Satellites Watch a Major El Niño in the Pacific
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
NASA is using satellites to watch El Niño.
- A2
NASA is using satellites to watch a big El Niño.
- B1
Every two to seven years, a natural climate pattern called El Niño forms in the Pacific Ocean.
- B2
Every two to seven years, a natural climate pattern called El Niño forms when Pacific Ocean waters get warmer than usual.
- C1
Roughly every two to seven years, a recurring climate pattern known as El Niño develops when waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean become warmer than normal.
- C2
Every two to seven years, the equatorial Pacific throws a planetary tantrum known as El Niño.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- pattern
- a regular way in which something happens or is done
- major
- very large, important or serious
- spot
- to see or notice someone or something, especially when it is not easy
- expand
- to grow larger in size, number or amount
- surface
- the top or outside part of something, such as water or land
- average
- the usual level or amount that is typical for a group of things
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.