happened in the Berlin
patient.
In other words, the breakthrough that is being reported today does not mean that a widespread,
universal cure is 9)___________.
What this intervention is going to help us understand, though, is which are the 10)___________
that we can learn from and put together so that we can develop some different type of cure that is
appropriate everywhere that people are living with HIV.
A person living with HIV today needs to take their 11)___________every single day of their
lives for the rest of their lives. And that becomes very 12)__________ both from an economic
perspective and also, perhaps, from the perspective of their own health.
You're reminded every day that you have this virus for which you are 13)___________.
Today a big announcement about HIV/AIDS - a second man's HIV infection is in 1)_____
remission______. This is being 2)_____ hailed______ as a milestone in the search for a cure,
which prompts a question.
This has to do with a man with HIV and cancer who got a 3)____ stem cell transplant_______.
His 4)____ physicians_______ were really quite smart. And they decided to look for a 5)_____
donor______ who also had a CCR5-delta 32 6)____ mutation_______.
Doctors had, of course, tried to 7)_____ replicate______ the results in those intervening years.
You're right that there had been attempts to 8)_____ recapitulate_____ what had happened in the
Berlin patient.
In other words, the breakthrough that is being reported today does not mean that a widespread,
universal cure is 9)______ within immediate reach_____.
What this intervention is going to help us understand, though, is which are the 10)_____ critical
components______ that we can learn from and put together so that we can develop some
different type of cure that is appropriate everywhere that people are living with HIV.
A person living with HIV today needs to take their 11)______ antiretroviral therapy_____every
single day of their lives for the rest of their lives. And that becomes very 12)_____
burdensome_____ both from an economic perspective and also, perhaps, from the perspective of
their own health.
You're reminded every day that you have this virus for which you are 13)______
stigmatized_____.
recapitulate: to repeat the main points
antiretroviral: chống AIDS
stigmatized: to treat someone or something unfairly

Exercise 22:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DG3pMcNNlw
5G could replace the need for 1)___________ by largely operating on the cloud.
Downloading a two-hour film on 5G would take around 2)___________.
For a world that is increasingly dependent on the internet just to function, it is vital to lower
3)___________.
The efficiency of 4)___________, like self-driving cars, depends on the speed of data transfer.
5)___________ is a technique employed to provide a personalised web experience.
6)___________ is exemplified as an event that requires 5G to operate effectively.
One of the main barriers to the development of 5G is 7)___________.
5G could cause network operators to 8)___________ their current business models.
In order to work properly, 5G needs a frequency with much bigger 9)___________. This is less
of an obstacle in China, who are taking a more 10)___________.
Big 5G 11)___________ are launched to put China at the forefront of equipment production for
the new technology.
5G could replace the need for 1)_____cables______ by largely operating on the cloud.
Downloading a two-hour film on 5G would take around 2)______three and a half seconds_____.
For a world that is increasingly dependent on the internet just to function, it is vital to lower
3)______time delay_____.
The efficiency of 4)_____autonomous vehicles______, like self-driving cars, depends on the

speed of data transfer.
5)______Network slicing_____ is a technique employed to provide a personalised web

experience.
6)_____Mobile World Congree______ is exemplified as an event that requires 5G to operate

effectively.
One of the main barriers to the development of 5G is 7)______cost_____.
5G could cause network operators to 8)_____tear up______ their current business models.
In order to work properly, 5G needs a frequency with much bigger 9)_____bandwith______.

This is less of an obstacle in China, who are taking a more 10)____coherent approach_______.
Big 5G 11)_____trials______ are launched to put China at the forefront of equipment production
for the new technology.
Exercise 23:
And days after violent clashes between police and protesters in Hong Kong, the territory's
government has 1)___________. The bill would have allowed Hong Kong to 2)___________ to
mainland China. Hong Kong has thrived by its free economy and the rule of law, and this bill
caused an awful lot of concern that the city's separate system may be 3)___________.
It is a big 4)___________, and neither the Beijing government nor the Hong Kong government
suggested that they would compromise in any way. But Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam
told a press conference that she's not 5)___________ the bill; she's just 6)___________ on it.
Hong Kong does not have an extradition agreement with mainland China, and this would have
arranged for the Hong Kong courts and government to do these extraditions on a 7)___________
basis. And while the government says that this process would meet international legal standards,
people in Hong Kong are not confident that, if someone gets extradited to China, they'll get a
8)___________ in that legal system.
And at home, inside China, they've been setting up 9)___________ for Uighur Muslims in the
far western Xinjiang region, which does not inspire confidence in Hong Kong people.
So the bill's critics are not going to rest, they say, until the bill is scrapped. There are still protests
scheduled for tomorrow, and those are going to go ahead. But, you know, to the
10)___________ of this bill, it's a bad law, and a bad law is not as good as no law, and every
day that it isn't passed is a 11)___________, I guess.
And days after violent clashes between police and protesters in Hong Kong, the territory's
government has 1)_____ backed down______. The bill would have allowed Hong Kong to
2)_____ extradite______ to mainland China. Hong Kong has thrived by its free economy and
the rule of law, and this bill caused an awful lot of concern that the city's separate system may be
3)______ eroding_____.
It is a big 4)______ climbdown_____, and neither the Beijing government nor the Hong Kong
government suggested that they would compromise in any way. But Hong Kong Chief Executive
Carrie Lam told a press conference that she's not 5)_____ scrapping______ the bill; she's just
6)____ hitting pause_______ on it.
Hong Kong does not have an extradition agreement with mainland China, and this would have
arranged for the Hong Kong courts and government to do these extraditions on a 7)____ case-by-
case _______ basis. And while the government says that this process would meet international
legal standards, people in Hong Kong are not confident that, if someone gets extradited to China,
they'll get a 8)_____ fair shake______ in that legal system.
And at home, inside China, they've been setting up 9)______ internment camps_____ for Uighur
Muslims in the far western Xinjiang region, which does not inspire confidence in Hong Kong
people.
So the bill's critics are not going to rest, they say, until the bill is scrapped. There are still protests
scheduled for tomorrow, and those are going to go ahead. But, you know, to the 10)______
opponents_____ of this bill, it's a bad law, and a bad law is not as good as no law, and every day
that it isn't passed is a 11)_____ sort of victory______, I guess.
Exercise 24.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXJiNuWLhHc&t=96s
The 1)__________ is held in her homeland this year, and the speaker is proud of this.
Only by eliminating conflicts and wars can countries cooperate on an 2)__________.
The UN is intended to resolve differences, promote well-being and extend 3)__________.
We live at a time of 4)__________ for the laws of war that forbid attacks on civilians.
Whether it is 5)__________ on schools or hospitals, families bombed in their homes,

neighbourhoods gassed with chemical weapons, 6)__________ areas deprived of aid, or mass
rape of women, children and men, we seem incapable of upholding minimum standards of
humanity in many parts of the world.
As UN peacekeepers are often required to serve where there is little or no peace to be kept, they
are often dismissed as 7)__________.
UN peacekeepers are often deployed when governments struggle to 8)__________.
United Nations missions often represent the last and only hope for millions of people, which is
therefore considered a 9)__________.
Despite 10)__________ of women who can determine their own fate, they are still the main
victims of war and rape.
Women are at the 11)__________ of modern conflict, in the worst possible sense.
The 1)_____ UN Defense Peacekeeping Minister_____ is held in her homeland this year, and the
speaker is proud of this.
Only by eliminating conflicts and wars can countries cooperate on an 2)_____ equal
footing_____.
The UN is intended to resolve differences, promote well-being and extend 3)_____ universal
rights and freedoms_____.
We live at a time of 4)____ blatant disregard______ for the laws of war that forbid attacks on
civilians.
Whether it is 5)____ missile strikes______ on schools or hospitals, families bombed in their

homes, neighbourhoods gassed with chemical weapons, 6)_____ besieged_____ areas deprived
of aid, or mass rape of women, children and men, we seem incapable of upholding minimum
standards of humanity in many parts of the world.
As UN peacekeepers are often required to serve where there is little or no peace to be kept, they
are often dismissed as 7)_____ flawed or ineffective_____.
UN peacekeepers are often deployed when governments struggle to 8)_____ protect civilian
life_____.
United Nations missions often represent the last and only hope for millions of people, which is
therefore considered a 9)______ weighty responsibility____.
Despite 10)___ countless examples______ of women who can determine their own fate, they are
still the main victims of war and rape.
Women are at the 11)_____ absolute epicenter_____ of modern conflict, in the worst possible
sense.
Exercise 25.
A time-lapse video on social media shows an 1)__________of a street in Hong Kong Sunday.
Early in the day, it fills with 2)__________who continue passing by that spot for hours and
hours.
All I can say is that Hong Kong people, for the most part, are 3)__________.
Hong Kong is controlled by China but under an arrangement leftover from British times, in
which Hong Kong has more of a Western-style system, has a more free and 4)__________, and
this proposal for an extradition law would allow people to be taken out of that system, arrested
and taken to mainland China in a much less 5)__________for trial - that's what has been
protested.
The other thing is that the dynamic has shifted because the government is on the 6)__________.
They miscalculated public opinion, and they had to make this embarrassing climbdown of
7)__________ the bill.
According to Charles Mok, a 8)__________in Hong Kong, the police were a bit concerned
because of the accusation of police 9)__________ on Wednesday, last Wednesday, when they
tried to clear the area around the legislative building.
I understand the general concern, that you would not, if you could avoid it, want to be taken out
of Hong Kong's 10)__________ and moved into China's less transparent system. But Chief
Executive Carrie Lam, the Hong Kong official who has been pushing this legislation, says it is
not as bad as 11)__________.
Our proposal is based on existing legislation, with the relevant human rights safeguards and
12)__________ safeguards, including the role of the court and a 13)__________judicial system
of Hong Kong being fully maintained.
You're noting that a Chinese business executive was arrested in Canada on the request of the
United States, but the extradition has proven to be a rather 14)__________affair.
We are always in the minority. So that's why people want 15)__________, real democracy in
Hong Kong. But we didn't get that.
And in the meantime, there are a lot of these issues, including this current 16)__________ that
would make Hong Kong more like China, and that is our concern.
A time-lapse video on social media shows an 1)_____ overhead view_____of a street in Hong
Kong Sunday. Early in the day, it fills with 2)_____ marching protesters_____who continue
passing by that spot for hours and hours.
All I can say is that Hong Kong people, for the most part, are 3)_____ mind-blowingly civic-
minded_____.
Hong Kong is controlled by China but under an arrangement leftover from British times, in
which Hong Kong has more of a Western-style system, has a more free and 4)_____ open
judiciary_____, and this proposal for an extradition law would allow people to be taken out of
that system, arrested and taken to mainland China in a much less 5)____ transparent
system______for trial - that's what has been protested.
The other thing is that the dynamic has shifted because the government is on the 6)_____ back
foot_____. They miscalculated public opinion, and they had to make this embarrassing
climbdown of 7)_____ shelving_____ the bill.
According to Charles Mok, a 8)____ pro-democracy legislator______in Hong Kong, the police
were a bit concerned because of the accusation of police 9)____ brutality______ on Wednesday,
last Wednesday, when they tried to clear the area around the legislative building.
I understand the general concern, that you would not, if you could avoid it, want to be taken out
of Hong Kong's 10)____judicial______ and moved into China's less transparent system. But
Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the Hong Kong official who has been pushing this legislation, says
it is not as bad as 11)_____ portrayed_____.
Our proposal is based on existing legislation, with the relevant human rights safeguards and
12)_____ procedural_____ safeguards, including the role of the court and a 13)_____ fair and
impartial_____judicial system of Hong Kong being fully maintained.
You're noting that a Chinese business executive was arrested in Canada on the request of the
United States, but the extradition has proven to be a rather 14)_____ intricate and drawn
out_____affair.
We are always in the minority. So that's why people want 15)____ universal suffrage______,
real democracy in Hong Kong. But we didn't get that.
And in the meantime, there are a lot of these issues, including this current 16)____ extradition
amendment bill attempt______ that would make Hong Kong more like China, and that is our
concern.
drawn-out: lasting a very long time, often too long
suffrage: the right to vote in political elections
shelve: to decide not to continue with a plan, either for a short time or permanently
mind-blowing: very exciting, impressive or surprising

