Actor Lookalike Steals Beer – level 1
In England, a man steals beer. A security camera films him. People see the video. They put it online. They say that this man looks like David Schwimmer. Schwimmer is a TV actor. He is famous for his role in ‘Friends’. He goes on Twitter. He wants to clear his name. He says that it is not him stealing the beer. He says that he is in New York when this man is in England. He wishes the police good luck in finding the thief.
Difficult words: lookalike (someone who looks like you), clear one’s name (say that you did not commit a crime), thief (a person who steals – takes something from a shop without paying for it).
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Actor Lookalike Steals Beer – level 2
A thief who looks incredibly like David Schwimmer (an actor from the TV show ‘Friends’) was filmed on camera. The video of the man stealing beer got on the Internet and people soon noticed. In fact, they did not know whether it was or was not the star, so Schwimmer posted on Twitter that he was innocent – the crime took place in England while he was in New York. He wished the police good luck in catching the beer thief.
Difficult words: incredibly (very), innocent (not guilty of a crime – not in trouble).
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Actor Lookalike Steals Beer – level 3
David Schwimmer, the actor from the TV show ‘Friends’, went on Twitter to clear his name when a security camera caught his lookalike stealing beer. People from all over the world noticed the uncanny resemblance. Schwimmer added that the doppelgänger could not be him because he was in New York when the other man was in Blackpool, England. He wished the police good luck in finding the thief.
Difficult words: uncanny (unusual), resemblance (looking like something else), doppelgänger (a German word for a person that looks just like you).
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In England, a man steals beer. A security camera films him. People see the video. They put it online. They say that this man looks like David Schwimmer. Schwimmer is a TV actor. He is famous for his role in ‘Friends’. He goes on Twitter. He wants to clear his name. He says that it is not him stealing the beer. He says that he is in New York when this man is in England. He wishes the police good luck in finding the thief.
Difficult words: lookalike (someone who looks like you), clear one’s name (say that you did not commit a crime), thief (a person who steals – takes something from a shop without paying for it).
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Actor Lookalike Steals Beer – level 2
A thief who looks incredibly like David Schwimmer (an actor from the TV show ‘Friends’) was filmed on camera. The video of the man stealing beer got on the Internet and people soon noticed. In fact, they did not know whether it was or was not the star, so Schwimmer posted on Twitter that he was innocent – the crime took place in England while he was in New York. He wished the police good luck in catching the beer thief.
Difficult words: incredibly (very), innocent (not guilty of a crime – not in trouble).
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Actor Lookalike Steals Beer – level 3
David Schwimmer, the actor from the TV show ‘Friends’, went on Twitter to clear his name when a security camera caught his lookalike stealing beer. People from all over the world noticed the uncanny resemblance. Schwimmer added that the doppelgänger could not be him because he was in New York when the other man was in Blackpool, England. He wished the police good luck in finding the thief.
Difficult words: uncanny (unusual), resemblance (looking like something else), doppelgänger (a German word for a person that looks just like you).
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Incident in Spain – level 1 This news is about Spain. From 1936 to 1939, there is a war. It is the Spanish Civil War. Around 30,000 people die. The side with Francisco Franco wins the war. Franco becomes a dictator. He is a dictator in Spain until he dies in 1975.There is a big monument in Spain. It shows respect to the 30,000 dead people. Franco is buried there, too. He has a tombstone there.An artist comes to this tombstone. He draws a red dove and writes ‘For Freedom’ on the tombstone.
Difficult words: civil war (a war between the people of one country), tombstone (a large flat stone laid over a grave), dove (a bird which is a symbol of peace – no war or fighting).
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Incident in Spain – level 2
Francisco Franco ruled Spain as a dictator from 1939 to 1975. He came to power after he won the Spanish Civil War, and people buried him at a monument dedicated to 30,000 people who died during this war.Spanish artist Enrique Tenreiro drew a red dove and the slogan ‘For Freedom’ on Franco’s tombstone last Wednesday. Tenreiro is a sculptor and video artist known for provocative acts – once he rode in a glass elevator sitting on a bidet. As guards led him away from the tomb, he shouted, ‘For freedom and the reconciliation of all Spaniards’.
