YouTube Suffers Major Outage in the US
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YouTube had a big problem in the US.
Many people could not watch videos.
More than 24,000 people sent reports about the problem.
The reports said videos did not play.
This is called an outage.
YouTube wrote online that it was "working to fix this."
People also asked about YouTube Music.
They wanted to know if it was down too.
They also asked about Google Search.
Some people asked when YouTube will work again.
YouTube did not give an exact time.
Many users use YouTube every day.
They watch videos for fun and for work.
The outage made many people angry.
They could not use the app for some time.
Vocabulary6 words
- problem
- something wrong; a bad thing that happens
- reports
- messages that tell about something
- outage
- a time when something does not work
- users
- people who use something
- app
- a program on a phone or computer
- playback
- when a video plays
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Answer key
1. It had an outage 2. More than 24,000 3. It said it was working to fix it
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
YouTube had a big _____ in the US.
Many people could not _____ videos.
More than _____ people sent reports about the problem.
The reports said videos did not _____.
This is called an _____.
YouTube wrote online that it was "working to _____ this."
People also asked about YouTube _____.
They also asked about Google _____.
YouTube did not give an exact _____.
The outage made many people _____.
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