Baltimore bridge collapse: BBC News Review

The search for six people missing after a bridge in the US collapsed has been suspended. The accident happened when a ship hit a support column of the Francis Scott Key bridge in the city of Baltimore. There are fears the collapse could lead to a significant disruption to the world’s supply chains. Investigators are now trying to understand what went wrong. Key words and phrases 🔎 heart-pounding - describes a very stressful event • There were a few heart-pounding minutes as the damaged plane came in to land. • Watching penalty shoot-outs is heart pounding. 🔎 move heaven and earth - make a great effort to achieve something • The army moved heaven and earth to defeat the enemy. • There are transport strikes, but I’m going to move heaven and earth to get to the wedding on time. 🔎 put (something) to the test - find out how well something works • If there is a real fire, it will put all those drills to the test. • He says he can speak Hindi, but his trip to India will put that to the test. (Images: Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post, Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post, Tasos Katopodis and Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images) ✔️ 0:00 - Introduction ✔️ 0:27 - Story ✔️ 1:25 - Headline 1 ✔️ 3:00 - Headline 2 ✔️ 4:38 - Headline 3 ✔️ 6:08 - Language summary More episodes of News Review 👉 More popular videos to help you improve your English: ⭐ Can you stop a disaster? ⏲️ 6 Minute English 👉 ⭐ British English Vs American English spelling! 👉 ⭐ Earthquake hits Japan on New Year’s Day: BBC News Review 👉 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 ✔️ Visit our website 👉 ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 @bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #newsenglish #baltimore
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