Difficult words: dedicated (it is for them, to show respect), tombstone (a large flat stone laid over a grave), reconciliation (coming together, becoming ‘friends’ again).
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Incident in Spain – level 3
Spanish artist Enrique Tenreiro defaced Franco’s tombstone with a red dove and the slogan ‘For Freedom’ last Wednesday.
The incident took place at Franco’s final resting place, the Valley of the Fallen, which is a vast monument dedicated to the 30,000 people who died during the Spanish Civil War. After the war, Francisco Franco went to rule Spain with an iron fist until his death in 1975.
People know the sculptor and video artist for provocative acts – once he rode in a glass elevator while sitting on a bidet.
As guards led him away from the scene, people could hear him shouting, ‘For freedom and the reconciliation of all Spaniards’.
Difficult words: deface (spoil a surface by drawing or writing), vast (very big), with an iron fist (rule as a dictator), reconciliation (coming together, becoming ‘friends’ again).
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Difficult words: civil war (a war between the people of one country), tombstone (a large flat stone laid over a grave), dove (a bird which is a symbol of peace – no war or fighting).
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Incident in Spain – level 2
Francisco Franco ruled Spain as a dictator from 1939 to 1975. He came to power after he won the Spanish Civil War, and people buried him at a monument dedicated to 30,000 people who died during this war.Spanish artist Enrique Tenreiro drew a red dove and the slogan ‘For Freedom’ on Franco’s tombstone last Wednesday. Tenreiro is a sculptor and video artist known for provocative acts – once he rode in a glass elevator sitting on a bidet. As guards led him away from the tomb, he shouted, ‘For freedom and the reconciliation of all Spaniards’.
Difficult words: dedicated (it is for them, to show respect), tombstone (a large flat stone laid over a grave), reconciliation (coming together, becoming ‘friends’ again).
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Incident in Spain – level 3
Spanish artist Enrique Tenreiro defaced Franco’s tombstone with a red dove and the slogan ‘For Freedom’ last Wednesday.
The incident took place at Franco’s final resting place, the Valley of the Fallen, which is a vast monument dedicated to the 30,000 people who died during the Spanish Civil War. After the war, Francisco Franco went to rule Spain with an iron fist until his death in 1975.
People know the sculptor and video artist for provocative acts – once he rode in a glass elevator while sitting on a bidet.
As guards led him away from the scene, people could hear him shouting, ‘For freedom and the reconciliation of all Spaniards’.
Difficult words: deface (spoil a surface by drawing or writing), vast (very big), with an iron fist (rule as a dictator), reconciliation (coming together, becoming ‘friends’ again).
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War in Yemen – level 1
There is a civil war in Yemen. It starts in 2015. Saudi Arabia backs one side. Iran backs the other side. Right now, there is a fight for Hodeida. Hodeida is an important port city.
Due to the fighting, people cannot get food. Many people die in the city. Schools and hospitals are hit by the war.
This war is terrible. Between 2015 and 2018, 10,000 people die.
Difficult words: civil war (a war between the people of one country), back (help), side (a group of people), port (a place by the sea where ships can come and bring things or people).
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War in Yemen – level 2
The civil war in Yemen started three years ago, and more than 10,000 people died from it. The war is between a pro-government coalition and the Houthi rebels. Saudi Arabia backs the coalition, and Iran backs the Houthis. In 2015, the Houthis captured Hodeida, which is an important port in Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition is trying to take this port city back, and recently it launched airstrikes. Since Hodeida is a port, things and food cannot get to people. Many people also die in the airstrikes, and schools, hospitals, and even wedding parties are hit. In response, the Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia.
Difficult words: civil war (a war between the people of one country), coalition (a group of people that agree to work on something), launch (start), airstrike (an attack from a plane).
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War in Yemen – level 3
In Yemen, there has been a civil war for three years, something which the UN described as the ‘world’s worst humanitarian crisis’. More than 10,000 people died in this war. The war is between pro-government, Saudi Arabia-backed coalition and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. The Houthis captured the city of Hodeida, which is the chief port of Yemen in 2015. The Saudi-led coalition is trying to take this city back and launched airstrikes on the city. Fighting in the port prevents food and aid from reaching the country’s civilians, and airstrikes hit schools, hospitals, and even wedding parties. Many Yemeni civilians died. The Houthis responded by firing long-range missiles at Saudi Arabia.
