Water and animals in the streets – level 1

18-06-2015 07:00

This news is from Georgia. Tbilisi is the capital city of Georgia. This city is flooded. Nine people die. The floods damage the city.

There is a zoo in the city. Around 30 animals escape. They’re in the streets of the city. The animals are dangerous. They are tigers, lions, bears, wolves and a hippopotamus. People catch the animals. They also kill some of them.

Difficult words: flood (to cover with water), damage (to break), escape (to run away).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

What do you think about the flooding?

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