Astronauts teach from space
60 million children in China will never forget one lesson. It was a lesson from space. Astronauts were showing students what happens with water in space. There is zero gravity in space. Water does different things in space.
The students could see the astronauts how they fly in the spaceship. Astronauts also showed a special machine. This machine tells the astronauts how heavy they are in space. These lessons are very interesting and practical.
Interesting words: space (place around our planet), gravity (power which pull things to the earth), spaceship (machine for travelling in space).
Person in the air
People in London saw something special. They saw a magic trick.
A man was in the air. He was three meters above the ground. He touched one side of a double-decker bus. He touched it with only one hand. His body was in the air. He was not afraid. He was OK. He even used his mobile phone.
The bus was going in central London. People saw him and they liked it. They didn't know how he did the trick.
Interesting words: magic (not normal), double-decker bus (big red bus with two floors), afraid (full of fear).
Eleven tourists stopped
There was an accident in a fun park. It happened to eleven people.
They were going up on a roller coaster. But the roller coaster stopped. The people were high above the ground. They could not walk away. They were afraid. Firemen came and helped them.
People want to know why this happened. The bosses of the park say that the roller coaster was checked before. It has a certificate until next September.
Interesting words: roller coaster (fast train for fun), certificate (official document), until (to).
Walking on cable
A man did a dangerous thing. He walked on a cable over the Grand Canyon.
The cable was 426 meters long. It was 457 meters above the ground. It was very hard and dangerous. There was no safety net. The biggest problem was the wind. It moved the cable.
It took him 22 minutes. People on the other side welcomed him. He said that he had been afraid.
Interesting words: dangerous (not safe), cable (long line from metal), safety net (textile which saves you when you fall).
Big meeting in North Korea
Many people met in North Korea. It is 63 years after the Korean War. There were leaders of the country. People had anti-USA pictures.
The Korean War started in 1950. North Korea attacked South Korea. South Korea was surprised. Three million people died and five million people left. The Chinese and Soviet Union countries helped North Korea. The United Nations and the USA helped South Korea.
Interesting words: leaders (bosses), surprised (shocked).
Bull hit a man
There was an accident in Peru. A bull attacked a bullfighter.
The bull was very strong. It threw with the bullfighter. It looked very bad. People stopped the bull and moved the man to a hospital. He will be fine.
People started to talk about bullfighting. There are two groups of people. One group likes it. They say it is a tradition. The second group does not like it. They say that it is bad because it is not safe.
Interesting words: bullfighter (man who makes the bull angry with a red textile), bullfighting (a show with the bulls), tradition (something old and typical).