Exercise 26:
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/737535421
And after shaking hands, President Trump walked out of the 1)__________ and onto North
Korean 3)__________.
The White House may have exaggerated the 4)__________ nature of this meeting, perhaps to
5)__________ if things had gone badly or if Kim had not shown up.
They agreed to restart talks over North Korea's 6)__________.
U.S. sanctions will remain 7)__________ against North Korea. But he did leave the door open to
some 8)__________ in the future.
The president likes these 9)__________. He likes the spectacle. It's the 10)__________of the
details where he sometimes gets 11)__________.
They did not resolve the basic trade war between the U.S. and China, but they did agree not to
12)__________ it. They agreed to resume trade negotiations, which had been on the
13)__________ since May when the Trump administration accused China of 14)__________ on
earlier commitments.
He said Huawei is complicated, and it is. You know, U.S. security experts worry that the
company, which makes 15)__________ and a lot of the hardware behind high-tech
communications networks, could become a 16)__________ for spying by the Chinese
government.
Trump says Mohammed bin Salman told him about the discipline that the Saudis themselves
have 17)__________ to people who carried out Khashoggi's killing. But there was apparently no
discussion of the crown prince's own 18)__________. Trump and the crown prince ignored
shouted questions about that during their very 19)__________.
And after shaking hands, President Trump walked out of the 1)____ demilitarized zone ______
and onto North Korean 3)_____soil_____.
The White House may have exaggerated the 4)_____ impromptu_____ nature of this meeting,
perhaps to 5)____ lower the stakes______ if things had gone badly or if Kim had not shown up.
They agreed to restart talks over North Korea's 6)____ outlawed nuclear program______.
U.S. sanctions will remain 7)_____ in place_____ against North Korea. But he did leave the door
open to some 8)_____ sanctions relief_____ in the future.
The president likes these 9)____ bold gestures______. He likes the spectacle. It's the 10)____
nitty-gritty______of the details where he sometimes gets 11)____ tripped up______.
They did not resolve the basic trade war between the U.S. and China, but they did agree not to
12)_____ escalate_____ it. They agreed to resume trade negotiations, which had been on the
13)____ skids______ since May when the Trump administration accused China of 14)____
backtracking_____ on earlier commitments.
He said Huawei is complicated, and it is. You know, U.S. security experts worry that the
company, which makes 15)_____ cellphones_____ and a lot of the hardware behind high-tech
communications networks, could become a 16)____ conduit ______ for spying by the Chinese
government.
Trump says Mohammed bin Salman told him about the discipline that the Saudis themselves
have 17)_____ meted out _____ to people who carried out Khashoggi's killing. But there was
apparently no discussion of the crown prince's own 18)____ culpability______. Trump and the
crown prince ignored shouted questions about that during their very 19)____ high-profile photo-
op.______.
nitty-gritty: the basic or most important details of an issue or a situation
on the skids: in a bad state; failing
conduit: đường dây, kênh
mete out: to give somebody a punishment; to make somebody suffer bad treatment
Exercise 27:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekld9AAiXrk
Hollywood movies have 1)__________ a future of 2)__________ and flying cars.
In the future, we are expected to witness a surging popularity of 3)__________ like robo taxis
and an emphasis on 4)__________.
5)__________ will require changes to air traffic control systems.
For high-speed travel, the ambitious Hyperloop could leave 6)__________ in the dust.
The lack of 7)__________ enables pods to reach great speeds.
The makers of 8)__________ are promising to slash travel times.
Despite skepticism, tech and engineering companies are 9)__________ the challenges of
passsenger transit, promising to 10)__________ us into the future.
Hollywood movies have 1)_____envisaged/envisioned_____ a future of

2)____hoverboards______ and flying cars.
In the future, we are expected to witness a surging popularity of 3)____self-driving

vehicles______ like robo taxis and an emphasis on 4)_____sharing journeys_____.
5)____Cross-city flights______ will require changes to air traffic control systems.
For high-speed travel, the ambitious Hyperloop could leave 6)____bullet trains______ in the
dust.
The lack of 7)_____air resistance_____ enables pods to reach great speeds.
The makers of 8)_____supersonic jects_____ are promising to slash travel times.
Despite skepticism, tech and engineering companies are 9)_____boldly taking up_____ the
challenges of passenger transit, promising to 10)_____propel_____ us into the future.
hoverboard: tấm ván bay

Exercise 28:
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/08/591816741/tpp-goes-forward-without-the-u-s
Eleven countries have agreed to sign a major 1)__________ today. There were supposed to be 12
countries, but the U.S. 2)__________. Many analysts said the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or the
TPP, could not exist without the U.S. But the other countries are 3)__________ anyway.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership took five years to 4)__________ between the U.S. and 11 other
Pacific 5)__________ nations, from Australia to Vietnam to 6)__________ .
It will actually go down as one of the biggest 7)__________ mistakes the United States has ever
made, maybe even on par to the 8)__________.
Matthew Goodman, an Asia economics specialist at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies, says he's surprised the deal came together. He didn't think there was enough
9)__________ in the group.
Goodman says Canada wanted to add the words 10)__________ to the name of the trade deal.
It's now the CPTPP - quite a 11)__________.
There were 12)__________ from the Trump administration recently about rejoining the TPP.
Trump is hardening his 13)__________, with the U.S. renegotiating the NAFTA treaty and
Trump threatening to impose steep tariffs on 14)__________.
Eleven countries have agreed to sign a major 1)____ Asia-Pacific free trade deal______ today.
There were supposed to be 12 countries, but the U.S. 2)____ pulled out______. Many analysts
said the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or the TPP, could not exist without the U.S. But the other
countries are 3)_____ plowing ahead_____ anyway.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership took five years to 4)____ hammer out______ between the U.S.
and 11 other Pacific 5)____ Rim______ nations, from Australia to Vietnam to 6)_____
Chile_____ .
It will actually go down as one of the biggest 7)_____ geostrategic_____ mistakes the United
States has ever made, maybe even on par to the 8)____ Iraq War______.
Matthew Goodman, an Asia economics specialist at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies, says he's surprised the deal came together. He didn't think there was enough 9)_____
consensus_____ in the group.
Goodman says Canada wanted to add the words 10)____ comprehensive and progressive ______
to the name of the trade deal. It's now the CPTPP - quite a 11)____ mouthful______.
There were 12)____ rumblings______ from the Trump administration recently about rejoining
the TPP.
Trump is hardening his 13)_____ protectionist stance_____, with the U.S. renegotiating the
NAFTA treaty and Trump threatening to impose steep tariffs on 14)____ steel and
aluminum______.
rumbling: tin đồn
hammer out: discuss a plan, an idea, etc. until everyone agrees or a decision is mad
mouthful: a word or a phrase that is long and complicated or difficult to pronounce

Exercise 29.
The first civil lawsuit to go to trial attempting to hold a company responsible for the opioid crisis
1)__________ in Oklahoma yesterday.
The case continued with Johnson & Johnson as the 2)__________. The state's legal team argued
that the company used 3)__________ that led to thousands of overdose deaths.
In legal terms, Oklahoma argued the company created a 4)__________ of opioid

overprescribing.
The FDA label clearly set for the risk of 5)__________ that could lead to overdose and death.
Earlier in the trial, the state's expert witness Dr Andrew Kolodny testified that Johnson &
Johnson did more than push its own pills. Until 2016, it also profited by manufacturing
6)__________ and then selling them to other companies.
Kolodny says that's why the company 7)__________ the risks to doctors of opioids in general,
knowing that almost any opioid prescription would benefit its 8)__________.
The trial also focused on the role of 9)__________.
The 10)__________ used in this case is not new. It was used in previous lawsuits involving
tobacco, guns and 11)__________, though with varying results.
The first civil lawsuit to go to trial attempting to hold a company responsible for the opioid crisis
1)_____ wrapped up_____ in Oklahoma yesterday.
The case continued with Johnson & Johnson as the 2)_____ sole defendant_____. The state's
legal team argued that the company used 3)____ aggressive marketing tactics______ that led to
thousands of overdose deaths.
In legal terms, Oklahoma argued the company created a 4)_____ public nuisance_____ of opioid
overprescribing.
The FDA label clearly set for the risk of 5)_____ addiction, abuse and misuse_____ that could
lead to overdose and death.
Earlier in the trial, the state's expert witness Dr Andrew Kolodny testified that Johnson &
Johnson did more than push its own pills. Until 2016, it also profited by manufacturing 6)_____
narcotic raw ingredients_____ and then selling them to other companies.
Kolodny says that's why the company 7)_____ downplayed_____ the risks to doctors of opioids
in general, knowing that almost any opioid prescription would benefit its 8)____ bottom
line______.
The trial also focused on the role of 9)______ drug sales representatives____.
The 10)_____ legal framework_____ used in this case is not new. It was used in previous
lawsuits involving tobacco, guns and 11)____ lead paint,______, though with varying results.
bottom line: the total profit or loss

