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BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News  

5 June  2013 

Floods in Europe 

Transcript: 

Floods have been causing havoc¹ in central Europe .   

Some  areas had two months'  rain in two days.  R ivers are  swollen² and  

still rising.   

In the Czech capital, Prague,  streets normally  packed  with tourists are 

filled with soldiers and volunteers.   

Several people have been killed and thousands  evacuated³ .   

At the zoo, the tigers are being sedated⁴ and moved; t he monkeys 

climbed to safety .  

Vocabulary: 

h avoc 

chaos⁵ and confusion 

s wollen 

bigger than usual because of a problem  

packed  

crowded 

evacuated 

for ced to move from a place of danger  

sedated 

given medicine to go to sleep  

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete e ach of these sentences from 

news report s.   

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence 

correctly.  

h avoc / s wollen / packed  / evacuated / s edated 

1.  The ward⁶ is so __________ with babies and young children that they are 

sharing beds. A t one stage, up to 70 new patients were arriving at the 

hospital every day.   

2.  The sixth Fast & Furious movie stars Vin Diesel⁷ as a gang leader who is 

ordered by a US agent  -  played by Dwayne Johnson  -  to stop a team of 

mercenary drivers causing __________ across 12 countries. 

3.  John McNair, 77, became trapped after his vehicle was picked up by the 

water and carried down a __________ stream in Chew Stoke, Somerset, on 

22 November. 

4.  The Great Western Ambulance Service spokeswoman Mel Glanville said: 

"Paramedics and a critical care team attended the scene where the patient, 

suffering from head and chest injuries, was __________ before being 

transferred to hospital." 

5.  A fire then broke out in the right engine of the Airbus A319 British Airways 

flight  to Oslo. The jet landed safely and its 75 passengers and crew were  

__________.   

Answers: 

1.  The ward is so packed  with babies and young children that they are sharing 

beds. At one stage, up to 70 new patients were arriving at the hospital 

every day.   

2.  The sixth Fast & Furious movie stars Vin Diesel as a gang leader who is   

ordered by a US agent  - played by Dwayne Johnson  - to stop a team of 

mercenary drivers causing  havoc across 12 countries.   

3.  John McNair, 77, became trapped after his vehicle was picked up by the 

water and carried down a swollen stream in Chew Stoke, Somerset, on 22 

November. 

4.  Great Western Ambulance Service spokeswoman Mel Glanville said: 

"Paramedics and a critical care team attended the scene where the patient, 

suffering from head and chest injuries, was sedated before being 

transferred to hospital."  

5.  A fire then broke out in the right engine of the Airbus A319 British Airways 

flight to Oslo. The jet landed safely and its 75 passengers and crew were 

evacuated . 

1 havoc   

n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱

参考例句：

• The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
• This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。

2 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

3 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

4 sedated   

v.使昏昏入睡，使镇静( sedate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She's sedated,but she's probably scared out of her mind. 她很安静，但是她可能已经吓疯了。 来自电影对白
• Are you telling me the porn actually sedated you? 你是要告诉我，那毛片的确让你镇静下来吗？ 来自电影对白

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

6 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

7 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。