Officials Knew Reflecting Pool Liner Was Peeling Before Vandalism Case Began
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The Reflecting Pool is a famous pool of water in Washington, D.C. It is near the Lincoln Memorial. The pool has a special liner inside it. A liner is a layer that keeps water in.
News reports say officials knew about a problem with the liner. The liner was peeling. Peeling means small pieces come off a surface. Officials knew about this almost a month before they started a vandalism case. Vandalism means damaging something on purpose.
Later, workers began work to fix the pool. This work is part of a bigger rehabilitation project. Rehabilitation means repairing something to make it good again. The rehab of the pool started some months ago.
Now, workers have drained the pool. To drain something means to take all the water out. They drained it so they can do critical repairs. Critical means very important and urgent.
The repairs will fix the liner problems. People want the famous pool to look nice again. The Reflecting Pool is visited by many tourists every year.
Vocabulary6 words
- liner
- a layer inside something that keeps water in
- peeling
- small pieces coming off a surface
- vandalism
- damaging something on purpose
- rehabilitation
- work to repair something and make it good again
- drain
- to take all the water out of something
- critical
- very important and needed now
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Answer key
1. A layer that keeps water in 2. Nearly a month before the vandalism case 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The Reflecting Pool is a famous _____ of water in Washington, D.C.
The pool has a special _____ inside it.
Officials knew about this almost a month before they started a _____ case.
Later, workers began work to fix the pool as part of a bigger _____ project.
Now, workers have _____ the pool.
They drained it so they can do _____ repairs.
The repairs will fix the _____ problems.
The Reflecting Pool is visited by many _____ every year.
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