Exercise 30.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0Z6LplaMU&t=23s
The 3D printing process builds an object by successively adding material layer by layer, which is
why it is also called 1)__________. This method is more economical and time-saving compared
to 2)__________.
The first step in 3D printing involves creating a 3)__________ of the 3D modelled object. This
can be done either by using 4)__________ to create your own designs or by finding objects on
websites.
Once the data has been transmitted to the printer, the material is pulled, melted and deposited to
the 5)__________ where the cooling process takes place.
The development of new materials has flourished 3D printing food, in which beautiful
6)__________ are created.
3D printing also has practical values in the medical sector where bio-materials are tested to
invent 7)__________.
The 3D printing process builds an object by successively adding material layer by layer, which is
why it is also called 1)____additive manufacturing______. This method is more economical and
time-saving compared to 2)____standard means______.
The first step in 3D printing involves creating a 3)____blueprint______ of the 3D modelled

object. This can be done either by using 4)____modeling software______ to create your own
designs or by finding objects on websites.
Once the data has been transmitted to the printer, the material is pulled, melted and deposited to
the 5)_____plate_____ where the cooling process takes place.
The development of new materials has flourished 3D printing food, in which beautiful
6)_____intricate treats_____ are created.
3D printing also has practical values in the medical sector where bio-materials are tested to
invent 7)____regenerative medicine______.
Exercise 31.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzOztRlMgog
Hardworking and talents are often perceived as the prerequisites to getting the entrance to
university. Ironically, now you just need 1)__________ to accomplish your goal.
The TV host describes the scandal as a 2)__________.
A handful of wealthy parents including Hollywood elite are accused of 3)__________ bribing
their kids way into college.
William Singer is allegedly pointed out the 4)__________ of the whole conspiracy. He cheats by
photoshopping the 5)__________ of the kids onto the bodies of real athletes.
The host suggests that the bribed coaches should be punished by being forced to compete with
the fake team that they 6)__________. They have to win the championship or all of them
7)__________.
The argument that parents execute this shameful cheating for the sake of their children is
illogical because apart from 8)__________, every parents want to protect their kids.
Hardworking and talents are often perceived as the prerequisites to getting the entrance to
university. Ironically, now you just need 1)____shady rich parents______ to accomplish your
goal.
The TV host describes the scandal as a 2)_____bombshell_____.
A handful of wealthy parents including Hollywood elite are accused of 3)_____straight-up_____

bribing their kids way into college.
William Singer is allegedly pointed out the 4)_____mastermind_____ of the whole conspiracy.
He cheats by photoshopping the 5)____faces______ of the kids onto the bodies of real athletes.
The host suggests that the bribed coaches should be punished by being forced to compete with
the fake team that they 6)____recruited______. They have to win the championship or all of
them 7)_____go to jail_____.
The argument that parents execute this shameful cheating for the sake of their children is
illogical because apart from 8)_____prairie dogs_____, every parents want to protect their kids.
prairie dog: cầy thảo nguyên
Exercise 32.
The U.S. is urging 1)__________ not to let the Chinese company Huawei build their 5G
networks. U.S. officials say Huawei is a 2)__________. But some countries don't have much of a
choice.
That, Udomporn announces, is the first 5G 3)__________ in Thailand.
This next generation of 4)__________ will carry data quicker than ever, connecting phones, cars,
homes, ships, 5)__________, armies.
Amidst a 5G-induced 6)__________ on campus, Huawei has already established its own office.
Djitt Laowattana chairs the strategy committee for TOT, Thailand's state-owned
telecommunications company, which owns most of the country's 7)__________.
Djitt, also helps run the economic zone that's testing 5G for Thailand, says he's aware of
suspicions about how Huawei could use its equipment to enable Chinese 8)__________.
Huawei, even though it's a private company, has 9)__________ to China's government. And if
Huawei continues to win 5G contracts in the country, Zawacki says China will likely use that to
10)__________ its influence over the country.
While it tries to maintain positive relationships with both countries, that sort of 11)__________
is not something it's going to be able to gift itself forever.
The U.S. is urging 1)_____ allies_____ not to let the Chinese company Huawei build their 5G
networks. U.S. officials say Huawei is a 2)____ security threat______. But some countries don't
have much of a choice.
That, Udomporn announces, is the first 5G 3)______ antenna____ in Thailand.
This next generation of 4)____ mobile broadband______ will carry data quicker than ever,
connecting phones, cars, homes, ships, 5)____ electrical grids______, armies.
Amidst a 5G-induced 6)____ construction boom______ on campus, Huawei has already

established its own office.
Djitt Laowattana chairs the strategy committee for TOT, Thailand's state-owned
telecommunications company, which owns most of the country's 7)_____ telecoms towers_____.
Djitt, also helps run the economic zone that's testing 5G for Thailand, says he's aware of
suspicions about how Huawei could use its equipment to enable Chinese 8)_____
espionage_____.
Huawei, even though it's a private company, has 9)_____ close ties_____ to China's government.
And if Huawei continues to win 5G contracts in the country, Zawacki says China will likely use
that to 10)_____ solidify_____ its influence over the country.
While it tries to maintain positive relationships with both countries, that sort of 11)____
neutrality______ is not something it's going to be able to gift itself forever.
espionage: the discovering of secrets, especially political or military information of another

country or the industrial information of a business
Exercise 33.
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/22/753493879/satellites-show-thousands-of-fires-sweeping-
through-brazils-amazon-rainforest
There's 1)_____________ around the world about what's happening in the Amazon right now.
Environmentalists say many of these are caused by 2)_____________ and loggers clearing forest
land.
It stores vast amounts of carbon, and that's really crucial for 3)_____________.
According to 4)_____________ , there've been more than 74,000 fires this year.
I eventually came across a fire that was actually burning there, so I turned on my
5)_____________.
According to the 6)_____________, smoke from Amazon fires is actually reaching the
7)_____________ and also Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paolo
He's weakened government environmental enforcement agencies; he's 8)_____________ two

key foreign sources of money for preservation projects, Norway and Germany; he's also
9)_____________ at satellite data compiled by the government's monitoring agency.
The government's not interested in enforcing the legislation and strengthening all the strategies to
combat deforestation - like a 10)_____________ for people to go into the ground and to the
forest without any kind of control
Bolsonaro tried to row back from that remark somewhat today by posting an online video
accusing the media of 11)_____________ those remarks. But the allegation's still out there, and
it's causing a lot of astonishment and also 12)_____________.
Brazil's environment minister had a taste of that during a U.N. climate change meeting here in
Brazil this week, where he was 13)_____________.
There's 1)______ anger and dismay_______ around the world about what's happening in the
Amazon right now.
Environmentalists say many of these are caused by 2)______ cattle ranchers_______ and loggers
clearing forest land.
It stores vast amounts of carbon, and that's really crucial for 3)______ slowing climate
change_______.
According to 4)______ Brazil's Institute of Space_______, there've been more than 74,000 fires
this year.
I eventually came across a fire that was actually burning there, so I turned on my 5)______ tape
recorder._______.
According to the 6)_______ World Meteorological Organization______, smoke from Amazon

fires is actually reaching the 7)_______ Atlantic coast ______ and also Brazil's biggest city, Sao
Paolo
He's weakened government environmental enforcement agencies; he's 8)______

alienated_______ two key foreign sources of money for preservation projects, Norway and
Germany; he's also 9)______ scoffed_______ at satellite data compiled by the government's
monitoring agency.
The government's not interested in enforcing the legislation and strengthening all the strategies to
combat deforestation - like a 10)______ green sign_______ for people to go into the ground and
to the forest without any kind of control
Bolsonaro tried to row back from that remark somewhat today by posting an online video
accusing the media of 11)______ irresponsibly hyping_______ those remarks. But the
allegation's still out there, and it's causing a lot of astonishment and also 12)______
outrage_______.
Brazil's environment minister had a taste of that during a U.N. climate change meeting here in
Brazil this week, where he was 13)______ heckled and booed_______.
Exercise 34.
Listen to a piece of news about African swine fever and complete the blanks with NO
MORE THAN FOUR WORDS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVF4SpASMTA
African swine fever, a complex icosahedral virus, causes a contagious, fatal disease for all
infected 1)_________________and wild boar.
Symptoms of the disease involve high fever, lethargy, loss of appetite, 2)_________________,
vomiting and abortions or sometimes only sudden death.
The virus can spread via the bites of tick species, an important part of the infection cycle of
3)_________________, or by feeding infected pork or pork products to pigs.
African swine fever first emerged in East Africa early in the 20th century, then spread through
Sub-Saharan Africa and into Europe.
As there is no vaccine for this disease now, 4) _________________ and culling of infected pig
herds are crucial measures to prevent the disease from spreading. 5) ____________and catering
waste to pigs are prohibited. Additionally, applying good 6)_________________is required.
The virus may exist in infected animals’ 7)____________________or infected

8)_________________ for weeks or even months.
Scientific research was highly prioritized after the severe epidemic in wild boar in Europe. A
9)_________________is being developed to delete virus genes to improve pigs’ immune system.
Research on African swine fever virus must be conducted in 10)_________________.
1. domestic pigs
2. bloody diarrhoea
3. warthogs
4. Early diagnosis
5. Feeding food scraps
6. biosecurity
7. urine, feces (faeces) and blood
8. carcasses
9. genetically modified vaccine
10. specialist high containment facilities
Exercise 35.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggtfuwxZaZ0
1. It is advised to get away from the coast as a ____________________, Hurricane Florence,

brews in the Atlantic Ocean.
2. ____________________for more than 1 million people in the states of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia have already been triggered.
3. The wind speeds hovered around 140 miles per hour Tuesday, which makes Florence a
____________________.
4. Affected areas could be ____________________ for months.
5. Its catastrophic storm surge is the ____________________in sea levels as a hurricane blows
water ashore.
6. Anything more than a 12 foot storm surge is life threatening according to the
____________________.
7. It is predicted to slow down after making ____________________ by scientists tracking the

storm.
8. This hurricane’s wind speeds ____________________ Tuesday.
9. There is that outside shot of this ____________________further up to a category 5 as it

approaches land.
10. That’s what really becomes a danger in scenario here with potential rainfall amounts as much
as 20 or more inches on some of these ____________________.
1. monster storm
2. Mandatory evacuation orders
3. Category 4 hurricane
4. uninhabitable
5. abnormal rise
6. National Hurricane Center.
7. landfall
8. fluctuated
9. potentially even strengthening
10. coastal communities
Exercise 36.
Trade war means higher price on a variety of products. For example, costs of imported
production materials such as steel and aluminium will be raised, but actually this will probably
take a toll on 16. ________. The resulting effects for involved countries are market 17. _______
and unemployment.
Trade war can be started with the introduction of tariffs which aim to defence and 18. ________;
however, their 19. ________ remains in question while 20. _______ may accompany. The levy
on imported Canadian steel and aluminium by the US is considered 21. ________ and
_________ as quoted with strong disapproval from the female speaker.
Despite seemingly bright prospects in the G7 summit, Trump’s statement came as a 22.
________, which abandoned all the previous efforts to solve the trade conflict. Subsequently,
Canada and EU countries have planned to take revenge on America with 23. ________.
In fact, trade war can only cause 24. ________ and the issue should come up for further
discussion until an agreement on 25. ________ has been reached.
16. consumers 21. illegal, unjustified
17. fluctuations 22. bombshell
18. boost local industries 23. retaliatory tariffs
19. effectiveness 24. casualties

20. political risks 25. mutual de-escalation
Exercise 37:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlXw5Ckm_4
The leaders of the major industrialised democracies have gathered in France for the G7 summit
in an attempt to 6.____________________ amid sharp differences over a clutch of global issues
that risk further dividing a group of countries already struggling to 7.____________________.
Speaking before the presumably 8.____________________ summit, the European Council

