Great White Shark Sighting Closes Wells, Maine Beaches to Swimming
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Beaches in Wells, Maine, are closed to swimming. This happened after people saw a great white shark near the beach.
A lifeguard was pulled underwater by the shark. The lifeguard works at the beach and helps keep swimmers safe.
Wells is a popular beach town. Many families go there on the East Coast of the United States.
More than six sharks were seen on video near the beach in two days. People saw the sharks in the water close to shore.
Officials closed the beaches to keep people safe. They do not want swimmers to be near the sharks.
This is a big story for the town. Wells beaches are usually busy in summer with tourists and local families.
Vocabulary15 words
- great white shark
- a very big, dangerous ocean fish
- lifeguard
- a person who watches swimmers and helps them if there is danger
- sighting
- a time when someone sees something
- closed
- not open; people cannot use it
- officials
- people who have an important job for a town or place
- shore
- the land next to the sea
- tourists
- people who visit a place on holiday
- popular
- liked by many people
- underwater
- below the top of the water
- safe
- not in danger
- beach
- sand next to the sea
- swimmers
- people who swim
- video
- moving pictures you can watch
- East Coast
- the eastern side of the United States, next to the ocean
- danger
- something that can hurt you
Quiz
Answer key
1. Because of a great white shark sighting 2. A shark pulled the lifeguard underwater 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Beaches in Wells, Maine, are _____ to swimming. This happened after people saw a great white _____ near the beach.
A _____ was pulled underwater by the shark. The lifeguard works at the beach and helps keep swimmers safe.
Wells is a _____ beach town. Many families go there on the East Coast of the United States.
More than six sharks were seen on _____ near the beach in two days. People saw the sharks in the water close to _____.
Officials closed the beaches to keep people _____. They do not want swimmers to be near the sharks.
This is a big story for the town. Wells beaches are usually busy in summer with _____ and local families.
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