You should say
-What the news is about?
-Where and when you heard it?
-What you were doing when you heard the news?
-Explain how you felt about this piece of international news?
Model Answer
Introduction
- In the 21st century, it is easy for people around the world to get news and information about things happening around the world in the twinkle of an eye.
- You can know about things happening in other countries or continents by watching TV, reading up on it on your mobile phone or computer.
- I regularly follow up on international news because I like to stay up to date.
What the news is about?
- A piece of international news I heard recently was the abduction of school children in Nigeria, Africa.
- 279 girls were abducted from a government secondary school in Nigeria’s Zamfara state.
- The gun men entered into the student’s hostel and took them to the assembly point.
- They were threatened at gunpoint before being herded into trucks and captured
Where and when you heard it ?
- I was at home when I heard the news.
- I was watching the international news with my family by 8 pm on the Aljazeera news channel.
- I was with my whole family as we all loved to listen to the news.
What you were doing when you heard the news?
- I just had dinner after which we were all reclining around the living area.
- My mother had a cup of juice with her and it almost slipped from her shock
Explain how you felt about this piece of international news?
- I mostly felt shocked that such a thing could be done.
- I also wondered about the kind of security that was around the school for that large number of girls to be taken without anyone coming to their rescue.
- I also wondered what the Nigerian government was doing about the situation because they had to be in the news frequently because of insecurity and terrorism.
- I prayed the girls were found on time and that none of them was raped or killed.
- I hoped that their government became proactive and that the girls were found and reunited with their families very soon.
Conclusion
With international news, you get to be informed of the occurrence around the globe.
Part-3 : Follow up Questions @Smart Alpine Education
1. Why do people listen to the news?
People listen to the news to stay up to date with things happening both in the country and around the world. It is important to listen to the news because things change every day, the government could implement new policies that concern everyone and it would be announced on the news.Listening to the news also gives information about other countries and places, we can know which country is safe at the moment and which is not by listening to the news. There are sports news, fashion news, business news, and people who have dealings in those niches must listen to the news to keep themselves current.
2. What is the source of news in your country?
In India, we have various sources of news, radios are very important ways to get information. Almost everyone has it in their homes and we have portable ones that can be carried about so you are sure to get your news even on the go. Television is also an important source of news, apart from rendering visual imagery one can always switch channels to cover more news.Televisions are in houses, offices, bars hotels and this makes it easy to access news almost everywhere. For the younger generation, getting the news from our phones and laptops is very easy. There are numerous news channels and apps to subscribe to.