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Words in the News
Meteor hits Russia
15 February 2013
More than 400 people have been injured in Russia by a blast caused by what
seems to have been a meteor. Video pictures show a bright object flying across a
blue sky followed by a loud bang. Our Moscow Correspondent Daniel Sandford
reports:
Eyewitnesses describe seeing a fireball curving through the clear sky, and an
extremely intense light as it passed overhead.
It seems to have been a meteor, and left a white condensation trail behind it.
A couple of minutes later there was a loud bang.
The shock wave from the blast blew out windows across the region round
Chelyabinsk in the Ural mountains.
People who'd rushed to look out and see what was happening were injured by
flying glass.
Everyone went outside to check their neighbours were OK, and the mobile phone
network collapsed, briefly overwhelmed by the volume of calls.
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Vocabulary and definitions
Eyewitnesses people who have seen something then talked
about it to the authorities or media
bending, not moving in a straight line
curving
very bright and strong
intense
condensation trail a line in the sky formed of water vapour which
can be seen following an object
shock wave invisible force of pressure caused by an
explosion
broke, smashed
blew out
failed
collapsed
unable to deal with
overwhelmed by
the large number of
the volume of
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Related News story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116
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