Learn “wounded”, “toll”, “alone” in slow English. From: Gunman kills six in shooting in Kraków.
Transcript
Vocabulary in this episode
- news flash
You’ll hear words from the news flash about a shooting in Kraków.
A news flash is a short, urgent news report.
- shooting
You’ll hear words from the news flash about a shooting in Kraków.
A shooting is an event in which someone fires a gun, often at people.
- wounded
You heard “wounded” in the news.
“Wounded” means hurt by violence or an accident.
- wounded
For example: Several passengers were wounded in the bus crash.
The passengers were injured in the crash.
- toll
You heard “toll” in the news.
“Toll” means the number of people who died.
- toll
For example: The fire’s death toll rose after rescuers found another victim.
The number of people killed by the fire increased.
- alone
You heard “alone” in the news.
“Alone” means without other people.
- alone
For example: She completed the difficult hike alone.
She finished the hike without help from anyone else.