News Analysis

Level A2

No 44

Podcast Type #NewsAnalysis

https://anchor.fm/rustemtemriyev/episodes/44---Weekly-News-Analysis-A2-B1-Level-e1
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FACEBOOK CHANGES NAME

Vocabulary

metaverse - a virtual reality place where people can meet

content - things which are a part of something
reputation - what people think about someone or something.

News

The company Facebook changed its name to Meta. Facebook´s CEO Mark
Zuckerberg said that the company´s goal was still the same, and it still wanted to bring
people together.
Now the company wanted to focus on virtual reality more and to build the metaverse.
The company had many problems recently when some secret documents said that
Facebook could badly impact some people´s mental health. Facebook also had
problems with its content and false information, which were bad for its reputation.
Some people believe that by changing the name, the company wants to improve its
reputation and change the negative feelings which some people have about
Facebook. It also shows what the company wants to do in the future.

PROBLEMS IN UK CLUBS

Vocabulary

fall unconscious - when someone looks like he is sleeping and not reacting to
anything
pin prick - a very small hole by a needle or another sharp tool
intoxicate - to give someone so much drugs or alcohol that the person loses control
of the body

News Analysis 1
 News
Young women across the UK said that someone injected them or put drugs in their
drinks.
Sarah Buckle was a student at the University of Nottingham. She went out with her
friends, and they had a few drinks in a club. Then, Sarah´s friends said that she
started to have problems standing and talking, and she was really confused.
Suddenly, Sarah fell unconscious.  Then she woke up in a hospital the next day. The
woman found a pin prick on her hand, which made her believe that
someone intoxicated her.
There were many similar cases across the country, as women reported that they
found pin pricks on their backs, arms, and thighs. Now some women refuse to go to
local nightclubs until they feel safe again.

YOUNG PEOPLE WATCH CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING

Vocabulary

to hold a conference - to organize a conference

negotiate - to discuss something and to officially agree
strike - to stop working for a period of time because you want more money, etc

News
Glasgow, Scotland, is holding the Climate Change Conference soon. At
the conference, world leaders are going to negotiate how to stop climate change.
Thousands of young activists met in Sweden, because they wanted to remind leaders
that they were going to watch the conference very closely. Young people planned
strikes in more than 500 places in the world.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said that she was afraid of the result of the
conference. Thunberg said that the situation was very serious, and young people
would not let the leaders only talk and do nothing.

News Analysis 2