15th-century ship – level 1

18-02-2016 15:00

This news is from the Netherlands. People are at a port. They work there.

They find a ship in the water. The ship is very old. It is from the 15th century. It is 20 metres long and 8 metres wide. It is 40 tons heavy. People used the ship for trade in the Baltic and North Seas.

This ship is very old, but it looks good. Experts are very happy.

They put a special box around the ship. They pick the ship up.

Difficult words: port (a safe place for ships – boats), use (to do something with something), trade (business).

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

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