President acknowledged it would be hard to find common ground at a time when
9.____________________ has never been more important
A grim array of disputes and problems await the leaders, with a trade war between China and the
United States deteriorating, European governments struggling to uphold the collapsing
10.___________________, and global condemnation growing over illegal fires which are
11.___________________ the Amazon.
Trudeau sat down with British Prime Minister for discussions that focused on post-Brexit
12.___________________. Trudeau also met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, where
he highlighted strong ties forged with G7 allies as a 13.___________________.
Donald Trump threatened to introduce high tariffs on French 14.___________________ in

retaliation for French president Emmanuel Macron’s tax on global technology companies.
Emmanuel Macron has said he hopes to convince world leaders to pull back from trade war and
15.___________________ at the G7 summit, despite signs that will be a daunting task.
6. show a united front
7. speak with one voice
8. confrontational
9. cooperation
10. Iran nuclear deal
11. ravaging
12. trade relations/ties
13. key priority
14. wine (imports)
15. heal growing divisions
Exercise 38.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y5VZR9Up-I
The leader of ISIS is dead after a raid led by U.S. special forces in Syria overnight. President
Trump just 1.____________________ the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in remarks at the
White House, saying Baghdadi died, quote, "2.____________________and crying and

screaming all the way."
The president made a very decisive action and our troops and our 3.____________________
executed it brilliantly. We defeated the 4.____________________ earlier this year and now the
leader is dead.
We had two minor casualties, two minor injuries to our soldiers but a very
5.____________________.
The president had a chance to talk with General Milley, the chairman of the
6.____________________.
It's a 7.____________________, which means it's 8.____________________. And again, we

worked closely with our 9.____________________ on this as well.
He went down into a 10.____________________ area and in the process of trying to get him
out, he 11.____________________.
It's surprising that he was in this town. This is not known as a 12.____________________ of
ISIS.
Well, again, we, as a joint team, the military with the 13.____________________ who worked
these issues very closely.
And I 14.____________________ to again the military, our 15.____________________, the

intelligence community, everybody that worked on this.
Well, there's concerns always when you have a target like this, that it's
16.____________________
It 17.____________________ to the enduring defeat of ISIS.
Should we assume that the U.S. 18.____________________ with Russia, in other words told the
Russians, we're going to be here just so that there wasn't any misunderstanding,
miscommunication, or 19.____________________ between the two, between the U.S. and
Russia?
The troops now that are denying ISIS access to those 20.____________________.
Look, the withdrawal was 21.____________________ by the fact that President Erdogan of
Turkey made a decision that he was going to attack regardless and 22.____________________.
We were opposed to that 23.____________________ and protested as much. And our concern
was that Turkey's actions, as 24.____________________ as they were, would cause us, them,
others, to lose focus on the defeat ISIS mission
I spent time in Brussels with our NATO allies and 25.____________________ to them that our
commitment to the enduring defeat of ISIS.
1. hailed:
2. whimpering: rên
3. interagency partners: occurring between or involving two or more agencies inter-agency
communication an inter-agency task force.
4. physical caliphate: the political-religious state comprising the Muslim community and the
lands and peoples
5. successful, flawless raid: a short sudden attack
6. Joint Chiefs of Staff
7. joint force
8. multiple components
9. interagency partners
10. subterranean: being, lying, or operating under the surface of the earth
11. detonated a suicide vest: to (cause something to) explode
12. hotbed: a place or situation where a lot of a particular activity, especially an unwanted or
unpleasant
13. intelligence folks
14. give great credit
15. interagency partners
16. fleeting
17. signifies our commitment
18. deconflicted
19. kinetic action
20. oil fields
21. prompted
22. seize a safe zone
23. vehemently
24. unwarranted
25. reiterated: to say or do again or repeated
Exercise 39.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMk6L4eoG2Q
Global markets 1.____________________ today by uncertainty as President Trump threatens to

impose higher tariffs on China. That wipes out just a 2.____________________ of the stock
market's recent surge.
The market's responding to new fears that China and the United States could now be headed for
an 3.____________________.
President Trump 4.____________________ again today tweeting, the United States has been
losing for many years.
U.S. and Chinese negotiators are due to 5.____________________ this week. Those talks still
6.____________________, but it's now unclear if China's 7.____________________ negotiator
will attend.
China was 8.____________________ on certain things that they had agreed to as they were
heading into this meeting.
The president's looking to sort of 9.____________________ and not allow somebody to claim
that they had a victory over him
What I think the president has come to see is that he has been warned repeatedly that the market
will 10.____________________ when you do tariffs
This is the glass half full or is the glass 11.____________________ moment for the president,
who has long believed, way before he got into politics, that China's been cheating,
12.____________________ is the word he uses, the United States for 20 plus years. You see
103 consecutive months of 13.____________________.
The question is, if you're 14.____________________ heading into the re-election season, that
would be a -- it's a 15.____________________ for the president if you're willing to play that
long.
But the politics on this are all 16.____________________ where Chuck Schumer is cheering
him on and, you know, 17.____________________ are down in a major way that's giving.
Yes, but to Maggie's point too earlier, that he's been warned repeatedly that economic
18.____________________ you showed there, is going to be wiped out by whether it's the
escalating tariff war
So if he believes that he can 19.____________________ and that could lead to markets

20.____________________ for a short term.
1. rattled: to make a series of short loud sound
2. chunk: a fairly large amount of something

3. escalated trade war
4. hitting the issue:
5. resume talks
6. on the books
7. chief
8. baulking: to be unwilling to do something or to allow something to happen:
9. pull this back
10. tumble: fall suddenly and in a dramatic way
11. half empty
12. raping
13. job growth
14. taking a hit
15. bold risk
16. scrambled: confuse somebody’s thoughts, ideas, etc. so that they have no order
17. soybean futures
18. mantle: the role and responsibilities of an important person or job, especially when they are
passed on from one person to another
19. sustain a short-term fight
20. tumbling
Exercise 40:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Cu6RdE2bs&t=188s
Brazil's president has announced a 60-day nationwide ban on fires to clear land for livestock or
farming. Jair Bolsonaro denies his 1.____________________ of environmental regulations and
2.____________________ policies have contributed to the destruction of the Amazon.
For the very latest, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh made a 3.____________________ to the front
lines.
Everything we see in a 4.____________________ hour's drive to nowhere turned to ashes in the

last four days.
And when flames rage like this, the firefighters actually have to 5.____________________. And
there's nothing they can do, really, until the wind 6.____________________.
The Tenharim are an 7.____________________, 1,000 strong, who say they legally own nearly
a million hectares nearby.
The raging fires, all of which here have burned since he pledged to 8.____________________ to
clear land for farming, too.
The sun rises again on a little bit less of this 9.____________________.
All around are signs of what's fueling the 10.____________________.
Fires do occur naturally like Bolsonaro says, but it was 11.____________________ how nearly
every policeman, firefighter or official we spoke to said very many are caused
12.____________________. To clear land to farm, to 13.____________________ or just make
the rich richer.
Damage limitation only with the most basic tools on the 14.____________________ of this
global environmental crisis.
1. easing
2. pro-development
3. harrowing journey
4. bumpy
5. pull back
6. dies down
7. indigenous community
8. send 43,000 troops
9. marvel
10. inferno: a very large dangerous fire that is out of control
11. startling
12. deliberately
13. alleviate poverty
14. front line
Exercise 41.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZavuDiPKd4
Maine's lobster industry is the latest business to feel the 1.____________________ of the
U.S./China trade war.
What they had hoped was just a short term trade 2.____________________ has now turned into
a 3.____________________trade war. They've been 4.____________________ now by not only
the Canadians signing a deal with the Europeans to bring their tariffs to zero, but now the chinese
5.____________________ that 25 percent tariff on lobsters.
Siblings Chelsea and Cody Nunan, their family 6.____________________ lobsters out of the
water off the Maine coast for five generations now worried they might be the last.
The president's trade wars 7.____________________ the Maine lobster industry after China
8.____________________ last July with a 25 percent tariff.
Maine coast moves seven million pounds of lobster a year. They've 9.____________________
other markets when exports to China collapsed.
The industry holding on for now has a 10.____________________for the president.
For lobster men like Cody Nunan who likes the president, the tariff war
11.____________________.
Now, what is 12.____________________ for the lobster industry here is that all of the factors
are there for growth
Miguel Marquez on the coast there, it's beautiful but 13.____________________.
1. pain
2. skirmish: a short argument, fight
3. full-on/full-blown: used to say that something is done to the greatest possible degree
4. hit twice
5. slapping
6. plucking:
7. slamming
8. retaliated
9. aggressively pursued
10. simple message
11. wearing thin: to begin to become weaker or less acceptable
12. truly frustrating
13. highly problematic
Exercise 42:
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/25/773532452/british-police-arrest-3-people-after-discovery-of-39-
bodies-in-a-truck
British police have arrested three more people on suspicion of 1.____________________. That's
on top of the truck driver, who was 2.____________________ immediately.
The Vietnamese 3.____________________ in London says a number of families back in

Vietnam are asking if their 4.____________________ are among the dead.
On the evening when the 5.____________________ came to Britain by ferry, Pham sent her
family this 6.____________________.
We gave an 7.____________________ on Thursday on nationality. However, this is now a

developing picture. As such, I will not be drawn on any further detail until
8.____________________ approved by Her Majesty's coroner have taken place.
I can assure you that your information will be received in the 9.____________________.
She says those from Vietnam all 10.____________________ on trucks heading across the
channel and that their 11.____________________ began with poverty and debt back home.
But that job turned out to be growing 12.____________________, and police arrested him in a
13.____________________.
Vietnamese individuals that we represent, especially the men, they all work in
14.____________________ houses.
Even migrants trafficked into 15.____________________ are scared to go to police because of

the consequences.
Some use refrigerated containers to 16.____________________ the smell of human cargo from
17.____________________ dogs.
More often migrants 18.____________________ open curtains on the side of trucks and just
jump inside.
In the year 2000, authorities found 58 Chinese people 19.____________________ in a

refrigerated trailer in Dover.
British police have arrested three more people on suspicion of

1.______manslaughter______________. That's on top of the truck driver, who was
2.__________detained__________ immediately.
The Vietnamese 3._______Embassy_____________ in London says a number of families back
in Vietnam are asking if their 4._________loved ones___________ are among the dead.
On the evening when the 5.________ refrigerated trucking container____________ came to

Britain by ferry, Pham sent her family this 6.________frantic text____________.
We gave an 7.______initial steer______________ on Thursday on nationality. However, this is
now a developing picture. As such, I will not be drawn on any further detail until 8._________
formal identification processes___________ approved by Her Majesty's coroner have taken
place.
I can assure you that your information will be received in the 9._______ strictest
confidence_____________.
She says those from Vietnam all 10.________ stowed away____________ on trucks heading
across the channel and that their 11._________ arduous journeys___________ began with
poverty and debt back home.
But that job turned out to be growing 12._________pot___________, and police arrested him in
a 13.________raid____________.
Vietnamese individuals that we represent, especially the men, they all work in 14._________
cannabis___________ houses.
Even migrants trafficked into 15._________ legitimate jobs___________ are scared to go to
police because of the consequences.
Some use refrigerated containers to 16.__________conceal__________ the smell of human
cargo from 17.__________sniffer__________ dogs.
More often migrants 18._________slash___________ open curtains on the side of trucks and
just jump inside.
In the year 2000, authorities found 58 Chinese people 19._________suffocated___________ in a
refrigerated trailer in Dover.
manslaughter: he crime of killing a person when the killer did not intend to do it
frantic: done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized
steer on: a piece of advice or information that helps you do something or avoid a problem
pot: a container made of glass, clay or plastic, used for storing food in
cannabis: một loại cần sa (marijuana)
sniffer dog: a dog that is trained to find drugs or explosives by smell
Exercise 43:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7yUBo28WI
U.S. President Trump says the US military 1.____________________ operation in northwest

Syria successfully targeted and 2.____________________Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al
Baghdadi.
Trump announced the Islamic State leader 3.____________________ in a tunnel. The President
says Baghdadi was screaming, crying and 4.____________________ in his last moments.
Baghdadi’s remains were positively identified by 5.____________________ in 15 minutes.
The chief US 6.____________________for Afghanistan met leaders in Kabul Sunday after

arriving in the country on an unannounced visit, his first since President Trump halted talks with
Taliban 7.____________________ on ending the Afghan war.
Officials said Khalilzad held separate meetings with incumbent President Ashraf Ghani and
Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, the two 8.____________________ in the last
month's Presidential election.
Conservative President Mauricio Macri 9.____________________ in Argentina's election

