Aprende inglés con las noticias: Trump y Clinton dominan el Supermartes

En esta nueva serie, los periodistas de la BBC te ayudan a practicar inglés con los titulares de las noticias de la semana. Mira el video y aprende nuevo vocabulario.

Titulares y transcripción en inglés

• Super Tuesday gains for Trump and Clinton


• Zika threat to the US


• Back from space after a year

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have dominated the Super Tuesday presidential primaries – both now the firm favourites to win their party nominations for November’s election. Mr Trump has won seven states so far for the Republicans. His rival Ted Cruz won two. Marco Rubio got just one. In the Democratic Party race Hillary Clinton is projected to have won in seven states – including the major prize of Texas. Her only rival Bernie Sanders has won in four.

The threat of the Zika virus reaching the US has come a step closer. Scientists are warning that hundreds of thousands of people in the American territory of Puerto Rico could become infected in the coming months and possibly spread Zika to the US itself.

A Nasa astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut are back on Earth after spending nearly a year on board the International Space Station. Their research will help plan a future manned mission to Mars.

Vocabulario

dominated: been the most successful

warning: making people aware of danger

manned (of a machine): operated by people who are carried inside it

Ejercicio

Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.

dominated / warning / manned

1. For the first time in over 50 years, a __________ submarine has reached the deepest place in the ocean: the Mariana Trench.

2. Manchester United __________ Sunday’s match and look increasingly likely to win the league.

3. Max, you know you have to finish your homework before going out. Your teacher __________ you that you’ll fail if you don’t do it on time.

Respuestas

1. For the first time in over 50 years, a manned submarine has reached the deepest place in the ocean: the Mariana Trench.

2. Manchester United dominated Sunday’s match and look increasingly likely to win the league.

3. Max, you know you have to finish your homework before going out. Your teacher warned you that you’ll fail if you don’t do it on time.

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