widespread · casualties
· 0:34 · With Emma
Learn “widespread”, “casualties” in slow English. From: Drone attack shuts Iraqi gas field, causing widespread power outages.
Transcript
Vocabulary in this episode
- drone attack
These words come from a bulletin about a drone attack and power cuts in northern Iraq.
An attack carried out using a drone, an aircraft controlled from a distance.
- power cuts
These words come from a bulletin about a drone attack and power cuts in northern Iraq.
Times when the electricity supply stops.
- widespread
You heard “widespread” in the news.
It means something affects a large area or many people.
- Widespread
For example: Widespread flooding closed several roads.
The flooding affected a large area.
- casualties
You heard “casualties” in the news.
It means people who are killed or injured in an event.
- casualties
For example: The crash caused no casualties.
No one was killed or injured in the crash.