Sunday night, paving the way for the country's Peronist center-left to return to power under
Alberto Fernandez as frustrated voters rejected the incumbent's handling of a
10.____________________ economic crisis that has sunk many into poverty.
This week the city's governing body formerly withdrew the bill that sparked the original protest
earlier this year. But that has done little to 11.____________________ protesters in the
leaderless movement. They say they want the government to do more to
12.____________________ what they believe is 13.____________________ control from
Beijing.
The controversial 14.____________________would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be

15.____________________ in mainland China.
California Governor Gavin Newsome has declared a 16.____________________ state of

emergency because of wildfires and 17.____________________to !1,000,000s to stop more fires
from breaking out. !200,000 people have been forced to 18.____________________ their homes
in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco.
Hot dry desert winds blowing at a 19.____________________speed are making it almost

impossible for firefighters to bring the flames under control.
The California 20.____________________Pacific Gas and Electric shut off power to nearly
1,000,000 homes and businesses across Northern California.
U.S. President Trump says the US military 1._________ Special Forces___________ operation
in northwest Syria successfully targeted and 2._________violently
eliminated___________Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi.
Trump announced the Islamic State leader 3.________ detonated a suicide vest____________ in
a tunnel. The President says Baghdadi was screaming, crying and 4._________ whimpering
___________ in his last moments.
Baghdadi’s remains were positively identified by 5._________ DNA testing on-site___________

in 15 minutes.
The chief US 6._________ peace negotiator___________for Afghanistan met leaders in Kabul

Sunday after arriving in the country on an unannounced visit, his first since President Trump
halted talks with Taliban 7.__________ insurgents __________ on ending the Afghan war.
Officials said Khalilzad held separate meetings with incumbent President Ashraf Ghani and
Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, the two 8._________ front-runners ___________ in
the last month's Presidential election.
Conservative President Mauricio Macri 9.__________ conceded defeat __________ in

Argentina's election Sunday night, paving the way for the country's Peronist center-left to return
to power under Alberto Fernandez as frustrated voters rejected the incumbent's handling of a
10.__________ bruising__________ economic crisis that has sunk many into poverty.
This week the city's governing body formerly withdrew the bill that sparked the original protest
earlier this year. But that has done little to 11._________ appease ___________ protesters in the
leaderless movement. They say they want the government to do more to 12.__________ stave
off__________ what they believe is 13.__________ encroaching __________ control from
Beijing.
The controversial 14.________ extradition bill____________would have allowed Hong Kong

residents to be 15.__________tried__________ in mainland China.
California Governor Gavin Newsome has declared a 16._________ statewide___________ state

of emergency because of wildfires and 17.__________ power cuts__________to !1,000,000s to
stop more fires from breaking out. !200,000 people have been forced to 18._________
flee___________ their homes in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco.
Hot dry desert winds blowing at a 19._________ record-breaking___________speed are making
it almost impossible for firefighters to bring the flames under control.
The California 20._________ utility company___________Pacific Gas and Electric shut off
power to nearly 1,000,000 homes and businesses across Northern California.
appease somebody: to make somebody calmer or less angry by giving them what they want
stave something off: to prevent something bad from affecting you for a period of time; to
delay something
Exercise 44:
Loujain al-Hathloul is a prominent activist who led the fight to lift the 1.____________________
in the kingdom. In 2014, Loujain al-Hathloul 2.____________________and drove from the
United Arab Emirates into Saudi Arabia. It was considered a 3.____________________ act in
the ultraconservative kingdom, and it 4.____________________ Hathloul in jail for a couple of
months.
I felt 5.____________________ to join Friends of Loujain simply as someone who has watched
her over the years grow in her activism and someone who 6.____________________ to advance
women's rights in her country and now is facing the most 7.____________________ .
8.____________________Mohammed bin Salman did not want anyone else getting credit for
lifting the driving ban. She was 9.____________________ when Vogue magazine hyped the
changes in the kingdom with the cover of a Saudi princess behind the wheel of a
10.____________________.
Hathloul's situation got even more attention after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at a
Saudi 11.____________________ in Istanbul.
Adam Coogle with Human Rights Watch says the allegations were
12.____________________by Hathloul's sister, Alia, who wrote an op-ed in The New York
Times.
She revealed that Loujain had told her parents that she, you know, had suffered
13.____________________, including beatings, waterboarding, whippings, as well as
14.____________________.
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir defends the woman's
15.____________________, saying they're a threat to national security.
Last month, an 16.____________________ Twitter thread about Hathloul and her husband, a
comic, 17.____________________.
Rudell says he was 18.____________________his tweet captured worldwide attention, including

celebrities and politicians.
Loujain al-Hathloul is a prominent activist who led the fight to lift the 1._________ female
driving ban___________ in the kingdom. In 2014, Loujain al-Hathloul 2._________ got behind
the wheel___________and drove from the United Arab Emirates into Saudi Arabia. It was
considered a 3._________ brazen___________ act in the ultraconservative kingdom, and it

4.__________ landed __________ Hathloul in jail for a couple of months.
I felt 5.________ compelled____________ to join Friends of Loujain simply as someone who

has watched her over the years grow in her activism and someone who 6.________ took a huge
risk____________ to advance women's rights in her country and now is facing the most
7.__________ heinous injustices__________ .
8.____________ Crown Prince________Mohammed bin Salman did not want anyone else
getting credit for lifting the driving ban. She was 9.________ outraged____________ when
Vogue magazine hyped the changes in the kingdom with the cover of a Saudi princess behind the
wheel of a 10._________ convertible___________.
Hathloul's situation got even more attention after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at a
Saudi 11._________ consulate ___________ in Istanbul.
Adam Coogle with Human Rights Watch says the allegations were 12.________ firmed
up____________by Hathloul's sister, Alia, who wrote an op-ed in The New York Times.
She revealed that Loujain had told her parents that she, you know, had suffered 13.________
brutal torture____________, including beatings, waterboarding, whippings, as well as
14.________ electric shocks____________.
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir defends the woman's 15._________
incarceration___________, saying they're a threat to national security.
Last month, an 16._______ impassioned_____________ Twitter thread about Hathloul and her
husband, a comic, 17._________ went viral___________.
Rudell says he was 18.________ stunned and gratified____________his tweet captured

worldwide attention, including celebrities and politicians.
brazen: open and without shame, usually about something that people find shocking
convertible: a car with a roof that can be folded down or taken off
consulate: tòa lãnh sự
incarceration: the act of putting somebody in prison
impassioned: showing strong feelings about something
He made an impassioned plea for the rebels to lay down their arms.
gratified: pleased or satisfied
Exercise 45.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGmBkIUwYkA
"You are never too small to make a difference," that is what a 1.____________________15-
year-old said to the 2.____________________, other 3.____________________ and NGOs at
the COP24 climate conference in Poland.
Greta Thunberg is a young woman from Sweden who has decided to make it her life's
4.____________________ to save the world from climate change.
She went to protest outside of Sweden's 5.____________________.
She was inspired by a few 6.____________________ in the U.S.A. that refused to go to school
because of the school 7.____________________.
A parent's duty is to make sure that their child goes to school. they can't support that she is
8.____________________like this.
It is her 9.____________________ to do what she can.
She has changed her lifestyle to try to have as low an impact as she can both in terms of
10.____________________.
She has stopped 11.____________________, eating meat and 12.____________________ and

consuming new things.
Her message to the people in general is that we have to understand the

13.____________________ of this situation and we need to realize that our political leaders have
14.____________________ us and then we must 15.____________________
And the young people need to say that we must hold the older generations
16.____________________ for the 17.____________________ they have created
The host expresses his admiration for her 18.____________________and

19.____________________.
"You are never too small to make a difference," that is what a brave and powerful 15-year-old
said to the assembled world leaders, other dignitaries and NGOs at the COP24 climate
conference in Poland.
Greta Thunberg is a young woman from Sweden who has decided to make it her life's mission to
save the world from climate change.
She went to protest outside of Sweden's Parliament.
She was inspired by a few youths in the U.S.A. that refused to go to school because of the school
shootings.
A parent's duty is to make sure that their child goes to school. they can't support that she is
skipping class like this.
It is her moral duty to do what she can.
She has changed her lifestyle to try to have as low an impact as she can both in terms of climate
and sustainability.
She has stopped flying, eating meat and dairy and consuming new things.
Her message to the people in general is that we have to understand the emergency of this
situation and we need to realize that our political leaders have failed us and then we must make
our voices heard
And the young people need to say that we must hold the older generations accountable for the
mess they have created
The host expresses his admiration for her conviction and courage.
dignitary: quan chức, chức sắc
Exercise 46.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itAu7Uw0sn8&t=2s
Greta Thunberg is being credited with 1.____________________.

She convinced her family to 2.____________________ and to give up flying.
She was inspired by American youths who led a 3.____________________for gun control.
Thousands of young people in the movement, called 4.____________________, now strike to

demand more aggressive action from their governments and the international community.
Greta has 5.____________________some of the world’s most powerful people and she practices
what she 6.____________________ .
There are several reasons why young protesters are getting more and more attention:
- Social media platforms have become activists 7.____________________.
- Young people have 8.____________________people’s fear for their own lives much more
9.____________________.
- Age
Greta says she is not a leader, icon or 10.____________________ of a movement, but that’s
what makes her the 11.____________________. She ‘s become the climate
12.____________________.
Greta Thunberg is being credited with igniting a climate revolution.
She convinced her family to go vegan and to give up flying.
She was inspired by American youths who led a historic march for gun control.
Thousands of young people in the movement, called Friday for Future, now strike to demand
more aggressive action from their governments and the international community.
Greta has laid into some of the world’s most powerful people and she practices what she
preaches.
There are several reasons why young protesters are getting more and more attention:
- Social media platforms have become activists recruiting grounds.
- Young people have tapped into people’s fear for their own lives much more attention-
grabbing.
- Age
Greta says she is not a leader, icon or face of a movement, but that’s what makes her the perfect
figurehead. She ‘s become the climate poster girl.
practice what sb preach: làm những điều đã hứa
lay into: tấn công
tap into: khai thác
Exercise 47.
The House of Representatives voted this week to 1.____________________ for the ongoing
impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
President Trump spoke to supporters last night at a 2.____________________ in Tupelo, Miss.

