Lesson 2.4.2, Year 2 American English Lessons with Maestro Sersea

  • American English News Words: Today you will watch a news vocabulary video which explains a word or term used in news stories. Try to understand the word or term discussed in this video:

  • Learning English TV: Watch this one-minute Learning English news program and try to understand what it means:

  • Identify what you learned today from this lesson. You can either explain what today’s news word means or give a short summary of the short news program you watched in the comments section below:

15 thoughts on “Lesson 2.4.2, Year 2 American English Lessons with Maestro Sersea

  1. Hello everyone,
    In the first video they explain a word that means a form of terrorism. This word is ‘mercenaries’.
    In the second video we speak about different news through the world. The same news are watched in televisions.

  2. Hello, I am Albertine
    I learned news word “mercenarie” which means a soldier who takes part in a military conflict for personal interests . It is also an outside of the conflict and not a member of an official military .

  3. Hello. I’m Danijela.
    I first video I learned who the mercenaries. Mercenaries are soldiers who take part in attacks or provoke conflict etc…for personal profit and they aren’t member of an official military.
    In second video I learned news fro different parts of the world.
    Thank you very much Maestro Sersea.

  4. Let me summarize in short,
    Early on July 07th, the President of the Carribean Nation of Haiti,Jovenel Moise,was killed in his presidential home.
    Haitians officials say the group of Mercenaries made up of Colombians and two American Haities carried out the attacks, days later Marcenaries police announced the arrest of Christians. Sanon who said helped the actions for personal profit.A marcenary is an outsider to the conflict and not a member of an official military.

  5. hello everyone
    1) summary News
    – In the Philippines, begin a new coronavirus restriction periods.
    – US President permit to citizen of Hong Kong to live and work in the country for 18 months
    – Between Lebanon and Israel there are new missile attacks
    – In Japan, The olympic chief praises the Tokyo 2020 games.
    2) What did I learned?
    new words: Mercenary, rushing, seizes, crackdown, rocket launcher.
    Thanh you Maestro

  6. Hello , hind from Iraq.
    Early on July 7th
    Jovone Moise was killed in his presidential home.
    Mercenaries.
    Haitian officials say group of mercenaries mad up of 26 Colombians, and two Haitian Americans carried out the attack , days later Haitian police announced the arrest of christian who they say helped organize.
    The action a mercenary is a soldier who takes past in military conflict for personal profit .
    A mercenary is an outsider to the conflict, and not a member of an official military.

  7. Hello, hind from Iraq.
    August /6/2021
    In the Philippines Manila begging a new coronavirus restriction with thousands of people rushing to get vaccinated , after fals
    Reports of punishments for the unvaccinated .

    -US president Joe Biden permits Hong Kong citizens in the US to live and work in the country for 18 mounts in respond to the crackdown under the new security law .

    -Lebanon the army seizes rocket launchers used to attack Israel has answer with strikes in Lebanon on Hezbollah militant target.

    -in Japan , Olympic chief Thomas Bach praises the Tokyo 2020 games although coronavirus cost concern reman

  8. Lesson 2.4.2. Year 2,
    News Word: ” Mercenary ”
    As I understand it means ” A soldier who will fight for a group or country that hires him.”
    or
    ” A person hired to fight for another country than their own.”

  9. Lesson 2.4.2, Year 2
    Learning English TV: one- Minute news program.
    * First news about a fake news report. The media has become so powerful that human beings got confused about false news.
    *In Japan in spite of coronavirus and cost concerns remain the chief of Olympic Thomas Bash praised the Tokyo 2020 games.
    * American government made a new law for the citizen of Hong Kong to stay and work in the country for 18 months.

    1. Hello! I learned a new word ” mercenairies” that mean a soldier who takes part to the conflict military for personaly profit and he isn’t a official member military

  10. Greetings Maestro Sersea
    In Philipine Manila begins a new Coronavirus restriction period with thousnad of people rushing to get vaccinate after a false report of punishment to the unvaccinated
    In the Us President Joe Biden permits to Hong Kong citizens to live and work in the country in response to the crackdown under the new security law.
    In Libano the army has seizes a rocket launchers used in the attack to Israel and Israel has answered the strike on Hesbollah military target.
    In Japan Olimpic Chift Thomas Blach has praises the Tokio 2020 games although Coronavirius and cost concern remain.

  11. Hello,
    I learned a new word “mercenary” that is a soldier who takes part in military conflict for personal profit or
    a mercenary is an outsider to the conflict and not a member of an official military.
    Thanks.

  12. Hello! I am Singuon
    I first video I learned new words
    1-Mercenaries are soldiers who take a part in military conflict for personal profit and they aren’t member of an official military.
    2- Arrest= catch the attention, arrest suspect person.
    3- announce = give a formal notice to public to aware information.
    In second video
    Pillipines in country begins a new Coronavirus restriction with thousand of people rushing to get vaccinated after report of punishment for unvacinated.
    – In Japan, Olympic chief, Thomas Bach praised the Tokyo 2020 games,
    although coronavirus as cost concern remain.
    Thank you.

  13. Hello!
    The summary news in NEWS WORDS:
    – Haiti: The presidente was killed, and the Haitian police announced the arrest of the person who helped and organized the mercenaries to carried up the attack.
    – Philipines: Manila begins a new coronavirus restriction.
    – United States of America: President Joe Biden permits Hong Kong citizen in the U.S. to live and work in the country for 18 months.
    – Lebanon: Continues the attack against israel.
    This videos always are good helper to continue improving my listening, reading and comprehension English learning: at this time I learn new words, like: MERCENARY, CRACKDOWN AND CONCERNS.
    Thank you so mucho Maestro Sersea.

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