US Secret Service Responds to Iranian Video Threat Against Barron Trump
Listen to the story
Iranian state TV showed a video about Barron Trump.
Barron Trump is the son of US President Donald Trump.
The video offers $10 million to kill him.
This is called a bounty.
The US Secret Service protects the US president and his family.
The Secret Service said it knows about the video.
The video is part of tension between Iran and the US.
News reports call this an Iran-US war.
The US has not shared many details yet.
People around the world are watching this story.
The Secret Service will keep Barron Trump safe.
Vocabulary15 words
- bounty
- money offered to hurt or kill someone
- Secret Service
- US group that protects the president and family
- Iran-US war
- conflict or fight between Iran and the US
- state TV
- TV channel controlled by the government
- assassinate
- to kill an important person
- threat
- a warning to hurt someone
- president
- the leader of a country
- aware
- knowing about something
- target
- the person someone wants to hurt
- tension
- unfriendly feeling between groups
- protect
- to keep someone safe
- video
- moving pictures with sound
- respond
- to answer or react
- official
- a person who works for the government
- safety
- being free from danger
Quiz
Answer key
1. Barron Trump 2. $10 million 3. The Secret Service
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Iranian state TV showed a _____ about Barron Trump.
Barron Trump is the _____ of US President Donald Trump.
The video offers $10 _____ to kill him.
This is called a _____.
The US _____ protects the US president and his family.
The Secret Service said it knows about the _____.
The video is part of _____ between Iran and the US.
News reports call this an Iran-US _____.
The US has not shared many _____ yet.
The Secret Service will keep Barron Trump _____.
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