blast · furnace · missing
· 0:49 · With Emma
Learn “blast”, “furnace”, “missing” in slow English. From: Six killed in explosion at western Turkey steel plant.
Transcript
Vocabulary in this episode
- bulletin
Here are useful words from the bulletin about an explosion at a steel plant.
A bulletin is a short report giving news or information.
- steel plant
Here are useful words from the bulletin about an explosion at a steel plant.
A steel plant is a place where steel is made.
- blast
You heard “blast” in the news.
“Blast” means a sudden, powerful explosion.
- blast
For example: The blast shattered a window during the fireworks display.
Here, “blast” is a sudden, powerful explosion.
- furnace
You heard “furnace” in the news.
A furnace is a very hot place used to heat something.
- furnace
For example: The workers heated the iron in a furnace.
The furnace is the very hot place used to heat the iron.
- missing
You heard “missing” in the news.
“Missing” means not found after people have searched.
- missing
For example: The hikers were missing after they failed to return from the trail.
The hikers could not be found after they did not return.














