A Bright Green Mark Before the Return to Hickory Creek
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In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service marked fish.
- A2
Two scientists marked fish.
- B1
On 13 October 2026, two biologists at the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery tagged 44 fish.
- B2
On 13 October 2026, two biologists at the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery tagged 44 Barrens Topminnows.
- C1
The Barrens Topminnow has neither time nor territory to spare.
- C2
The Barrens Topminnow has neither time nor territory to spare.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- species
- A group of animals or plants that are the same kind and can produce young together.
- release
- The act of setting an animal or person free.
- solution
- A liquid into which a solid or gas has been mixed.
- inject
- To put a liquid into a person's or animal's body using a needle.
- monitor
- To watch and check something carefully over a period of time.
- survival
- The state of continuing to live, especially in difficult conditions.
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by US Fish and Wildlife Service. Read the original for the full report.