Milan ice cream ban: BBC News Review

For many, ice cream, pizza and Italy go hand in hand. Now the northern city of Milan has plans to ban the sale of these famous Italian foods late at night. The city’s council is considering the move because of complaints about noise from local residents. Critics of the plan say it will damage local businesses.
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Key words and phrases
poised - ready for action
🔎 The cat was poised to jump on the mouse.
🔎 The company is poised to announce massive job cuts.
declares war on - tries to defeat
🔎 The school governors declared war on vaping among students.
🔎 The government has said it’s declaring war on unemployment.
sort of - in a way; kind of
🔎 It’s sort of spring, but it’s still really cold.
🔎 I sort of want to go to this party, but there are also people I want to avoid.
✔️ 0:00 - Introduction
✔️ 0:26 - Story
✔️ 1:16 - Headline 1
✔️ 2:38 - Headline 2
✔️ 4:05 - Headline 3
✔️ 5:34 - Language summary
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[@bbclearningenglish]

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[@geridelbello4480]

Don't worry, it's just an ordinance that prohibits takeaway sales after midnight in certain areas of the city.
I live in Milan and last night I ate an excellent pizza!

[@paolalunghi2099]

I agree. Gelato is delicious. No one wants to damage such a business. They are just trying to meet local people's complaints about night noises and such stuff. Be sure we'll have plenty of homemade gelato. 😅

[@richkynguyen5626]

Couldn't agree more. News headlines always say that the whole city had something happen, even when the event only happened in a specific area.

[@Carolina-Fiddler]

Great, so these were just clickbait headlines)) So we can keep calmato, eat gelato))

[@iamrobot396]

why would you prohibit takeaway??

[@maxharbig1167]

Click bait! Certain places have been banned from providing, after midnight, take away foods that are consumed in the street because of residents complaining about noise levels. BTW gelato is not the same as the ice cream in the UK and elsewhere.

[@outlawJosieFox]

Dairy free ??

[@rubensfilho9774]

Banning ice cream, that's so silly

[@keretaapiindonesia_]

But i love coffe

[@arkarmin4769]

Yeap but they only want to declare war on ice-cream at the midnight,so it's mean ice-cream and other kind of food which is related with ice-cream is available anytime except midnight.

[@user-fl6mh6vi9h]

They want to decrease a street noise and too loud people conversation at midnight in pizzas shops.

[@trulyso734]

@@user-fl6mh6vi9h how naive
It is about something else.. always. The world is weirrrd normal now

[@vincentruvo6988]

Shocking and scandalous!

[@VoltaireParis]

thanks a lot, this is really well presented and helpful.

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[@ilyinkonstantin]

Thanks for your video! You create good comparisons for new expressions or words

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Glad you like them!

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What a topic … thanks👏

[@kareny5438]

I clicked on this video to find out why they are banning ice cream in Milan and got a great English lesson! 😂 I'm born in US and these are very common terms but I've really never thought about what they really mean or how it can be confusing to non native English speakers.

[@Vongreimbf109]

Im an asian never had proper eng language skill edu and i completely understand it without detail explaination..just used to read and watch books and videos alot in eng

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​@Vongreimbf109 American English is quite different to British English. Native speakers here in the UK might learn from this, as standards in education here in the UK have sadly declined.

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Thanks!! Could Phill speak louder please? It's hard to hear him in the videos.

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Ridiculous 😮

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The lady has an AU accent, hasnt she?

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Great content. How about adding pictures of the vocabulary?

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the volume is very low, thanks for your work i love it, however.

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Glad you enjoyed it - are you sure the volume is low? It's the same as all the other programmes.

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I would say maybe there is something wrong with Phil's microphone.I can hear Beth's voice quite clearly，but I can barely hear Phil's.

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I replay to ”sort of” ＆ “kind of” ＆ try to pronounce these 2 phase.

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Shocked and so sad 😞

[@sgtpepperz25]

If you live in a city expect people to be there...or move to the countryside.

[@fighting1099]

In my country, about 50% of accidents are caused by alcohol. So the government declared war on drinking before driving. They are poised to a new policy that bans drunk drivers.

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poised to a new policy?
poused the present or it I'm implement it sure sure ....but...

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surprising news.

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Where is gorgi,

[@giannidalessio1100]

"Kind of the blue" it's a famous LP of Miles Davis.

[@medardbitangimana4580]

I'm of the view that Ban and Ice cream should never exist in the same sentence

[@Bruno-tx7or]

INCREDIBLE

[@oksanagundinovich3933]

These headlines attract attention)

[@fireworm91]

You forgot to tell that people who complained weren't born in italy...

[@CarlosJeong]

My boss declares war on working on weekend.

[@ambedkarkorapati3870]

An issue as unimportant and worthless as a partial ban on some food items in a city in one of the European countries has been chosen as the subject of BBC learning English in this video.As far as teaching vocabulary is concerned, it's ok. I wish the BBC had chosen a newsworthy topic.

[@evandros.a5049]

Good solution at night is buying ice cream and pizza take away or delivery. People eat them at home and don't make a noise on the street.

[@freefromcage5516]

vocabulary is very useful 🥰

[@benjaminestrada8788]

Thanks a lot BBC. Greetings from Mexico.

[@bbclearningenglish]

Thank you for watching!

[@tjr4459]

You can always count on a city council somewhere coming up with stupid ideas.

