2024-08-28
8 分钟The UN Secretary-General has warned that rising sea levels are going to be disastrous. SUBTITLES Find full subtitles for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2024/240828 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English Stories They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
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The news headlines in this program, rising sea levels are a global catastrophe, says the UN.
Hello, I'm Beth.
And I'm Neil.
In this program, 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 lets hear more about the story.
The United nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres has warned that rising sea levels are going to be disastrous for the Pacific islands.
Those are islands in the Pacific Ocean such as Tuvalu and the Cook Islands.
However, a new UN report warns that rising sea levels will be a catastrophe for everyone across the globe.
His comments come after two UN reports on the state of the climate.
Ok, we have our first headline about this story, and it's from BBC News here in the UK.
Surging seas are coming for us all, warns UN chief.
And again, that headline from BBC News.
Surging seas are coming for us all, warns UN chief.
So we know that rising sea levels are severely affecting Pacific islands, but this headline says surging seas.
That means rising sea levels are coming for us all.
And we're interested in this phrase coming for us all.
Beth, can you explain?
Yes, coming for us or coming for you describes someone or something's action towards you which is harmful or dangerous, a threat.