Taylor Swift wedding
7/8/20268 min
Taylor Swift has married American Football player Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Hear about this news story in simpler English and learn interesting vocabulary from the news headlines.
Test what you've learnt with a free worksheet about this episode:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260708
Subscribe to our newsletter to get weekly tips and updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/send/u178220599
If learning English from the news is useful for your studies, you should check out 'The Listening Room' - BBC news reports with exam-style questions to help you with your listening skills: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the_listening_room
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.
Speaker 20:03
How did a boy called Jimmy become a billionaire from posting videos?
Speaker 10:09
On Good Bad Billionaire, we're gonna find out how the world's most popular YouTuber, MrBeast, made his fortune.
Speaker 20:15
He's buried himself in a coffin for days- Counted to 100,000 on camera ... and even recreated Squid Games, all in an attempt to go viral on the internet.
Speaker 10:23
But it all started when he gave a homeless man $10,000. So is he a philanthropist reshaping capitalism?
Speaker 20:29
Or is he just the king of the attention economy?
Speaker 10:32
Find out on Good Bad Billionaire.
Speaker 20:34
Listen on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Georgie· Host0:36
From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.
Pippa· Host0:45
In this programme, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce get married.
Georgie· Host0:50
Hello, I'm Georgie.
Pippa· Host0:55
And I'm Pippa.
Georgie· Host0:56
In this programme, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
Pippa· Host1:03
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode, as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
Georgie· Host1:10
Okay, Pippa, let's hear more about this story.
Pippa· Host1:14
Pop star Taylor Swift has married American football player Travis Kelce at a huge wedding in New York City. Are you a big Swiftie, Georgie?
Georgie· Host1:28
I... I'm not a