Grassland Fire in Mongolia Burns Huge Area; KDDI Responds
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A big fire burned grassland in Mongolia.
The fire burned an area bigger than Tokyo. It was more than two times the size of Tokyo.
People asked questions about a Japanese company called KDDI. KDDI works with a Mongolian company called Movicom.
A KDDI leader said the company feels very sorry. He said this is a very serious problem.
People asked if someone started the fire to catch a fish. The fish is called Amur taimen. This fish is very big and lives in rivers.
KDDI said it will work with Movicom. They want to stop fires like this from happening again.
The news report asked KDDI about why the fire started.
KDDI did not give all the details yet.
Vocabulary15 words
- grassland
- a big area of land with grass, few trees
- KDDI
- a Japanese phone and internet company
- fire
- hot flames that burn things
- burned
- damaged by fire
- Mongolia
- a country in Asia, near China and Russia
- company
- a business that makes money
- leader
- a person who runs a company or group
- sorry
- feeling bad about something wrong
- serious
- very important and not small
- reporter
- a person who writes news
- area
- a space of land
- catch
- to get something, like a fish
- river
- a long line of water on land
- again
- one more time
- detail
- small piece of information
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Answer key
1. More than two times the size of Tokyo 2. Movicom 3. Yes
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A big _____ burned grassland in Mongolia.
The fire burned an area bigger than _____.
It was more than two times the size of Tokyo.
People asked questions about a Japanese company called _____.
KDDI works with a Mongolian company called _____.
A KDDI leader said the company feels very _____.
He said this is a very _____ problem.
People asked if someone started the fire to _____ a fish.
The fish is called Amur _____.
KDDI said it will work with Movicom to stop fires from happening _____.
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