Lake on Mars

Lake on Mars

 

This happens many years ago. There is a lake on Mars. It is very big. It is 31 miles long and 3 miles wide. It is a freshwater lake. Small organisms live in the water. Other parts of Mars are dry.

There is no lake now. NASA’s robot is on Mars. It explores Mars. The robot finds a special type of material. The material tells scientists about the lake. We know more about the lake now.

Difficult words: freshwater (water with no salt), organism (something alive), dry (there’s no water), explore (look and study).

Many turtles on a beach

Many turtles on a beach

Here is news from Mexico. Turtles lay eggs on a beach. One turtle lays 100 eggs. Little turtles hatch after some time.

There are millions of the little turtles on the beach. They walk into the ocean. It is their first time. It is really nice. It happens every November and December. There are 120 beaches with turtles in Mexico.

The turtles are not safe. The Mexican government helps them.

Difficult words: lay (put down), hatch (get out of the egg), government (bosses of the country).

Water takes a house

Water takes a house

There is a new video. It is from the Philippines. It shows a typhoon. The typhoon is very strong.

A man films this video. He is on the top of a house. His video is shocking. A lot of water takes a house. Land gets under water in 30 seconds. The wind is very fast. The wind speed is 170 miles per hour (273 kilometers per hour).

The man survives. When the storm ends, he helps other people.

Difficult words: typhoon (strong storm), survive (live), storm (bad weather).

Woman sells her baby

 

 Woman sells her baby

This happens at a Turkish airport. There is a woman. She is 22 years old. She is a mother.

She has a bag. Her baby is inside the bag. She goes to the toilet. She leaves the bag at the toilet. The woman sells her baby. It is a crime. Police arrest her.

Another woman buys the baby. She wants to leave Turkey, but she can’t. She has no documents for the baby.

Difficult words: sell (give for money), crime (bad thing), arrest (take to police station).

Men run like monkeys

Men run like monkeys

There is a Japanese man. He studies monkeys. He watches how they run. The man has an idea.

He invents a new sport. It is a type of running. You don’t use legs only. You run on your legs and your hands. Like a monkey. It is very unusual.

There is a race. People run like monkeys. The man wins. He is the fastest.

Difficult words: invent (make), unusual (not normal), race (situation when everybody wants to be the first).

Machine hits a bridge

Machine hits a bridge

Southeast Asia has a problem. There is a typhoon. It is very strong. Thousands of people die. Millions have no homes. They have no food and no water. It is not good.

The typhoon brings heavy rains. There are floods. The water breaks everything. There is a video. It is from China. The video shows a river. The water carries a big machine. The machine hits a bridge. The machine cannot move. The bridge stops it.

Difficult words: typhoon (strong wind and rain), heavy (strong), flood (big water).

Bus driver helps a girl

Bus driver helps a girl

Here is news from New York. A bus is going on a bridge. The driver sees a girl.

The girl is standing on the edge of the bridge. It is dangerous. She wants to die. The driver stops. He wants to help the girl. He asks if she’s OK. She says nothing.

The driver walks up to the girl. They talk and the girl comes back. She is safe. The driver is a good man.

Difficult words: edge (side), dangerous (not safe).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section

Man flies around Fuji

Man flies around Fuji

One man can fly. He is from Switzerland. He flies around Fuji.

He does this 9 times. It takes him 13 minutes. The man flies 200 kilometres per hour.

He wears wings. The wings are two metres long. There are 4 engines. The engines move the man.

The man likes flying very much. He is happy.

Difficult words: wing (planes and birds have it for flying), engine (motor).

Town with no sun

Town with no sun

There is a town in Norway. The town is dark. It doesn’t get enough light.

This is because of high mountains. The mountains are around the town. They block all the light. People can go up on one mountain. There is light on the mountain.

They can also go to the town centre. There is light, too. Big mirrors send the light. The mirrors are on the mountain. People like this very much.

Difficult words: dark (without light), mountain (big hill), mirror (when you look in the mirror, you see your body).

Helicopter opens a bottle

Helicopter opens a bottle

This is news from China. There is a special competition. Helicopter pilots do it.

They must do special things. One thing is really difficult. They must open a bottle. They must do it with their helicopters.

The bottle opener is on the helicopter. There are five bottles. The pilot must open the bottles in 8 minutes. It is not easy. Nobody opens five bottles. The best pilot opens three bottles. He wins. He is from Henan Province.

Difficult words:

competition (situation in which you try to be better than other people)

pilot (driver of a flying machine)

bottle opener (small thing for opening bottles).

 

Tallest man gets married

Tallest man gets married

Here is interesting news. It is about the tallest man in the world. He is 8 feet (2.4 metres) tall.

