Two ships were hit by another ship — level 1 27-02-2013 14:00 Activists protest against whale hunting. They say that two of their ships were hitby a Japanese ship. They want help from Australia They want help from one Australian ship. The activists tried to stop ‘one Japanese ship which wanted to catch whales. The Japanese ship hit the activists’ ship. Japanese ships can catch 1,000 whales every year for science. Every year activists try to stop the Japanese ships. Interesting words: activists (people who want to change something), hunting (catching and killing). Men steal things from cars — level 1 28-02-2013 08:00 ‘Some young men steal things from cars in Lima. Lima is in Peru. They do it during the day. They steal from cars which are stopped. ‘The cars are stopped in big traffic jams. They steal money and other things from hands of people who are in the cars Acamera in the street filmed the men. Police took the men to the police station. There will be anew strong law in Lima. Itwill stop these men. They will stop stealing Interesting words: steal (take illegally), traffic jam (street with many slow cars). The coldest village in the world — level 1 28-02-2013 14:00 Do you have a feeling that this winter is very cold? Think about people who Ive in one Russian town. They say that they live in the coldest town on Earth. The name of their town is Oymyakon. The town is in Siberia. The temperatures very often go down to minus 60 ‘The people say that these low temperatures are sometimes for ten days. There is another special thing in their town. Itis the horse. The horse lives in these low temperatures. The horse is small but very strong. The horse can live in very cold winters. Interesting words. coldest (most cold), low (down).Players went to a concert - level 1 01-03-2013 14:00 Basketball and classical music usually don't go together. People from one team in Turkey went to a concert of classical music. At the beginning they weren't happy there. They looked at their watches. One player was sleeping. And then things started to change. ‘The music changed into a Turkish pop song. Some people stood up. They started to sing the song. Cameras filmed the whole situation. The players didn’t know about it They were shocked. The video about this situation will help the team. More people will go to their matches. Interesting words: classical music (music for example from Beethoven or Mozart), pop (popular). Volcano Mount Etna erupts — level 1 04-03-2013 08:00 Mount Etna is in Italy. Itis an active voleano. It sent a lot of smoke into the air today. It did it many times. The mountain is 2900 metres high. There was a lot of ashin the air too. People stayed in their towns and villages Etna is near the Sicilan town of Catania. Mount Etna is active very often, but itisn't very dangerous Interesting words: veleano (big mountain which explodes sometimes) ash (grey and white material after fire), Hot air balloon crashed in Egypt — level 1 04-03-2013 14:00 Ahot air balloon fell from the sky in Egypt. The balloon crashed near Luxor. There were 21 people in the balloon basket. Nineteen of the people were killed. The balloon was 300 metres high. A person in another balloon filmed the moment. Smoke came from the falling balloon, and then it lostits air and itwent down. People from Great Britain, Egypt, Japan, China, France and Hungary were in the balloon. The pilot jumped from the balloon. He didn’t die. Hot air balloons are popular in Eaypt but all balloons are stopped now. Interesting words: balloon (big bag with air inside).Young dog can walk again — level 1 06-03-2013 06.00 Juliette is @ puppy who is twelve weeks old. She is full of energy ‘She had a difficult start to life. Juliette was found on the street. She had a big problem. Her legs were deformed Aperson took her to a home for lost animals. The puppy got good food and help trom experts. Many people sent her lots of nice messages. There won't be problems with @ new home for her. Six hundred people wantto take her home. Interesting words: puppy (young dog), deformed (in a wrong shape), expert (person who. understands something). Man was pulled behind a car — level 1 06-03-2013 14:00 In Daveyton, South Africa, police wanted to take a taxi driverto the police station. The male taxi driver started to fight the police. The officers pushed him to the ground. Then they tied him to a police car. The carstarted to go. The man was behind the car. The man later died at the police station. He was 27 years old. He was from Mozambique. The police said that the man was aggressive. They didn't say thatthe man was pulled behind the police car. Local newspapers say that the taxi driver was stopped because he parked on the wrong side of the road Interesting words: fight (hit and kick somebody), tie (connect things together).Car on a roof of a house — level 1 06-03-2013 06:00 In Texas, a carlanded on the roof ofa house in Houston. The car started the house alarm. The person in the house, Susan Mistini, said she thought that somebody was trying to get into the house. When she went out, she sawa car on the roof of her house. Police say that the car landed there because the driver went very fast. The driver lost control of his, car. The car tumed around and around. The car landed on the roof of the house. The driver is in hosptal, and is not dead Interesting words: landed (finish your fight), thought think in the past) Many dolphins swim together — Level 1 06-03-2013 14:00 Here is something interesting. Do you like dolphins? People saw many of them together. They were in a very big group. This happened in New Zealand's Wellington. People stopped and looked at the dolphins. They liked it very much. Dolphins usually live in small groups. This is nota usual thing Interesting words: happened (was), usual (normal), Man disappeared in a hole — level 1 07-03-2013 6:00 Ahole in the ground opened under a house. The owner's name was Jeremy Bush. He was 36. He lived in Florida. The hole destroyed everything. They can'tfind Jeremy. They stopped looking for him There were five other people in the house. They are OK. People cant live in this house. Itis in a bad condition. The house will be destroyed. Interesting words: owner (the man who had the house), destroy (break into pieces).