Tokaido Shinkansen Trains Halted for Track Inspection
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Trains on the Tokaido Shinkansen line stopped today.
This is a fast train line in Japan.
The trains stopped because workers needed to check the tracks.
All up trains stopped on the whole line.
Down trains stopped between Tokyo and Gifu-Hashima.
Up trains go toward Tokyo. Down trains go away from Tokyo.
Workers looked at the equipment on the tracks.
The company said trains would start again at 3:10 p.m.
This news was a breaking news report.
Many people use this train every day.
The train is very important for travel in Japan.
People had to wait for their trains.
The Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen line also had some stops.
This line connects many big cities.
Train companies check tracks to keep trains safe.
Vocabulary15 words
- Tokaido Shinkansen
- a fast train line in Japan
- tracks
- metal lines that trains run on
- equipment
- tools or machines used for a job
- breaking news
- very new news happening now
- Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen
- a bigger fast train line that includes Tokaido line
- suspended
- stopped for a short time
- inspection
- looking at something closely to check it
- resume
- start again
- section
- one part of something
- up train
- a train going toward the main city
- down train
- a train going away from the main city
- safety
- being safe from harm
- delay
- when something is late
- passenger
- a person who rides on a train or bus
- schedule
- a plan of times for things to happen
Quiz
Answer key
1. For a track equipment inspection 2. 3:10 p.m. 3. The whole up line
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Trains on the _____ Shinkansen line stopped today.
This is a fast train line in _____.
The trains stopped because workers needed to check the _____.
All up trains stopped on the whole _____.
Down trains stopped between Tokyo and _____.
Workers looked at the _____ on the tracks.
The company said trains would start again at _____ p.m.
This news was a _____ news report.
The _____-Sanyo Shinkansen line also had some stops.
This line connects many big _____.