News Review: Macron renews global warming fight

source: BBC Learning English    2017年12月12日
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French president Macron hopes Trump will join the 'One Planet' climate change summit. Dan and Catherine teach you how to use language from this news story in your everyday English.
The story: 
France aims to reinvigorate international efforts to tackle global warming as a summit gets underway in the French capital two years since the Paris accord was signed.
President Macron says he believes the United States will commit to the agreement despite Donald Trump’s announcement of America’s withdrawal.


Key words and phrases: 
flock: come together in large numbers
offsets: balances or counteracts
undercut: weaken or make less important