Poison in Tea – level 2

07-09-2020 15:00

On August 20, Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, flew from Tomsk, Siberia, to Moscow, Russia. He drank hot tea at the airport. During the flight, he started to feel sick. He felt so bad, that the pilots had to land in Omsk, Russia.

Navalny fell into a coma and he ended up in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Doctors say that the situation is serious; however, they think that Navalny can survive the attack.

Last week, German officials said that doctors found Novichok in Navalny’s body. Novichok is a nerve gas, and it comes from Soviet laboratories. Germany asked Russia to explain the situation.

Navalny’s supporters believe that the Russian president planned the attack. However, he said that it is not true.

Difficult words: opposition (people in government who are against the main government party), coma (a situation when a person cannot wake up, and he does not react to anything), nerve gas (a chemical that is very dangerous to people, and soldiers sometimes use it), Soviet (a name for Russia when it was a Communist country).

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