Current Events & Headlines: A Collection of News Summaries

NOW TEACHERS ARE ORDERED:

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1. p1
2. p3

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1. F: Staff have also - is too hard
2. F: Yesterday the mail - to senior staff
3. T: Some schools - are going

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1. a staff
2. feedback
3. incident
4. panel

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1. b
2. c
3. a

HOW FIVE YEARS OF YOUTUBE:

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1. 1p
2. p3

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1. F: never before - by accident
2. T: it's an illuminating - good bet
3. F: what many - in history

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1. generated
2. accident
3. choice
4. dismissed

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1. b
2. c
3. a

SHOPPERS GO GREEN:

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1. p1
2. p5

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1. F: the privacy - different behavior
2. F: celebrities - a prius
3. T: the study - to be caring

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1. concerned
2. privacy
3. purchased
4. prime

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1. a
2. b
3. b

SCIENTISTS CALL FOR RESEARCH:

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1. p1
2. p3

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1. F: It was previously - events more likely
2. T: melting glaciers - the ground
3. T: studies point - warmer world

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1. likely
2. rise
3. link
4. distant

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1. b
2. c
3. c

ARE YOUR KIDS AWAKE?:

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1. p4
2. p5

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1. F: the average young - to a new study
2. T: and because so many - a half hours
3. T: it found - lower grades

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1. fears
2. pack
3. findings
4. tethered

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1. a
2. c
3. c

CHERNOBYL:

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1. p1
2. p3

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1. F: twenty-five years - now crumbling
2. F: in the aftermath - concrete structure
3. T: she also pointed - it is chernobyl

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1. aftermath
2. heartbroken
3. crumbling
4. lifespan

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1. b
2. c
3. a

SPAIN: NO COUNTRY FOR THE YOUNG?:

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1. p3

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1. T: i only see - a month
2. F: It is no longer - job market
3. F: many graduates - for being overqualified

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1. plentiful
2. paralyzed
3. scarce
4. advance

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1. a
2. a
3. c

YOUNG TURN TO PIRACY:

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1. p3
2. p5

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1. T: broadcasting - Sky atlantic
2. F: and, broadly - illegal one
3. F: yet the truth - ever reprimanded

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1. screens
2. bits
3. linked
4. chances

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1. a
2. b
3. b

ALERT PIZZA DELIVERY:

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1. p2
2. p3

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1. T: we make - going to call
2. F: guy insisted - on wilson
3. F: how many times - called 911

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1. elderly
2. likely
3. break
4. banged

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1. b
2. a
3. a

WHAT THE TITANIC:

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1. P3-4
2. P4-5

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1. F: the great lesson - beyond our control
2. T: for 100 years - through society
3. F: two years later - and so on

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1. bright
2. imperfect
3. transcendental
4. free from change

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1. c
2. b
3. c

CLEANER RUINS $800,000 ART:

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1. p2
2. p6

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1. F: the sculpture - museum in dortmund
2. T: he thought it was - of the bucket
3. F: cleaning crews - the memo

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1. eliminate
2. deteriorated
3. rubbish
4. show

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1. a
2. c
3. a

CIGARETTES MAY HAVE TO BE PLAIN:

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1. p2
2. p4

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1. F: we are trying - in this country
2. T: cigarettes are full - this explicit
3. F: all levels - are harmful

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1. ban
2. appealing
3. plain
4. requiring

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1. b
2. c
3. a

TWITTER AND FACEBOOK:

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1. p3
2. p5

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1. F: the internet - national curriculum
2. T: the scheme began - internet safety
3. F: anyone can be defamed

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1. opportunity
2. scheme
3. issue
4. actually

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1. b
2. b
3. c