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  • Welcome to English at the Movies.

  • American Classics.

  • Where We Teach You American English Heard at the movies.

  • 1987.

  • Movie Broadcast News tells about three employees at a television news company.

  • Jane, a hardworking producer, and Erin, an excellent reporter.

  • Our friends Tom, a good looking news presenter, admits he does not understand his work.

  • Erin worries that Jane desires Tom.

  • Listen for the words.

  • I buried the lead.

  • He personifies everything that you've been fighting against, and I'm in love with you.

  • How do you like that?

  • I buried the lead.

  • I've got to not say that out loud.

  • It takes too much out of What do you think I buried?

  • The lead means Is it a to say something that should not be said or B to include important information too late in a report, he personifies everything that you've been fighting against, and I'm in love with you.

  • How do you like that?

  • I buried the lead.

  • The answer is B to include important information too late in a report.

  • A lead is the first part of a news story that captures the interest of readers or watchers, and that's English at the movies.

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