Elderly Man Rescued From Neglect; Suspect Arrested in Brazil
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Police found an old man in a bad place in Coroatá, Brazil.
The man is 72 years old. He was alone and not safe. This is called abandonment.
Police think another man was bad to him. This is called mistreatment.
The Civil Police saved the old man. They took him to a safe place.
The police also took the other man away. He is now in custody.
Police are still looking at the case. They want to know more about what happened.
This story happened in Coroatá, a town in Maranhão, Brazil.
Vocabulary10 words
- abandonment
- when people leave someone alone without help
- mistreatment
- being bad or cruel to someone
- Civil Police
- a kind of police in Brazil
- custody
- when police keep someone and watch them
- rescue
- to save someone from danger
- suspect
- a person police think did something bad
- elderly
- old; many years of age
- arrest
- when police stop someone and take them away
- safe
- not in danger
- case
- a problem police look at
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1. 72 2. He was arrested 3. Coroatá
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Police found an old man in a bad place in _____.
The man is _____ years old. He was alone and not safe.
Police think another man was bad to him. This is called _____.
The _____ saved the old man. They took him to a safe place.
The police also took the other man away. He is now in _____.
Police are still looking at the _____.
This story happened in Coroatá, a town in _____, Brazil.
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