Man lived in the woods for 27 years
One man from the USA lived alone for a long time. He lived for 30 years in the woods. The man started to live in the woods soon after the Chernobyl accident. This person lived without a contact with people. He stole things from camps. People caught him when he was stealing. He is at the police station now.
The winters are hard in the woods. The man lived in a camp which he built in the woods. We don't know why he lived alone.
Interesting words: woods (forest), caught (past form of “catch”).
Boston Marathon explosions
Two bombs exploded in the USA. It was in Boston, during a marathon. Three people were killed. An eight-year-old boy died too. More than 170 people needed help from doctors.
The first bomb was near the end of the marathon. The second bomb was three miles away. It was near a museum.
We don't know who did this. Police are looking for the people who did it.
Interesting words: explode (change fast into small pieces), bomb (thing which explodes).
Mississippi tornado destroys homes
There was a big storm in the USA. One person died. More people needed help from doctors. The bad weather destroyed houses and trees. 4,000 people had no electricity. There were strong winds, big rains and also a tornado.
The bad weather is moving east. It brought snow and hail into some parts of the United States.
Interesting words: tornado (strong wind which goes in a circle), hail (rain which is from ice).
Ugly building is a luxury hotel
An old tower in Prague is very ugly. It is the second ugliest building in the world. People changed this building into a hotel.
The hotel is very good but it is expensive too. Guests pay 1000 euro for one night. The rooms are seventy meters above the ground. Guests can also look at interesting statues of babies who are on the tower.
If you don’t wanna pay 1000 euro for one night, you can still go up the tower and see the city. The view from the tower is very nice.
Interesting words: tower (tall building), ugly (not beautiful), guests (people in a hotel), statue(model, statue), wanna (want to).
Mountain lion in the street
A person from California saw a mountain lion near his house. He called the animal specialists. Mountain lions are dangerous.
The help came. They put the animal to sleep. A big car took the lion back into nature. There are many mountain lions in California. They don't attack people. That is good. This mountain lion was 56 kilograms heavy.
Interesting words: mountain lion (big cat in America), specialist (person who understands something very well).
Big explosion in Texas
A building exploded in the USA. The building was a factory. It made things for farming. The explosion was filmed on a mobile phone.
One hundred people were injured. We don't know exactly how many people died. People are looking for more people in the factory and in the houses which are around the factory.
Interesting words: explode (change fast into small pieces), be injured (have problems with your body after an accident).