Great journey in a tractor – level 1

19-12-2014 15:00

This news is about an actress. She is from Holland. She goes on a journey. She drives through Europe and Africa. She arrives in Cape Town. She travels in a tractor. People call her “the tractor girl.”

She also drives to the South Pole. She travels 2,500 kilometres across Antarctica. She is in a tractor again. There are some problems on the way, but she gets there. She is very happy.

Difficult words: journey (trip), arrive (to get to a place), tractor (a big machine which is used for farming).

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

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