Elementary News Lessons – Page 2

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Elementary news lesson: Woman survives after ten hours in the sea

October 2018: A British woman fell from a cruise ship in the Adriatic sea, but survived because the sea was warm and she is a good swimmer.
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Elementary news lesson: Scientists find water on Mars

September 2018: Scientists wonder if the enormous, salty lake under the thick ice of the south pole on Mars contains bacteria.
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Elementary news lesson: The NHS celebrates its 70th birthday

August 2018: ‘Born’ on 5 July, 1948, The United Kingdom’s National Health Service was the first ‘free’ health service in the world.
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Elementary news lesson: The world’s biggest supercomputer

July 2018: ‘Summit’ started working in June and processes medical data so quickly that scientists hope it can help find cures for diseases like cancer.
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Elementary news lesson: Historic meeting between the presidents of North and South Korea

June 2018: Last month, after 75 years of very bad relations between North and South Korea, the two leaders met and shook hands.
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Elementary news lesson: Train travels 11 kilometres backwards without an engine

May 2018: More than one thousand passengers in India are safe after railway workers stopped their train by putting stones on the track.
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Elementary news lesson: The Shape of Water wins the Oscar for best film

April 2018: Oscars are given for many different areas of film-making, including the best actress, best actor and best director.
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Elementary news lesson: The first car in space

March 2018: Elon Musk sent a red Tesla sports car into space on board the Falcon Heavy rocket, with the car playing David Bowie’s ‘Starman’.
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Elementary news lesson: Ice and snow bring problems for travellers in the USA

February 2018: Eighteen people have died in accidents and more than 80,000 others had power cuts because of the bad weather.
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Elementary news lesson: Only 24 people a year use Britain's quietest railway station

January 2018: Barry Links station has no ticket office or ticket machine, and trains only stop at the station once a day - but never on Sundays.
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Elementary news lesson: Louvre art museum opens in Abu Dhabi

December 2017: The museum cost 100 million euros and was opened by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in November 2017.
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Elementary news lesson: Fifty-eight die in shooting in Las Vegas

November 2017: The shooting of people at a music festival was the worst mass killing by one person in American history.
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Elementary news lesson: Hurricane Irma – the worst Atlantic storm ever

October 2017: It will cost around $120 billion to clean up and rebuild houses, schools, hospitals and roads in the USA and Caribbean.
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Elementary news lesson: Is it safe to eat eggs?

September 2017: The Netherlands produces millions of eggs each year, but some are found to contain a chemical which could be harmful.
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Elementary news lesson: Tiger kills zookeeper at British zoo

July 2017: Rosa King, 34, had worked as a keeper at Hamerton Zoo Park near Cambridge, UK, for 14 years and loved her job.
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Elementary news lesson: Emmanuel Macron is the new president of France

June 2017: Former banker Macron, who supports the EU, got more votes than far-right Marine Le Pen in the second round of voting to win the election.
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Elementary news lesson: Argentina's football coach loses his job

May 2017: Edgardo Bauza was sacked after only eight matches, when some bad results meant that Argentina might not play in the 2018 World Cup.
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Elementary news lesson: Japanese workers work longer hours

April 2017: A typical employee in a Japanese company works around nine hours every day, an hour more than many other countries.
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Elementary news lesson: Elizabeth II celebrates 65 years as British queen

March 2017: Elizabeth II is the oldest monarch in the world and has been head of state for longer than any woman in history.
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Elementary news lesson: Formula One world champion retires

February 2017: Nico Rosberg retires from motor racing at the age of 31, just five days after becoming world champion.