People burn buses – level 1

30-09-2015 15:00

This news is from a Brazilian city. The city provides transportation services. Some people want better services. They protest. They burn buses.

They burn six buses. They damage nine other vehicles. This costs 2 million dollars.

Difficult words: provide (to offer; to let people use something), transportation services (services like using the bus), vehicle (something like a bus or a car).

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

What do you think about this protest?

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