News stories are excellent to help us develop our English listening skills, as we can use them for general understanding and for listening for detail.
The story of Teri Weissinger sounds unbelievable to be true and remind us of the film The Terminal, starred by Tom Hanks.
Self-study activity:
1) Watch the news story and explain Teri Weissinger's plight in your own words.
2) Watch the news item again. What do the following phrases and figures refer to?
San Francisco International Airport
stairway
eight
baggage fees
Idaho
$30
five years ago
$60
$150
$1,000
anxiety
$210
a refund
You can check the answers by reading an approximate transcript of the story here.
