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record hot March. Is

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this a new stage of climate change? This

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is News Review from BBC Learning

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English where we help you understand

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news headlines in English. I'm Beth.

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And I'm Georgie. Make sure you

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watch to the end to learn the vocabulary you

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need to talk about this story. And

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remember to subscribe to our channel

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to learn more English from the

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headlines. Now, today's story. Last

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month was the world's warmest March on record.

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The past 10 months have

1:16

all broken heat records with

1:20

above average temperatures across the globe, including

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in Antarctica and Africa. It's

1:27

becoming harder to make predictions about

1:29

future temperatures, although because of

1:31

climate change, scientists say

1:33

that hotter weather is now expected.

1:38

You've been looking at the headlines.

1:40

What's the vocabulary that people need

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to understand this news story in

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English? We have usher

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in, on borrowed time and

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caps. This is News

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Review from BBC Learning English. Let's

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have our first headline. This one's from

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CNBC. An

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extraordinary run of record heat could

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usher in a long hot summer

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and not in a good way.

2:16

So this headline says this

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run, that's a continuous situation,

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a run of record

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heat could usher in a long

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hot summer. Now we're looking at

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usher in and Georgie this reminds

2:30

me of the theatre. Yes,

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an usher is someone who shows you

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where your seat is in a theatre

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or a cinema or a

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wedding for example but that's a person,

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a noun. But here it's used as

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a verb and it literally means show

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someone where to go. Now

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usher in is metaphorical, there

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are no people involved and

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it means to mark the beginning

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of something new. Now with the

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headline the previous months

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of heat are metaphorically showing the

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next few months where to go

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and what to do next. Again

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break heat records and that would

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mean we get a long hot

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summer. Okay so the heat is

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ushering in a long hot summer,

3:16

it's showing the summer the way to

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go. Exactly and we're

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going to usher in our next word

3:23

but first let's look at that again.

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Let's have a look at our next

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headline. This is from Al Jazeera, On

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borrowed time, world marks new

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global heat record in March. So

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we're looking at on borrowed time, this

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is an idiom can you break it

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down for us? Well can I

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borrow your script? Yes. So I'm

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borrowing this, I have it now but

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I'll have to give it back later

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because it's not mine, I'm only borrowing

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it. I can't keep it. So here you

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go. Thank you. Now

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if something is on borrowed

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time it means it's lasting

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longer than expected but time

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will run out eventually. Yes,

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the world is heating up

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and for many it's deliverable

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but it won't be if climate change

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continues and the heat continues to rise.

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So we're on borrowed time because

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eventually humans won't be able to

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cope. Now we often also

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hear the expression living

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on borrowed time. So

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imagine a criminal, they keep

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breaking the law, they're going to

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get caught eventually, they're living on

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borrowed time. Yes, they'll get caught

4:43

and go to prison sooner or

4:45

later. Okay, let's look at that

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again. Let's

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have our next headline. This one's from

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Deutscher Vella. Record

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hot march caps warmest 12

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months on record. Report. So

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we are looking at the word

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caps and Georgie what are you wearing?

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It's a cap Beth, is that not the

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word we're talking about? Well yes it is.

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Now your cap is at the top of

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your head, it's at the top of your

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body, it finishes off your outfit and

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that might help you to understand

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what caps means in the headline.

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Yes, March caps the warmest

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12 months means March is at

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the end of or finishes off

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the warmest 12 months, just like

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how a real cap is at

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the top or end of your

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body. Exactly. Now the last 12

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months have been the hottest ever and

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March is the most recent month because

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it was just last month. Okay,

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let's look at that again. We've

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had usher in show where to go. go.

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On borrowed time, lasting longer

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than expected. And cap complete.

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