Off the coast---"There's been a big oil spill off the coast of Louisiana"[Без аудио] You are watching the news on TV and they're talking about an oil spill. Your roommate walks by and sees the pictures. He hasn't heard about this news, so he asks what's going on. You say: There's been a big oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. Вы смотрите новости по телевизору, в них рассказывают о нефтяном пятне в море. Ваш сосед по комнате проходит мимо и видит изображение на экране. Он ничего не слышал об этой новости и спрашивает у вас, что произошло. Вы отвечаете: There's been a big oil spill off the coast of Louisiana = Произошёл разлив нефти недалеко от побережья штата Луизиана There's been (an event) Произошло (то-то)You use "There's been a ___" to describe an important event that has happened. For example: oil spill нефтяное пятно, разлив нефтиAn "oil spill" is when a large amount of oil leaks out into the ocean from a crashed oil tanker (a boat that carries oil), a broken oil pipeline, or from an offshore drilling location. off the coast of (somewhere) недалеко от побережья (страны, штата)This phrase describes a location in the ocean that's away from the land but close to a certain continent, country, state, province, island, etc.: |