C2 Reading Practice - Improve Your English Fluency

Welcome back to JForrest English. I'm Jennifer.  And today we're going to read a news article  

together so you can improve your English, fluency  by learning Advanced Expressions, Advanced  

vocabulary, Advanced grammar, and even correct  pronunciation. Let's get started. First, I'll  

read the headline, Brazil to host, cop 30 climate  Summit in the Amazon, in 2025 here, notice Brazil.

To host. This is not the infinitive,  this is actually a shortened form.  

The long form would be Brazil is going to host  because they're talking about a future planned  

event. Brazil is going to host headlines of news  articles frequently, leave out words auxiliary  

words articles simply to make the headline as  short as possible. That's why they did this.

Remember that we use the structure to be  going to and then we have our base verb,  

this is for Planned future  actions. For example, you could say

Tonight, I'm going to

review.

More JForrest English lessons. I hope you're going  

to do this. If this is your  plan tonight today, tomorrow

this afternoon. Put that in the comments,  

I'm going to review more JForrest English  lessons. So to be our verb to be going

and then to review the infinitive or 2  + base verb. Remember your verb to be,  

has to match your subject. So we could  say tonight where my friends and I we're

Going to review more JForrest English lessons,  

put that in the comments if that  describes you. So Brazil is going to host.

This is the Brazilian president, his name is  Lula. The United Nations has chosen Brazil to  

host the international climate meeting, cop 30  in the Amazonian city of Belem do pará in 2020.  

I don't speak Portuguese. So my apologies, if  I pronounce this terribly, this is how English  

speaker who doesn't speak, Portuguese would  pronounce this Belem do pará. Hopefully that

Somewhat accurate Amazonian Amazonian. So  Amazon is an area Amazon. And then this is  

the description Amazonian City. Italy, Italian  Amazon, Amazonian Amazonian Amazonian City.

Also, let's talk about the pronunciation  here because I hear a lot of mistakes with  

to choose. This is the base so I  always choose J force English videos.  

I always choose, I chose. This is the  past simple. Notice the difference, ooh.

Oh,

choose chose it.

If I had a choice, I would choose so here.  Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy,  

and then we have, I've chosen. Oh, oh. So  this is the same here for pronunciation.

Don't worry, I'll move this in a second. I  chose I've chosen. Oh, oh, and then this is  

an old boy. If I had a choice. Let me move  this where you can see it. There you go.  

Has chosen Brazil. Cobb is the yearly United  Nations climate change conference. So now,  

you know what? That sounds for cop climate  change conference yearly. This means once,

Every year, there's another common term  for yearly, you can say, annual annual  

annual. So notice lead yearly annual.  Annual cop is the annual United Nations  

climate change conference in which states  discuss and agree on measures to deal with  

the environment. Notice that you agree  on something or you can agree on doing

Thing because on is a preposition.  So you need your verb with Ing,  

we agreed on hosting the  cop, in Brazil, for example.

Now

I've summarized all these lesson  notes in a free lesson PDF,  

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continue. I've participated in comps  in Egypt, Paris Copenhagen, and all

People talk about is the Amazon notice.  How right here he used the present perfect.  

This is because it's an ongoing  time line. So he has participated  

in cops in these different areas but  because it's an ongoing timeline,  

he can participate in more cops in more  cities or locations. And that will be added

To the list. So we use the present  perfect for an ongoing timeline.  

Ongoing timeline, for example, you could say

I've seen three.

Episodes.

Episodes. Now it's in the present, perfect,  because this number is possible to increase  

it. If I ask you next week or next month, you  might say, oh, I've seen five episodes, I've  

seen Eight Episodes because of that, we use the  present perfect, if the timeline is complete. So,  

in the past, then you would use the past simple.  For example, if you specify a Pastime reference

Last week, I saw two episodes  the week is over, so it's

not

possible for you to see more episodes  and that's why we use the past simple.

Let's continue. So, why not have the cop  in the Amazon so people can get to know  

the Amazon. See its rivers, its forests,  its fauna Lula said in a video posted on  

Twitter. Remember, Lula is the president  of Brazil. Let's talk about fauna fauna  

is more of a scientific term and it  describes Wildlife, or living things.

