Did Taylor Swift fans cause an earthquake?

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Could 73,000 Taylor Swift fans cause an earthquake? Phil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.

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0:00.0	6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
0:05.0	Hello, this is 6 minute English from BBC learning English.
0:11.0	I'm Phil and I'm Georgie. If you're a swifty that's a fan of
0:15.6	pop star Taylor Swift her music rocks your world. I like that phrase rock your world Phil. It means that something makes your life
0:24.6	enjoyable right? Well yes but actually no Georgie I mean Taylor Swift literally
0:31.7	rocks the world.
0:33.4	At a recent concert in Edinburgh as part of Taylor Swift's Ira's tour,
0:38.5	her fans energetic dancing literally moved the earth with seismic activity usually
0:45.5	associated with earthquakes detected four miles away. Yes it's hard to believe
0:50.9	but in this program we'll be hearing about the swift quake
0:55.1	a powerful force like an earthquake coming not from nature but from a pop concert and
1:00.3	as usual we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.
1:04.0	Great but first I have a question for you Georgie.
1:09.0	Actually Taylor Swift's Edinburgh show wasn't the first music concert to trigger seismic waves.
1:15.8	In 1992 the band Madness caused two earthquakes that saw local residents evacuated from their homes, but at which
1:26.3	London venue did the concert take place. Was it A. Hyde Park, B, the Royal Albert Hall or C, Finsbury Park.
1:35.0	I'll guess the Royal Albert Hall or C. Finsbury Park.
1:36.0	I'll guess the concert was held at the Royal Albert Hall.
1:40.0	Okay Georgie I'll reveal the correct answer at the end of the program.
1:44.4	Following Taylor Swiss Edinburgh concert,
1:47.0	Seismologist Emma Greenough and James Panton from Cardiff University
1:51.7	wanted to see if the same thing would happen at Taylor's concert in Cardiff.
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