2025 April 14 BBC One minute World News – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.This is BBC News, the headlines for you
2.Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Vietnam, trying to strengthen ties across Asia as President Trump warns no one is off the hook with tariffs
3.El Salvador's president heads to the White House today as remain over a man who was wrongly deported from the US to El Salvador
4.Rory McElroy finally masters Augusta, a career grand slam, winning a sudden death play-off with England's Justin Rose
5.And Katy Perry prepares to blast off with the all-female Blue Origin space crew
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
questions
A2A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
Example:
"White House today as questions remain"
southeast
A2The direction of the cardinal compass point halfway between south and east, specifically 135°, abbreviated as SE.
Example:
"trying to strengthen ties across Southeast"
completing
A2To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
Example:
"Rory McElroy finally masters Augusta, completing"
singer's
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"the singer's teenage dream?"
teenage
A2Brushwood for fences and hedges.
Example:
"the singer's teenage dream?"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| questions | A2 | A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative. |
| southeast | A2 | The direction of the cardinal compass point halfway between south and east, specifically 135°, abbreviated as SE. |
| completing | A2 | To finish; to make done; to reach the end. |
| singer's | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| teenage | A2 | Brushwood for fences and hedges. |
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