Learn English : Listen to News : 31 Killed In Brussels Terror Attacks
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1. Preview the vocabulary and read the gapfill text.
2. Play the news report and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Answer the comprehension questions by writing full sentences.
4. Use the discussion question to write an essay or discuss the story with other students.
5. Click "show Answers" to see the full text.
6. Pretend to be a news anchor by reading each story out loud.

dateline: 24 March 2016

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31 Killed In Brussels Terror Attacks

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

  • alert: the state of watching for danger
  • rush hour: the busy time of day when workers are going to or leaving from work
  • manhunt: an intense search for a suspected criminal
  • on the run: hiding or trying to escape from authorities
  • fugitive: a person who runs away or hides in order to escape arrest

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31 Killed In Brussels Terror Attacks

Europe remains under high alert after terrorists attacked an airport and subway station in Brussels during morning rush hour on Tuesday. Two suicide killed at least ten people at a departure check-in area at the airport. A third bomb exploded shortly after in a nearby subway killing twenty people. Over two-hundred people were injured in the attacks. A manhunt is underway for another suspect who is believed to be on the run. believe Tuesday’s attacks were related to Friday’s arrest of Salah Abdeslam, Europe’s most-wanted fugitive. Abdeslam had been on the run since the Paris terrorist attacks last November. ISIS has responsibility for the attacks in Brussels.

Comprehension Questions

  1. Where did these attacks take place?
  2. What was the death toll?
  3. Who was arrested the previous weekend?

Discussion Questions: Do media outlets sometimes reveal too much information when manhunts are ongoing, or does the public deserve to know everything?

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