Volcano in Chile erupts - News In English #8

Volcano in Chile erupts

Villa Rica Volcano is a volcano in Chile. It is located near a popular tourist area south of the capital of Santiago. It is one of South America’s most active volcanoes. It last erupted in 2000.

There was an eruption of lava and ash in the early hours of Tuesday last week. The ash shot up two miles into the sky. This big eruption did not last long, but the volcano remained active.

The eruption injured nobody, but some 3,385 people were evacuated from the area.

New Word : 

located تقع 

tourist سائح 

lava حمم 

ash رماد 

Group of Chinese in Moscow - News In English #7

Group of Chinese in Moscow

 Russian customs arrested thirty-four Chinese citizens at a Moscow Airport. The customs thought that they had drugs on them.

Earlier, Russian media said that the Chinese had 230 kilograms of drugs. However, the Chinese citizens were not transporting drugs, but a special substance which is used in making tofu.

The Russian customs tested the substance to make sure that it wasn’t a drug. Then the customs released all 34 of the passengers.

New Word : 

 جمارك customs

المواطنين citizens

مادة substance

Conjoined twins in China - News In English #6

Conjoined twins in China

Conjoined twins were born in China last year. They were connected from their chests to their navels. They also had two connected livers.

After months of hospital care, the weight of the twin sisters increased to almost 10 kilograms, and they were strong enough to get an operation. The doctors operated on them last Tuesday. It took the doctors five hours.

Seventy per cent of conjoined twins are female. Being conjoined happens once every 200,000 live births. Since 1950, doctors have separated 250 conjoined twins

New Word : 

Conjoined موحد

 navels السره 

separated منفصل 

Leonard Nimoy died - News In English #5

Leonard Nimoy died

Leonard Nimoy died in the morning of Friday the 27th of February. He was an American actor known for playing Mr. Spock – a “Star Trek” character.

The cause of his death was a pulmonary disease which made it difficult for him to breathe. Mr. Nimoy said last year that he had the disease, and he attributed it to his years of smoking.

Leonard Nimoy also played in other TV series, but people will forever remember him as Spock

New Word : 

-  شخصيه character

- ممثل actor  

-رؤيه pulmonary

- تنفس breathe

- ينسب attributed

Swiss train crash - News In English #4

Swiss train crash

Many people think that the trains in Switzerland are very safe and efficient, and many Swiss people ride trains.

However, recently a commuter train and a high-speed train crashed near Zurich. Some parts of the trains came off the train tracks, but they did not fall over.

Emergency workers helped the people that were on the trains. The people that run the trains in Switzerland closed the part of the train tracks where the crash happened

New Word : 

-  كفاءة efficient

- حالات الطوارى Emergency 

- مسارات tracks  

-  ركاب commuter

Venezuelan police killed a boy - News In English #3

Venezuelan police killed a boy

There was a demonstration in a Venezuelan city. Around 20 people fought with the police. A 14-year-old boy was in the violence.

A policeman shot the teenager with a rubber bullet, and the boy died on his way to hospital. The policeman confessed to shooting the boy and police arrested him. The Venezuelan president condemned the violence.

New Word :

مظاهرة demonstration

violence عنف

رصاصه bullet 

اعترف confessed

condemned مدان 

 

Man can see again - News In English #2

Man can see again

An American from Minnesota began to lose his sight around 20 years ago. In 2005, he was completely blind. His disease was serious, and doctors could not help him. However, ten years later, the man can see again!

Doctors gave him a special device. They call it a bionic eye, but it looks like sunglasses. It sees instead of the man’s eyes and it sends the information to his brain.

Someone filmed the moment when the man saw for the first time in ten years. It is a very emotional video.

New Word : 

- رؤية Sight

- جهاز  device 

- ذو اعضاء اليه bionic 

Heavy floods in Bolivia - News In English #1

Heavy floods in Bolivia

In October, heavy seasonal rain began in Bolivia and flooding started. The flooding has affected 17,000 families and it has killed 25 people.

The centre and north of Bolivia received the most flooding so far. The northern province of Pando is near Brazil. After the Acre River burst onto land, it destroyed the land around 9000 homes and killed several people.

The government is helping by sending food, beds, mosquito nets, cleaning supplies and tents. People live in the tents in schools, but the schools are almost full.

New Word : 

- seasonal موسمي 

- affected تأثرت 

- province مقاطعه 

- bursh  انفجار 

Ferry accident in Bangladesh - Story In English #8

Ferry accident in Bangladesh 

level 2

A ferry with 150 people on board collided with a boat and overturned. More than 70 people, including women and children, died.

