FlexiLingo
Navanetham 'Navi' Pillay has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026. The 85 year old South African jurist and former UN Human Rights chief initially thought the news was a joke. Born in Durban, South Africa, to a Tamil family, her grandparents had come to South Africa as indentured labourers to work in the sugarcane fields. Born under apartheid rule neither of her parents were educated and her mother fought for her daughters to attend school where Navi's teachers saw her potential. The community then raised money enabling her to attend university. In 1967 she was the first woman...
Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.
Is this episode right for you?
B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 95% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 139 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 69 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
Try it: tap any word
Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.
if she's sitting at home with the phone next to her, she misses calls sometimes.
. . ,
a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, didn't pick up because she was at a conference
Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.
Do you know these words?
8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.
Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.
Is this episode right for you?
B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 95% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 139 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 69 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
Transcript
The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.
harder words (B2+)
Thank you for downloading Profile. This week's presenter is Becky Milligan. If you see an Oedon number calling, please pick up. The call went unanswered. Typical. My mother, she's not very tech-savvy.
Who is? I think she'd accidentally put her data roaming off. We've all done that. if she's sitting at home with the phone next to her, she misses calls sometimes.
Show a bit of respect. She's your mum and our subject this week. 85-year-old Dr Navi Pillay, a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, didn't pick up because she was at a conference to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg judgement. A very auspicious place to eventually find out what the man on the end of the phone was trying to tell you.
That was the opening. The rest of the episode (14 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.
Continue in the playerAutomatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy