XA 036 The World Says Goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne

Talking Points
1. Pharmaceutical Firm Receives Approval for Innovative New Drug
2. Financial Sector Witnesses Increased Activity in Digital Payment Solutions
3. Music World Remembers Ozzy Osbourne

Quick Practice
Challenge your knowledge of how to use the word “because.”

Focus Phrase
Thanks to

Beyond the Basics
AI prompts to help you get more study time with this week’s focus language.

Pharmaceutical Firm Receives Approval for Innovative New Drug

Companies that make medicine work very hard to find new ways to help people feel better. One special medicine company just got a big "thumbs up" from the government. This means their brand-new medicine can now be given to people who are sick.

This new medicine is very important because it could help people with sicknesses that were hard to treat before. It's like finding a new key that opens a tricky lock. This good news means more people might get well faster and live healthier lives.

Talking point: How do you think new medicines help people stay healthy?

Language tip: We use the word because to show the reason for something. For example, "The new medicine is important because it can help people get well." It tells us why something is happening!