Trump y Sanders ganan las primarias de New Hampshire
11 febrero 2016 Última actualización: 13:22 GMT
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
- Trump and Sanders win New Hampshire
- Zuma in court for home improvement
- Horses don't like 'long faces'
The second vote of the US presidential election season, New Hampshire primaries – they've given victories to the outsider candidates the Republican Party battle won by Donald Trump, the Democrat's contest by Bernie Sanders.
South Africa's Constitutional Court's considering whether the president Jacob Zuma should pay back some of the $23m of taxpayers' money spent on refurbishing his private home. His lawyers say he will repay all improvements to his ranch that were not security related.
One particular animal species holds the title of man's best friend but horses… they've been living alongside humans for 6,000 years. A new study shows that adapting to our world has changed the way they think because British scientists have discovered that domestic horses can recognise our facial expressions. The animals were measurably more stressed by angry faces.
Vocabulario
outsider: (here) a competitor with little chance of winning
refurbishing: making changes to a building to improve it
adapting: changing behaviour to suit a new situation
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.
outsider / refurbishing / adapting
1. It's an old house but it will look really nice after you __________ it.
2. Mr Roberts was an__________ candidate for the job of CEO. He's been in the company for just a year.
3. Warm winters and big hurricanes. Should we try to __________ to extreme weather brought about by climate change?
Respuestas
1. It's an old house but it will look really nice after you refurbish it.
2. Mr Roberts was an outsider candidate for the job of CEO. He's been in the company for just a year.
3. Warm winters and big hurricanes. Should we try to adapt to extreme weather brought about by climate change?
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