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United Nations Members Agree to Protect Marine Life

Introduction:

What’s cooler than international cooperation? For the first time in history, the United Nations has agreed on a treaty that aims to protect the “high seas,” the area outside of international borders, which cover a majority of the planet.

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Quiz Time!

United Nations Agrees to Protect Marine Life | Synonym Match

Match the words with their correct synonym.

United Nations Agrees to Protect Marine Life | Fill in the Blank

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United Nations Agrees to Protect Marine Life | True or False

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Full text for United Nations Members Agree to Protect Marine Life:

Despite its size, the ocean is not a limitless resource. For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, which cover nearly half the planet’s surface.
An updated framework to protect marine life in the regions outside national boundary waters, known as the high seas, had been in discussions for more than 20 years, but previous efforts to reach an agreement had repeatedly stalled.
The treaty will create a new body to manage conservation of ocean life and establish marine protected areas in the high seas. It also establishes ground rules for conducting environmental impact assessments for commercial activities in the oceans.
More than 100 countries have signed a historic, legally-binding deal to protect the Earth’s oceans. The long-awaited treaty aims to protect marine biodiversity in international waters and reverse losses due to pollution, overfishing, and climate change.
Many marine species—including dolphins, whales, sea turtles and many fish—make long annual migrations, crossing national borders and the high seas. Efforts to protect them have previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws.
The high seas have long suffered exploitation due to commercial fishing and mining, as well as pollution from chemicals and plastics, the question remains: how well will the ambitious treaty be implemented?

Lab-Grown Blood Given in World-First Clinical Trial

Introduction:

For the first time in history lab-grown blood has been given to patients in a clinical trial. This blood is expected to be used to help doctors treat rare blood disorders in patients that require blood transfusions.

Watch the video and then do the accompanying English language exercises below.

The news is a consistent and endless source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it’s doubtless a piece of your daily routine that can’t go ignored.

There are many reasons to read, watch or listen to the news. Understanding the ramifications of recent legislation passed. Listening to recent events and grasping the potential consequences to your country. Or, simply listening to what’s happening in other countries so you can compare them to your own. It’s a staple in our lives and the most reliable way to get information.

That’s why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds: learning English and keeping up with current events. We hope our challenging exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, bring these worlds together in a satisfactory and entertaining way.

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Quiz Time!

Lab-Grown Blood Given in World-First Clinical Trial | Definition Match

Match the following words to the correct definitions.

Lab-Grown Blood Given in World-First Clinical Trial | Fill in the Blank

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Lab-Grown Blood Given in World-First Clinical Trial | True or False

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Full text for Lab-Grown Blood Given in World-First Clinical Trial:

Scientists have grown human red blood cells in a lab for the first time, and carried out a clinical trial to test it on patients.

How does it work? A donor gives a sample of blood. Then scientists use a process that encourages stem cells in the donated blood to become new red blood cells. This opens the door for transfusion treatments for people who have rare blood types.

For the majority of blood transfusions (for A, B, O, and AB blood types), hospitals will still rely on people donating. But what if a patient needs a blood transfusion from the “Bombay” blood group (a rare blood type that contains H antigens)?

Certain other diseases, such as sickle-cell anemia, require regular blood transfusions. A transfusion with the wrong blood type will be viewed as foreign and attacked by the immune system.

In this trial, tiny amounts of lab-grown blood containing radioactive particles were given to ten healthy patients so they can track how long the blood remains in the bloodstream. Red blood cells typically last 120 days. The body then replaces them. Because lab-grown blood only contains new cells, it may be possible for smaller, less frequent transplants.

Florida Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Social Media Law

Introduction:

Social media is a place that comes with a lot of benefits, but also a lot of risks. It’s often used for learning and self-improvement, sharing your life with others, chatting about hobbies, but on the other side of this people also use it to promote violence, sow discord, or spread hate in the name of free speech. Florida is now asking the Supreme Court to take action.

Watch the video and then do the accompanying English language exercises below.

The news is a consistent and endless source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it’s doubtless a piece of your daily routine that can’t go ignored.

There are many reasons to read, watch or listen to the news. Understanding the ramifications of recent legislation passed. Listening to recent events and grasping the potential consequences to your country. Or, simply listening to what’s happening in other countries so you can compare them to your own. It’s a staple in our lives and the most reliable way to get information.

That’s why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds: learning English and keeping up with current events. We hope our challenging exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, bring these worlds together in a satisfactory and entertaining way.

So that’s all for the introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:

Adapted from this article.

Quiz Time!

Florida Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Social Media Law | Definition Match

Definition Match (10 Questions)

Florida Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Social Media Law | Fill in the Blank

Fill in the Blank (10 Questions)

Florida Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Social Media Law | True or False

True or False (5 Questions)

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Full text:

Florida has asked the Supreme Court to rule on whether states can force social media companies to host content they would prefer removing. This is setting up a potential landmark battle over digital speech rights and content moderation that could reshape the country’s First Amendment relationship.

Florida’s attorney general argued that the ability of major social media platforms to promote the views of some users over others means it is critical for justices to weigh in. One Florida law is at the center of this controversy. The law in question allows political candidates to sue social media companies if they are blocked or removed from platforms longer than 14 days.

Opponents representing the tech industry had sued to block that law, arguing it infringed on private companies’ First Amendment rights. Earlier this year, a federal appeals court agreed with that reasoning, ultimately leading to Florida’s petition for Supreme Court intervention.

Legal experts believe that if the law survives being challenged, tech companies could be forced to host spam, hate speech and other material that is legal but problematic. It may also rewrite decades of First Amendment precedent that prohibited governments from compelling private parties to host speech.