Satellite Tracks Eruption at Russian Volcano
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 NISAR satellite watches lava.
- A2
The NISAR satellite watched lava at the Krasheninnikov volcano.
- B1
The NISAR satellite monitored lava flowing from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which is located on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
- B2
The NISAR satellite monitored lava flowing from the Krasheninnikov volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
- C1
The NISAR satellite monitored lava flowing from the Krasheninnikov volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
- C2
On Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the Krasheninnikov volcano had lain dormant for centuries, remaining an enduring, quiet fixture of the remote landscape.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- monitor
- to watch and check a situation carefully for a period of time
- flow
- to move continuously and easily in one direction
- erupt
- to suddenly throw out smoke, fire, and melted rocks
- capture
- to record or take a picture of something using a camera
- resolution
- the amount of detail that can be seen in an image or on a screen
- reliable
- able to be trusted or believed because of working or behaving well
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.