In News Review, we show you how to use the language from the latest news stories in your everyday English. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/304xn/p027bv9k.jpg https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:53:42 +0100 BBC Learning English Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/additional_rss.shtml for terms and conditions of reuse.https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview/unit-8 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview/unit-8 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview/unit-8/session-71/activity-1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview/unit-8/session-71/activity-1 Happy New Year! What better way to start it than to look back over 2018, and some of our and your favourite moments from News Review. Neil, Catherine, Tom and Dan discuss their favourite programmes and remind us of the language the media used to discuss each story.

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]]> https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview/unit-8/session-77 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview/unit-8/session-77 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview/unit-8/session-78/activity-1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/chinese/course/newsreview/unit-8/session-78/activity-1 The first ever World Restaurant Awards has awarded its top prize to a small South African beachside restaurant. Catherine and Neil discuss the story and teach you the vocabulary you need to talk about it.

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