Charles III has been crowned King of the UK and the Commonwealth of Nations in a coronation ceremony. Members of the Royal Family and senior politicians from around the world attended. Various events took place over the weekend, including a special concert and street parties. But not everyone has been celebrating. Police controversially arrested anti-monarchy protesters on the day.
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Key words and phrases:
🔎 touching - emotional
- This book is really touching. It's based on soldiers' stories from the First World War.
- I found my friend's speech at graduation really touching.
🔎 wingman - a supportive person
- My grandad was a wingman in the Red Arrows. He supported all the other pilots in the air.
- Will you come on a double date with me? I need a wingman.
🔎 bolts - moves quickly
- She bolted down the stairs when she realised how late she was.
- I bolted to the supermarket but I was too late. It had just closed.
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✔️ 2:45 - Headline 2
✔️ 4:19 - Headline 3
✔️ 5:40 - Language summary
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The coronation of a king
- Charles III is crowned. This is News Review from
BBC Learning English. I'm Neil. And I'm Beth.
Make sure you watch to the end to learn vocabulary
to talk about this story. Don't forget to subscribe
to our channel, like this video and try the quiz on our website. Now, the story. Charles III has been
crowned King of the UK and other Commonwealth realms
in a coronation ceremony. Members of the Royal Family and
senior politicians from around the world attended.
Various eve
nts took place over the weekend,
including a special concert and street parties. But not
everyone has been celebrating. Police controversially arrested
anti-monarchy protesters on the day. You've been looking at
the headlines, Beth. What's the vocabulary? We have touching,
wingman and bolts. This is News Review from BBC
Learning English. Let's look at
our first headline. This is from The Guardian. The Coronation review – immaculately
rehearsed, touching and Shakespearean. So, the headline is say
ing that the
coronation was immaculately rehearsed – that means practised
until it was perfect. But we are looking at 'touching'
and 'touch', physically, is this. What's the sense here, though? Well, if you touch
something physically, then you feel it. But if you touch
something metaphorically, then it is emotional, and that's
the meaning of 'touching' here. It's literally like a feeling
reaches out and touches you. And the headline is saying that
the coronation was an emotional event. That's ri
ght. And we can use
'touching' to describe other things. For example, maybe your
friend gives a speech at graduation and you find
it very emotional. It's touching. Yes. Perhaps you're reading a book
about soldiers returning from a war, meeting their families
for the first time in a long time. It's touching.
It's emotional. Let's look at that again. Let's have our next headline. This is from The Times. Coronation concert: I'll be your wingman, Tom Cruise
tells King Charles – as it happened. We're
looking at 'wingman'. It's made up of two parts – 'wing' and 'man'. The first part, 'wing' is this. That helps a plane or a bird fly.
'man' – we all know 'man'. Put them together
– 'wingman'. What's the sense?
Is it connected to flying? It is. So, think of a group of planes
flying together. The 'wingman' is the pilot that flies
on the wing, so behind and to the side
of the other planes. OK. So, it is the pilot
that supports the other pilots and support is the key
to understanding this here. So,
Tom Cruise is basically saying
that he would support King Charles. Yes, exactly. And the reason that
Tom Cruise says this is because he played a pilot in the film
Top Gun, and also King Charles is a trained pilot.
He was in the Royal Air Force. But there's another meaning
of 'wingman', isn't there Neil? Yes. So, a 'wingman' is a friend who supports
another friend. For example, you might be out with a group
of friends and a male friend in particular wants some support
in trying to meet a partner
. That is a 'wingman'. Let's look at that again. Let's have our next headline. This is from Forbes. Prince Harry shunned
from Buckingham Palace balcony and soon bolts for airport. So, Prince Harry was shunned
from the balcony - it means he wasn't included. We are looking at 'bolts',
which is a verb, but it might be useful to
think of it as a noun. A lightning bolt. Yes, it's definitely
helpful to think of that because a lightning bolt is something
that happens very quickly and 'to bolt' as a ver
b
means to leave or escape very fast. Yes. And in fact Prince Harry
did leave the Coronation very quickly and there was some controversy
about him attending at all. Yes, there was. Now, note in the
headline, it uses the preposition 'for' – 'bolts for'
plus a place, in this case, the airport, and we can
also say 'bolt to' a place. For example, you might bolt to
the supermarket before it closes. And 'bolt down' is also possible. It means doing something in a hurry. So, you could bolt down
the stai
rs if you need to leave your house quickly
or bolt down your food if you're really hungry or you need to eat quickly. Let's look at that again. We've had 'touching' – emotional, 'wingman' – a supportive person
and 'bolts' – moves quickly. And if you enjoy learning English
with stories about the Royal Family, there's another episode of News
Review you can watch here. Don't forget to click here to subscribe to our
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