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A Fast-Food Restaurant Story
A story from CNN about a lady in Atlanta who saw another customer mistreat a fast-food worker and what she did about it.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
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Downloads: 20
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Dealing with Ocean Plastic in South America
A startup is recycling tonnes of discarded fishing nets throughout Chile. Is this a template for tackling the global plastic waste problem?
This is an article titled "Ocean plastic was choking Chile�s shores. Now it�s in Patagonia�s hats" from The Guardian last month.
There are some questions to test vocabulary and reading comprehensions. An...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
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Downloads: 30
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Rio Tinto 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
This recent article tells the sad story of a sacred and important Aboriginal site being blasted by a mining company in Australia, after they were given government permission to do so. There are some questions to test comprehension and knowledge of vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
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Super trawlers
A short passage about super trawlers with comprehension questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 13
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The city of blades
Learn about the ancient city of swords, knives, razor blades and scissors! Answers are included. Please let me know if you�ve any suggestions for improvements.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 16
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Blowhole Energy
Technology that harnesses wave energy through a �blowhole� is being tested at a remote Tasmanian island. This is a recent news article about that, with a worksheet to test vocabulary and comprehension.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type:
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Volvo Might Give Out One Million Dollars Worth of Cars
I have taken a short article about a Volvo commercial and provided a word/meaning matching activity and 3 True/False questions, to test comprehension. The answers are included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type:
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Private Space Station Planned For 2027
This is a worksheet accompanying a recent news article about a proposed private space station, announced recently by Nanoracks, Lockheed Martin and Voyager Space. Most of the vocabulary is intermediate level I think!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
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Downloads: 19
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No Mullets Allowed
This is a recent news story about a young man who wasn�t allowed to enter an Australian bar because of his hairstyle. It�s fairly easy, as long as you know or can guess a few words of Australian slang :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
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Downloads: 5
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The incredible journey of the Bogong moth
Bogong moths migrate up to a thousand kilometres to find a cool summer home in Australia�s southern alps, where they are a crucial source of food for the local wildlife. Why they outnumber most moths is not known.
Lund University has a short video about some research they�ve done about the moth. This worksheet is written to accompany the vid...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 10
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