🇬🇧🇨🇳 disaster - 灾难 : English Lesson

Meaning of "disaster" ("灾难"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A disaster is a really big, really bad event that goes wrong in a huge way and causes lots of problems, mess, or damage for people, animals, or places.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My attempt to bake cookies ended in a delicious disaster: they looked like lumpy space rocks, but everyone still ate them and asked for the recipe.

Trying to cut my own hair was a disaster, and now I look like I lost a fight with a lawnmower.

Our class plant project was a disaster when we discovered we had been carefully watering a very realistic plastic plant for three weeks.

Dad said dinner wouldn’t be a disaster this time, right before the smoke alarm started singing us a very loud song.

My attempt at being “super organized” was a disaster; I put my homework in such a safe place that even I can’t find it.

Anna's picnic was a disaster when wind blew candles into dry grass. The small fire was a disaster. The cake and blanket burned, a disaster. Her mess felt like a disaster. Friends ran quickly with water and put out the fire. Anna cried, then hugged her friends. What a disaster!

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This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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