Baltimore bridge collapse

巴尔的摩大桥倒塌

Learning English from the News

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2024-03-27

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Six people are missing after a ship caused a bridge to collapse in Baltimore, USA. (Images: Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post, Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post, Tasos Katopodis and Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images) For more great language tips and programmes visit bbclearningenglish.com TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2024/unit-1/session-13 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ News Review ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app.

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  • Baltimore Bridge collapse search for missing people suspended this is news review from BBC Learning English, where we help you understand news headlines in English.

  • I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Beth.

  • Make sure you watch to the end to learn all the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.

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  • Now the story.

  • The search for six people missing after a bridge in the US collapsed has been suspended.

  • The accident happened when a ship hit a support column on the Francis Scott key bridge in the city of Baltimore.

  • There are fears the collapse could lead to a significant impact on the world's supply chains.

  • Investigators are now trying to understand what went wrong.

  • You've been looking at the headlines, Beth, what's the vocabulary?

  • People need to understand this story in English.

  • We have heart pounding.

  • Move heaven and earth and put something to the test.

  • This is news review from BBC learning English.

  • Let's have our first headline.

  • This is from the mail online.

  • Heart pounding AUDio of Baltimore cops rushing to stop traffic going over Francis Scott Keybridge.

  • So this headline describes the recordings of police officers trying to prevent people from driving onto that bridge in Baltimore before it collapsed.

  • Now, the vocabulary that we're looking at is heart pounding.