His words underscore how 3.____________________ the impeachment process is likely to
remain as it goes forward.
It does three simple things. The first thing it does is it calls for the House to have public hearings.
It also directs the 4.____________________ to release publicly all of those private
5.____________________ of interviews they've been taking. And it directs the
6.____________________ to essentially begin and prepare for possible impeachment
proceedings.
The vote was 7.____________________ straight down party lines, all but two House Democrats
voting in favor, all the Republicans voting against.
29 of the 31 Democrats who represent districts that Donald Trump won voted for this
8.____________________.
But then you have Republicans, who have also stood directly behind the president on this
question, no 9.____________________.
Even prior to this resolution vote, the White House's lawyers had sent a letter to Congress
saying, we see this process as 10.____________________, and we won't participate. And, in
fact, they've 11.____________________ the investigation happening behind closed doors with
the 12.____________________.
Whether or not they will participate is a question that remains open. But the White House has
indicated that their strategy here has just been a 13.____________________.
And I think that the White House thinks if those numbers hold, if the country remains divided,
Democrats are the one 14.____________________. What we don't know is how public hearings
might shift that 15.____________________.
It's different if you see and hear people testifying in public under 16.____________________
about what they saw and heard.
Democrats still say they'd like to 17.____________________this impeachment investigation on

the House side by the end of the year.
They still have to consider public hearings, impeachment proceedings in the

18.____________________ and still a vote in the full House.
And assuming 19.____________________ of impeachment are approved, they would then go to

the House floor. It's a 20.____________________. There's not that much
21.____________________ on it.
The 22.____________________ requires that they have a 23.____________________, although

it does give some flexibility to how that will go. 24.____________________ on both sides have
said they do 25.____________________similar to how the Clinton impeachment went in 1998
and 1999.
The House of Representatives voted this week to set the rules for the ongoing impeachment
inquiry against President Trump.
President Trump spoke to supporters last night at a rally in Tupelo, Miss. His words underscore
how divisive and political the impeachment process is likely to remain as it goes forward.
It does three simple things. The first thing it does is it calls for the House to have public hearings.
It also directs the House Intelligence Committee to release publicly all of those private
depositions of interviews they've been taking. And it directs the judiciary committee to
essentially begin and prepare for possible impeachment proceedings.
The vote was split straight down party lines, all but two House Democrats voting in favor, all the
Republicans voting against.
29 of the 31 Democrats who represent districts that Donald Trump won voted for this resolution.
But then you have Republicans, who have also stood directly behind the president on this
question, no defections.
Even prior to this resolution vote, the White House's lawyers had sent a letter to Congress
saying, we see this process as illegitimate, and we won't participate. And, in fact, they've
stonewalled the investigation happening behind closed doors with the House Intelligence
Committee.
Whether or not they will participate is a question that remains open. But the White House has
indicated that their strategy here has just been a blockade.
And I think that the White House thinks if those numbers hold, if the country remains divided,
Democrats are the one taking the risk. What we don't know is how public hearings might shift
that sentiment.
It's different if you see and hear people testifying in public under oath about what they saw and
heard.
Democrats still say they'd like to wrap this impeachment investigation on the House side by the
end of the year.
They still have to consider public hearings, impeachment proceedings in the House Judiciary
Committee and still a vote in the full House.
And assuming articles of impeachment are approved, they would then go to the House floor. It's
a privilege matter. There's not that much debate on it.
The Constitution requires that they have a trial, although it does give some flexibility to how
that will go. Senators on both sides have said they do anticipate a trial similar to how the
Clinton impeachment went in 1998 and 1999.
Exercise 48.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7nZBJVI26A&t=69s
On February 6th 2018, Elon Musk launches the world’s most powerful active rocket,
1.____________________ his Tesla sports car into space, and 2.____________________ lands
two of the rocket 3.____________________ simultaneously.
For most engineers, this 4.____________________ would be the 5.____________________ of

their career. But for Elon Musk, it was just a Tuesday.
He also runs a 6.____________________ electric car company, sells 7.____________________,

plots a super-fast underground transport system and even offers assistance in
8.____________________.
He was a 9.____________________ reader. He even turned to the 10.____________________

when he’d run out of books.
He was once 11.____________________ so severely that he was 12.____________________

for a week.
Musk’s 13.____________________ began in 1999 when he and his brother sold their software
company which provided 14.____________________ to newspapers.
Musk reinvested his $22m 15.____________________ into X.com, now known as PayPal.
He turned his 16.____________________ upwards and set up Space Exploration Technologies,

or SpaceX, with the 17.____________________ of enabling people to live on other planets.
He directed his 18.____________________ to renewable energy, and in 2004 set up the electric
car company Tesla. He believes the value of Tesla as a 1.____________________ in the
transition.
In 2008, SpaceX suffered a third rocket 19.____________________ and Tesla’s rising costs
threatened to 20.____________________.
SpaceX 21.____________________ thanks to a new government contract. But even today,

questions about profitability 22.____________________ over the company.
Mark himself is no stranger to controversy. His 23.____________________ against a Thai cave

rescuer sparked a 24.____________________.
His 2018 tweet about taking Tesla private and a very public, but legal, toke of
25.____________________ on a Youtube Podcast displayed his somewhat
26.____________________ attitude towards shareholders.
His ultimate goal is to 27.____________________ Mars and beyond. Going and setting up base
on Mars would be the 28.____________________ ever.
On February 6th 2018, Elon Musk launches the world’s most powerful active rocket, catapults
his Tesla sports car into space, and vertically lands two of the rocket boosters simultaneously.
For most engineers, this extraordinary feat would be the pinnacle of their career. But for Elon
Musk, it was just a Tuesday.
He also runs a futuristic electric car company, sells flamethrowers, plots a super-fast
underground transport system and even offers assistance in foreign emergencies.
He was a voracious reader. He even turned to the Encyclopaedia Brittanica when he’d run out
of books.
He was once bullied so severely that he was hospitalised for a week.
Musk’s empire began in 1999 when he and his brother sold their software company which
provided city business guides to newspapers.
Musk reinvested his $22m windfall into X.com, now known as PayPal.
He turned his gaze upwards and set up Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, with the
mission statement of enabling people to live on other planets.
He directed his disruptive thinking to renewable energy, and in 2004 set up the electric car
company Tesla. He believes the value of Tesla as a catalyst in the transition.
In 2008, SpaceX suffered a third rocket crash and Tesla’s rising costs threatened to ruin the
firm. SpaceX scraped through thanks to a new government contract. But even today, questions
about profitability loom over the company.
Mark himself is no stranger to controversy. His baseless allegations against a Thai cave rescuer
sparked a libel case.
His 2018 tweet about taking Tesla private and a very public, but legal, toke of marijuana on a
Youtube Podcast displayed his somewhat cavalier attitude towards shareholders.
His ultimate goal is to reach and colonise Mars and beyond. Going and setting up base on Mars
would be the greatest adventure ever.
flamethrower: a weapon like a gun that shoots out burning liquid or flames and is often
used for clearing plants from land
marijuana: cần sa
cavalier: not caring enough about something important or about the feelings of other
people
voracious: wanting a lot of new information and knowledge
catapult: to throw something or be thrown suddenly and violently through the air
Exercise 49.
China has landed a spacecraft on the side of the moon that's never seen from Earth, which is part
of a 1.____________________ that China has 2.____________________ for space exploration.
The moon is a 3.____________________ in the sky. The moon also has another side, but don't
call it the dark side.
David Kring is a 4.____________________ with the USRA Lunar and Planetary Institute in
Houston. He says the moon's far side is sometimes dark and sometimes
5.____________________ by the sun, just like its near side.
The only thing that distinguishes the far side is it is the part of the moon that we cannot see from
the 6.____________________ of the earth.
It was a 7.____________________ until 1959, when a Soviet spacecraft flew by and snapped
the first 8.____________________ image.
China had to add a satellite to 9.____________________ back to Earth. The lander also has a
10.____________________ to explore what scientists say is a more 11.____________________
than the near side because it hasn't been flooded by 12.____________________ .
China is pursuing this 13.____________________ as well as a human exploration program

that's building a large 14.____________________ .
China has landed a spacecraft on the side of the moon that's never seen from Earth, which is part
of a methodical plan that China has laid out for space exploration.
The moon is a bright, familiar face in the sky. The moon also has another side, but don't call it
the dark side.
David Kring is a lunar geologist with the USRA Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. He
says the moon's far side is sometimes dark and sometimes lit by the sun, just like its near side.
The only thing that distinguishes the far side is it is the part of the moon that we cannot see from
the surface of the earth.
It was a total mystery until 1959, when a Soviet spacecraft flew by and snapped the first fuzzy
image.
China had to add a satellite to relay messages back to Earth. The lander also has a rover to
explore what scientists say is a more primitive, ancient surface than the near side because it
hasn't been flooded by lava eruptions.
China is pursuing this robotic moon program as well as a human exploration program that's
building a large space station.
Exercise 50.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bodmvig90uc
Huawei sued the U.S over a law that bans 1.____________________ from buying its products.
Ren Zhengfei is trying to counter-attack the U.S ‘s 2.____________________ effort to tarnish

the reputation of Huawei worldwide.
Huawei is deemed as a national security threat because they are 3.____________________ to

Beijing.
Huawei 4.____________________ denies the accusation that if you use Huawei products, the
Chinese government can then in turn 5.____________________ you.
Huawei argues the lawsuit is 6.____________________ because they do not do anything wrong.
The U.S has not only really gone after Huawei and prevented it from being
7.____________________ in its own infrastructure but basically gone around the world to
boycott Huawei’s products. Huawei sees that as a threat to its 8.____________________. For
example, the U.S threatens to 9.____________________ between the U.S and Germany.
Huawei sued the U.S over a law that bans federal agencies from buying its products.
Ren Zhengfei is trying to counter-attack the U.S ‘s concerted multi-pronged effort to tarnish
the reputation of Huawei worldwide.
Huawei is deemed as a national security threat because they are beholden to Beijing.
Huawei adamantly denies the accusation that if you use Huawei products, the Chinese
government can then in turn spy on you.
Huawei argues the lawsuit is unconstitutional because they do not do anything wrong.
The U.S has not only really gone after Huawei and prevented it from being involved in its own
infrastructure but basically gone around the world to boycott Huawei’s products. Huawei sees
that as a threat to its existence essentially. For example, the U.S threatens to limit intelligence
sharing between the U.S and Germany.
Exercise 51.
It was another 1.____________________ weekend at the box office for "Avengers: Endgame,"
which has now 2.____________________ $2.79 billion around the world. That is just enough
to make it the 3.____________________ of all time.
It is James Cameron's 3D 4.____________________ , "Avatar," which had held the top spot for
a decade. But according to writers like Kevin Fallon, despite all of "Avatar's" box office success,
the film has left a relatively small 5.____________________.
It's really 6.____________________ to me that this movie that broke this box-office record is a
movie that really has no pop culture 7.____________________ or 8.____________________ .
It's not talked about in any 9.____________________ way. It certainly hasn't - well, and it's
10.____________________ sequels, but those sequels - part of the pop culture
11.____________________ is that they're being delayed.
You know, 12.____________________, like we do with things that really capture the
13.____________________ of a moment, or something.
Whereas we saw a 14.____________________ in 3D movies and we saw the

