Step 1: Listen
You’re going to hear a genuine BBC news report from 2nd February 2016. Before you listen, read these three summaries:
a) The Rio Olympics will be cancelled because the World Health Organisation says the the Zika virus is an international emergency.
b) Pregnant women will be banned from attending the Rio Olympics after a World Health Organisation assessment.
c) The government of Brazil says the Rio Olympics will go ahead despite a World Health Organisation assessment.
Now listen and decide which one is correct. Listen again if you need to.
Step 2: Learn the key words and listen again
How was that? Try listening again. Here are three definitions of key vocabulary items which may help you.
the spread of
the growing area affected by something
constitutes
considered to be
endangered
in a situation which could cause harm
Step 3: Transcript and answer
Brazil says there’s no risk that the Olympic Games in Rio will be cancelled despite the World Health Organisation’s assessment that the spread of the Zika virus constitutes an international public health emergency.
A spokesman for President Dilma Rousseff said the lives of athletes and spectators would not be endangered, though pregnant women should not attend.
Answer
c) The government of Brazil says the Rio Olympics will go ahead despite a World Health Organisation assessment.
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