Wildlife or living things. So, if you visit  a national park they might have signs telling  

you about all the different fauna that you can  see in that Park all the different Wildlife,  

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Let's continue. The UN approved. Brazil's  bid to host cop 30 on May 18th after Lulu.

Request during last year's cop, 27 meeting in

Egypt.

So, the conference is called cop, and  then every year they have the conference,  

the number increases. So, when they had it  in Egypt, I believe last year it was the 27th  

time they've had the conference. Remember,  they're having cop 30 in Brazil in 2025. So,  

at that point, it will be the  30th time they've hosted this

Conference Belem do pará is a northern Brazilian  City located in the fringes of the Amazon forest.  

Let's take a look here. The fringes of  this simply means that edge of the edge of  

the edge up, so you have  the Amazon forest is here,  

but then, the area Belem do pará is  not in the Amazon, is on the edge.

Of the Amazon. So it's on  The Fringe of the Amazon,  

to be honest. I'm a little confused. Why the  article use the preposition in? I think this  

is an error, A Minor error because the expression  Is On The Fringe of which means on the edge of.  

Now generally, we use in with locate when we're  talking about a city. For example, I live in

in Ottawa my city.

Is located in Canada. So, we do use the  preposition in, with locate. But this is an

expression.

The expression Is On The Fringe of. So you could  say, the area is on the fridge, Fringe Fringe of

The Amazon now. Actually, this is an interesting  expression because it describes me because here's  

Ottowa this city, I live in but I  actually I don't technically live in  

Ottawa. I live on The Fringe of Ottawa because I  live in a rule area. Very, very close to Ottawa.  

So I personally could say I live on The Fringe  of Ottawa. So notice On The Fringe of this is

Our expression On The Fringe of and it simply  means on the edge of or on the perimeter up,  

it's the capital city of the state a para  located on the coast. So notice you don't  

always use locate in, you can use locate in  a city in a country in an area. But on the  

coast on the coast on the coast of the Amazon  River Estuary and if you're curious an estuary,

Is, if you look to the right of the  screen, you'll see you have a river  

and then there's a wider part of the  river and then you have the ocean. So,  

an estuary is the wider part where a river  meets the ocean. And before that takes place,  

you have an estuary. I wrote that definition here  for you and let's continue Lula has promised to

tackle

Amazon.

Is station and repair the damage to the Amazon  caused by his predecessor. All right here first,  

let's take a look at the verb to tackle.  Now, you tackle, something when you tackle,  

something is simply means that  you accept to do something,  

that is generally a challenge. So I need to tackle  my taxes. So I'm accepting the responsibility of

Doing my taxes. But my taxes  are challenging because I'm  

very unorganized. That doesn't  describe me, I'm very organized,  

but that is just an example. So when you tackle  something you just accept responsibility to do  

it but what you're doing is challenging and  of course trying to repair the damage to the  

Amazon is a challenging task. I wrote the  definition here for you now. Deforestation

We have the word forest for a station for a  station and then you add d, d deforestation  

deforestation, you try deforestation deforestation  is when the forest is lost because people,  

cut down the trees and destroy the forest  basically. Now let's take a look at predecessor.

Notice the pronunciation predecessor  predecessor. You try predecessor.

One's

predecessor is the person who held a position  before someone else. So, in this case,  

Lula the president of Brazil Lula's predecessor  is the person who was president before, loula,  

unfortunately, I don't know who that person is.  Someone from Brazil who was Lula's predecessor,  

you would know the person  in power before the current

So a previous person in power in a specific  position, it doesn't have to be a political  

position. It could be any position in  a company as well. Let's continue but  

Lula's government has come under Fire when  someone or an organization, a team a unit  

comes Under Fire. This is not a positive thing.  It means that they're being criticized. So to be

Sighs to come under Fire to be criticized. So  of course that means that someone is saying  

negative things about about that person  that team that unit. So in this case,  

it's Lula's government has come under Fire is  being criticized. They simply put the expression  

to come under Fire in the present, perfect,  but the expression is to come under Fire.

