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