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In this program, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help

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Syrian rebels have taken control of the country after defeating Bashar Al Assad and his forces.

Assad, who ruled the country for 24 years, has fled Syria to live in Russia.

Many Syrians are celebrating the end of assad's rule, but the future of the country is uncertain.

Let's have our 1st headline After ousting Assad, syrian rebels rushed to impose order in Damascus.

That's from the Wall Street Journal.

And that headline again, after ousting Assad, syrian rebels rushed to impose order in Damascus.

And that's from the Wall Street Journal.

So this headline is about the uncertain situation in Syria and the rebels who want to impose order.

That means restore calm and organization.

But we're interested in this word ousting.

So oust is the verb. What does it mean to oust someone new?

Well, if you oust someone, it means you force them to leave their job or position.

And you can also be ousted, and that means you've been forced to leave your job or position.

OK? So Bashar Al Assad, he was the President of Syria, and now he's been ousted.

He's been forced to leave his job.

That's right. So we often use oust when we're talking about positions of power, e.g., a CEO might be ousted from the company, or a local council might decide to oust the mayor.

And we can also use oust to talk about sports and competitions, e.g., I hope my team don't get ousted from the playoffs this year.

But just note that oust is quite formal, so we see it a lot in stories about power and politics, rather than personal.

Everyday situations. We ve had oust for someone to leave their job or position, e.g., the head teacher has been ousted by the school governors.

He was corrupt. This is learning English on the news uppercast.

About the news headlines today. We are talking about recent events in Syria, where rebel forces have taken control of the country from the Assad government.

So Bashar Al Assad has left Syria to live in Russia.

Before the attack by the rebels, he had controlled Syria for 24 years.

The conflict began in 2011, when the violent response to anti government protests led to a civil war.

Since then, more than half a million people have been killed, and around half of serious population has been displaced, forced to move because of the war.

In the end, ATAS defeat was quick and surprise people around the world.

Let's have another headline. This one is from AP News, how it happened two seismic weeks that toppled syria's government.

And that headline again, how it happened to seismic weeks that toppled syria's government.

That headline is from ap News.

This headline gives a timeline of the events of the last two weeks, and the headline describes the two weeks as seismic.

Now, seismic, I think I've heard this used to talk about earthquakes.

Is that right? Paper. Yes, that's right.

Seismic is usually used to describe something related to or caused by an earthquake.

E.g. we might talk about seismic activity, and this means the movement of the earth because of an earthquake.

But there's no real earthquake in the headline.

Is there? No? Seismic is being used metaphorically in the headline to show that the change in Syria is big and powerful, like an earthquake would be.

And we often use seismic to describe situations that are shocking and could have a big impact on lots of people, changes in government, big events in wars, shocking new stories.

And similarly, you might hear earthquake use metaphorically too.

A surprising election might be called a political earthquake, e.g.

as it has a large and powerful impact on a country.

So we've had seismic describes a large and powerful impact, like an earthquake, E.G.

The new law is a seismic change for human rights in the country.

This is learning English from the news, from BBC, learning English.

We're talking about the change of power in Syria after President Assad

was defeated at the weekend. Around the world, lots of people have been surprised by the fast change in the war and the rebels victory over Assad.

There's also uncertainty over what will happen now in Syria.

There are lots of different groups who are

fighting in the war, and some of them continue to fight each other for control.

The Israeli military has also been taking action in Syria since the defeat of Assad Israel says this is to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of Islamic extremists.

But other countries, such as Turkey, have criticized the military action.

Let's have another headline. This one's from Foreign Policy Magazine, how the World Got Syria Wrong.

That headline again from Foreign Policy Magazine, how the World Got Syria Wrong.

This headline is from an article about the international reaction to the situation in Syria.

Yes, we're interested in the phrase, got Syria wrong.

Can you explain paper? Yes, we know the word wrong.

It means incorrect or not right.

If you literally get something wrong, like a math problem, e.g.

you don't get the right answer, yes, of course, but in the headline, the phrases got Syria wrong.

Now, syria isn't a mass problem.

No. If we get something or someone wrong in this way, it means that we misunderstand that thing or person.

So in the headline, the World got Syria wrong.

It means the world misunderstood the Syrian War by thinking that President Assad couldn't be defeated by the rebels.

Remember, this headline is the opinion of the author.

And we can use get something wrong in another interesting way.

We can use the expression with me, so we could say, don't get me wrong, and that means don't misunderstand me.

We use this if we're saying something that might be controversial or that might upset someone, and we want to be clear.

Yes, e.g., you ask me paper for my feedback on a work project.

And don't get me wrong, I think you've done a great job, but you could strengthen your conclusion.

We've had get something or someone wrong, misunderstand something or someone.

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