People saved at least 50 passengers. Police arrested the captain of the boat and his two crew. Accidents on the rivers of Bangladesh are common – the boats are of low quality and there are often too many people on them.

New Word : 

- Ferry العبارة

- Collide اصطدم 

- Passengers الركاب

- arrested اعتقال 

- crew الطاقم 

The Lucky Thief - Story In English #7

The Lucky Thief

Louise Burt was walking along a San Francisco street.

 Suddenly a man took her purse and ran. Mrs.

 Burt was very angry. She had ten dollars, her

bus pass, and the keys to her house

in the purse. Mrs. Burt ran after the thief.

The thief ran one block, two blocks, three

blocks. The thief was a young man, so he

could run fast. Mrs. Burt was not a young

woman_she was 73 years old_but she could

run fast, too. Mrs. Burt stayed right behind the thief.

Mrs. Burt was wearing two chopsticks in her hair.

The chopsticks had sharp ends. Mrs. Burt took

 the chopsticks out of her hair. "Maybe I can

stab the thief with these chopsticks,

" she thought. "Then he will drop purse."

The thief ran into an apartment building.

Mrs. Burt followed him.

"Help! Stop him!" she shouted. "He has my purse!"

Two police officers were walking near

the apartment building. They heard Mrs.

Burt and ran to help her. One police officer

 stayed with Mrs. Burt.

The other police officer chased the thief.

The police officer found the thief on the roof of the

 apartment building. The thief was looking in

Mrs. Burt's purse. When he saw the police

 officer, the thief dropped the purse and

jumped off the building. The building was two stories high.

A few minutes later the police officer caught the

 thief. He was hiding under a car.

He couldn't run because he had two broken ankles.

The police took the thief to jail. The thief

will stay in jail for long time. But the thief was lucky.

He was lucky that the police caught him.

He lucky that Mrs. Burt didn't catch him!

New Word :

- Thief لص

- Purse محفظه

- Chopsticks عيدان 

- sharp حاد

- drop انخفاض

- Hiding اخفاء

The turtle and the ducks - Story In English #6

The turtle and the ducks

The turtle was not very happy. "here I am on the ground 

"he said. "I cannot go fast. I always see the same things

I see only the ground and the grass. Poor, poor me

Then the turtle looked up at the sky. "look at those birds

" he said. "they go many places. They see many things

I want to be a bird. I want to fly, too

Two ducks stopped near the turtle

"oh, ducks, "asked the turtle. "what can I do? I want to 

go far places. I want to see the world

"I think we can help you," said the ducks

"can you?" asked the turtle. "how?"

"you can fly with us to Africa or to America. You can see 

mountains, oceans, and cities – all things you want to see

"but how can I fly?" asked the turtle

"with astick," said the ducks." We can hold the stick in

our mouths. And you must hold on with your mouth

And that's what they did. They went up in the air. They went 

many miles. The turtle saw many new things. He saw a city

and lots of people

Some people looked up. "a turtle in the air!" they said

"run, run to the queen. There is a flying turtle. She must see it

The queen came out to see the turtle." where is it

She asked. "here! Can't you see me?" called the turtle 

But when he opened his mouth, he fell to the ground 

And there, in front of the queen and all the people, he died

New Word : 

Turtle - سلحفاه 

Duck - بطة 

Ground - ارض 

Grass - عشب

Stick - عصا

The big family in the little house - Story In English #5

The big family in the little house

Vladimir does not know what to do. He has a big family

And he lives in a little house. He is not very happy

One day he goes to town. He talks to a wise woman 

"please help me," he says. "my wife and I have six children 

We live in a very little house. Eight people in a few

rooms! We cannot live in this way

The wise woman listens. She closes her eyes for a minute 

Then she asks, "how many animals do you have

" we have eight animals. We have a horse, a cow 

two pigs, and four chickens, "says vladimir

"good. Go home now," says the wise woman 

"take all your animals into the house with you

" our animals!" says Vladimir. He goes home and does 

what the wise woman tells him. The next week 

he goes back to the wise woman

"this is very bad!" he says. "The animals eat our food

They fill all the rooms. They sleep in our beds

The wise woman closes her eyes a gain. Then she tells 

Vladimir, "now go home. Take the animals out of the house

Vladimir goes home. He takes the animals out of the house

The next day, he goes back to the wise woman

This time he is happy .

"thank you, thank you, "he says. "it's very different

without the animals. Now we can eat. Now we can sleep 

Now we like our house. Thank you for your help 

You are a very wise woman

New Word : 

Wise حكيم 

Pig خنزير 

Fire! Fire! - Story In English #4

Fire! Fire! 

