Car Falls Into Ravine on Mountain Road in France
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A car fell into a ravine in Savoie, France. The car fell 10 metres down. This happened on the road at the Col des Aravis. A col is a high point between mountains.
Three people were hurt in the accident. Two of them are badly hurt. All three people went to hospital.
A teenage girl was in the car. She is now in an artificial coma. Doctors put her in this special sleep to help her body heal.
This accident happened after another sad event. A couple died in an earlier crash on the same road. The couple were in their fifties.
Vocabulary15 words
- ravine
- a deep, narrow space between mountains
- accident
- something bad that happens by chance
- hospital
- a place where doctors help sick or hurt people
- artificial coma
- a deep sleep doctors make to help the body get better
- col
- a low point between two mountains, used for roads
- injured
- hurt in the body
- serious
- very bad; not small
- couple
- two people who are together, like husband and wife
- teenager
- a young person, usually 13 to 19 years old
- crash
- when a car hits something hard
- road
- a long path for cars
- mountain
- a very high hill
- France
- a country in Europe
- doctor
- a person who helps sick people
- sad
- feeling unhappy
Quiz
Answer key
1. 10 metres 2. Three 3. She is in an artificial coma
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A car fell into a _____ in Savoie, France.
The car fell _____ metres down.
This happened on the road at the Col des _____.
Three people were hurt in the _____.
Two of them are badly _____.
All three people went to _____.
A teenage girl was in the _____.
She is now in an _____ coma.
Doctors put her in this special _____ to help her body heal.
A couple died in an earlier _____ on the same road.