Special helicopter went into water
A helicopter went into the water. This helicopter was special. It was from a new strong and very light material. It was a test helicopter. The accident happened in New Zealand.
People filmed the helicopter. You can see the moment of this accident in the video. The pilot and his passenger are fine. Their bodies were OK.
This was the first accident of the helicopter. There was no problem before. Experts want to understand why the helicopter went into the water.
Interesting words: accident (bad moment when you hit something), passenger (person who is travelling by helicopter).
Men jumped from a building
A tall building in Pakistan was on fire. There were many people in the building. They could not get out and they were blocked by the fire.
People in the street were watching the fire. They couldn’t help. They saw a man who jumped from the window. Another man jumped a moment after him. The two men didn’t want to die in the fire. But they died when they jumped. It was a high building.
Later, a helicopter came. But it was too late. Four people were already dead when it came.
Interesting words: later (after some time), too (very).
Nurse saved a man
A student saved a man. The man was at a railway station. This man was not OK. He lost his balance. He fell down onto the railway. It was very dangerous. A train could have killed him. This happened in Brisbane.
Some people saw this situation. One lady ran to stop the trains. The student went down and helped the man up. The student studies at a school for nurses. She was very brave.
Interesting words: railway (road for trains), brave (strong in a dangerous situation).
House in a river
A river in China started to be very big because it rained very much. Fields, roads and villages were under the water.
A man from one village was at home. He could not leave because the river was around his house. The river was very strong. The situation started to be dangerous.
Some people came to help the man. They threw two ropes to him. The ropes helped this man. He was saved.
Interesting words: threw (past of “throw”), rope (long line from textile).
Baby elephant was saved
A baby elephant fell into a hole. The elephant had a problem. It could not get out. Other elephants tried to help. But they weren’t able to help. So people came to help. This happened in northeast India.
People used ropes. They pulled the elephant out. Good people took the animal to a doctor. Then they gave the elephant food. The elephant is OK now.
Interesting words: able (good at something), rope (long line from textile).
Bad demolition
There was an old building in Australia. It was 4,000 tons heavy. People wanted to destroy it. They used a hundred kilograms of bombs.
The bombs made a big bang. The building started to fall but then it stopped. Big machines tried to pull it down. Then, after 40 minutes, the building fell to the ground.
Interesting words: destroy (break completely), ground (earth).