15.____________________ to 3D movies
Disney now owns "Avatar's" 16.____________________, 20th Century Fox.
The reason that "The Avengers" got to be the success that it was is because there were 22 other
movies that are part of its 17.____________________.
Kevin Fallon is the 18.____________________ for The Daily Beast.
It was another mammoth weekend at the box office for "Avengers: Endgame," which has now
grossed $2.79 billion around the world. That is just enough to make it the highest-grossing
movie of all time.
It is James Cameron's 3D fantasy epic, "Avatar," which had held the top spot for a decade. But
according to writers like Kevin Fallon, despite all of "Avatar's" box office success, the film has
left a relatively small cultural footprint.
It's really wild to me that this movie that broke this box-office record is a movie that really has
no pop culture imprint or legacy.
It's not talked about in any real, tangible way. It certainly hasn't - well, and it's spawning
sequels, but those sequels - part of the pop culture joke is that they're being delayed.
You know, incessantly, like we do with things that really capture the zeitgeist of a moment, or
something.
Whereas we saw a huge boom in 3D movies and we saw the backlash to 3D movies
Disney now owns "Avatar's" distribution company, 20th Century Fox.
The reason that "The Avengers" got to be the success that it was is because there were 22 other
movies that are part of its legacy.
Kevin Fallon is the senior entertainment editor for The Daily Beast.
mammoth: voi ma mút
zeitgeist: the general mood or quality of a particular period of history, as shown by the
ideas, beliefs, etc. common at the time
Exercise 52:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sSAU7Pp574
As the U.S. begins the process of pulling out of the 1.____________________, the leaders of
China and France have signed a 2.____________________ pledging to stay in.
The deal includes 195 countries, a common goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees
Celsius. President Trump says it puts 3.____________________ on American businesses.
1,000 scientists around the world warn that climate crisis is 4.____________________ faster
than expected. In fact, it's like the loss of 5.____________________ , more meat production and
a rise in air travel to show the world is 6.____________________ in a climate emergency.
It's a good question, if the biggest, most powerful country in the history of humanity isn't
engaged in what is 7.____________________ World War C for climate.
I think about it every time I 8.____________________, absolutely, to think about what the
9.____________________ of the choices we make. It's more that the top 10 percent of earners in
this planet 10.____________________ of the carbon than the bottom 50 percent is responsible
for about 10 percent.
If you're looking to 11.____________________ that in some way, you know, average American
burns about 12.____________________ of carbon a year, a flight from Paris to L.A. is about a
ton and a half.
You know, every 13.____________________ I've seen has always left me wondering -- not if
it's a crime, but there's something 14.____________________ about it.
And it certainly -- and some have called it -- it's like buying 15.____________________ from
the Catholic Church in some ways.
Imperial College out of London did a study, and one of their radical recommendations was, we
should do away with 16.____________________ program which 17.____________________
people to take extra flights just to keep their status.
I think it's long before the waves are 18.____________________ on Miami Beach. It's insurance
companies that are not going to underwrite certain 19.____________________ .
Which 20.____________________ property values and 21.____________________ , they're

seeing it in the hills of California where insurance premiums are going up. So, this will create
economic 22.____________________ long before, you know, it's the day after tomorrow,
23.____________________ .
When they suddenly think because it's seemingly we are lemming-like determined to
24.____________________ .
For first responders as fires are 25.____________________ , we have to do something about

this.
As the U.S. begins the process of pulling out of the 1._________ Paris climate
accord___________, the leaders of China and France have signed a 2.__________ pact
__________ pledging to stay in.
The deal includes 195 countries, a common goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees
Celsius. President Trump says it puts 3.________ unfair burdens____________ on American
businesses.
1,000 scientists around the world warn that climate crisis is 4._________
accelerating___________ faster than expected. In fact, it's like the loss of 5._________ tree
cover ___________ , more meat production and a rise in air travel to show the world is
6.__________ unequivocally __________ in a climate emergency.
It's a good question, if the biggest, most powerful country in the history of humanity isn't
engaged in what is 7.__________ essentially __________ World War C for climate.
I think about it every time I 8._________ get on board ___________, absolutely, to think about
what the 9.__________ unintended consequences __________ of the choices we make. It's more
that the top 10 percent of earners in this planet 10.__________ burn half __________ of the
carbon than the bottom 50 percent is responsible for about 10 percent.
If you're looking to 11._________ trim ___________ that in some way, you know, average
American burns about 12._________ 17 metric tons ___________ of carbon a year, a flight from
Paris to L.A. is about a ton and a half.
You know, every 13._________ offsetting scheme ___________ I've seen has always left me
wondering -- not if it's a crime, but there's something 14._________ scammish ___________
about it.
And it certainly -- and some have called it -- it's like buying 15._________ indulgences
___________ from the Catholic Church in some ways.
Imperial College out of London did a study, and one of their radical recommendations was, we
should do away with 16._________ air loyalty mileage ___________ program which
17.__________ incentivize __________ people to take extra flights just to keep their status.
I think it's long before the waves are 18._________ lapping ___________ on Miami Beach. It's
insurance companies that are not going to underwrite certain 19.________ zip codes
____________ .
Which 20.________ craters ____________ property values and 21._________ tax bases
___________ , they're seeing it in the hills of California where insurance premiums are going up.
So, this will create economic 22.________ dust bowls ____________ long before, you know, it's
the day after tomorrow, 23.________ apocalyptic ____________ .
When they suddenly think because it's seemingly we are lemming-like determined to
24.________ go over the edge ____________ .
For first responders as fires are 25.________ quadrupling ____________ , we have to do

something about this.
apocalyptic: like the end of the world
go over the edge: into a mental or emotional state that makes someone completely lose
control
offset: to balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great
difference
unequivocally: in a way that is total, or expressed very clearly with no doubt
scammish: characteristic of a scam; fraudulent; sketchy.
trim: to make something neater, smaller, better, etc., by cutting parts from it
Exercise 53:
Facebook announced today it's creating a currency that could be available next year to its
1.____________________ users worldwide. People who use Facebook apps like
2.____________________ and Messenger could make and receive payments with the new
currency.
An estimated 1.7 billion adults on Earth do not have a bank account. When members of this
3.____________________ try to send money to family or pay a bill, they can get
4.____________________with huge fees.
They're creating a cryptocurrency. Nothing like this has been 5.____________________ on this
scale.
Cryptocurrency is 6.____________________ not issued by a central bank or any country's

government. The most popular one to date is bitcoin. The value of cryptocurrencies can
7.____________________ by thousands of dollars in the span of months.
The Libra is different from bitcoin in one key respect. The Libra will be backed by
8.____________________ - a 9.____________________ of bank deposits and short-term
securities from different governments.
In the U.S., the dollar is backed by the 10.____________________ and credit of the U.S.
government, and the currency is 11.____________________. Williams says Facebook has been
12.____________________ for failing to meet its promises.
The Libra is an ambitious experiment to make cryptocurrency 13.____________________. No

other 14.____________________ has started with such a 1.____________________.
If Libra succeeds, the tech giant 15.____________________ a new kind of power - financial.
Facebook has also left the door open to 16.____________________. Company statements
indicate that if customers give 17.____________________, Facebook and other parties can
collect and track Libra transactions, see how people spend, use that business intelligence against
competitors and to 18.____________________.
Again Facebook wins. So is privacy 19.____________________ - no. Is a new currency created

- yes. Does it benefit Facebook - yes. So that doesn't sound very 20.____________________ to
me.
Facebook should 21.____________________ of this new cryptocurrency until Congress and

regulators are able to 22.____________________.
Facebook announced today it's creating a currency that could be available next year to its 2
billion-plus users worldwide. People who use Facebook apps like WhatsApp and Messenger
could make and receive payments with the new currency.
An estimated 1.7 billion adults on Earth do not have a bank account. When members of this
global underclass try to send money to family or pay a bill, they can get slapped with huge fees.
They're creating a cryptocurrency. Nothing like this has been tried on this scale.
Cryptocurrency is digital money not issued by a central bank or any country's government. The
most popular one to date is bitcoin. The value of cryptocurrencies can fluctuate wildly by
thousands of dollars in the span of months.
The Libra is different from bitcoin in one key respect. The Libra will be backed by real assets - a
basket of bank deposits and short-term securities from different governments.
In the U.S., the dollar is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, and the
currency is widely trusted. Williams says Facebook has been exposed repeatedly for failing to
meet its promises.
The Libra is an ambitious experiment to make cryptocurrency mainstream. No other

cryptocreator has started with such a massive user base.
If Libra succeeds, the tech giant amasses a new kind of power - financial.
Facebook has also left the door open to data tracking. Company statements indicate that if
customers give consent, Facebook and other parties can collect and track Libra transactions, see
how people spend, use that business intelligence against competitors and to target ads.
Again Facebook wins. So is privacy maintained - no. Is a new currency created - yes. Does it
benefit Facebook - yes. So that doesn't sound very altruistic to me.
Facebook should halt development of this new cryptocurrency until Congress and regulators are
able to conduct a review.
Exercise 54.
For the first time, scientists have used genetically modified viruses to treat a patient fighting a
1.____________________ infection.
Isabelle Carnell-Holdaway was born with a lung disease called cystis 2.____________________.
When she was 15, a 3.____________________ infection started spreading through her body
after she got a double lung 4.____________________ in London.
Isabelle's doctors decided to try something 5.____________________. Viruses called phages -

they're 6.____________________ of bacteria.
Using genetic approaches with 7.____________________, we're able to

8.____________________ this collection of three phages that we could then combine in a
9.____________________ to use for treatment.
People have been treated with phages before with 10.____________________. But no one had
ever tried 11.____________________ genetically modified phages into someone's body.
It's kind of a 12.____________________ thing to go in and 13.____________________ a

treatment like this, for which we're completely 14.____________________.
And Isabelle, who's now 17, is living an almost 15.____________________.
Doctors aren't sure exactly how the phages might have worked, and Isabelle isn't
16.____________________. She still needs to get phage 17.____________________ every day.
For them to be able to just have a little 18.____________________ around with these phages is
19.____________________.
Phage therapy seems to be the most 20.____________________ to antibiotics that's on the

21.____________________.
The most obvious one is 22.____________________, which is caused by a related bacterium.

And there's very 23.____________________ that are very hard to treat.
For the first time, scientists have used genetically modified viruses to treat a patient fighting a
life-threatening superbug infection.
Isabelle Carnell-Holdaway was born with a lung disease called cystic fibrosis. When she was 15,
a nasty infection started spreading through her body after she got a double lung transplant in
London.
Isabelle's doctors decided to try something out-of-the-box. Viruses called phages - they're
natural enemies of bacteria.
Using genetic approaches with genome engineering, we're able to assemble this collection of
three phages that we could then combine in a cocktail to use for treatment.
People have been treated with phages before with mixed results. But no one had ever tried
infusing genetically modified phages into someone's body.
It's kind of a scary thing to go in and administer a treatment like this, for which we're
completely on new ground.
And Isabelle, who's now 17, is living an almost completely normal life.
Doctors aren't sure exactly how the phages might have worked, and Isabelle isn't cured. She still
needs to get phage infusions every day.
For them to be able to just have a little fiddle around with these phages is mind-blowing.
Phage therapy seems to be the most promising alternative to antibiotics that's on the scene.
The most obvious one is tuberculosis, which is caused by a related bacterium. And there's very
prevalent drug-resistant strains that are very hard to treat.
cystic fibrosis: u xơ nang
superbug: kháng thuốc kháng sinh
mind-blowing: exciting or impressive
infuse: truyền
phage: trực khuẩn thể
on the scene: đang có
Exercise 55.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oDyQP5Ycgw
For questions 6-10, listen to a report on five key global issues. What does the speaker say
about each of the issues? Choose five answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-J,
in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
A. Clashes between forces within a newly-formed country cause heavy death toll and looming
starvation
B. Under a new zero-tolerance policy, children were forced to work in cages
C. A peace agreement was signed, ending years of civil war
D. The authority is reportedly detaining populations of an ethnic group in a bid to re-educate
them
E. World powers help to resolve a civil conflict by backing Saudi Arabia’s campaign
F. An inhumane policy faced immense public opposition and political pressure
G. Military forces commit atrocities against a minority group, resulting in mass migration.
H. The government attacks a religious minority group in an effort to crack down on freedom of
speech
I. Some countries place travel restrictions on civilians to prevent them from fleeing across
borders
J. A civil conflict broke out, followed by military intervention from neighbouring countries.
Global issues
6. China’s internment camps
7. Rohingya crisis
8. South Sudan’s civil war
9. Conflict in Yemen
10. U.S. family separation
6. D
7. G
8. A
9. J
10. F
Exercise 56.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN9P8uHEtUg
For questions 6-10, listen to a report on education in several countries worldwide. What does
the speaker say about these countries in relation to their education? Choose five answers from
the box and write the correct letter, A-J, in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
A. A decline in student performance on tests has been recorded.

