Long Tunnel to a Bank – level 1
11-10-2017 15:00
A gang in Brazil rents a home. They build a tunnel. The tunnel leads from the home to a bank. It is 500 metres long.
Police watch the gang. They find the tunnel. They arrest 16 men.
The tunnel costs $1.27 million to build. The gang’s plan was to steal $317 million.
Difficult words: gang (a group of criminals), was (past of ‘is’), steal (take).
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11-10-2017 15:00
A gang in Brazil rents a home. They build a tunnel. The tunnel leads from the home to a bank. It is 500 metres long.
Police watch the gang. They find the tunnel. They arrest 16 men.
The tunnel costs $1.27 million to build. The gang’s plan was to steal $317 million.
Difficult words: gang (a group of criminals), was (past of ‘is’), steal (take).
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Long Tunnel to a Bank – level 2
11-10-2017 15:00
A Brazilian gang built a 500-metre-long tunnel. Police monitored the gang and found the tunnel. They arrested 16 men.
The tunnel led from a rented home to a bank. It cost around $1.27 million to build, and the gang was planning to steal $317 million.
More than ten years ago, a different gang in Brazil tunnelled into a bank vault and stole $70 million.
Difficult words: monitor (watch), vault (a secure/safe room in a bank).
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11-10-2017 15:00
A Brazilian gang built a 500-metre-long tunnel. Police monitored the gang and found the tunnel. They arrested 16 men.
The tunnel led from a rented home to a bank. It cost around $1.27 million to build, and the gang was planning to steal $317 million.
More than ten years ago, a different gang in Brazil tunnelled into a bank vault and stole $70 million.
Difficult words: monitor (watch), vault (a secure/safe room in a bank).
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Long Tunnel to a Bank – level 3
11-10-2017 15:00
Police had been monitoring a Brazilian gang for three months before making a shocking discovery of an almost 500-metre-long tunnel.
The police arrested 16 suspects before they could pull off the robbery of a branch of Banco do Brasil in Sao Paolo. The gang members allegedly told the police that they were planning to steal the equivalent of $317 million, far exceeding the building costs of $1.27 million of the tunnel built from a nearby rented home.
More than ten years ago, a different gang in Brazil tunnelled into a bank vault and stole $70 million.
Difficult words: branch (a part), allegedly (according to what we know), vault (a secure/safe room in a bank).
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11-10-2017 15:00
Police had been monitoring a Brazilian gang for three months before making a shocking discovery of an almost 500-metre-long tunnel.
The police arrested 16 suspects before they could pull off the robbery of a branch of Banco do Brasil in Sao Paolo. The gang members allegedly told the police that they were planning to steal the equivalent of $317 million, far exceeding the building costs of $1.27 million of the tunnel built from a nearby rented home.
More than ten years ago, a different gang in Brazil tunnelled into a bank vault and stole $70 million.
Difficult words: branch (a part), allegedly (according to what we know), vault (a secure/safe room in a bank).
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Bridge in India Collapses – level 1
14-09-2018 15:00
In Kolkata, India, part of a highway overpass falls down. It traps about six cars. Firefighters cut the cars open to save the people. Some people go to hospital.
In Kolkata in 2016, another part of a highway overpass fell down. Twenty-six people died then.
Difficult words: overpass (a ‘bridge’ – a highway which is above highway road), trap (covers under pieces of road – the people are in danger, they cannot move), fell (past of ‘fall’).
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14-09-2018 15:00
In Kolkata, India, part of a highway overpass falls down. It traps about six cars. Firefighters cut the cars open to save the people. Some people go to hospital.
In Kolkata in 2016, another part of a highway overpass fell down. Twenty-six people died then.
Difficult words: overpass (a ‘bridge’ – a highway which is above highway road), trap (covers under pieces of road – the people are in danger, they cannot move), fell (past of ‘fall’).
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Bridge in India Collapses – level 2
14-09-2018 15:00
In Kolkata, India, a part of a highway overpass fell down and trapped about six vehicles. Firefighters cut the cars to save people, and some people went to hospital.
In Kolkata in 2016, another section of a highway overpass fell down. Twenty-six people died then.
Difficult words: overpass (a road/highway above other roads), vehicle (cars, trucks, bikes), trapped (not able to move).
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14-09-2018 15:00
In Kolkata, India, a part of a highway overpass fell down and trapped about six vehicles. Firefighters cut the cars to save people, and some people went to hospital.