Difficult words: back (support, help), coalition (a group of people working on a goal), launch (start), prevent from (stop something from happening), civilian (a person who is not in the military).
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There is a civil war in Yemen. It starts in 2015. Saudi Arabia backs one side. Iran backs the other side. Right now, there is a fight for Hodeida. Hodeida is an important port city.
Due to the fighting, people cannot get food. Many people die in the city. Schools and hospitals are hit by the war.
This war is terrible. Between 2015 and 2018, 10,000 people die.
Difficult words: civil war (a war between the people of one country), back (help), side (a group of people), port (a place by the sea where ships can come and bring things or people).
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War in Yemen – level 2
The civil war in Yemen started three years ago, and more than 10,000 people died from it. The war is between a pro-government coalition and the Houthi rebels. Saudi Arabia backs the coalition, and Iran backs the Houthis. In 2015, the Houthis captured Hodeida, which is an important port in Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition is trying to take this port city back, and recently it launched airstrikes. Since Hodeida is a port, things and food cannot get to people. Many people also die in the airstrikes, and schools, hospitals, and even wedding parties are hit. In response, the Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia.
Difficult words: civil war (a war between the people of one country), coalition (a group of people that agree to work on something), launch (start), airstrike (an attack from a plane).
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War in Yemen – level 3
In Yemen, there has been a civil war for three years, something which the UN described as the ‘world’s worst humanitarian crisis’. More than 10,000 people died in this war. The war is between pro-government, Saudi Arabia-backed coalition and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. The Houthis captured the city of Hodeida, which is the chief port of Yemen in 2015. The Saudi-led coalition is trying to take this city back and launched airstrikes on the city. Fighting in the port prevents food and aid from reaching the country’s civilians, and airstrikes hit schools, hospitals, and even wedding parties. Many Yemeni civilians died. The Houthis responded by firing long-range missiles at Saudi Arabia.
Difficult words: back (support, help), coalition (a group of people working on a goal), launch (start), prevent from (stop something from happening), civilian (a person who is not in the military).
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Dramatic Airplane Incident – level 1
A plane wants to land in San Francisco. It gets closer and closer to the airport. However, it is not getting closer to the runway. It is getting closer to a taxiway.
This is a terrible mistake. There are four planes on the taxiway. The lives of many people are in danger. Luckily, the plane avoids the other planes. Nobody is hurt.
Difficult words: runway (a road at an airport where planes land and take off), taxiway (a road for planes to move around an airport), avoid (move away from, not hit).
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Dramatic Airplane Incident – level 2
In 2017, an incident happened at the San Francisco Airport, and people released a report about it just recently.
An airplane was approaching the airport to land when the pilot mistook the runway for a taxiway with four airplanes already sitting there! Luckily, the pilot managed to avoid the other planes but with only a few feet between them!
Difficult words: release (show people), approach (get closer), taxiway (a road for planes to move around an airport), avoid (get away from).
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Dramatic Airplane Incident – level 3
An official report on an incident at the San Francisco Airport in 2017 has been released, as it reveals a near-miss which could have been the worst accident in aviation history.
The video shows an Air Canada plane approaching to land on a taxiway where four planes were already sitting. After realising the mistake, the pilot managed to avoid the other planes by only a few feet.
Passengers on five airplanes could have died or been seriously injured. Luckily, nobody was harmed.
Difficult words: reveal (show), aviation (relating to airplanes), approach (get closer), taxiway (a road for planes to move around an airport), avoid (get away from), harm (injure).
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A plane wants to land in San Francisco. It gets closer and closer to the airport. However, it is not getting closer to the runway. It is getting closer to a taxiway.
This is a terrible mistake. There are four planes on the taxiway. The lives of many people are in danger. Luckily, the plane avoids the other planes. Nobody is hurt.
Difficult words: runway (a road at an airport where planes land and take off), taxiway (a road for planes to move around an airport), avoid (move away from, not hit).
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Dramatic Airplane Incident – level 2
In 2017, an incident happened at the San Francisco Airport, and people released a report about it just recently.
An airplane was approaching the airport to land when the pilot mistook the runway for a taxiway with four airplanes already sitting there! Luckily, the pilot managed to avoid the other planes but with only a few feet between them!
