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Transcript:
Clinging on for dear life.
Ninety-two-year-old Colombian Roberto Blanco was taking a nap by a flooded river when he was washed into the torrent.
He grabbed a cable hanging under a bridge and held tight as passers by and police carried out a precarious rescue operation.
Back on dry land, Roberto took time to speak to reporters, looking none the worse for his ordeal.
Vocabulary:
for dear life 拼命地， 不顾死活地
taking a nap 短暂休息
passers by 过路人
precarious adj. 危险的；不确定的
none the worse 一点也不差；还是；仍然
