Hottest week ever: BBC News Review

Hotter weather has never been recorded. The UN says that the first week of July had the highest average global temperature ever measured. This could have significant effects on the planet. Hurricanes, tropical cyclones, heavy rain and drought could all become more likely as a result.
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👉Key words and phrases:
just getting started
🔎a suggestion that there is more to come
I'm enjoying this new job, and I'm just getting started.
This trip is exciting and it's just getting started!

uncharted territory
🔎a situation not previously experienced
We can't predict the implications of this new technology. We're in uncharted territory.
Because we're in uncharted territory, we can't use the strategies we used before.

scorches
🔎burn the surface of something with extreme heat
Oh no! I scorched my shirt with the iron.
You can see the black marks where it got scorched in the fire.

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✔️ 0:24 - Story
✔️ 1:11 - Headline 1
✔️ 2:26 - Headline 2
✔️ 3:44 - Headline 3
✔️ 5:06 - Language summary

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