Horse Rider Spots Sea Spurge Outbreak on Ninety Mile Beach
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
A person on a horse found sea spurge.
- A2
A person on a horse found sea spurge on Ninety Mile Beach.
- B1
A horse rider spotted an outbreak of coastal plants on Ninety Mile Beach in New Zealand.
- B2
On New Zealand's Ninety Mile Beach, near Lone Pine, north of Ahipara, a horse rider spotted an outbreak of coastal plants.
- C1
On New Zealand's Ninety Mile Beach, near Lone Pine, north of Ahipara, a horse rider noticed an outbreak of plants in an active sand drift.
- C2
On New Zealand's Ninety Mile Beach, near Lone Pine, north of Ahipara, a horse rider noticed an outbreak of plants in an active sand drift.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- outbreak
- A sudden appearance of something unwelcome, such as a disease or a harmful plant
- invasive
- Spreading very quickly in a new area and causing harm to local plants or animals
- sighting
- An occasion when someone sees something that is rare or unusual
- seedling
- A very young plant that has grown from a seed
- bury
- To cover something completely with earth, sand, or snow
- removal
- The act of taking something away from a place
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Department of Conservation (New Zealand). Read the original for the full report.