Difficult words: release (show people), approach (get closer), taxiway (a road for planes to move around an airport), avoid (get away from).
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Dramatic Airplane Incident – level 3
An official report on an incident at the San Francisco Airport in 2017 has been released, as it reveals a near-miss which could have been the worst accident in aviation history.
The video shows an Air Canada plane approaching to land on a taxiway where four planes were already sitting. After realising the mistake, the pilot managed to avoid the other planes by only a few feet.
Passengers on five airplanes could have died or been seriously injured. Luckily, nobody was harmed.
Difficult words: reveal (show), aviation (relating to airplanes), approach (get closer), taxiway (a road for planes to move around an airport), avoid (get away from), harm (injure).
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New Cancer Treatment – level 1
A teenager goes to hospital. Doctors find a brain tumour in his brain. They send him to get cancer treatment. He gets the treatment at a new centre.
It is the first centre of this type in Britain. It uses new technology. The technology is very good. It destroys only the tumour. The rest of the brain is fine.
The new centre can help 750 people a year. People are building another centre in London. It opens next year.
The teenager likes the machines at the centre. He says that they are beautiful. He says that they look like things from the future. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.
Difficult words: brain tumour (an extra part in your body which can become cancer), cancer (when your body keeps growing tumours that can kill you; a very serious illness), treatment (making an ill person better).
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New Cancer Treatment – level 2
Three months ago, a teenager’s doctors found a rare brain tumour in his brain. He is going to receive new cancer treatment at the UK’s first proton beam treatment centre.
The proton beam targets the tumour exactly and does not damage other parts of the brain.
The new centre will help 750 people a year, and people will open a second one in London next year.
The teenager liked the proton beam machines and said that they were beautiful and looked like things from the future. He thinks that they will help him ‘really well’. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.
Difficult words: tumour (an extra part in your body which can become cancer), proton beam (a stream of tiny things like electricity that have energy inside them), target (aim at exactly).
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New Cancer Treatment – level 3
Fifteen-year-old Mason Ketly has a rare brain tumour that doctors found three months ago, and now he is going to receive pioneering cancer treatment at the UK’s first proton beam treatment centre.
The proton beam can remove only the tumour and avoid damaging other parts of the brain.
The new centre will help 750 people every year, and people plan to open a second one in London next year.
Mason said that the machines were ‘beautiful-looking’ and ‘futuristic’, and he thinks that they will help him ‘really well’. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.
In 2014, the treatment centre was in the news when Ashya King’s parents took him out of a different hospital to take him out of the country to find a hospital that also had proton beam therapy.
Difficult words: tumour (a mass of cells in your body that can become cancer), pioneering (innovative, very new), proton beam (a stream of tiny things called protons that have energy inside them).
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A teenager goes to hospital. Doctors find a brain tumour in his brain. They send him to get cancer treatment. He gets the treatment at a new centre.
It is the first centre of this type in Britain. It uses new technology. The technology is very good. It destroys only the tumour. The rest of the brain is fine.
The new centre can help 750 people a year. People are building another centre in London. It opens next year.
The teenager likes the machines at the centre. He says that they are beautiful. He says that they look like things from the future. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.
Difficult words: brain tumour (an extra part in your body which can become cancer), cancer (when your body keeps growing tumours that can kill you; a very serious illness), treatment (making an ill person better).
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New Cancer Treatment – level 2
Three months ago, a teenager’s doctors found a rare brain tumour in his brain. He is going to receive new cancer treatment at the UK’s first proton beam treatment centre.
The proton beam targets the tumour exactly and does not damage other parts of the brain.
The new centre will help 750 people a year, and people will open a second one in London next year.
The teenager liked the proton beam machines and said that they were beautiful and looked like things from the future. He thinks that they will help him ‘really well’. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.
Difficult words: tumour (an extra part in your body which can become cancer), proton beam (a stream of tiny things like electricity that have energy inside them), target (aim at exactly).
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New Cancer Treatment – level 3
Fifteen-year-old Mason Ketly has a rare brain tumour that doctors found three months ago, and now he is going to receive pioneering cancer treatment at the UK’s first proton beam treatment centre.
