A Quick Shipwreck and a Satellite Rescue
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
Five people are on a boat.
- A2
In 2024, a fishing team went into the ocean.
- B1
In 2024, a five-person fishing team went out for Memorial Day weekend.
- B2
During the Memorial Day weekend in 2024, a five-person fishing team was rescued 40 miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
- C1
During the Memorial Day weekend in 2024, a fishing trip forty miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast transformed into a desperate fight for survival.
- C2
During the Memorial Day weekend in 2024, a fishing expedition forty miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast transformed into a desperate fight for survival.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- survivor
- a person who stays alive after a dangerous event
- activate
- to make something start working
- beacon
- a light or radio signal that warns or guides people
- device
- a machine or tool that does a special job
- rescue
- to save someone from a dangerous situation
- rely
- to need or depend on someone or something
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.