Spiderman Climbs Tall Building – level 1
12-10-2020 15:00
Alain Robert is 58 years old. He is French. He is an urban climber. He climbs up buildings. He does not use any ropes. People call him ’Spiderman’.
Robert climbs up many tall buildings around the world. Sometimes he has problems with police. He climbs a building. However, he does not ask anybody.
He has problems in 2018. He climbs a tall building in London. Now, Robert must not climb any building in the UK.
Robert climbs a building in Frankfurt, Germany, last week. The building is 545 feet tall. Robert does not use any ropes. He wears a silver suit. It takes him only 30 minutes to climb up. A German rail company has offices in the building. They do not want Robert to climb up the building. They call the police.
Difficult words: urban (related to a city or town), rope (a strong, thick material that is like a big string), rail company (a company that runs trains).
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