'Burnout': Jacinda Ardern Resigns: BBC News Review

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Jacinda Ardern has resigned as Prime Minister of New Zealand, saying that she did not have the energy needed to continue.
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The story :
Jacinda Ardern has resigned as New Zealand’s prime minister
She announced last week that she didn’t have enough energy to continue.
Ardern was the youngest female head of government in the world when she came to power.
She led New Zealand through the Covid pandemic, a terrorist attack and a natural disaster.

Key words and phrases:
burnout
exhaustion caused by too much work
-You need to watch out for signs of burnout.
-Burnout is a risk for many professionals

makes a bow
makes a final appearance
-The president made her bow with an emotional speech.
-I’ve been doing this job too long. I think it’s time to make my bow.

crammed
fit a lot of things into a small space
-There were five of us crammed into the car.
-Put things away properly! Don’t just cram them in.

To download the audio and worksheet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2023/unit-1/session-4

0:00 – Introduction
0:23 – Story
1:13 – Headline 1: Burnout: Why Jacinda Ardern’s ‘rare’ admission about her mental health matters – Sky News
2:45 – Headline 2: Grateful Ardern makes last public bow as New Zealand PM – RTE
4:05 – Headline 3: “Jacinda Ardern has crammed a lot into her relatively short career” – a resignation in New Zealand – The Economist
5:40 – Language summary

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30 Comments

  1. The prime minister crammed a lot of work over her short career therefore she had a burnout and decided to resign her job and bowed out with an emotional speech.

  2. Over six years in the office, Jacinda Ardern crammed a lot of work, eventually leading to burnout and exhaustion. Thereby, last week she made her bow with an emotional speech as the Prime Minister of New Zealand. I believe she will be missed for how she led the country to overcome many challenges.

  3. Ardern was pushed out because she forced millions into poverty by ordering insane lockdowns and injection mandates. Now that it becomes clear that the injections are causing serious medical problems, she is hated by the people.

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