California boards must have women: BBC News Review
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
- California's requirement that companies listed on the stock market have at least one woman on their board was fought hard by business lobby groups. Well, now the law has passed they are not happy and warn it could be difficult to implement.
Almost 100 big firms which have got their headquarters in California have no women at all in their boardroom and they've now got three years to make the appointments or face fines of up to $300,000.
Key words and phrases
ponders
considers; thinks about (something) carefully
• He often ponders his future.
• I have been pondering over which colour to paint my house.
it's high time
it's overdue; it should have happened already
• It's high time we had a smoking ban!
• When are you two going to get married? It's high time you did!
raise their hands
volunteer; express a desire to become involved in something
• Several people raised their hands when the boss emailed to ask for a volunteer.
• Thank you for raising your hand and taking control of the project.
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useful expressions. By the way, I don't consider this equality law leads to good results, because it forces companies to do thing that probably they don't want. It's an obvious sign of government intervention.
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She sat back for a minute to PONDER her next move in the game
(From dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/ponder)
It was a difficult decision and I PONDERED ON it for a long time before making up my mind.
(From www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=ponder)
After the election, we PONDERED WHETHER the parties should change their leaders, their policies, OR both.
(From dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/if-or-whether)
*We use WHETHER and not if... after prepositions
It's high time to ponder over learning English seriously. There are myriad of learning resources and I raised my hands for choosing BBC!
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i really enjoyed NEWS REVIEW, its high time I should have started watching in the past
Better late than never amjad ali! We're pleased to have you with us. Great use of 'high time'!
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The two programs I really like are News Review & Tim's Pronunciation Workshop.
Useful & helpful!
I think meaning of ponder is pretty much near to reflecting but pondering is about the make decision and reflecting is thinking about past isnt ıt?
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Impressive program but I wish you added English subtitle
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indeed I am also ponder.In BBC Team all members are superb and well spoken.I have learned number of vocabulary.
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love their voice :X
feels like "ponder" is similar to "think through" or "contemplate".
Please don't squander your time anymore it's high time finished your courses
Slight and very helpful show but, I am pondering while reading the description because the word is "ponders" and examples for "step down".
Good use of 'pondering'! We've added the correct examples now. Thanks for pointing that out!
examples of ponder explaining the meaning of step down.........check again description
All sorted!
Its high time guys I could have subscribed this channel before.......
Thanku for providing quiz on the website.
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"And it's high time, cymbaline" in a nice song by Pink Floyd!
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Caption please 🥺
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Kindly can we have some lessons about our daily activities and routine in English .. Thanks a lot in advance 😊
There's a mistake in the description under the video, in the word "ponders" examples.
Oops - we've fixed that now. Thanks for letting us know!
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nice
Great !! ... but the examples for "ponders" are wrong, actually they refer to "step down" ... ;) anyway You are great
Thanks dj renno - we've put the correct examples for 'ponders' in now. Thanks for letting us know - you're great too!
I will improve my English
To explain the meaning of ponders, the sentence given below is wrong. It's from earlier one
Sorry about that Paps Biju! We've fixed it now.
Hello Team of BBC News Review
Now I have to memorize a new vocabulary
Yet another nail in the coffin of the 14th Amendment. Not only does this law prevent equal protection; it actually forces UNequal protection for men!
I just see Tom for the first time, he looks nice.😊
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Is Tom a new member of BBC learning English? His voice is attractive :)
Tom's been with BBC Learning English for a while - but it's his first time on the News Review team. We're glad you like him!
BBC Learning English does Tom will replace Rob in all of the News Review programs??? Please tell me he won't!!! Tom is great but I'd miss Rob so much
Have a new member!
Yes - Tom is the latest recruit to the News Review team.
The exemples below 'ponders' are a bit strange, aren't they?
You're right - they were from a previous episode! We've fixed them now.
we know Rob likes to steal biscuit, always Rob
Sorry, I do like my biscuits! (Rob)
How can I find like that daily?
We have anew News Review video every Tuesday. Have you seen all our previous episodes? ruclips.net/p/PLcetZ6gSk968l1s4WuxwyhiyEUmg5GOZC
could you put subtitles in English? Please.
Hi Milagros! Thank you for your comment. News Review is an 'as-live' programme meant for more fluent English learners. As a result, it is not subtitled. In this way we hope to help learners to better improve their listening. However, we realise this may be difficult for many and suggest that if this is the case, you visit our website and take a look at the wide-variety of other programmes we offer. www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/ There's something for everyone! Thank you again!
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We love you too :-)
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Board member's as a equal in gender.
wellcom Tom!
Tom says 'thanks' :-)
Thank you so much. I hope you have a sub on video to easy for people learning English. :D
Ponder # step down!!!
A human error 😮
Please, be notified!
Thanks for notifying us - we've fixed it now.
Is it called human right? No women in the boardroom
Thanks