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Prince William has arrived in Brazil for

his first official visit where he'll

host his annual environmental

competition, the Earthshot Prize. Whilst

he's there, he'll also deliver a speech

at the COP climate conference. Well,

let's go live to Rio and our South

America correspondent Ioni Wells, who is

there. And I this is a hugely important

trip for Prince William. But of course,

the worries will be that it's all going

to be overshadowed by everything we've

seen with Prince Andrew.

That's right. Certainly, the news about

his uncle Andrew has been dominating the

headlines over the last week or so, and

that has been, I think, certainly among

officials in the palace, a concern that

that would overshadow some of the events

that he is doing here in Rio. I I think

from Prince William's perspective, this

trip is about trying to sort of shift

the narrative back towards uh some of

the themes that it's thought he might

try to define his future reign one day

by largely climate issues, but also

issues around young people in

particular. Today, he he kicked off his

visit here in Rio by visiting the

Sugarloaf Mountain, which you might be

able to see behind me, one of the most

iconic sites of the city of Rio de

Janeiro. He was there with the city's

mayor. Uh I think a lot of tourists were

somewhat taken by surprise to see the

prince suddenly turn up at the top of

the cable car uh where he proceeded to

go and take selfies with various

different people up there. The main

reason why he's here though is that uh

he is hosting this annual Earth Shot

Prize here on Wednesday where various

different climate solutions from around

the world are nominated for what is a

significant amount of prize money uh to

to essentially back their uh initiatives

before he goes on to the COP 30 climate

summit which is going to be hosted in

the Amazon city of BM starting later

this week. Now he's there in place of

his father King Charles. Uh it's thought

though that the two of them wrote his

speech together. Uh and that this is as

I say something that he will want to

sort of turn a lot of his attention to.

I think it's thought that like his

father climate issues are certainly

something he would want to be part of

his future reign.

>> And I only just take us through a little

more about what is on the diary just in

the next 24 hours or so.

Well, most of the events that he's uh

doing here in Rio are largely to do with

either climate issues or young people.

Now, we aren't really able to get very

close to him, as is often the case with

these royal visits. Uh but we do know

that as I say he started off this

morning up at the Sugarloaf Mountain

meeting the mayor talking to him uh both

about the connection between Brazil uh

and also the UK but also it it's been

reported that Prince William was asking

quite a lot of questions about uh issues

affecting the city uh about fllas in the

city too. Uh this comes just days after

the deadliest ever police raid at one of

the fllas here in Rio. Something that

has shocked the city to its core. Uh

there were more than 100 people killed

in that police raid which police said

were were target was targeting uh one of

the criminal gangs the commando in Rio

and certainly I think from the mayor's

perspective here this is an issue that

is still very much front and center of

residents minds. Uh it is something as I

say that Prince William seems to have

asked about asking about fllas asking

about some of the different communities

in this city trying to learn more about

it. It's thought that some of the events

that he will be carrying out over the

next couple of days will include meeting

various community leaders, meeting young

people, meeting sports figures as well

here in Brazil before Wednesday, which

is really the key event here in the city

when he hosts the Earthshot prize. Now

uh I believe that five different winners

will be nominated each receiving a

million pounds towards their initiatives

and the different initiatives uh

widespread around the world. One of the

nominees for example is uh a company in

the UK that's created a kind of filter

for water to try and eliminate uh

microplastics from the water system.

