Learn “collided”, “suspended”, “authorities” in slow English. From: At least 10 killed in Spain high-speed train collision.
Transcript
Vocabulary in this episode
- bulletin
You’ll hear useful words from the bulletin about a train crash and its aftermath.
A bulletin is a short news report.
- aftermath
You’ll hear useful words from the bulletin about a train crash and its aftermath.
The aftermath is what happens as a result of a serious event.
- collided
You heard “collided” in the news.
Here, “collided” means crashed into each other.
- collided
For example: Two bicycles collided at the busy crossing.
Here, the bicycles crashed into each other.
- suspended
You heard “suspended” in the news.
Here, “suspended” means stopped for a period of time.
- suspended
For example: The school suspended classes during the power outage.
The school stopped classes for a time.
- authorities
You heard “authorities” in the news.
Here, “authorities” means people in government who make decisions for an area.
- authorities
For example: Local authorities closed the park because of a fallen tree.
These are local government officials who can make decisions for the area.
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Sources
- RechercheThe report notes that 45 people died in January when a train jumped the track and hit an oncoming train.
- RechercheADIF said the incident occurred Wednesday morning in Toledo province. Urda mayor Manuel Galan told TVE that passengers had been injured and civil protection authorities asked the town hall to prepare a sports pavilion to receive passengers.
