Baby rhino was born
A baby rhino was born at a zoo in Australia. It's a boy. People who work at the zoo saw the baby. They were shocked. They didn't know that the mother was pregnant.
There is a video on the internet. It shows how the rhino walks. It was his first time.
The baby rhino has no name yet. People will give it a name soon. His mother is fine.
Interesting words: rhino (big animal from Africa), pregnant (have a baby inside a body).
Jumps into water
There was a competition in France. People jumped into water from a tower.
The tower was 27 metres high. The jumps were very difficult. The water was cold. It was 12°C. A man from Russia won this competition. He stood on his hands and then he jumped. It was difficult but beautiful.
There will be another competition soon. It will be in Denmark.
Interesting words: competition (situation when people try to be better than other people), tower (tall building).
Birds stopped work
People wanted to build a big house in China. They prepared the ground for this house.
But there was a problem. A lot of small birds came to the house. These birds liked the ground. They made many holes in it. Now these holes are their homes. Baby birds will live here.
Now the people cannot build. They must wait. They will build in July when the baby birds fly away.
Interesting words: ground (earth), hole (small deep empty place), fly (move in the air).
Plane hit a house
A plane in the US had problems. It was going down and hit a house in Virginia.
People in the house were sleeping when the plane hit them. There was smoke everywhere. People were shocked. They didn't know what had happened. Then they saw the plane. It was in their living room.
All people in the house and in that place were lucky. Nobody died in the accident.
Interesting words: everywhere (in all places), saw (past form of see), be lucky (have luck).
Baby was saved
Some people from China heard the baby. The baby cried in their building. But they didn't know from where. They called firefighters who came to help them.
The firefighters then found the baby. It was in a pipe for water. They cut this pipe. But it was difficult and it took an hour. They took the baby to the hospital. Doctors said it will be OK.
There are many people in China. Leaders tell people that they can only have one child. So some mothers leave their babies behind.
Interesting words: pipe (tube), leaders (bosses), leave (go away from).
Big bird in the streets
An ostrich ran in a Chinese city. It was a problem for the traffic there.
This big bird wanted to run away. It was shocked and it was afraid. It ran very quickly. It ran into a car and a taxi driver. Police tried to catch the animal but doing that was difficult. Ostriches are very fast birds.
After four hours the animal was caught. It has a little problem with its body but it will be fine.
Interesting words: ostrich (big bird which cannot fly but runs fast), caught (past form of catch).