The proton beam can remove only the tumour and avoid damaging other parts of the brain.
The new centre will help 750 people every year, and people plan to open a second one in London next year.
Mason said that the machines were ‘beautiful-looking’ and ‘futuristic’, and he thinks that they will help him ‘really well’. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up.
In 2014, the treatment centre was in the news when Ashya King’s parents took him out of a different hospital to take him out of the country to find a hospital that also had proton beam therapy.
Difficult words: tumour (a mass of cells in your body that can become cancer), pioneering (innovative, very new), proton beam (a stream of tiny things called protons that have energy inside them).
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Dam in Brazil – level 1
There is some bad news from Brazil. A dam bursts there. An area goes under dirty water. The water kills people. It destroys their homes.
More than 40 people die. Hundreds of people are missing. There is not much hope for the missing people.
This is not the first time that a dam bursts. This happens in 2015, too. That time, nineteen people die.
Difficult words: dam (a wall which holds water and forms a lake), burst (break open), be missing (when you are missing, people do not know if you are alive and OK).
Dam in Brazil – level 2
A disaster happened in Brazil when a dam burst, and covered an area with dirty water. People died and the water destroyed homes.
At least 40 people are confirmed dead and hundreds are still missing. People are looking for survivors, but they do not have much hope. Some people returned to their homes, only to find them completely destroyed. Family and friends anxiously wait for news of their missing loved ones.
Vale, a big company who owns and operates the dam was fined £50 million. Another £1.2 billion of its money was frozen.
This is the second dam to collapse in Brazil in recent years. The previous one collapsed in 2015 and killed 19 people.
Difficult words: dam (a wall which holds water and forms a lake), burst (break open), anxiously (nervously, they cannot wait).
Dam in Brazil – level 3
The Brumadinho Dam in Brazil burst at an iron ore mill, and a torrent of water submerged the area, killing people and destroying houses.
At least 40 people died and hundreds are still missing as the search for survivors continues. However, the hopes of finding survivors are getting low. Some local residents returned to their homes to find them completely destroyed. Family and friends nervously wait for news of their missing loved ones.
Vale, a huge company who owns and operates the dam, has been issued with an initial £50 million fine and £1.2 billion of its assets were frozen.
This is the second dam to collapse in Brazil in recent years. The previous one collapsed in 2015 and killed 19 people.
Difficult words: iron ore mill (where people make steel – a type of metal that we use to build things), submerge (put under water), huge (very big).
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There is some bad news from Brazil. A dam bursts there. An area goes under dirty water. The water kills people. It destroys their homes.
More than 40 people die. Hundreds of people are missing. There is not much hope for the missing people.
This is not the first time that a dam bursts. This happens in 2015, too. That time, nineteen people die.
Difficult words: dam (a wall which holds water and forms a lake), burst (break open), be missing (when you are missing, people do not know if you are alive and OK).
Dam in Brazil – level 2
A disaster happened in Brazil when a dam burst, and covered an area with dirty water. People died and the water destroyed homes.
At least 40 people are confirmed dead and hundreds are still missing. People are looking for survivors, but they do not have much hope. Some people returned to their homes, only to find them completely destroyed. Family and friends anxiously wait for news of their missing loved ones.
Vale, a big company who owns and operates the dam was fined £50 million. Another £1.2 billion of its money was frozen.
This is the second dam to collapse in Brazil in recent years. The previous one collapsed in 2015 and killed 19 people.
Difficult words: dam (a wall which holds water and forms a lake), burst (break open), anxiously (nervously, they cannot wait).
Dam in Brazil – level 3
The Brumadinho Dam in Brazil burst at an iron ore mill, and a torrent of water submerged the area, killing people and destroying houses.
At least 40 people died and hundreds are still missing as the search for survivors continues. However, the hopes of finding survivors are getting low. Some local residents returned to their homes to find them completely destroyed. Family and friends nervously wait for news of their missing loved ones.
Vale, a huge company who owns and operates the dam, has been issued with an initial £50 million fine and £1.2 billion of its assets were frozen.
This is the second dam to collapse in Brazil in recent years. The previous one collapsed in 2015 and killed 19 people.
Difficult words: iron ore mill (where people make steel – a type of metal that we use to build things), submerge (put under water), huge (very big).
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