Babbel News - English Only

About Babbel News - English Only

Babbel News – English Only helps you improve your English with weekly news sourced from Reuters. Helpful tips and guidance from Babbel language experts ensure that you’ll learn something new every week! Got any feedback or suggestions? We’d love to hear from you. Email us at podcasting@babbel.com. Remember to mention “Babbel News - English Only” in the subject line.

Publisher

Babbel

Category

education · education · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Feb 2023

Latest episode

27 Dec 2023

Latest episodes

3 of 45 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 Dec 2023TRANSCRIPT

   S2E18 - Crowded Prisons & Chocolates over Toys

   Senegal tries to solve prison overcrowding, and British shoppers spend less on gifts. In Senegal, the use of electronic bracelets allows prisoners to be watched at home, and in the UK, the high cost of living is changing holiday shopping habits. Hear about these recent events in English with news clips sourced from Reuters, including guidance to help you expand your vocabulary and improve your listening skills. If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/476TpJD (https://bit.ly/476TpJD) We’d love to know what you think of the series. Take our short survey here: https://bit.ly/3tbgWLq (https://bit.ly/3tbgWLq)

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   27 Dec 2023TRANSCRIPT

   S2E17 - Crowded Prisons & Chocolates over Toys

   Senegal tries to solve prison overcrowding, and British shoppers spend less on gifts. In Senegal, the use of electronic bracelets allows prisoners to be watched at home, and in the UK, the high cost of living is changing holiday shopping habits. Hear about these recent events in English with news clips sourced from Reuters, including guidance to help you expand your vocabulary and improve your listening skills. If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/476TpJD (https://bit.ly/476TpJD) We’d love to know what you think of the series. Take our short survey here: https://bit.ly/3tbgWLq (https://bit.ly/3tbgWLq)

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   20 Dec 2023TRANSCRIPT

   S2E17 - COP28 in Dubai Under Criticism

   Climate activists protest the strong presence of oil and gas companies at COP28. The COP28 climate conference faces criticism for inviting representatives from the oil and gas industry, whose motivation to find a solution for climate change is being called into question. Hear about this recent event in English with a news clip sourced from Reuters, including guidance to help you expand your vocabulary and improve your listening skills. If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3RMH2y8 (https://bit.ly/3RMH2y8) We’d love to know what you think of the series. Take our short survey here: https://bit.ly/3tbgWLq (https://bit.ly/3tbgWLq)

Inside a recent episode

S2E18 - Crowded Prisons & Chocolates over Toys

Published 27 Dec 2023 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Let's begin. Okay, time to take a closer look at some of the important vocabulary from our first news clip. We'll start with trial, which is a court process to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or not. The next word is to monitor, which in the context of this story means to use technology to watch someone for security reasons. And then we have to incarcerate or to put or keep someone in prison. After that, Petty crimes are small crimes that aren't very serious, like stealing things that aren't too valuable. Next, a pilot scheme is an experiment to test out a new idea or plan before introducing it more widely. […]

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4.4 / 5

9 ratings

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