[@SpaceLoverDhram]

Awesome

[@fauzanhafidsaputra7219]

your video is absolutely wonderful for who want to speak english fluently like me and i poised to learn it more

[@poupee9564]

Banning ice cream sounds as if it were a kids' movie about a badass guy and goodie icecreamers

[@ludmilaivanova1603]

108 минутa очень правильно! эти мысли должны дойти до масс! Суть событий.

[@rubensfilho9774]

Greetings from Brasil

[@shaluhellotalk3464]

Hola

[@Michelle_Wellbeck]

You should have taught "editorialization" or "sensationalizing" headlines

[@AleskerKerimov]

👍

[@nicolarollinson4381]

When I was somewhere in Italy, exactly where escapes me🤔, I tried the world famous ice cream and was, frankly, unimpressed....iced coffee, on the other hand, bellisimo 😂🤔...delicious 💕

[@dade4537]

War on makes it sound like there's an epicly huge struggle that's been going on in depth for months and years with tons of attorneys tirelessly fighting day in and day out with tons of money being put into this and loads of protests. All that's actually happening is a few sentences read at a board meeting only to be swept under the rug by next week. Get a life.

[@fer_bar.76]

Georgie, where is Georgie? Phil is good boy but, I prefer to Georgie 😊

[@bbclearningenglish]

😊 Don't worry, Georgie is still with us and she will continue to be in our News Review programmes.

[@user-kv8cw4md5s]

The app was very useful 😢

[@claudiavelasco1103]

¿Es en serio?.... ¿Deberían mostrar a la persona que tiene tan "brillantes ideas" para terminar con una tradición tan bella y deliciosa?....

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Biz ko'pmiz😂

[@dade4537]

"vocablury"

[@UnShredded]

"what's the vocabulary that people needs", wait what did you say?

[@tammytsang3487]

It is unbelievable that Milan is ready to ban ice cream and pizza. This new policy is sort of stupid in my humble opinion.

[@user-hg7so6cl6z]

When the college was poised to merge with another college, students were outraged and declared war on the president.
So there was sort of protest.
My dog was poised to run away for avoiding to take a shower.

[@javadshirazi9199]

Thx bbc❤

[@user-yq1yh9rt8f]

Please use English when you comment

[@briseboy]

My best english includes gelato, spumoni, and ciao bella, which does differ from ciao bellowhich word for war there, may difer from english bellow, but amounts to the same offensive loud thing that humans do. War, fireworks, fuochi all that!

[@saisai5655]

People in Milan doesn't know the taste of ice-cream.😂

[@renatamondello3459]

Totally agree 😂

[@opeyemiibrahim258]

Please explain this one: Farmers' protest party win shock Dutch vote victory - BBC News

[@emilygooner9697]

Always the same those who live in city centre are millionaires and they want the city to be silent 😂 what about night life economy?

[@user-kv3sv8ro8t]

We understand that the ice cream is not healthy

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Hello from London!

[@SherienElBehery]

👍👏💐

[@stargazeronesixseven]

😮🙏 We think the Milan Town Council is not banning Ice-Cream or Pizza but reduced the Operating Hours at night to 9:30pm so as not to disturb the residents who sleep early ... 🌷🌿🌍✌💜🕊🇮🇹

[@siljamary4115]

#Poised-ready for action
#Declares war on-trying to defeat
#Sort of-kinda/in a way.

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[@lmusima3275]

Ice cream 🍨 tastes nice 👍 but it’s not nutritious

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Hi
How are you?

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I'm fine what about you?

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Thanks

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What level speaking English do you have?

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Мне нравится, что Рустамов сказал о приватизации Победы.

[@_aidid]

The news seemed hilarious at first, then I found out that it is real 😅

[@myleather7]

1. Australian Government poised to crack down visa applications.
2. Australian Government declares war on gender based domestic violence.
3. It is sort of very serious criminal action.
😊

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Much love from South India
Blessings!
Jesus Christ loves you all ❤

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Я смотрелa сегодня встречу с Алексеем Сафоновым и Парфеновым в его детском красном платке с названием партии. кто это предложил? Это выглядит смешно, а не круто. Внешний вид значит многое! Оно должно быть модным, острым, привлекательным. Вам нужно понять. Когда мы помним о революции, мы всегда помним одежду, особенную для нее, это было круто! Песни, которые вы используете - это имеет огромное значение!
Вы должны выглядеть круто, как-то продвигать местного производителя и модельеров. Вся ваша энергия уходит на борьбу между вами.

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T

[@Tage-in-Weimar]

You may ban everything, but please not this channel!

[@user-bl3oj2wq3b]

Make a video about Rohingya

[@kewintaylor7056]

I think everyone love ice cream😮
Ban it just like u express your hate towards mass of people that love it!😢
What kind of politician that ban ice cream?😂

[@Brainbaskit]

I'm from USA...what language are these presenters speaking??

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India stands with Israel

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India stand with Israel 🤡 No India doesn't stand with War Criminals

[@gabyshepherd8855]

SMART folks do stand with the content of the actual video topic! Uff. Who cares here others’ political poppycock opinion they stand for whatever countries? B O R I N G folks. Edit: for God’s sake just enjoy what you can see; learn, improve your English, broaden your mind. Better for you and the world.

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Free Palestine ❤

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