Girl stops a kidnapper – level 2

31-05-2021 07:00

In Florida, US, a man tried to kidnap an 11-year old girl. A video camera recorded her when she played in grass next to a road as she waited for the school bus. A white car drove by her, and then it came back.

The man came out of the car and tried to take her to the car. She kicked him. They both fell down. She put a blue color on him during the fight. Then they both ran away from each other. Later on, the police found him by following the license plate on his car, and they saw the blue color on his arms.

The girl said that she learned from a TV show that you need to leave evidence to help catch a criminal.

Difficult words: kidnap (to take somebody away illegally), threaten (to say you will hurt or kill someone), license plate (the numbers on a car which identify that car), evidence (information).

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

What do you think about this news?

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