In Kolkata in 2016, another section of a highway overpass fell down. Twenty-six people died then.
Difficult words: overpass (a road/highway above other roads), vehicle (cars, trucks, bikes), trapped (not able to move).
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Bridge in India Collapses – level 3
14-09-2018 15:00
In the Indian city of Kolkata, a 30-metre section of a highway overpass collapsed, trapping half a dozen vehicles. Firefighters used cutting tools to remove people from the cars, and seven or eight people went to hospital due to injuries.
In 2016, also in Kolkata, another section of a highway overpass collapsed, leading to 26 deaths.
Difficult words: overpass (a road/highway above other roads), a dozen (12), due to (because of).
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14-09-2018 15:00
In the Indian city of Kolkata, a 30-metre section of a highway overpass collapsed, trapping half a dozen vehicles. Firefighters used cutting tools to remove people from the cars, and seven or eight people went to hospital due to injuries.
In 2016, also in Kolkata, another section of a highway overpass collapsed, leading to 26 deaths.
Difficult words: overpass (a road/highway above other roads), a dozen (12), due to (because of).
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Old Pets in Belgium – level 1
17-09-2018 07:00
When a pet’s owner dies, the pet can be abandoned. These pets can be old. People also abandon old pets when they cannot pay for the vet.
The abandoned pets need help. They need a home and some love. There is a shelter for them in Belgium.
A married couple runs the shelter. They say that it is hard work. They even quit their normal jobs. However, when they see that an animal is happy, they are happy too.
Difficult words: owner (a person who own – has a pet), abandon (leave, stop looking after), shelter (a place which takes care of animals).
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17-09-2018 07:00
When a pet’s owner dies, the pet can be abandoned. These pets can be old. People also abandon old pets when they cannot pay for the vet.
The abandoned pets need help. They need a home and some love. There is a shelter for them in Belgium.
A married couple runs the shelter. They say that it is hard work. They even quit their normal jobs. However, when they see that an animal is happy, they are happy too.
Difficult words: owner (a person who own – has a pet), abandon (leave, stop looking after), shelter (a place which takes care of animals).
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Old Pets in Belgium – level 2
17-09-2018 07:00
People abandon many older pets. This can happen when the owner dies, divorces or cannot pay for the vet. Often, vets euthanise these pets.
In Belgium, there is a shelter which takes in old pets. The shelter provides them with a home and love.
A married couple runs the shelter, and these two quit their jobs to work full time. It is hard work, but seeing the animals happy makes them happy, too.
Difficult words: abandon (leave, stop looking after), euthanise (kill without the animal feeling pain), shelter (a place which takes care of animals).
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17-09-2018 07:00
People abandon many older pets. This can happen when the owner dies, divorces or cannot pay for the vet. Often, vets euthanise these pets.
In Belgium, there is a shelter which takes in old pets. The shelter provides them with a home and love.
A married couple runs the shelter, and these two quit their jobs to work full time. It is hard work, but seeing the animals happy makes them happy, too.
Difficult words: abandon (leave, stop looking after), euthanise (kill without the animal feeling pain), shelter (a place which takes care of animals).
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Old Pets in Belgium – level 3
17-09-2018 07:00
People abandon many older pets when their owners die, divorce or cannot afford medical care – vets then often euthanise the pets.
The Les Petits Vieux animal shelter in Belgium, however, takes in the animals and provides them with a home and love. The married couple who runs it quit their jobs to work full-time.
The husband said that it is a lot of work, but the reward, as he always tells his wife, are those moments of laying on the couch with the pets in the barn. Seeing the animals happy is the biggest reward for him.
Difficult words: abandon (leave, stop looking after), euthanise (kill without the animal feeling pain).
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17-09-2018 07:00
People abandon many older pets when their owners die, divorce or cannot afford medical care – vets then often euthanise the pets.
The Les Petits Vieux animal shelter in Belgium, however, takes in the animals and provides them with a home and love. The married couple who runs it quit their jobs to work full-time.
The husband said that it is a lot of work, but the reward, as he always tells his wife, are those moments of laying on the couch with the pets in the barn. Seeing the animals happy is the biggest reward for him.
Difficult words: abandon (leave, stop looking after), euthanise (kill without the animal feeling pain).
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Goats Fly with Helicopter – level 1
18-09-2018 07:00
This news is about goats. They are in the State of Washington, USA. The state is in the Pacific Northwest.
