Body of a Woman Found Floating in the Sea in Finistère, France
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Rescue workers went to the sea near Camaret-sur-Mer in France.
They found the body of a woman in the water.
The place is called Pen Hir bay. This is in the Finistère area.
The body was floating in the sea.
Seventeen firefighters came to help.
They worked to get the body out of the water.
The name of the woman is not known yet.
People do not know why she was in the sea.
The emergency services are looking at what happened.
This story is about a sad event by the sea.
Vocabulary15 words
- body
- the physical form of a person, alive or dead
- bay
- a part of the sea that goes into the land
- floating
- staying on top of water, not sinking
- firefighters
- people who help in emergencies and fires
- emergency services
- groups like police and firefighters who help in bad situations
- rescue
- to help someone in danger
- region
- a part of a country
- coast
- the land next to the sea
- discovered
- found something new
- mobilized
- brought together to work
- authorities
- people in charge, like police
- investigation
- checking to find out what happened
- drift
- to move slowly in water
- sea
- big area of salt water
- France
- a country in Europe
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1. In the sea near Camaret-sur-Mer 2. Seventeen 3. No
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Rescue workers went to the sea near _____ in France.
They found the _____ of a woman in the water.
The place is called Pen Hir _____. This is in the Finistère area.
The body was _____ in the sea.
Seventeen _____ came to help.
They worked to get the body out of the water.
The name of the woman is not known yet.
People do not know why she was in the sea.
The _____ are looking at what happened.
This story is about a sad event by the sea.
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