The moon had gone behind a cloud and there weren't many stars in the sky. It was a dark night. I saw a glow in my neighbour's kitchen. I thought he was having a midnight snack so I went back to my bed. 

Soon, there was a burning smell in the air and I suspected something was wrong. At once, I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to investigate. I saw fire coming out of my neighbour's kitchen. Instinctively, I shouted "Fire! Fire!" But there was no one nearby to hear my shouts for help. 

I rushed into my house, called the Fire Department and went back to my neighbour's house. I rang the doorbell, banged on the door and called out my neighbour's name but there was no response. I managed to break into the house and rescued a cat and a rabbit. 

I tried to throw buckets of water through the kitchen window but it was no use; the fire was too strong. Luckily, a fire engine arrived and the firemen put out the fire. They arrived in the nick of time as the fire was going to spread to the other rooms in the house. 

When my neighbour came back, he was sad because his kitchen was a wreck but he thanked me for calling the Fire Department and for saving his pets. He wanted to give me some money as a reward but I did not accept it. 

Weeks later, my neighbour repaired and restored his kitchen. He invited me to his new kitchen and there he gave me a medal that he had specially ordered from a factory. It made me very happy.

New Word : 

 توهج - Glow 

 وجبة خفيفة - Snack 

 الطابق الاسفل - Downstairs 

بصورة غريزية - Instinctively  

قريب - Nearby 

هرع - Rushed 

 خبطت - Banged 

 انقاذ - Rescued 

محطم - Wreck 

A Duck Tale - Story In English #3

A Duck Tale

The bright morning rays shone through the bedroom curtains onto Farmer Huang's pillow; making the room hot and stuffy. Farmer Huang is not an early riser but the heat woke up him. He hurriedly got up and started to head for his poultry farm. He had invested all his money in ducks. 

Farmer Huang got into his lorry that was loaded with ducks in cages and his two workers, Bill and Jim. Their first stop was City Primary School. Upon reaching the school gate, the lorry skidded and punctured a tyre. Farmer Huang left his workers to change the tyre while he went into the school canteen to hand over some ducks. 

Meanwhile, a boy had crept up the lorry and opened some of the cages. Jim happened to look up; the boy jumped down from the lorry and ran into the school compound. The ducks were escaping! Jim and Bill hurriedly tried to get the ducks back into the cages but their efforts were in vain. There was a great commotion ... ducks quacking, workers shouting. 

Where was the naughty boy? He was at the school gate letting some ducks into the school. On hearing the noise, many children came out of their classrooms and were watching the funny sight ... two men chasing ducks which were quacking, waddling and flapping their wings which in turn sent down feathers floating in the air! It was hilarious. 

Farmer Huang came back just in time to catch hold of the boy. He then went after the ducks. He made a funny quacking sound and the ducks began to come to him. He happily put them back into their cages, changed the punctured tyre and drove off ... leaving the boy in the hands of the school principal.

New Words : 

وساده - pillow 

دواجن  - poultry 

استثمر - invested 

 شاحنه - lorry 

 اقفاص - cages 

زلق - skid 

مقصف - canteen 

في هذه الاثناء - Meanwhile 

تسلل - crept 

 

Mission Fishing - Story In English #2

Mission Fishing

level #1    

 

One bright and sunny day, I felt like fishing. So I packed what I needed ... fishing rod, hooks, weights and of course, worms for bait. 

When I reached the jetty, I put a worm on the hook and threw the line in and waited for the fish to bite. I was disappointed when I did not catch anything after waiting for three hours. 

I pulled in the line and to my surprise, there was a small fish at the end of the line. The fish was so small that I did not feel any tug on the line. 

I was even more surprised when the fish started to talk, "Let me go or I will turn you into a frog!" I was so startled that I just stared at  

it. The next moment, I was already a frog ... ribit, ribit

New Words : 

Rod -  صناره صيد 

 worms -  الديدان 

bait -  طُعم 

jetty -  رصيف

disappointed -  خيبة امل 

Frog - ضفدع 

Mouse and His Bug - Story In English #1

Mouse and His Bug

 Once there was a mouse
who lived in a great big house.
The mouse had a pet bug
which lived in his mug.

The mouse wasn't very happy
when his bug jumped into his favourite rug.

 The mouse made the bug stay in his mug
and forbade it to go near the rug.
The bug just wouldn't listen
and jumped onto the rug

This time, the mouse was furious
and squashed it with his mug

New Word : 

Bug - حشره  

 Mug - كشر

Rug  - سجاده 

 forbade - حرم 

squashed - سحق