Elephant seal crossed a road
A big elephant seal stopped cars in Brazil. The animal was 1,000 kilograms. It walked in the streets of the city. The animal was 3 meters long. It blocked cars for one hour.
Policemen put water on the animal. The animal used the crossing during its walk. Shoppers and tourists took pictures and videos of it. Then the animal went back into the water.
Interesting words: elephant seal (type of a seal), crossing (place where you can safely cross a road).
North Korean video shows war
North Korea prepared a special video. The video shows an attack on South Korea but it is only imagination. The video also shows an attack on US army camps in Japan and Guam. The video is four minutes long. It is on the internet now.
North Korea did a nuclear test last month. Some countries stopped doing business with North Korea. North Korea started to speak about a possible attack on the US. North Korea also said that it will not keep the agreement from 1953. This agreement ended the war between North Korea and South Korea.
Interesting words: nuclear (atomic), agreement (contract).
Helicopter helps a deer
A deer and her baby were in the ice. The deer couldn’t move. One man filmed the situation. It was in Canada. The deer was in the ice for four hours. The man couldn’t go to her because the ice wasn’t strong.
The man called the specialists. They came with a helicopter. The air from the helicopter pushed the deer on the ice to land. When the deer was on land, people helped her to stand. Then she walked away into the woods.
Interesting words: specialist (expert), woods (forest).
Boeing tests its new plane
Boeing 787 planes couldn’t fly for the last two months. There was a problem with their batteries. Now bosses at Boeing think that people will use their planes soon again.
People at Boeing did a new test. With this test they want to show that a new battery system is OK.
Interesting words: couldn’t (past from can’t), fly (move in the air).
Museum was on fire in London
One hundred firemen came to save a museum. The museum is in south east London. There was a fire in a library next to the museum. The fire was on the roof of the library. The fire could jump to the museum.
All people left the museum. Everybody was OK. All things in the museum were OK too.
Interesting words: roof (top of a house), left (went out of).