The man is from Turkey. He marries a woman. She is from Syria. She is 21 years old. The woman is smaller than the man. She is 6 feet tall (1.8 metres).

The couple has a big wedding. Around 1500 people come. The man is very happy. He has the woman of his life.

Difficult words:

marry (start to be a husband and wife)

couple (man and wife)

wedding (party when two people marry).

The smallest dog

 

People from Puerto Rico have a small dog. The dog is the smallest dog in the world. It is a new record.

The dog is a female. It is only 9.65 centimetres (3.8 inches) tall. The dog is as tall as an iPhone.

The dog's owners are afraid. The dog is too small. It could get injured easily.

Difficult words: female (girl), owner (person who has the dog), get injured (start to have problems with the body if something bad happens to the dog).

 

This happens in Melbourne, Australia. A kangaroo is hit by a car. The kangaroo is hurt. It has problems on its face. The animal is shocked. This is not a normal situation for it.

The kangaroo looks for a safe place. It finds a place like this. It hops into a pharmacy.

People don't want kangaroos in shops. The kangaroo cannot stay. It must go. People call others for help. A group of men comes. These men make the kangaroo sleep. The men take the kangaroo to a doctor.

Difficult words: hurt (have problems with the body), hop (jump), pharmacy (special shop with things which help you when you are not feeling good).

Eagle and Deer

 

This happens in Russia. Scientists put cameras in nature. They want to take pictures of animals.

A scientist comes to one camera. There is a deer's dead body near the camera. The scientist sees the dead body and checks the camera. There are interesting pictures in it.

The pictures show an eagle. The eagle catches the deer. The eagle kills the deer. The pictures are very special. A lot of people like these pictures.

Difficult words: scientist (clever person who is an expert in something), deer (big animal which lives in a forest), eagle (big bird which catches other animals).

Dangerous hornets

Dangerous hornets

China has a big problem. There are hornets which attack people. Many people are injured. Forty-one people are dead.

The hornets are very dangerous. They are called giant Asian hornets because they are really big. If they attack you, you have a bad problem.

The hornet attacks are normal in China. This year is worse. The hornets are usually in villages. Now, they are in the cities too. Firefighters try to help. They are destroying the hornets' homes.

Difficult words: hornet (animal which looks like a big wasp), injured (have problems with the body), destroy (break and finish).

Shortest woman

Shortest woman

There is a very short woman. She is from India. She visits New York. A lot of people come to see her.

The woman is nineteen years old. She is 2 feet and half an inch (62 centimetres) tall. She weighs only 5 kilograms. She cannot grow anymore. She has a special illness.

The woman is the shortest woman in the world. She is in the Guinness Book of World Records. She likes it. She can travel and visit interesting places.

Difficult words: weigh (be heavy), illness (when your body has a problem but it is not from an accident).

Woman saved a dog

 

Woman saved a dog

 

There is a gap in a rock. A dog gets in this gap. It cannot get out. It needs help. People save the dog.

A slim man tries to help. He cannot do it. He cannot reach the dog. Another person helps. She is a woman. The woman is a vet. She reaches the dog. It takes her 30 minutes.

People pull the woman and the dog out of the gap. They are both fine. This happens in Wales.

Difficult words: gap (space), slim (thin), pull (move).

Train hits a truck

 

Train hits a truck

This happens in Texas, USA. A truck stops at a level crossing. The truck cannot go. It stops working. This is bad.

A train comes. The driver of the truck sees it and gets out of the truck. The train hits it. The train is pushing the truck for half a mile. One hundred gallons (378 litres) of fuel come out of the truck.

People must clean the place. It takes them hours. The level crossing is OK again.

Difficult words: truck (big car which takes big things, not people), level crossing (place where road and road for trains meet), fuel (you buy this for your car so it can go).

There are hornets in China

There are hornets in China. There are a lot of them this year. The hornets are very dangerous.

These hornets attack children. Thirty children must go to the hospital. Some have 200 stings. One girl has 70 stings. She almost dies.

Doctors help the children. It is not easy. The doctors clean the children's blood. The doctors must do it again and again. It takes a long time.

There are more hornets because there are more plants.

Difficult words: dangerous (can attack you a give you problems with your body), sting (place on your body where the hornet attacked), blood (red thing inside your body).

Most expensive horse

 

There is a very special horse. She is a female. She is one year old. People sell her.

A rich family buys the horse. The family is from Qatar. They buy the horse for 5.25 million pounds. That is a lot of money. It is a new record.

Why is the horse so expensive? She is a very good horse. She has a famous father. A lot of people want to buy him. She has a famous sister, too. Her sister wins horse races.

Difficult words: female (girl), sell (give something for money), rich (they have a lot of money).