2025 April 30 BBC 2-minute World News Audio – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.BBC News with Moira Alderson A BBC investigation has identified 136 Turkish military bases in northern Iraq, the vast majority built in the last seven years
2.Ankara says it's in the region to fight the Kurdish militant group, the PKK, but many Kurds fear a Turkish occupation
3.The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding high-level meetings about a deadly gun attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region last week
4.The discussions come amid heightened tensions with neighbouring Pakistan, accused by Delhi of supporting the militants who carried out the assault, killing 26 civilians
5. denies the claim
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
saint-germain
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain"
islamabad
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Islamabad denies the claim."
peninsula
A2A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.
Example:
"Peninsula on Monday was due to"
democrats
A2A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
Example:
"Members of Germany's centre-left Social Democrats"
sponsorship
B1The state or practice of being a sponsor.
Example:
"sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda."
australian
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"And the lawyer for an Australian"
relatives
A2Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Example:
"woman accused of killing three relatives"
arsenal
A2A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
Example:
"Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| saint-germain | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| islamabad | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| peninsula | A2 | A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass. |
| democrats | A2 | A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France). |
| sponsorship | B1 | The state or practice of being a sponsor. |
| australian | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| relatives | A2 | Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption. |
| arsenal | A2 | A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury. |
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