Trump, Putin and Xi to Meet in China Next Week
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Three world leaders plan to meet next week. They are Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. The meeting will be in China.
The White House talked about the plan. A spokeswoman gave the news. She works for the US government.
This kind of meeting has never happened before. It is called an unprecedented meeting. Trump, Putin and Xi do not often meet together.
Trump wants to talk about nuclear weapons. He wants to talk about the reduction of nuclear weapons. This means making the number smaller.
Nuclear weapons are very dangerous. Many countries want fewer of them. These three countries have many nuclear weapons.
The meeting will happen in China next week. People around the world are watching this news. It could be an important moment for peace.
Vocabulary15 words
- spokeswoman
- a woman who gives official information
- unprecedented
- never happened before
- reduction
- making something smaller
- nuclear weapons
- very powerful and dangerous bombs
- leader
- a person who runs a country
- government
- the group that runs a country
- plan
- an idea for something to do
- meeting
- when people come together to talk
- dangerous
- able to hurt people
- peace
- a time with no war
- world
- the whole planet Earth
- news
- information about new events
- talk
- to speak with someone
- important
- very big or serious
- country
- a place with its own government
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1. A White House spokeswoman 2. In China 3. True
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Three world _____ plan to meet next week.
They are Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi _____.
The meeting will be in _____.
The White House talked about the _____.
A _____ gave the news.
This kind of meeting has never happened _____.
It is called an unprecedented _____.
Trump wants to talk about nuclear _____.
He wants to talk about the _____ of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons are very _____.
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