Myanmar mourns earthquake dead

缅甸哀悼地震遇难者

Learning English from the News

语言学习

2025-04-02

7 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

Myanmar has begun five days of national mourning following an earthquake in the country. Find full subtitles and a worksheet for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2025/250402 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English Conversations
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.

  • In this programme, Myanmar mourns earthquake dead.

  • Hello, I'm Phil.

  • And I'm Pippa.

  • In this programme, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

  • You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website,

  • bbclearningenglish.com.

  • So, let's hear more about this story.

  • Myanmar has begun five days of national mourning.

  • That's the sadness we feel when somebody dies,

  • following an earthquake in the country which has killed more than 2,700 people.

  • The earthquake has caused widespread damage in Myanmar and was also felt in Thailand and parts of China.

  • Teams are still trying to rescue survivors from collapsed buildings days after the earthquake hit.

  • Let's look at our first headline.

  • Myanmar earthquake.

  • Woman trapped for days pulled alive from the rubble.

  • And that's from The Guardian.

  • That headline again from The Guardian, a newspaper in the UK.

  • Myanmar earthquake.

  • Woman trapped for days pulled alive from the rubble.