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How to use the language from the latest news stories
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Session 13
Six people are missing after a ship caused a bridge to collapse in Baltimore, USA. Neil and Beth discuss the language in the news headlines.
Activity 1
News Review
Baltimore bridge collapse
The search for six missing people after a bridge collapsed in Baltimore has been suspended.
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(Images: Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post, Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post, Tasos Katopodis and Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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 of the Francis Scott Key bridge in the city of Baltimore.
There are fears the collapse could lead to a significant disruption to the world’s supply chains.
Investigators are now trying to understand what went wrong.
Key words and phrases
heart-pounding
describes a very stressful event
• There were a few heart-pounding minutes as the damaged plane came in to land.
• Watching penalty shoot-outs is heart pounding.
move heaven and earth
make a great effort to achieve something
• The army moved heaven and earth to defeat the enemy.
• There are transport strikes, but I’m going to move heaven and earth to get to the wedding on time.
put (something) to the test
find out how well something works
• If there is a real fire, it will put all those drills to the test.
• He says he can speak Hindi, but his trip to India will put that to the test.
To do
Try our quiz to test yourself on today's language.
News Review quiz
3 Questions
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
Hint
What happens when you're stressed?Question 1 of 3
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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This is something that's very hard to do...Question 2 of 3
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Activity
Now you've watched the video, try to answer these questions about the language in the news.
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Make sure something works.Question 3 of 3
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