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BBC Learning English 

Words in the News   

7 March 2012 

Making a splash 

Transcript: 

The Perito Moreno glacier  in Southern Argentina.   

Huge sections of a massive ice wall have  crashed into  Lake Argentina in the 

Patagonia region of the country. 

Periodically the glacier forms a dam separating the lake into two. Eventually 

pressure builds up and enormous c hunks of ice fall into the lake.   

Tourists visiting the national park enjoyed watching this spectacular ice rupture 

which occurs every four to five years. 

Vocabulary: 

glacier 

mass of ice formed by accumulated snow 

crashed into   

violently fell into 

periodically  

from time to time 

dam  

barrier that controls water flow   

rupture  

when something breaks 

Watch the video online: Making a splash       

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from 

BBC news reports.   

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence 

correctly. 

glacier / crashed into / pe riodically / dam / rupture 

1. Viral infections have __________ wiped  out the crop in some regions leading 

to famine. 

2. Experts now say melting glaciers put pressure on an ice wall that acted as a 

__________, causing it to give way. 

3. Scott described the last moments of Evans's life, writing: "His downward path 

was accelerated first by the shock of his frostbitten fingers, and later by falls 

during rough travelling on the __________." 

4. If it slips into deeper water, fuel  tanks could __________ threatening one of 

the most unspoilt parts of the Mediterranean. 

5. The crew were returning from a mission over Norway, but their Beaufort 

Bomber had been hit by enemy fire and __________ the sea more than 100 

miles from home. 

Answers: 

1. Viral infections have periodically wiped out the crop in some regions leading 

to famine.   

Source :    Cassava 'offers climate change hope' for Africa 

2. Experts now say melting glaciers put pressure on an ice wall that acted as a 

dam, causing it to give way.   

Source :    Global warming 'made lake vanish'   

3. Scott described the last moments of Evans's life, writing: "His downward path 

was accelerated first by the shock of his frostbitten fingers, and later by falls 

during rough travelling on the glacier ." 

Source :  Captain Scott explorer Edgar Evans remembered in Swansea                       

4. If it slips into deeper water, fuel tanks could rupture threatening one of the 

most unspoilt parts of the Mediterranean. 

Source :    Costa Concordia disaster: Cruise firm faces US lawsuit 

5. The crew were returning from a mission over Norway, but their Beaufort 

Bomber had been hit by enemy fire and crashed into  the sea more than 100 

miles from home. 

Source :    The pigeon that saved a World War II bomber crew