Anniversary Flags Visit Sea Turtle Nesting Grounds on St. Croix
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 runs it.
- A2
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service runs Flags Across America.
- B1
In May 2026, young leatherback sea turtles came out of their nests on St. Croix.
- B2
In May 2026, young leatherback sea turtles emerged from their nests on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- C1
In May 2026, while young leatherback sea turtles were emerging from their nests on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, commemorative flags arrived on the shore.
- C2
In May 2026, while newly hatched leatherback sea turtles were emerging from their sandy nests on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a set of commemorative banners arrived on the shore.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- shore
- the land along the edge of a sea, lake or wide river
- refuge
- a safe place where wild animals are protected from danger
- endangered
- at risk of no longer existing because very few are left alive
- threatened
- in danger of becoming rare or harmed in the near future
- hatch
- to come out of an egg by breaking the shell
- achieve
- to succeed in doing or reaching something after working for it
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by US Fish and Wildlife Service. Read the original for the full report.