Spanish TV Changes Schedule After Toledo Train Accident
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A train had an accident in Toledo, Spain. It happened on Wednesday, October 28.
Spanish TV channels changed their plans. They stopped normal shows to give news about the accident.
TVE is a big TV channel. It cancelled a show called 'La Promesa'. Instead, it showed news about the train.
Other channels also made changes. Antena 3 cancelled a popular show called 'El Hormiguero'.
The quiz show 'Pasapalabra' was cancelled too. 'La isla de las tentaciones' was also cancelled.
Many famous programs did not go on air. TV channels wanted to inform people about the accident first.
News about accidents is important. TV stations often stop normal shows for big news.
People in Spain watched the news instead of their usual shows that night.
Vocabulary15 words
- accident
- something bad that happens by chance
- quiz show
- a TV program with questions and answers
- cancelled
- stopped; did not happen
- channel
- a TV station
- schedule
- the plan of what happens and when
- inform
- to give people information
- programming
- the shows a TV channel plans to show
- broadcast
- to send out on TV or radio
- popular
- liked by many people
- report
- to tell news about something
- instead
- in place of something else
- plans
- ideas about what to do
- famous
- known by many people
- network
- a group of connected TV stations
- usual
- normal; happening most of the time
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1. A train accident 2. La Promesa 3. True
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A train had an _____ in Toledo, Spain.
It happened on _____, October 28.
Spanish TV channels changed their _____.
TVE is a big TV _____.
It _____ a show called 'La Promesa'.
Instead, it showed _____ about the train.
Antena 3 cancelled a popular show called 'El _____'.
The quiz show '_____' was cancelled too.
Many famous programs did not go on _____.
TV channels wanted to _____ people about the accident first.
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