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BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News  

5 June  2013 

Floods in Europe 

Transcript: 

Floods have been causing havoc in central Europe .   

Some  areas had two months'  rain in two days.  R ivers are  swollen 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  evacuated .   

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

climbed to safety .  

Vocabulary: 

h avoc 

chaos 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 ward 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 Diesel 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 .