B. Approximately two-thirds of students aged nine and ten fail reading tests.
C. Teachers tend to quit their jobs as their proposal to focus on standardized testing is turned
down.
D. Twenty percent of children complete school without a minimum level of education.
E. There is an alarming trend in turnover among teachers, partly due to their perceived lack of
support.
F. Their GDP has risen nearly 40 times thanks to development goals in education.
G. Intense competition is the main cause of a less effective education system.
H. Universal basic skill targets have not yet been met.
I. The attitudes and beliefs make an important contribution to high levels of academic
achievement.
J. A significant proportion of students in certain ages fail to meet their expected level in literacy.
K. Sex education is going to receive greater attention in the future.
Countries
6. The U.S. and Western Countries
7. The U.S. only
8. Finland
9. East Asian countries
10. Ghana
6. E
7. J
8. A
9. I
10. H
Exercise 57.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiH0YJeDly4&t=113s
For questions 6-10, listen to a talk about the richest places in the world. What does the
speaker say about these places? Choose five answers from the box and write the correct letter,
A-K, in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
A. A crash in an industry is closely linked to foreign affairs.

B. Social gaps still persist in the projected wealthiest place worldwide.
C. According to the IMF, this country is following unsustainable development pathways.
D. Authorities need to carefully study the market data and assess the external conditions and
risks.
E. The boom in a lucrative industry originated from a discovery made around 50 years ago.
F. With GDP per capita at nearly $80,000, this country is the richest place in Europe.
G. There is a dark side to the obsession with economic growth targets.
H. Nearly 40 per cent of the total proven natural gas reserves globally are located in this place.
I. This is a success story of a formula implemented to overthrow an autonomous regime.
J. Foreign companies that are seeking asylum from large corporate taxation move to this tax
haven.
K. Holding the largest natural gas reserves, this country claims the first spot of the richest
nation's ranking.
Countries
6. Ireland
7. Singapore
8. Luxembourg
9. Macau
10. Qatar
6. G
7. D
8. J
9. B
10. E
A. A crash in an industry is closely linked to foreign affairs. (no link)
C. According to the IMF, this country is following unsustainable development pathways. (the
WEF not the IMF)
D. With GDP per capita at nearly $80,000, this country is the richest place in Europe. (Ireland
has GDP per capita nearly $80,000 but Luxembourg is the richest place in Europe)
H. Nearly 40 per cent of the total proven natural gas reserves globally are located in this place.
(14% not 40%)
I. This is a success story of a formula implemented to overthrow an autonomous regime. ( to

support rather than overthrow)
K. Holding the largest natural gas reserves, this country claims the first spot of the richest
nation's ranking (the third largest)
Exercise 58.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DngZEKg4CKI
For questions 6-10, listen to a report about the reaction of a country after the announcement
of the Nobel Peace Prize and do the following tasks.
Questions 6-7:
Which TWO facts are mentioned about Ethiopia? Choose TWO letters A-E and write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
A. The victory celebration was in full swing in the capital Addis Ababa of Ethiopia.
B. National pride has long been known as an intrinsic part of this country.
C. Ethiopia established the long-standing democracy, which earned recognition from Western
countries.
D. A severe famine in the past was a source of Ethiopia’s prejudice towards Westerners.
E. Ethnic tension is still a crippling burden in this country.
Questions 8-10:
Which THREE facts are mentioned as achievements of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy
Ahmed? Choose THREE letters A-F and write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes provided.
A. resolved a long-running border conflict with a neighbouring country
B. welcomed home opposition groups and acknowledged past mistakes
C. granted amnesty to political leaders
D. set up a female-dominated cabinet
E. named a woman as head of the Supreme Court
F. got a firm grip on Ethiopia’s internal displacement problem
6-7. B, E (in any order)
A. not in full swing (starting to filter through)
C. not long-standing (young and fledging democracy)
D. actually Western countries’ prejudice towards Ethiopia rather than the opposite.
8-10. A, B, E (in any order)
C. released journalists, not political leaders
D. gender-balanced (50%), not female-dominated
F. internal displacement is still prevalent

Exercise 59.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyG9noa9AFs
For questions 6-10, listen to a talk about the best recent phone trends. What does the speaker
say about these trends? Choose five answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-K, in
the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
A. have been consistently diverse in style since their first launch

B. are of higher quality than flagship phones
C. witness a shortcoming being rectified properly
D. are more fad than forever devices
E. are a worthy successor to previous models in terms of camera quality
F. were initially monotonous in design
G. need improvements in both charging speed and compatibility with other devices
H. are supported by serious apps designed for average users
I. include cameras attached to phones
J. include sophisticated applications particularly suited for advanced uses
K. become more available with higher quality
Phone trends
6. Foldables
7. Notch Fight Phones
8. Wireless Charging Phones
9. Low-light Phones
10. Cheaper Phones
6. J
7. F
8. C
9. E
10. K
Exercise 60.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rH_W5PN8ns&t=111s
- Google has been hit with a 16.______________ $5 billion fine by EU regulators for breaking
antitrust laws.
- Standard Oil and 17.______________ are given as examples of well-known monopolies.

Google could be this century's Standard Oil, which was required to be 18.______________ by
The U.S. Supreme Court.
- The European Commission says Google has abused its Android market 19.______________.
Google tied together different apps that smartphone manufacturers would have to
20.______________ if they wanted to license its app store, making it difficult for competing
apps to 21.______________.
- In 2017, European Union regulators slapped Google with a $2.7 billion antitrust fine for giving
priority placement in 22.______________ to its own shopping service. In this case, Google is
23.______________ innovation and competition, which is risky.
- The EU has 24.______________ when it comes to regulating big tech. While the EU fines are
still small compared to Google’s revenue, the bills could add up if more regulators start
25.______________.
16. record-breaking 21. gain traction
17. Microsoft 22. search results
18. broken up 23. stifling
19. dominance 24. taken a lead
20. pre-install 25. trust-busting

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stoke: to add fuel to a fire, make the fire more severe.

There's been a social media 11)______.

There's been a social media blackout.

curfew: lệnh giới nghiêm

The accident took place at 2)___________.

The last deadly crash was in 2010. It was 5)___________.

The last deadly crash was in 2010. It was weather-related.

Dozens of people have been 1)___________ in a college admissions 2)___________.

Singer's foundation 8)___________ to be a charitable organization but was actually a front

In federal court, Rick Singer pleaded guilty to 12)___________, 13)___________,

Dozens of people have been indicted in a college admissions cheating scam.

Facebook is now facing more 1)___________ over its advertising policies.

Google has been hit by the EU with the third 3)___________.

2. axe: get rid of

5. fair housing laws

There is an 1)___________ in the cosmos where time and space 2)___________.

Feryal Ozel is an 3)___________ at the University of Arizona.

Around the black hole, there's this sort of 9)___________.

She's an astrophysicist at the University of Arizona.

inexorable: that cannot be stopped or changed

orangey halo: vầng hào quang có màu cam nhạt

Co-teaching is a model of 1)_____________ in which two 2)_____________ work together in a

There is no 3)_____________ between the roles of the teachers in the classroom.

Each team often comprises a 4)_____________ and a special education teacher.

The second teacher compares co-teaching with something like 7)_____________.

Herdorn Middle School receives extra support to meet 8)_____________.

Teachers are confident that the 9)_____________ will be further narrowed.

The method helps dispel 10)_____________ before students start practicing.

4. content area general educator

8. student achievement benchmarks

go overboard: to be too excited or enthusiastic about something or about doing something

The problem is that 5)______________ take at least 10 minutes usually, right?

Google was heavily fined for 1)______________.

Standard Oil and 2)______________ are given as examples of well-known monopolies.

Goofle was also found guilty of 6)______________ in the search market.

1. violating EU antitrust rules

3. landmark antitrust ruling

6. abusing its dominance

7. listings and reviews

8. stifling (prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing)

Joel Wit thinks the first summit is sort of like _____________.

It's sort of like watching grass grow.

That depends on the subsequent negotiations.

Alicia Keys reiterated the reference to superstar Beyonce's female 11)_____________.

Drake was reported to be a no-show as well.

Drake was cut off before he finished.

innuendo: an indirect remark about somebody/something, usually suggesting something

abysmal: extremely bad or of a very low standard.

Stephen Biegun is the 8)___________ for North Korea.

Right now, their main interest is to get some 17)___________.

Right now, their main interest is to get some sanctions relief.

marinate: dầm, ngâm (ý tưởng, kế hoạch)

ballistic missile: tên lửa đạn đạo

down the road: in the future

"Green Book" is a 9)___________ movie. It doesn't really require a lot of 10)___________ or

Massachusetts 4)___________ Ed Markey announced the 5)___________ on Capitol Hill with

Massachusetts 4)_____ Senator______ Ed Markey announced the 5)_____ resolution______ on

hoax: a humorous or malicious deception

Doctors are cautious about calling this procedure a 6)___________.

Doctors are cautious about calling this procedure a 6)_____cure______.

Today a big announcement about HIV/AIDS - a second man's HIV infection is in

recapitulate: to repeat the main points

Dozens of people have been 1)_ in a college admissions 2)_.

In federal court, Rick Singer pleaded guilty to 12)_, 13)_,

There is an 1)_ in the cosmos where time and space 2)_.

Co-teaching is a model of 1)_ in which two 2)_ work together in a

"Green Book" is a 9)_ movie. It doesn't really require a lot of 10)_ or

Massachusetts 4)_ Ed Markey announced the 5)_ on Capitol Hill with

Massachusetts 4)_ Senator Ed Markey announced the 5)_ resolution____ on

Doctors are cautious about calling this procedure a 6)_cure__.

The efficiency of 4)_autonomous vehicles__, like self-driving cars, depends on the

5)__Network slicing_ is a technique employed to provide a personalised web

6)_Mobile World Congree__ is exemplified as an event that requires 5G to operate

One of the main barriers to the development of 5G is 7)__cost_.

In order to work properly, 5G needs a frequency with much bigger 9)_bandwith__.

Whether it is 5) missile strikes__ on schools or hospitals, families bombed in their

Hollywood movies have 1) a future of 2) and flying cars.

Hollywood movies have 1)_envisaged/envisioned_ a future of

5)Cross-city flights__ will require changes to air traffic control systems.

The lack of 7)_air resistance_ enables pods to reach great speeds.

The makers of 8)_supersonic jects_ are promising to slash travel times.

The first step in 3D printing involves creating a 3)blueprint__ of the 3D modelled

The TV host describes the scandal as a 2)_bombshell_.

A handful of wealthy parents including Hollywood elite are accused of 3)_straight-up_

That, Udomporn announces, is the first 5G 3)__ antenna in Thailand.

Amidst a 5G-induced 6) construction boom__ on campus, Huawei has already

According to the 6)_ World Meteorological Organization, smoke from Amazon