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From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,
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From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,
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our podcast about the news headlines.
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In this programme, the impact of the US-Israel war with Iran around the world.
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Hello, I'm Phil.
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And I'm Pippa.
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In this podcast, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
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You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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So let's hear more about this story.
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The US-Israel war with Iran continues,
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causing deaths and injuries in Iran and elsewhere in the region.
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The conflict is also impacting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz,
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which is the stretch of sea near Iran that allows ships to reach the open ocean.
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The US military says it has eliminated 16 Iranian mine-laying ships in the area.
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Iran continues its strikes across the region,
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including in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait.
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People in Tehran have told BBC News Persian about heavy strikes and power cuts.
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On Monday, US President Donald Trump said the war was very far ahead of schedule and very complete, pretty much.
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Aside from the human cost,
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the war has had an impact on the global price of oil
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because of the difficulty shipping oil from the region and the uncertainty over how long the war could last.
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Our first headline is about this.
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This is from the Washington Post, a US newspaper.
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Oil prices seesaw as Trump sends mixed messages on what's next in Iran.
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That headline again from the Washington Post.
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Oil prices seesaw as Trump sends mixed messages on what's next in Iran.
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This headline says oil prices seesaw.
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That means they've been going up and down sharply in response to what President Trump has been saying.
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We're interested in this phrase, sends mixed messages.
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What does it mean to send mixed messages?
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Well, if you send someone mixed messages,
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you do or say things that cause confusion about what you really mean.
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Yes, so in this story,
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President Trump spoke to journalists.
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He told CBS News, the war is very complete, pretty much.
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But when asked if military operations would end soon,
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he replied, I don't know, it depends.
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Right, and that could be described as sending mixed messages.
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It's unclear what Trump is planning and whether the war will end soon.
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We can use the phrase send mixed messages in more everyday situations too.
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For example, in relationships, if someone sends mixed messages,
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you're not sure whether they like you or not.
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There's a similar phrase, send mixed signals,
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and it means the same thing.
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We've had send mixed messages.
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Do or say things that cause confusion about what you mean.
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For example, my boss is sending me mixed messages about whether I'll be promoted.
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Sometimes she praises me, sometimes she criticises me.
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This is Learning English from the News, from BBC Learning English.
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We're talking about the impact of the US-Israel war with Iran.
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As we've mentioned, oil prices have risen sharply since the war began,
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though they fell slightly again after Trump spoke to reporters.
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The war is likely to impact the economies of countries around the world.
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Higher oil prices can make other things we buy more expensive,
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such as food and clothes.
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In the UK, Prime Minister Sakhir Starmer has said it is likely the conflict will impact the UK economy.
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Let's have another headline.
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This is from BBC News.
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Chris Mason, the cost of living is catapulted centre stage yet again.
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That headline again.
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Chris Mason, the cost of living is catapulted centre stage yet again.
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And that's from BBC News.
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This headline talks about the cost of living,
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which refers to the recent price increases for basic things like food and energy in the UK.
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Chris Mason is a political journalist at the BBC.
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We're looking at this phrase centre stage.
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Stage makes me think of the theatre,
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but what does that have to do with price increases?
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Well, you're right, Phil.
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Centre stage literally means the middle of a stage,
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like like you might see at the theatre or a concert.
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But this phrase is metaphorical.
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If something is centre stage,
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it's important and has a lot of attention.
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Right.
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So in the headline, the cost of living is catapulted centre stage,
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that means price increases have suddenly become the most important thing that everyone's talking about,
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because of the impact of the US-Israel war with Iran.
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This headline uses the phrase catapulted centre stage, which is very dramatic.
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But we most commonly hear the phrase takes centre stage.
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This just means that something becomes the most important thing or starts to get everyone's attention.
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Yes.
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So an example would be at the end of the school year,
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exams usually take centre stage as pupils begin to revise.
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We've had centre stage, the most important thing or the thing that everyone is paying attention to.
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For example, green energy will be centre stage again at this year's climate conference.
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This is Learning English from the News from BBC Learning English.
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We're talking about the impact of the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran.
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Whilst US-Israel's strikes have continued against Iran,
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Iran has continued to retaliate.
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A new supreme leader of Iran has also been named after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by strikes last week.
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The new supreme leader is Khamenei's son, Mujtaba Khamenei.
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Some pro-establishment crowds have taken to the streets to celebrate the appointment,
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but other people in Iran do not support the leader and believe he will continue his father's policies.
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Iran's police chief said any Iranians thinking of protesting against the
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government would be dealt with in the same way we deal with the enemy.
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Let's have another headline.
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This is from Sky News, a British news organisation.
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What we know about Iran's new supreme leader,
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Mujahideen Hamenei, and why his appointment doesn't bode well for peace.
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That headline again from Sky News.
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What we know about Iran's new supreme leader,
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Muhtabar Khamenei, and why his appointment doesn't bode well for peace.
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This headline is about the new supreme leader in Iran.
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We're interested in this phrase, doesn't bode well.
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Yes.
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Bode well means be a sign that good things will happen in the future.
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In this headline, bode well is used in the negative.
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It says the appointment of the new leader doesn't bode well for peace.
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This means it isn't a good sign that this decision does not make peace more likely.
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Bode well is quite an old-fashioned phrase,
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but we do use it in more everyday context in English.
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For example, good sales figures at the start of the year could bode well for a company's profits.
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You might also sometimes see the phrase bode ill.
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This means something is a sign that bad things will happen in the future.
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We've had bode well.
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Be a sign that good things will happen in the future.
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For example, she went to the doctors and they wanted to do lots of tests,
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which doesn't bode well.
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That's it for this episode of Learning English from the News.
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We'll be back next week with another news story.
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Try the worksheet on our website to test what you've learned.
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That's bbclearningenglish.com.
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And you can also follow us on social media at BBC Learning English.
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Bye for now.
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Goodbye.
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日常コミュニケーションのためのトップ5フレーズ
- send mixed messages（混乱を引き起こすメッセージを送る）
- very complete, pretty much（ほぼ完全だ）
- depends（依存する）
- oil prices seesaw（油の価格が上下する）
- heavy strikes（激しい攻撃）
これらのフレーズは、ニュースの文脈に限らず、日常会話でも役立つものです。特に「send mixed messages」は、ビジネスやプライベートな関係において、相手の意図を理解する際に重要な表現です。
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