Hundreds Sleep on Rome Streets After Building Eviction
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About 300 people are sleeping on the streets in Rome, Italy. They lost their home after police stopped them from living in a squatted building.
A squatted building is a place where people live without paying rent. They do not own it or have a contract to stay there.
The police made a crackdown on the building. A crackdown means strong action to stop something.
The people who lived there had to leave. Now they camp outside on the street. They use tents and bags for their things.
This is happening in Rome, the capital city of Italy. Many people in the city know about this problem.
The residents do not have another home right now. They wait outside and hope for help.
This story shows a problem with housing in big cities. Some people cannot pay for a normal home. So they live in empty buildings instead.
Local news groups are watching what happens next. It is not clear yet where these 300 people will go.
Vocabulary8 words
- squatted
- living in a building without permission or payment
- crackdown
- strong action by police or government to stop something
- residents
- people who live in a place
- camp
- to sleep outside, often in a tent
- capital
- the main city of a country
- housing
- homes for people to live in
- eviction
- when someone is forced to leave a place
- authorities
- people in charge, like police or government
Quiz
Answer key
1. On the streets 2. Police cracked down on the squatted building 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
About 300 people are sleeping on the _____ in Rome, Italy.
They lost their home after police stopped them from living in a _____ building.
A squatted building is a place where people live without paying _____.
The police made a _____ on the building.
The people who lived there had to _____.
Now they _____ outside on the street.
This is happening in Rome, the _____ city of Italy.
The residents do not have another _____ right now.
This story shows a problem with _____ in big cities.
It is not clear yet where these 300 people will _____.
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