Snake Eats Tongs – level 2

Snake Eats Tongs

06-06-2022 15:00

A man from Australia has a pet snake called Winston. One time, the owner used barbecue tongs to feed a rat to the snake.

The snake gripped on to the tongs as well, and the man could not take the tongs from him. The owner left the tongs with Winston. When he returned, the tongs were gone – Winston ate them.

Snakes can bring back food which they don’t like, but tongs could hurt the snake. The pet snake had to have an operation – doctors removed the tongs and Winston is getting better.

Difficult words: owner (a person who owns – has something), barbecue tongs (a thing which you use to lift meat on the barbecue), grip (to take and hold something tightly).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

Do you have a pet snake?

LEARN 3000 WORDS with NEWS IN LEVELS

News in Levels is designed to teach you 3000 words in English. Please follow the instructions
below.

How to improve your English with News in Levels: 

Test

  1. Do the test at Test Languages.
  2. Go to your level. Go to Level 1 if you know 1-1000 words. Go to Level 2 if you know 1000-2000 words. Go to Level 3 if you know 2000-3000 words.

Reading

  1. Read two news articles every day.
  2. Read the news articles from the day before and check if you remember all new words.

Listening

  1. Listen to the news from today and read the text at the same time.
  2. Listen to the news from today without reading the text.

Writing

  1. Answer the question under today’s news and write the answer in the comments.

Speaking

  1. Choose one person from the Skype section.
  2. Talk with this person. You can answer questions from Speak in Levels.

 

Stock images by Depositphotos