Others is a government initiative for

example here in Brazil trying to provide

funding for countries that will tackle

deforestation. So he will likely be

meeting with a lot of the different

nominees and eventually awarding the

prize

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
arrive /əˈraɪv/ A1	verb - to reach a place, especially at the end of a journey
visit /ˈvɪzɪt/ A1	verb - to go to see and spend time with someone or at a place noun - an act of going to see someone or a place
host /hoʊst/ A2	verb - to organize and provide the space for an event noun - a person who organizes an event
environmental /ˌɛn.vɑː.rənˈmɛn.təl/ B1	adjective - relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition
competition /ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ A2	noun - a contest where people compete against each other
deliver /dɪˈlɪv.ər/ A2	verb - to give a speech or presentation
speech /spiːtʃ/ A1	noun - a formal talk given to an audience
climate /ˈklaɪ.mət/ B1	noun - the weather conditions in an area over a long period
conference /ˈkɑːn.fər.əns/ B1	noun - a formal meeting for discussion
official /əˈfɪʃ.əl/ A2	adjective - relating to a person's duty or role in an organization noun - a person holding public office
overshadow /ˌoʊ.vərˈʃæd.oʊ/ B2	verb - to make something seem less important by being more noticeable
initiative /ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/ B1	noun - a new plan or process to achieve something
iconic /aɪˈkɒn.ɪk/ B2	adjective - very famous and recognized by people
community /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.ti/ A2	noun - a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
deforestation /ˌdiː.fɒr.ɪˈsteɪ.ʃən/ C1	noun - the cutting down of trees over a large area
nominate /ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/ B2	verb - to formally suggest someone for a prize or position
eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ B2	verb - to remove or get rid of something
funding /ˈfʌn.dɪŋ/ B1	noun - money provided for a particular purpose

Key Grammar Structures

• Prince William has arrived in Brazil for his first official visit where he'll host his annual environmental competition, the Earthshot Prize.

  ➔ Relative Clause with 'where'

  ➔ 'Where' introduces a relative clause that provides more information about a place (Brazil). It indicates the location where the action (hosting the competition) takes place.

• Whilst he's there, he'll also deliver a speech at the COP climate conference.

  ➔ Conjunction 'Whilst' indicating simultaneous actions

  ➔ 'Whilst' means 'while' or 'during the time that'. Here, it indicates that delivering the speech at the conference happens during his time in Brazil.

• But of course, the worries will be that it's all going to be overshadowed by everything we've seen with Prince Andrew.

  ➔ Passive Voice with 'be overshadowed'

  ➔ The passive voice 'be overshadowed' emphasizes that the Earthshot Prize event might be less noticed because of the Prince Andrew situation, rather than specifying who is doing the overshadowing. 'Going to be' expresses future probability.

• That's right. Certainly, the news about his uncle Andrew has been dominating the headlines over the last week or so, and that has been, I think, certainly among officials in the palace, a concern that that would overshadow some of the events that he is doing here in Rio.

  ➔ Subjunctive mood ('would overshadow')

  ➔ 'Would overshadow' expresses a hypothetical or possible future outcome. It conveys that there was a concern that the Prince Andrew news *might* overshadow the Earthshot events.

• I think from Prince William's perspective, this trip is about trying to sort of shift the narrative back towards uh some of the themes that it's thought he might try to define his future reign one day by largely climate issues, but also issues around young people in particular.

  ➔ Cleft sentence structure

  ➔ Using 'it's thought' to emphasize the belief that Prince William wants to define his reign through certain themes. Cleft sentences focus attention on a particular part of the sentence.

• The main reason why he's here though is that uh he is hosting this annual Earth Shot Prize here on Wednesday where various different climate solutions from around the world are nominated for what is a significant amount of prize money uh to to essentially back their uh initiatives

  ➔ Embedded question within a statement ('why he's here')

  ➔ The phrase 'why he's here' functions as a noun clause, acting as the subject complement after 'reason'. It answers the question implicitly without using direct question word order.

• Now he's there in place of his father King Charles.

  ➔ Prepositional phrase 'in place of'

  ➔ 'In place of' means 'instead of' or 'acting as a substitute for'. It indicates that Prince William is attending the event because King Charles cannot.

• It's thought though that the two of them wrote his speech together. Uh and that this is as I say something that he will want to sort of turn a lot of his attention to.

  ➔ Future intention with 'will want to'

  ➔ 'Will want to' expresses a strong desire or intention to do something in the future. In this case, it indicates Prince William's strong intention to focus his attention on the topic of the speech.