The goats are mountain goats. They are in a national park. However, they are not native to the park. They cause trouble. They step on sensitive plants. In 2010, a goat kills a person.
People want to solve this problem. They move 375 goats from the park. They fly them by a helicopter. They fly the goats to another national park. They are native to this park.
Difficult words: be native to (be originally from), sensitive (easily killed), solve (do something about a problem so that it stops).
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18-09-2018 07:00
This news is about goats. They are in the State of Washington, USA. The state is in the Pacific Northwest.
The goats are mountain goats. They are in a national park. However, they are not native to the park. They cause trouble. They step on sensitive plants. In 2010, a goat kills a person.
People want to solve this problem. They move 375 goats from the park. They fly them by a helicopter. They fly the goats to another national park. They are native to this park.
Difficult words: be native to (be originally from), sensitive (easily killed), solve (do something about a problem so that it stops).
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Goats Fly with Helicopter – level 2
18-09-2018 07:00
People moved around 375 mountain goats from one national park to another by helicopter. Both of the parks are in the State of Washington in the Pacific Northwest.
The goats in the Olympic National Park were trampling sensitive plants and disturbing soil. In 2010, an aggressive goat even killed a hiker.
The goats are native to the Cascades National Park where people moved them.
Difficult words: trample (step on, walk over and crush), disturb soil (mess up, break up the ground), be native to (be originally from).
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18-09-2018 07:00
People moved around 375 mountain goats from one national park to another by helicopter. Both of the parks are in the State of Washington in the Pacific Northwest.
The goats in the Olympic National Park were trampling sensitive plants and disturbing soil. In 2010, an aggressive goat even killed a hiker.
The goats are native to the Cascades National Park where people moved them.
Difficult words: trample (step on, walk over and crush), disturb soil (mess up, break up the ground), be native to (be originally from).
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Goats Fly with Helicopter – level 3
18-09-2018 07:00
People relocated around 375 mountain goats from one national park to another by using a helicopter. This happened in Washington which is a US state on the West Coast bordering with Canada.
The Olympic National Park and the North Cascades National Park are around 200 miles apart by road in the same state.
The goats are native to the Cascades, and people intended the move to protect natural resources in the Olympic National Park and to improve visitor safety. The goats ate and trampled sensitive vegetation, and disturbed soil when they wallowed. In 2010, an aggressive goat fatally charged at a hiker on a popular trail.
Difficult words: intend (plan to do something), trample (step on, walk over and crush), vegetation (plants), disturb (make a mess of), wallow (lie or roll on the ground), fatally (with death as a result), trail (a path, a way).
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18-09-2018 07:00
People relocated around 375 mountain goats from one national park to another by using a helicopter. This happened in Washington which is a US state on the West Coast bordering with Canada.
The Olympic National Park and the North Cascades National Park are around 200 miles apart by road in the same state.
The goats are native to the Cascades, and people intended the move to protect natural resources in the Olympic National Park and to improve visitor safety. The goats ate and trampled sensitive vegetation, and disturbed soil when they wallowed. In 2010, an aggressive goat fatally charged at a hiker on a popular trail.
Difficult words: intend (plan to do something), trample (step on, walk over and crush), vegetation (plants), disturb (make a mess of), wallow (lie or roll on the ground), fatally (with death as a result), trail (a path, a way).
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Tobacco Children in Indonesia – level 1
18-09-2018 15:00
Indonesia is the 5th biggest producer of tobacco. Children younger than 15 must not work in Indonesia. It is illegal.
However, around 1.5 children work in agriculture. Thousands work on tobacco plantations.
Many have “green tobacco sickness”. They get weak. They get headaches. They cannot go to school. They help their families make money. They make only one dollar a day.
Human rights groups are trying to change this. They talk to big Indonesian tobacco companies.
Difficult words: agriculture (farming), plantation (a big farm that grows a plant that makes money like coffee or tobacco), weak (not strong).
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18-09-2018 15:00
Indonesia is the 5th biggest producer of tobacco. Children younger than 15 must not work in Indonesia. It is illegal.
However, around 1.5 children work in agriculture. Thousands work on tobacco plantations.
Many have “green tobacco sickness”. They get weak. They get headaches. They cannot go to school. They help their families make money. They make only one dollar a day.
Human rights groups are trying to change this. They talk to big Indonesian tobacco companies.
Difficult words: agriculture (farming), plantation (a big farm that grows a plant that makes money like coffee or tobacco), weak (not strong).
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