Trump, Biden, West? The 2020 USA Presidential Election is set for the two primary candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties. But on July 4th we learned of one more candidate who will certainly get his share of publicity. Watch the video and do the accompanying exercises.

The news is a consistent source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery that never ceases to exist and always comes out with more and more material each day. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it is without a doubt a piece of your everyday routine that can’t go ignored. 

Whether it is to understand the ramifications of recent legislation passed, to hear about recent events and grasp the potential consequences to your country, or simply hear about what is happening in other countries in order to compare them to what’s happening in yours, the news is certainly a staple in our lives and the most consistent way to get information.

This is why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds: learning English and keeping up with what is happening in the world. We hope our challenging daily exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, will satisfy both of those above worlds in a satisfactory and also entertaining way.

So enough about introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:

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Now that you’ve had a listen, let’s put your knowledge to the test with some of our vocabulary and comprehension exercises:

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“Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, rapper Kanye West declared his candidacy for US president. The unlikely challenger to Donald Trump and Joe Biden chose Independence Day to make the surprise announcement on Twitter, triggering a strong social media reaction. With just four months to go before polling day on 3 November, it was not clear if West’s tweet would have been more fitting on April Fools’ day than Independence Day. It also wasn’t clear if the 43-year-old filed any official paperwork to appear on state election ballots. The deadline to add independent candidates to the ballot has not yet passed in many states. West, a 21-time Grammy award winner, received an immediate endorsement from Elon Musk, the chief executive of electric-car maker Tesla, who tweeted in reply: “You have my full support!” If he runs, West will follow in a long tradition of independent or third-party campaigns challenging the Democratic and Republican stranglehold. In 1992, Ross Perot, an eccentric Texan billionaire, took 19% of the vote. In 2000, Ralph Nader’s Green party took less than 3% but was blamed for giving the presidency to George Bush.”