For seemingly. This is the  reason why Lula's government  

has come under Fire. Is currently being  criticized for seemingly backtracking

on his climate-related electoral promises  in recent days, electoral promises this  

electoral simply means from the election.  So promises made during the election,  

this would be the adjectives to  describe during the election.

Cyril promises, so promises  made during the election  

during the election. Those are the Electoral  promises. Now, when you Backtrack on something,  

it means you state something, it could be an  opinion, it could be a commitment to do something  

and then you don't do that.  So, let's say my opinion is,

That everyone should drive electric  vehicles but then three weeks later,  

you see me doing an advertisement  for a gas-powered vehicle? Well,  

I just backtracked on my statement or opinion  that everyone should drive electric vehicles.  

So although he's promising to  repair the damage to the forest is

Seems like he isn't doing that. His actions  aren't supporting that. Now notice how they  

were used the adverb here, seemingly seemingly  is to cast some doubt on it so they're saying  

we're not sure if he's  backtracking but this is what

we think right now. So used to express some  doubt, some doubt some uncertainty so they're not

Not 100% positive that the government is  backtracking but right now their actions  

suggest they are. And that's why the government  has come under Fire is being criticized,  

his administration helped Congress, pass a draft  law, that strips the environment and Indigenous  

people ministries of some Powers. When you strip  someone of power or of responsibility, it means

As you take that power or you take that  responsibility away from someone and often,  

it's because that someone abused the power in  some way. So you could say the politician was  

stripped of his title because he was corrupt  for example, or stripped of his power. Because  

of abuse in this case, that doesn't sound  like why they're taking this power away.

That could be why the government has come under  Fire. And by stripping these indigenous people  

Ministries, all of this responsibility or power,  they're weakening their oversight. When you have  

oversight over something, it means that  you are responsible for that something.  

So, if the indigenous people say  we have oversight of the Amazon,

It means that they have responsibility for  the Amazon. So, to have responsibility for  

something responsibility or authority to have  oversight of something. You can also use the  

preposition over oversight of, or oversight  over the Amazon. So, oversight of, or over

And the demarcation of indigenous lands in the  Amazon demarcation is when you mark a border. So  

you identify the border of something a specific  area and you do that. So you know what is in the  

border and what is not in the border. So  if you're building a new house you would

Mark, your property line. So you would dmarc  the area that you own and then anything outside  

of that area. Well, it's saying that you don't  own that, so demarcation of is just the marking  

of you can think of as that the word in there is  Mark to Mark the Border demarcation of indigenous  

lands. And I wrote the definition here for  you and that's the end of the article. So

Now, what I'll do is I'll go to the top and I'll  read the article from start to finish. And this  

time you can focus on my pronunciation Brazil to  host cops, 30 climate Summit in the Amazon. In  

2025, the United Nations has chosen Brazil  to host the international climate meeting,  

cop 30 in the Amazonian city of Belem do pará  in 2025. Cop is the yearly United Nations?

I'm at change conference in which  states discuss and agree on measures  

to deal with the environment. I've  participated in comps in Egypt, Paris,  

Copenhagen and all people talk about is the  Amazon. So why not have the cop in the Amazon  

so people can get to know the Amazon. See its  rivers, its Forest its fauna Lula said in a  

video posted on Twitter, the UN approved  Brazil's bid to host cop 30 on May 18th.

After Lula's request during last year's cop, 27  meeting in Egypt. Belem do pará is a northern  

Brazilian City located in the fringes of the  Amazon forest. It's the capital city of the  

state, a para located on the coast of the Amazon  River Estuary. Lula has promised to tackle Amazon,  

deforestation and repair the damage to the  Amazon caused by his predecessor. But Lula's,

It has come under Fire for seemingly backtracking  on its climate-related electoral promises  

in recent days. His administration  helped Congress passed a draft law,  

that strips the environment and Indigenous  people ministries of some Powers, weakening  

their oversight of Environmental Protections and  the demarcation of indigenous lands in the Amazon.  

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